The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-29

and oppressive laws, on our people Are
We prepared 10 submit 70 this If not
then let every man arouse himself before
it is too late, and denounce these attempts
to beirsy our liberties and place as under
q military despotism. Let every man
that can speak or write, den0unce these
Outrages on civil liberty autil their de-
nunciations are heard and needed in
Congress.
"But il Congress, in 3 spirit Of desps-
ration, should set the tyrans and i'm
pose such crushing burdens on the people
of North Carolina as ars insupporlabls,
then they should demand Of the Cover
nor that be forthwith convene the Leg
islature in order to call q State Oonven-
ton Of the sovereign people TO take into
consideration what is best TO be done to
relieve our people from the grisvous
burdens Imposed upon them
"lf the Independence of the COnfed-
eracy cannot be achieved By the strength
Of cur population up TO fOfty-five years
Of age il is clear to any rejecting mind
that twill not be done By placing in
the army the few left, upon whose labor.
all are dependent for food. Without food
our present army must disband; without
food our helpless women and children
must perish. Let the people speak out,
write to their representatives in Con-
gress, yea, hold meetings and Femoa-
strate against those iniquitous schemes
to enslaVe and starye as. If you do
not, silence will be construed into sub
mission and approval of the chains which
Congress are forging for rs. We have
too long implicitly trusted 10 such archi-
tects Of ruin as Wigfan & Co, who are
now for placing every man in the army,
and al under the control Of . dictator.
thrust them no longer. Remember
their fair promises. The dwelIsrs in the
Garden of Eden, when they listened to
the tempting promises of Satan, were not
worse deceived and ruined than were the
people of the fair, happy and blooming
South when they listened TO the fair prom
Uses of those arch deceiVers, YANCEY,
WISE & Co.
"a heFetofors cOntentsd, prosperous and
happy people were told by them that we
must withdraw all connection from eur
Northern tsskmasters. who were making
us pay our dollar and fifty cents for shoes,
ten cents per yard for shifting, two dol
lars per sack for salt, ten cents per pound |
for sugar, the Same for coffee, sc. And |
these same reckless men, who are now !
for putting Into the army Except them
selves and few favoFites), then told US
that Secession would be pssceable, and /
there would be no war; that we were TO /
have nation of our own, free from ex-
tOrtiOners; = perfect paradise with the
tree Of life, the cotton plant, in our midst |
before which all nations were to bow
down and worship, and from which rivers
of free trade were 10 flow to the ends Of
the earth, on the bosom Of which the rich
merchandise from every cline was to be
freightsd and poured down IN our laps
free Of taxation. How have they de-
ceived rs! The blood Of hundreds OF
thousands Of our poor children, smoking
from the many battle fields, and the cries
Of starving women and children tell the
tale. Will our people be longer deceived
by those false prophets and steh-deceiV-
ers? Or will they not command the
peace and stauneh these rivers Of blOod2"