The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-25
TUESDAY, OCTOBER %, 1864.
neln ms. Rehels. or Ks 20 under.

Help us, Rebels, or We 20 under.
The McClellanites Of the Northern
States are in terrible way. They rely
solely upon the rebels for aid "Help
u.s. they exclaim, "by victories Of your
armies, by your diplomacy, by any
thing-only help US, X we are beaten :"
Early, in response to their call, made
an eleciioneering tour into Maryland;
but as soon as Sheridan took command
of the army, he knocked all the planks
out of his platform, and, in direct VIC
letion of the Constitution, deprived a
great number of his men, Of life and
liberty, without "due process Of Law"
TO the disgust ofalI the peace men of the
North. Lee undertook al electioneer-
ing tour on The Weldon Railroad but
he was found to be no equal 10 that IA
natical Lincolnite, Grant, and he ac.
eordingly disappointed his northern
friends, most fearlully; and Hood
poor Hood, was not more successful,
having been beaten, and out generated,
by Sherman
Longstreet not discounted by the i'll
success Of his associates, endeavored to
do little in behalf of Mcclellan, but
Sheridan soon cleaned him out. without
either warrant, or civil officer and the
Copperaeads were compelled to retire
to the chimney corner, and exclaim !:
1--WE have lost all save our honor and
would haze lost that had we ever pos
sessed any
Defeated in the field. The allies Of the
Copperheads at once determined to try
diplomacy They remembered how, in
olden times, they used to control the
majority in the North, and they could
not resist the temptation to try the old
tactics They found they had mistaken
their vocation, by appealing to arms; but
they were much better in politics, than
in war; and with Lee, and Hood, and
Early, and Longstreet defeated, Ste
phens, and Herschell V. johnson, step
in, with their diplomacy, in order to ;, :
cure the election of their favorite tick
et--the Chicago nominees.
Stephens has delightful plan; it is
only to throw away the Constitution Of
the United States entirely, and let half
a dozen Confederacies spring up that
Is all, and there is not copper
head paper but is delighted with it;
they 30 into ecstacies over II, and ex-
claim, Hail, Holy Lightr JEFF. Da-
Wis only proposed to divide the country
into two parts, and the peace men
cried out "great is he Vallandigham
wanted third Northwestern Con-
federacy, and the copperheads respond
ed, Bully" Now Stephens proposes a
measure which would result in half a
dozen, and they pronounce him the
greatest man Of them all
Next comes Herschell V. Johnson
on the stage, to play his part. lie tells
US, that the election of Lincoln caused
the rebellion, and that the South viii
not negotiate till there is a change of
administration. Now we happened to
hear Herschell make speech, while a
candidate for the Vice Presidency, in
1869 at which a gentleman pat to him
the following question
VIII, in your opinion. the election
Lincoln be Just cause for secession on
the part of any State y
To which heresponded
"Ianswer emphatically, Nom
Its not difficult to perceive the OBJ
ject in view, on the part of Ilerschell,
in writing the letter It IS to help the
waning fortunes of Mcclellan. With
that little gentleman, he would gladly
treat but he does not promise, that in
the event Of his election, the South viii
return to the Union. lie only saws
inst secuon Wlu condescend TO treat
with the North-that i al.
his argument that the loyal States
are the ones really in rebellion, is not
new; that has been the burden of cop
perhead harangues for many months;
but while it is not original, it shows a
perfect harmony between the rebels,
and their Northern sympathizers.
But all viii not do Abraham lin
coin and Andrew Johnson will be elect
ed by a large majority and the war
viii only stop, when the military power
Of the rebellion has been broken. of
this, Messrs. Stephens, Herschell V.
Johnson, Brown & Co, may be assured !;
and the sooner they view the stern re-
alities Of the situation in their proper
light, the better.
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