The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-21
coPPERHEAD MOVEMENT
AT THE NORTH.

"A1 o. which 7 say, and part q which va r.
Thus wrote CsfssQr On a memorable occadon fud
E'lmund Wright has fully established his tide %
echo the sentiment, on an occasion that VIII o. upy
eminent
Edmund Wright saw what ID e pleaaanter % read
Of than witness, and vas involuntary peFt1irator
% scenes and events that would fs6eae stronger
Dlood tnan Is gwen 10 common msu. What he d.
vtilges reGrdIug the causes and inner BE &C the &C.
cursed rebsIon q lie South. p Lhs newest aud ~
tr lbs most starIlug chapter yst written TIE h.-
tory q great and bloody crimes while ne nGdeut4
u his CHu personal experience, connected Win lbs
scenes BE- describes, and the astounding tscts he d.
Yulges ere q strangely exciting interest.
A hundFed novels have been produeed md read
widely, al Of gh.ch combined compuss Ie.s ~
startling incident than - ccutainGd this volume:
while hundreds Of narratives % personal atsgulsrn
have been gratefully received BY the resting cora
muuity which seemed tame a1ld l6tass NEen com
pared with thu. TO tells % trlls aaf s1rrge-
aouses, iudilTuues, and crimes, trusts betrayed
and condolences outraged, that We AZ th9 North
would never credit, were they no. CircrI1sl4uiiaiy
related and described By sn active pafl1ipa ull
eye witness.
While The merit Of such a work TO . literary
WOW, Ought not 20 b measured - ordinary stand
ards, h y not TOO much b. say ihat the htsry char
scter Of his book VIII sbundsliy send the ses ~
ordinary criticism. IL urtsusnees are the nstJral
siIr24s q ns-N found freedom - a soul long trl1l-
ueiet, and they are telorapn6d INTO our -yups.
Lllea Ike the eEuitant brggas Of a ioyous victory.
The popular heart throughout RE great and rl0rl-
Qua North wli iuduiae iu Ilirzeulor8 and Whole
some tnroF3angs in rospouss y DIS rsyeLa-oni
We can scarcely comprehend that s1 orgsn.zsti1n
ofihs fsrgl character -nis work de-e1t1a exlsta 10
our very midst short, tnat BE- luiueuees the
politics, IN soroe degree, u every Northern State
got NI. Wrghts dl-ci9slTos most corr il-iVeiy
prove such - b. The firt. That tie rebcIf srai4f
our free Institutions add he vi0riols GoyorImeut
Of our Etherg we're directing ani ufiueueing The re-
cent state elections ~ TIE Eorth and using thar
bet eEerti0us for the Success 81 the Eltt-r7..it
ticket h a truly Startling fsct BIZ q Is q fet - frll
a. the existence a heaven That We have ln oar
midst ~ very door. hundreds OF mon Who -.
fully 10 aympafly and Iu Hecret oommun.est.5n
ssth the southern reDe.s - deaDcustraiee fs-vUpf 4
csvl, and sc are forced - believe TO-
y j. time its an crlier 81 q character ~ inEtr1ou.
and destructive % every principle ~ political intar
nty - under 5tood - me people, that b. rla,hl,
tons may - 50 ones counfere-l.a and II. va4v -.
isteisoo crushed out o. every loyal -tas- ~ -.
uiai reads thus narrative vii l b Understand M,
ne Atl8hi- 81 the 1o.aeu Circle we're ORGANIZED
and NAy they have been kept ID ezi-tenee. 10 one
~lil il q 80 tnat they we're the grnnd met s-ors
o tle hefflion, and that the entire ssr.4ss III d.
southern irea-on and Northern C0puerh-qfiiera b
sisofafel, iosiersi, aud sustained BY he .a,.rot
~irnl's sld organizesi ure-plil. ~ az th : ,.i.i
oAglfrhy. Sir. Nrght's book proves aI ~ 49,
post cus, beyond q douha
be work r. produced IN crezItsh}s style. on aus
psIers wlgh spieudd Illuminated cogsrs. al iifv-
illustrated with