The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-05

Ilss--te lsdaas is to bsoons tbsir as-
iect slaves.
among tho innumerabis lies premul-
gated by these unmitigsted scsmps, we
cell your attention to the following:
They told US that the war would not
last three months; that foreign nations
would recognize US az an independent
people, snd help as fight; that one Of as
could whip ten Yankees; that Vicksburg
could never be taken; that the peace par
ty of the North would force Lincoln to
make peace with the South; that we
soldiers should be discharged as soon as
our time expired, and that we would not
be heavily taxed. These ara but = few
Of the many hypocritieal lies proclaimed
by those conspirators who have precipi-
tated Us into irretriavable revolution.
Shall we submit 70 be beguiled by these
objectionable usurpsrs, and permit our
families 10 starvs TO death, through
want of cur labor at home? Are we
not aware that if our absence from our
families be protFacted another term Of
three years many of them will suffer
Wretchedly for the nscessaries of life.
if they do not starve entirely to death ?
And are we not bound by the most sacred
avs known to man to provide for our
families? And should We permit q Sc.
Of usurping prOhigates to prevent us
from complying with this Divine law ?
By the late laws Of Congress, our fami
lies are to be taxed to an almost unlimi-
ted extent; and if we become conscripts,
- - IS 10, h-rr, -, h.,
PEELED from our hearts, for we can then
hope far nothing but an untimely state
of AFFECTED slavery, not only of our
selves, but also our families
"Now is the time to assert our rights,
for If we wait longer our doom will be
forever sealed We who write this ad-
dress are determined to demand our
rights, and. Unnecessary, We will demand
them at the poiut of the bayonetl We
are not enemies to the South; but we are
lovers of our rights, liberties and fami-
lies; and if we must lose all our sacred
rights, and permit our families to siarve,
in order to sustain our wicked leaders in |
their deceptive course, we prefer to re-
turn to our allegiance to the old Govern
ment, accept of LincOln's pardon, and |
let the leaders and their COnfederacY 90
to hell together This may be hard |
language for men who have fought in |
many 3 hard battle to use but silent |
endurance ceases to be a virtue, and con-
fident are we that the Government of the |
United States can treat Us no worse than |
we are being treated by our heartless
officials in the field IS well IS at Rich |
mond.
"But we are told that if we will let |
the authorities eOnscript US the war viii |
soon close, favorable to our side. Can
any rational man credit such perfidi- |
Gus lie? Does not this cOnseripting bust
ness plainly say to the world that we are
fast playing out? that our weakness is
rapidly msnifesting itself even to our
own deluded minds? Fellow soldiers,
we have been too often deceived by these
willy liars to place the slightest conf
dence in anything they tell us. They
are but invented lies to enable them TO
tie the cord of despotism tighter around
our wrists. Every intellig ent soldier
among US knows that we are already
whipped; and why not acknowledge it at
once? Why not show our leaders that
we know we are whipped as we'll as they
do? President Davis virtually acknowl-
edges the fact; so do the Secretary of
War and the Secretary of the Treas
ury! What use is there for US to con-
tend against q dead currency and an
empty commissary in the face of the
best army ever marshaled for combat
Think of these things, fellow soldiers,
and decide what shall be your course.
We have made up our minds TO go home
IS soon as our time is out!
MANY SOLDIERS"