The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-07

{" All of which saw, and par, Of which I WAS p
Thus wrote Cesar on a memorable occasion, and
Edmund Wright has fully established nus tile to
echo tbs sentiment, on IN occasion that VIII occupy
long and dark chapter IN the history Of our Gov
eTTlment.
Edmund Wright saw what It is pleasanter TO read
of than witness, and was involuntary parucpatOr
in scenes and events that would freeze stronger
blood thanis given 70 common men. What he d.
Yulges regarding the and inner life Of the
cursed rebellion of the South, Is the newest and by
far the most startling chapter yet written 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 III
vulges, are Of a strangely exciting interest.
hundred novels have been produced and read
widely, all Of which combined comprise less Of
startling incident than is contained in this volume
while hundreds Of narratives Of personal adventure
have been gratefully received by the reading COM
mlinity which seemed tame and lfeless when com
plred with this. 1t tells Of trials and s0rrOws,
abuses, indignites, and crimes, trusts betrayed,
and condolences outraged, that we at the North
would never credit, were they not circunlstantaly
related and described BY active participstOr and
eye witness.
While the merit of such work, IN a literary
view, ought not TO be measured by ordinary stand
ards il Is not too much 20 say that the literary char
acter Of this book will sbundIltly stand the test Ok
ordinary criticism, Its utterances are the natund
signals OF a new found freedom By q soul long tram
meled and they ara telegraphed into our syInpa-
thies like the exutant brdrus OF Joyous victory
The popular heart throughout the great and gioTi-
some throbblngs in Response % this reYelaloni
We can scarcely comprehend that an orgnniEsuOn
of the fearful character this work describes exists IN
our very midst; in short, that II influences tho
politics, in some degree, Of every Northern state
yet Mr.. Wnght's disclosures most cOnclusiyely
prove such 10 be the fact. That the rebels AGAINST
our free Institutions and the glorious Government
ofeur fathers were directing and influencing the re-
cent State elections al the North, and using their
best exertisns for the SUCCESS Of the Burternut
ticket truly startling fact; but Is f1c as true
rs the existence of heaven That We have m 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
cavil, and we are forced to believe Il.
Il Is TINE that order VI a character 80 Infamous
and destructive to every principle Of political inieg
rity BE- understood by the people, that IL machine
lions may be at once c0untercted, and IL very eX-
silence crushed out OF every loyal State. No one
that reads tins narrative vii fail 70 understand why
the Knights OF the Golden Circle were organized,
aud why they have been kept IN existence. No one
viii iail 10 see that they the grand InsgatOrs
of the Rebellion, and tina; the entire aalua Of the
Southern treason and Northern C0pperheadlsm i
encouraged, fOstered, and sustained IS the secret
springs and Organized wire-puing Of this wicked
oligsrchy. Mr.. Wrght's book proves all Of these
positions, beyOud doubt.
The work Is produced ia credItahle STYLE on tine
payer with splendid Illuminated covers, and nlly
illustrated with 81 .sNr