The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-29

can Of which saw, and part Of which was p
Thus wrote Caesar OF. q memorable occasion and
Edmund Wright has fully established his title 10
echo the sentiment on an occasion that will occupy
long and dark chapter m the history OF our Gov
eminent.
Edmund Wright saw what il is pleasanter 20 read
Of than witness, and involuntary paTtcipatOr
IN scenes and events that would freeze stronger
hood than Is given to common men. What he di-
yulges regarding the causes and inner life Of the az
cursed rebellion Of the South, is the newest and by
hr 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 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
mumty which seemed tame and lilaless when com
pared with this. II tells Of trials sud SDrrOw-,
abuses, indiguitles, and crimes, trusts betrayed,
and condolences outraged, that We az the North
would never credit were they not crcumstgutially
related and described by active partciIatOr and
eye witness
While the merit Of such a work, in a literary
view, ought not 10 be measured by ordinary stand
ards II Is not too much % say that the literary char
acter Of this book Will abundIntly stand the test Of
ordinary criticism. Its utterances are the natural
signals Of IL new found freedom by a soul long tram
meled, and they are telegraphed into our sympa-
thies like the eXult3nt brurns Of a Joyous victory
The popular heart throughout the great and glOri-
Gus North will indulge in miraculous AMI whole
some throbbrngs IN response U this reyelstioui
We can scarcely comprehend that an organization
Of the fearful character this work describes exists IN
our very midst ia short, that it Influences the
politics, IN some degree of every Northern Stat. ;
set Mr. Wrghts disclosures most c0uclu-iveIy
prove such 20 be- the foct. That the rebels aclius
our free institutions and the glorious Government
Of our fathers were directing and influencing the re-
cent State elections "a the North and using their
BEST exert0nS for the Success Of the Buttemut
ticket, Is truly startling fact butt rs tJef ~ true
o. the existence Of heaven That We hayc u our
midst, At our very doors, hundreds o. men who are
fully m sympathy and in secret communication
with the Southern rebels, is demonstrated beyond q
cayil, and We are forced o believe d.
Il is time that an order Of a character 30 infamous
and destructive 10 every principle OF political nt-g
MY b. understood BY the people, that its marhina-
lions may ~ At once cOunterrted and It's very eX-
istcnce crushed out Of every loyal State. No one
that reads this narrative viii Gail b. understand why
the Knights Of the Golden Circle were Organized,
and Why they have been kept ia existence. No one
vii fail 70 sec that they we're the grand u-tgstOrs
Of tho Rebellion, and that the entire GHays Of the
Southern treason and Northern COpperheadism -
encouraged, f1-tered, and sustained by the secret
springs and organized wire pulling OF this wicked
ohgarchy. Mr.. Wright'5 book proves al Of these
positions, beyond O doubt.
The work Is produced in credltgble style on fine
paper, with splendid Illuminated covers, ami hiiy
illustrated with