The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-12

AN Of which l saw, and part Of which was -
Thus wrote Cesar on 8 memorable occasion and
Edmund Wright has fully established his title to
echo the sentiment, on an occasion that viii occupy
long and dark chapter Ia the history Of our Gov
eminent.
Edmund Wright saw what it is pIeasanter to read
Of than witness, and was involuntary partcipatOr
IN scenes and events that would freeze stronger
blood than is given 70 common men, What he d.
vuges regarding the and inner life Of the ae-
cursed rebellion Of the South, is the newest and by
far the most startling chapter yet written in the his
tory Of great and bloody crimes while the incidents
Of bis own personal e1rperence, connected with the
scenes he describes and tho astounding facts he di-
vulges, are Of strangely exciting interest.
A hundred novels have been produced and read
widely, all of which combined comprise lass Of
startling incident than Is contained in this volume I;
while hundreds of narratives Of personal adventure
have been gratefully received By the reading com
munity which seemed tame and lifeless when COM
pared with this. II tells Of TRIALS and sOrrOWs,
abuses, indgnitieS, and crimes, trusts betrayed,
and condolences outraged, that we at the North
would credit, We're they not circumstlntially
related and described by an active partcipator and
eye witness.
While the merit Of such a work, in literary
view, ought not 10 be measured by ordinary stand
ards il IS not much say that the literary char
acter of this book viii abundantly stand the test Of
ordinary criticism Its utterances are the natural
signals Of new found freedom by soul long tram
meled, and they are telegraphed into our sympa-
thies like the exJltant brdUGs Of Joyous victory
The popular heart throughout the great and giori-
Gus North Will indulge IN miraculous and whole
some thrODnngs In response to this revelauOnl
We can scarcely comprehend that an organization
OF the fearful character this work describes exists in
our very midst; in short, that it influences the
politics. in some degree, of every Northern State ;
yet Mr.. Wnghts disclosures most conclusiYey
prove such to be the fact, That the rebels against
our FREQ Institutions and the glorious Government
Of our fathers directing and influencing the re-
cent State elections at the North and using their
best exertions for the sueeeSs Of the Buttenut
ticket is truly startling fact bst IL Is fact true
as the existence Of heaven! That We have IN our
midst, at our very doors, hundreds Of men who are
fully in sympathy and In secret communication
with the Southern rebels, is demonstrated beyond q
cayl and we are forced 70 believe it.
Il is time that An order Of character Infamous
and destructive % every principle Of political integ
rty be understood by the people, that its machine
tons may be at once oOuneracted, and its very ex-
istence crushed out Of every l0ysl State. No one
that reads this narrative will fail 70 understand Why
the knights Of the Golden Circle were Organized,
and why they have been kept in existence. No one
will fail to see thst they were the grand instgiOrs
Of the Rebellion and that the entire o,tiHlUs Of the
Southern treason and Northern CopPerheadi5m is
encouraged, fostsred, and sustained by the secret
springs and organized wire-puliing Of this wicked
oligaTchy Mr.. Wright's book proves 81 Of these
positions, beyond doubt
The work is produced in credltabls style, on fine
paper, with splendid Illuminated covers, and fllly
illustrated with