The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-09

can Of which saw, and part Of which / was p
Thus wrote Cesar on a memorable occasion, and
Edmund Wright has fully established his title to
echo the sentiment on an occasion that viii occupy
long and dark chapter in the history Of our Gov
eminent
Edmund Wright saw what it is pleasanter to read
Of than witness, and an involuntary participation
in scenes and events that would freeze stronger
blood than Is given 70 common men, What he d.
yulges regarding the causes and inner life of the
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 his own personal experience, connected with the
scenes he describes, and the astounding facts he di
yuges, are Of a strangely exciting interest.
A 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 the reading COM
munity which seemed tame and lfeless when COM
pared with this 1t tells Of trials and sorrows,
abuses, indignities, and crimes, trusts betrayed,
and condolences outraged, that we at the North
would never credit, were they not Enthusiastically
related and described by an active participation and
eye witness.
While the merit Of such a work, in a literary
view, ought not to be measured by ordinary stand
ards it is not too much TO say that the literary char
acter Of this book viii abundanty stand the test Of
ordinary criticism. Its utterances are the natural
signals Of a new found freedom by soul long tram
meled, and they are telegraphed into our syInpa-
thies like the exultant brauds Of joyous victory.
The popular heart throughout the great and gloTi-
some throbbings in response 10 this reYelauonI
We can scarcely comprehend that an organization
of the fearful character this work describes exsts n
our very midst: in short, that II influences the
politics, in degree, Of every Northern State ;
vet Mr.. Wught's disclosures most conclusively
prove such 70 be the fact That the rebels against
our free institutions and the glorious Government
of our fathers directing and influencing the
cent State elections At the North, and using their
best exeItions for the success Of the Butternut
ticket is truly startling fact; but Il Is fact true
rs the existence Of heaYeni That We have in our
midst, at our very doors, hundreds OF men who ere
fully in sympathy and in secret communication
with the Southern rebels, is demonstrated beyond
cavil, and we are forced 70 believe II.
Il is time that order Of character so infamous
and destructive TO every principle Of political integ
rty be understood by the people, that its machina
tons may be at once ccunteracted, and It's very
istence crushed cut Of every loyal State. No one
that reads this narrative viii fail to understand why
the Knights Of the Golden Circle were organized,
and why they have been kept in existence. No one
will fail 20 see that they were the grand instgators
OF the Rebellion, and that the entire ariHlas Of the
Southern treason and Northern Copperhesdism is
encouraged, fosteTed, and sustained by the secret
springs and organized wire-pUllng Of this wicked
/ oligsrchy. Ny. Wnghts book proves all OF these
| positions, beyond doubt
The work is produced in creditable STYLE on fine
paper with splendid Illuminated covers, and fully
[ illustrated with