The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-20

tbc ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VI t1C NOEh-
Latest Intelligence.
"Governor" Harris is out in a procla-
lnation-long as the moral law-''ye
powers Eternal such names mingled
and so windy that we are inclined to
believe he was playing at blasts with
old Boreas, whose chilling freaks last
week will be long remembered and We
confess that after a careful perusal Of
the document, we are inclined to think
Isham got decidedly the better of the
north wind, in the contest, and should
be awarded a paper medal at once.
The document is SO characteristic,
that we give give IT entire:
TExSEssEASs. 9r1 re SOL ce
The Confederate Army is here for
the purpose OF driving the invader
from our soil and relieving you from
the rule Of the most absolute and law.
less despotism-planting upon the
dome of your Capitol the flag of the Gov
eminent of your choice, and securing
TO you the protection of law and civil
government.
For near three years the rod of the
tyrant has been over you. While the
hired minions of a wicked despotism
has outraged every right; laid waste
our farms, burned our houses stolen
our property; murdered our citizens IN
cold blood; dragged TO loathsome pris
ons our people; suppressed the freedom
of the press exacted the most odlous
and disgusting oaths, and heaped eve
( ~ insult that malice could invent,
{ upon our mothers, wives, sisters and
| daughters and even now ia the wan
tonnes Of their supposed power, they
| eco,iy debate the mode of apportion
/ ing our lands between our slaves and
/ their vandal soldiery whose hands are
red with the blood OF our gallant sons.
We have driven the enemy in confu
I sion TO your capital, and now stand be-
fore the bristlIng Notifications which
! surround IT, He can, must, and will be
! driven from this last stronghold, and
\ beyond the limits of our State. We
are here for the purpose of redeeming
/ and protecting Tennessee or finding
graves upon her soil There is no fate
1 50 revolving to freemen as the degrade
ton of tyranny and oppression.
Let none doubt or hesitate as to the
ultimate success Of our cause. There Is
not an instance in the history of the
world where ten millions of people, oc-
| Copying such an area of country, with
UGH soil, climate and resources as ours
| have been conquered.
The sabjugation of such q people,
/ deeply and intensely resolved upon
their independence has never been
| can never be accomplished
Under the providence of God our
| fate is in our own hands, our generous
/ soil and genial climate has expioded
the idea that we can be starved into
submission. Our fields are teeming
~ith abundant supplies, while our re-
| sources in arms, ammunition and al
the munitions of war are ample and
| fully equal to our necessities, and we
have to day, within the limits of the
! Confederacy, million of men capable
/ of bearing arms.
The independence Of our young re
! public is as certain as the inevitable de
crees of Him who determines all things
in favor of the just and brave
We have all the resources necessary
TO its achievement, it is only question
OF time, perseverance and endurance,
if there is manhood enough in the
country to deserve free governmu mt;
we must, we will be free But he is un
worthy of free government who will
not fight for it; unworthy of indepen
fence who will not defend it with his
life.
trust there is no citizen of Tennes
see so lost to himself and a proper sense
of duty TO the country as not to prefer
death in any form, to life of dishonor,
degradation and political slavery
There can be no end to this struggle
while there is hostile foot upon our
soil No peace, while the arrogance OF
unlicensed despotism seeks your deg
radiation and enslavement The dis
tinct issue is Independence or annihi
lation.
Our glorious old regiments which vol
unteered at the beginning of the war,
have proudly borne the. banner of the |
country over many a hard fought and |
bloody field, and added new lustre to |
the high character of the State by their |
chivalrous and noble deeds Of daring |
but the hardships and exposure of the |
camp and the casualties of the field |
have sadly diminished their numbers,
They return to you, after an absence Of
near three years, with their time hons |
ored, war worn and battle-tattered |
banners and appeal 70 you to join the m |
and their gallant comrades from our sis
ter States, and aid in the glorious work |
of driving the vandals from Tennessee !
aud planting our flag upon the banks
of the Ohio.
No higher or holier duty ever devolv- |
ed on man than of instantly respond
ing to this appeal; you owe it to the |
country, TO your gallant brothers who |
have so long maintained this struggle /
for independence; you owe it to your
selves, your wives, your children, to the /
memory of the gallant dead and to the
cause of civil and religious liberty
appeal to you by every considera-
ton dear to freemen; by your personal
honor, your love of liberty; the safety
of your families; the protection of your
property; your political equality and
your National Independence. / appeal
20 the old and to the young, to every
man who can carry q musket or WELD a
sabre, TO rise up in the majesty of your
power, put forth your whole strength
fill those old regiments to the maximum
and strike for your affairs and your
homes; strike like men who deeply
feel the gross wrongs they have en-
dured; strike like men who know their
rights, and knowing dare maintain
them at every hazard. Strike like
men who had rather die freemen than
live as slaves
Under the acts Of Congress all able
bodied white men between the ages Of
eighteen and forty-hve are made Con
federate soldiers The President has
ordered you to the field It is impor>i
tant both to yourselves and the coun.
try, that you report at once; by doing
so you come as volunteers, and have
the right of selecting the infantry regi
ment with which you will serve, while ,
if you delay, under the orders of the ,
authorities, you will be con
scribed, arrested and assigned for duty
20 such Tennessee regiment SIS they may !
think proper I trust you will not al
low Tennessee 20 lose the proud name ,
Of the Volunteer State"
Those between the ages of seventeen