The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-14

All Of which saw, and part Of which I Wss "a
Thus wrote Cesar on memorable occasion, and
Edmund Wright has fully established his tide TO
echo the sentiment, au occasion that viii occupy
long and dark chapter In the history Of our Gov
eminent.
Edmund Wright saw what it is pleasanter 20 read
of than witness, and involuntary partcipetOT
IN scenes and events that would freeze stronger
blood thsn - given 20 common men. What he di-
vJge5 regarding the causes and inner life Of tho ac-
cursed rebellion Of the South 10 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 wiki the
scenes he describes and the astounding facts no d.
Vulges, are Of q strangely exciting interest.
4 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
muniey which seemed tame and Liliess when COM
pared with this. Il tells Of trials and sOrrOWs,
abuses, indigniros, and crimes, trusts betrayed,
and condolences outraged, that We az the North
would never credit, were they not Enthusiastically
related and described by an active participation an
eye witness.
While the merit Of such work, In q literary
view, ought not 10 be measured by ordinary stand
ards # is not TOO much 10 say that the literary char
scter Of this book viii abundantly stand the test Of
ordinary criticism. Its utteTances are the natural
signals Of a new found freedom by a soul long tram
meled, and they are telegraphed into our sympa-
thies like the eXutQnt brGUds Of q Joyous victory.
Gus North will indulge in miraculous and whole
some thrObhings n response TO this TeVelauOnI
We can scarcely comprehend that an organization
Of the fearful character this work describes exists in
our very. midst in short that il influences the
politics, in some degree, of every Northern State
yet Mr.. Wight's disclosures most conclusvely
prove such to be the fat. That the rebels against
our free Institutions and the glorious Government
Of our fathers directing and influencing the re-
cent State elections at the North, and using their
best exertinns for the success Of the Butternut
ticket Is trdly startling fact; but IS tI1 true
as the existence of heaYeRl That we have M cur
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
cavil Gnd we are forced - believe It.
IL is time that an order OF character so infamous
and destructive 20 every principle Of political Eteg-
rty be understood by the people, that its machine
tons may be az once cOunteracted, aud is very
istence crushed out Of every loyal State. No one
that reads this narrative viii fail 70 understand Why
the Knights OF the Golden Circle we're organized,
and why they have been kept in existence. No one
viii fail to see that they were the grand insgtOTs
of the Rebellion, and that the entire anf1iuS Of the
Southern treason and Northern Copperheadlsm IS
encouraged, fostered, and sustained by the secret
springs snd organized wire-puliing Of this wicked
oligarchy. Mr.. Wnght5 book proves al Of these
positions, beyond doubt
The work il produced in credltabe style, on fine
paper, with splendid Illuminated covers, and fully
illustrated with