The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-09
Mashrille &Aaioll.
WEDNESDAY,. NovEMBER 3, 1864


WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 8, 1864.
The Rebellion within RebOlllOn-The
Discussions in the South and Between
the Southern Leaders-The Break
ing Up.
Recent accounts from North Carolina
make il certain that there is now in
that State an actual and powerful insur-
Tection against the rebel Richmond
governments rebellion within a re-
bellion. JEFF Davis statement, public
ly made in Macon, that two thirds Of
the Southern soldiers are absent with
out leave is, of course, unquestionably
true. 1t appears now that these absen-
tees have not ell gone home-home was
not safe enough place; but large num-
bers Of them have taken refuge in the
wild mountain region that covers the
whole western part of the Old North
State There they are banded for mu-
tual protection in such numbers that
the rebel government, after many at
tempts has relinquished the hope Of
bringing them 70 terms, and leaves
them alone Expeditions sent against
them make the matter worse; for large
numbers of the soldiers find the occa.
sion more favorable one for desertion. |
Thus there is a large and desperate
force within the enemy's lines arrayed |
in arms against his power, and this
force becomes nucleus for all the dis
affected and for all runaway negroes,
and is likely to swell to immense
proportions as did the similar force un-
der .Spartacus that carried on the SER.
vile war. Moreover, this force Of de-
serters and runaway negroes has GER
tain loose organization that has already !
made II formidable TO the rebel supply |
department, and it is easy 10 see that l
IL may become immensely more dan /
geTOus; for the large party in North
Carolina that is in favor Of restoring /
that State TO the Union boldly threat
ems an association with this force in the
mountains-an association that will
certainly give q terrible earnestness to
North Carolina Union men.
II Is certainly true then, that there
is practical and very dangerous ele
ment OF distraction for the rebel gov
eminent in North Carolina; nor is that
State alone in this respect CHANGING
over the whole extent Of the confedera
cy, we find that il is the same every
where. Georgia has q peace, reconBtruc
ton or Z Mon party that IS go respect
able as to be headed by the foremost of
all her acknowledgements H Steph-
ems. Mr.. Stephens desires with 'all the
earnestnefs of his nature" to make
peace "on principles of honor, right and
justice 10 all parties" He believes the
government Of the United States 70 be
"the best government the world ever
raw" and is evidently tired of the Rich
mond attempt South Carolina also has
peace party, and one of her repre-
sentstives denounces Davis as a despot,
simply for the sake Of freedom and the
liberties Of the people. Ehbg7tSi Ala
bama also has a peace party, and that
peace party is composed Of all the peo-
PIE of Alabama, and the exponentofits
wishes is the Alabama Legislature
Here, then, il party IN each of these
four great Southern States earnestly
and violently opposed to the re-
bellion and the Davis government
The Virginia men who went into the
confederacy seem to be the only ones
who still stand by it; but the latest an
nounced measure of the rebel governs
ment viii ALLEVIATE even these IL is
notorious that the people of Virginia
were opposed TO secession they were
In favor of keeping their State in the
Union; but Virginia was carried ont by
a power stronger than the will of her
people; that power was the slaYeown-
ing and slsvebreeding interest The
immense capital Of this interest carried {
that State for the sake of selfpreserva- {
ton, and now Davis aims deathblow I
at that immense capital He proposes
to free and arm three hundred thOus- I
and negroes-that is, he proposes to +
abolish slavery; for the armed and s
trained negroes win outnumber two to I
one the armed and trained whites of |
the South Thus Davis shows to the c
Virginia slaveholders--and,i indeed, to
all slaveholders-aDd shows in terri ]
bly, emphatic way, that the slavehold-
ing interest is no longer with the rebel
lion. He has made them the enemies {
of his governments and his cause. e
1t is clear that the immense unity of $
purpose that once gave such strength Q
10 the rebellion is gone Not only is
the South divided on this question of
reconstruction-not only do its leaders S
all pull different ways on the great sub I
ject at issue, but i, is scene of general "
and universal distraction. 1t is a social {
and political chaos. IL is even torn &
with the disintegrating Influences of ?
personal jealousy and as leaders pur-
sue one another with such bitter re- I
elimination that at times it appears as
If the existence OF a common enemy tc
were forgotten. That united South '
which was for 50 many months held up +
as an example to the Northern people /
where is it2 1t Is split into thous-1 r
and factions. This is just the state of T
affairs that immediately precedes the
closing struggle on 50 many OF the
great pages of history It is repro
duction of the last days of Jerusalem, I
when the Romans without were forgot> :
ten in the bitter quarrels of the TACT 4
ions within; and partisans wasted in Il
their private feuds and iealousies the i
strength that united might have Grip I
pied and worn out the enemy intent :
upon the destruction Of all lIt is r
sign of national dissolution--the last :
fickering of the fame of national life, /
and tells US plainly That the end is !
near.-N T. Herald mon
General Howell Cobb in the Recruiting T
BuslBess-1ppeal 10 she GeOrgiaRs.
The Southern Confederacy, published r
st Macon, in its evening edition of the r
I'D, says. 5
We published in this mornings edi-