The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-08

An Of which saw, and part of which was -
Thus wrote Cesar memorable occasion, and
Edmund Wright has fully established his title to
echo the sentiment, occasion that viii occupy
long and dark chapter In the history Of our Gov
eminent.
Edmund Wright saw what it is pleasanter to read
Of than witness, and was involuntary parbcipatOr
in scenes and events that would freeze stronger
blood than is given TO common men. What he di-
vuges regarding the causes and inner life Ofthe &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 d-
vulges, are Of strangely exciting interest.
A 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
munity which seemed tame and lnele5s when COM
pared with this. 1t tells Of trials and sOrroWs,
abuses, indignides, and crimes, trusts betrayed,
and condolences outraged, that we st the North
would never credit, were they not circUmstsnually
related and described by active participstOr and
eye witness.
While the merit Of such work, In a literary
view, ought not 70 be measured by ordinary stand
ards it is not too much 10 say that the literary char
actsr of this book will abundantly stand the test OF
ordinary criticism. It's utteranceS are the natural
signals OF a new found freedom by soul long tram
meled, and they are teiegraphed into our sympa-
thies like the exuant bravGs Of joyous victory.
The popular heart throughout the great and gion-
Gus North Will indulge IN miraculous and whole
some tlAobbings in response to this revelation
We can scarcely comprehend that an organization
OF the fearful character this work describes exists III
our very midst; in short, that it influences the
politics, in degree, Of every Northern state
yet Mr.. Wrights disclosures most eOnclusiyely
prove such to be the fsct. That the rebels against
our free institutions and the glorious Government
Of fathers directing and influencing the re-
cent State elections AZ the North, and using their
best exertions for the success of the ButteTnut
ticket a truly startling fact; buth fact as true
as the existence OF heaYeni 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
cayil, and we are forced to believe it.
1t is time that order of character so infamous
and destructive 70 every principle OF political integ-
rty be understood by the people, that its machina-
tons may be at eounterscted, and its very ex-
istenee crushed out Of every loyal STATE. No one
that reads this narrative viii fail 70 understand why
the Knights of the Golden Circle were organized,
and why they have been kept in existence. No one
will fail TO see that they were the grand instgatOps
of the Rebellion, and that the entire GRHaus Of the
Southern treason and Northern COpperheadlsm IS
encouraged, fostered, and sustained by the secret
springs and organized wire pulling Of this wicked
oligarchy. Mr.. Wnght's book proves all OF these
POSITIONS beyond a doubt.
The work is produced in cTeditage style, on fine
paper with splendid illuminated covers, and fully
illustrated with