The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-07
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CANP NHAE CHATTANOOGA, Tenn <
January Let, 1864

est ne ulBut was AdfA SuA N20ANy
the rain fell in torrents; and the winC
blew a terrific hurricane. Notwithstand'
ing the dreary and Indictment status o
the weather, the g boys" in the diffsren
camps hersabout fred "parting salute
to the sold Year." and also gave rounds
of welcome to the "New." Well, al
things Of Time mast have an end, and 81
the Old Year" Of '63 is dead-buried
Would that We could say that the Be
bsllion had died with it. Times latest
AnnuL child has passed away but oh
What dreadful scroll survives his exit
Blood, suffering, want, and all the assO-
ciates Of Misery, chung TO his tattered
garment to the last. But let US hail the
New Year with buoyant hope. PEenix-
like, be rises from the ruins Of his pre-
decessor, and be il born in steel-clad ar
nor. He is the son of Mars, and victory
is in his pathway. Let us hope that be
may prove worthy of bis sire, and lead
The Union arms to . triumphant issue ;
that smiling, ermine-rObed Peace may
crown his regal reign, and grateful hearts
revere his final abdicaiion.
All hail the grasd New Year
Zach heart be OF good cheeri
Eor die a tboussnd deaths in fearing ons
Inplors the God Of peace
This cruel WAR; 70 cease,
And link our prO1ig2ls In unison
The present rebellion was Matched
in the hot-bsd cities of the South, by her
partisan leaders. From these centres of
political influence were sent forth false
doctrines during many years, intended
IS fire. brands to snkindle terrible con-
Migration in the Southern heart" And
with what SUCCESS these declarations
were crowned, let a distracted Nation
answer. The pursuit Of happiness was
declared by the "Lord Of Missrule," and
peace and prosperity was swallowed up
iu9 an unprecedented Rebellion. Intoxica-
ted with prosperity, its vOtsries abandon
ed the principles Of government which
Alene had crested and scared it; and
the boom Of the cannon that first opened
upon Sumptsr proved the funeral knell of
all eur peace and happinesS. The "ns-
gro" was made the allah sorbiDg topic
apart from whom all else wa but q sec
ondary confederation 1t was then that
the Southern "fire. eaters" had "sown
the wind" and now they are "reaping
the whirIwind." Hence their rebellion,
and their appeal to the Cast argument
of kings" (uItima rata reguDa) the
musket and the sword But the masses
of the South were not in heart with their
leaders. They were not prepared for
such Wholesale sseri6ce. The rural
portion were inveiglsd and decsived.
They resisted TO the last. "The reluc-
tant and protesting rural population Of
the South, urged with all the mock phi
losOphy Of an Antony, Watched with the
myriad prying eyes of an Argus, and
force 80 by the hundred bloody hands
Of Briarsus, were launched into heap
less sea of rebellion; and thus were 5
great, happy, prsspsrsus people ssduced
into csussless and destroying civil
war" But now is the acceptable time
now is the dsy Of their deliverance. An
ever grateful parent Nation holds forth
the boon Of pardon. Oh! erring
children Of an indulgent Nation, repent
ye Of your sins and seek the
preferred cleDsncy ere it is too late
Who were always loyal need DO prompt
ing, but the erriDE should not procrAsti-
nate their efforts to secure pardon for
their prOdigal indiscretiOn. Let the new
year find you penitent and seeking Gods
grace and guidance. Oh! that we could
speak TO the heart of those who persist
entity cling to the forlorn hope" of re-
bellious conquest. Oh! that we could
paint to their eyes the manifold bless
ings which they havs shipWrecksd in ;
sea Of blood Bot is it needed? Is
all lost? Must unfortunate
facts prove unaVAiling? Nay; we have
hope in great people. Virtue and re-
igiOn have net lost thsir power - con-
trolling political forces. "THE PEOPLE
who dwell in mountain, valley and plain
IRE yet pure" says a late judicious
writer, "And through them the reigning
vices Of the city stsws are yet controlled
md controllabls. And when the present
publication by FIRE and by the sword
shall be complete, these rural virtues,
shining ali the brighter, viii blszOn forth
70 the world, still higher and grander
evidences Of mans cspability Of self
government" Let US hope so.
There is nothing of interest here in >
Military way. A monotonOus status is
pet prevalent. Gen. Changers corps is
It Knoxville. No dispatches from there
aiely. AN quiet on the Cumberland"
New recruits are arriving daily from
be North, 10 Ill up old regiments. The |
old soger boys" give them as hearty =
Welcome as they can, Jet little indif-
srence is manifest And is it any 1
'onderf Is it right and just that these |
fledglings Of Mars should receive the |
bounties Of from S4O2 to 5000 !
When the men Whe have put their
shoulder to the wheel" through the
nOst trying times, only get Sloo and /
bat not until the sxpira tioD Of their
srm Of ssTviesi We declare that We
an see no jaaaos In II and therefore we
10 nO' wonder at hearing such sxplstivss