The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-30
AND THE
coPPERHEAD MOVEMENT
AT THE NORTH.

All Of which saw, snd part Of which Was ~
Thus wrote Caesar on a memorable occasion, and
Edmund Wright has fully established his tItio %
echo the sentiment, on an occasion THAT vii occupy
q long and dark chapter IN tie history Of our Gov
eminent.
Edmund Wright saw what It is pleasanter to read
of than witness, and was an involuntary participation
IN scenes Gud events that would freeze stronger
blood than is given 20 common men. What he di-
VulgeS regarding the causes and inner L. Of the ac-
cursed rebellion OF the south, Is the newest and hy
far the most startling chapter yet written in the his
tory OF great and bloody crimes while the incidents
Of his own personal experience, connected with the
scenes he describes, and the astounding facts he i-
vulgcS, are Of "a strangely exciting interest.
hundred novels have been produced and read
widely, all Of which combined comprise less Of
startling incident than Is cOntained IN this volume
while hundreds OF narratives Of personal adventure
have been gratefully received by tine reading com
mmity which seemed tame and liftles5 when com
pared with this. Ii tells Of trials and s0rr0us
abuses, indiguilies, and crimes, trusts BETRAYED,
amt condolences outraged, that we at the North
would never credit were they not cIrcum-t1utlliy
related and described BY an actige partcpatOr and
eye witness.
While the merit Of such work, in q literary
view, ought not 10 be measured by ordinary stand
ards It is not too much say that the literary char
acter Of this book viii abJudunuy stand the test Of
ordinary criticism. It, Utternces are the natural
signals Of new found freedom by a soul long tram
meled and they are telegRphel into our syTupa-
thles like the eXuit3nt bfTr0s Of a Joyous victory.
The popular heart throughout the great and elOr-
Gus North VIII indulge Iu miraculous Sud whole
some thrObbing7 in response % tins regClttiOui
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
vet Mr.. Wught's disclosures most c0uclu-iyely
prove such 10 be the fact That the rebels against
our free institutions and the glorious Government
Of our fathers were directing and influencing the
cent State elections 10 the North, and using their
best eXcrtIUns for the success Of the Butteuug
ticket, ~ truly startling gct Juf q IS fact, true
rs the existence Of hcayeuf That we have M Our
midst, at our very doors, hundreds IL men who are
fully IN sympathy and IN secret communication
with the Southern rebels is demonstrated beyond
cJUl, and We are forced % believe TO-
j. j. time that an order Of character so infamous
and destructive 70 every principle Of political nt@g-
rty be understood By the people, that Is TfachnA-
tons may be at once cOuntertctcd and is very
istcncc crushed out OF every Loyal state. No one
that reads this narrative will fail 70 understand Why
the Knights of the Golden Circle were OrEuized,
and Why they have been kept in existence. No one
viii fail 20 see that they we're the grand instgltOrs
Of the Rebellion, and that the entire datS Of the
Southern treason and Northern COpperheadism is
encouraged, fOstered, and sustained by the secret
springs and Organized Wire-p pulling Of this wicked
Olgarchy. Mr.. Wught's book proves an Of these
positions, beyond a doubt.
The work Is produced in credItaile style, on fine
paper, with splendid Illuminated covers and fully
Illustrated with