The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-09

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Thus wrote Cesar oa a memorable occasion and
Edmund Wright has fully established his title %
echo the sentiment, on an occasion that viii occupy
along and dark chapter IN tie history Of our Gov
ernment
Edmund Wright saw what it is pleasanter TO read
of than witness, and was involuntary partcipatOr
in scenes and events that would freeze stronger
blood than Is given to common men. What he dl-
yuges regarding the causes and inner life Of the &C
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-
vulges, are Of a strangely exciting interest
A hundred novels have been produced and read
widely all Of which combined comprise less Ol
startling incident than IS contained in this volume
while hundreds OF narratives Of personal adventure
have been gratefully received by the reading CON-
munity which seemed tame and lifeless when COM
pared with this. IL tells of trials and sOrrows,
abuses, indigniues, and crimes, trusts betrayed,
and condolences outraged, that we at the North
would credit, were they not circumstantially
related and described by an active paTucipatOT aud
eye witness.
While the merit Of such a work, in a literary
view, ought not TO be measured by ordinary stand
ards, II IS not too much 10 say that the literary char
8cter Of this book viii abundanty stand the test Of
ordinary criticism. Its utterance5 are the natural
signals Of new found freedom by soul long tram
meed, and they are telegTaphed into our syInpa-
thies like the exutant brdUas Of joyous victory.
The popular heart throughout the great and glOri-
GUS North will indulge IN miraculous and whole
some throbbings in response TO this revelahOnl
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 conclusiYely
prove such to be the fact. That the rebels against
our free institutions and the glorious Government
Of fathers directing and influencing the re-
cent State elections at the North, and using their
best eXertions for the success Of the Buttenut
ticket a truly startling fact; Bat fact, as true
as the existence Of heavenl 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
eayil, and We are forced 70 believe it.
Ii is time that an order Of character so Infamous
and destructive TO every principle Of political iHteg
rity be understood by the people, thst its machIa-
tons may be at once counteracted and It's very
istences crushed out Of every loyal State. No one
that reads this narrative viii il 10 understand why
the Knights of the Golden Circle we're organized,
and why they have been kept in existence. No one
will fail 10 that they were the grund nshgators
of the Rebellion, and that the entire Gais Of the
Southern treason and Northern COpperbeadism IS
encouraged, fostered, and sustained by the secret
springs and organized wiTe-pulling Of this wicked
olgarchy. Mr.. Wnght's book proves all Of those
positions, beyond a doubt.
The work is produced in credItabe style, on fine
paper with splendid Illuminated covers, and fully
illustrated with