The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-05
A VOICE FROmTHE WILDERNESS
AZ ebeI Soldiers Refuse TO be Forced
60 Re-enteF the;Rebel SerVIceI
TheY DenOunce Their Lenders!
The Rebellion on ITS Clutches,
AN Address to the Rebel soIdiers!

From the Cincinnati Commercial.
EDS C0M-The following address was
procured by me from some rebel soldiers
in Calhoun county, AlabaEs, few days
past. was on secret service for the
| Government, and was therefore in dis
guise, and the rebels gave me the address
suppOsing me to be rebel soldier. There
is no mistake as to its commences; and
l know that il has circulated to a con-
siderable extent among the dissatisfied
rebel soldiers. The following is the ad
dress:
Fellows Soldiers of the Army of Ten
nessee Three years ago we were called
upon to volunteer in the Confederate army
for term of three years and we all no.
bly, responded TO the call, with the ex-
press understanding that we were to be
discharged IS soon as our term of SER
vice expired. Indeed, we were faith
fully assured by all Of our officials that
such course would be pursued The
Secretary of war proclaimed that those
who volunteered for three years or du-
ring the war" would have to be disohsrg-
ed from ihe army at the end of three
years. But to our utter surprise, we are
now told that we must be cOnscripted
and forced to enter the army for another
term of three yesrs Our feelings are
not to be consulted; we must be con-
scripted
"Was such thing ever heard of be-
fore? Do the annals Of war furnish q
single instance of volunteer soldiers
being forced to continue in the service
after the expiration Of their term of SER
vice 4? Surely not If we search the
history of the world, from the days of
Adam, down to the present, we will find
that in every instance = volunteer soldier
was discharged 50 soon as his term of
service expired. unless be, of bis own ac-
cord re-enlisted ss 3 volunteer; aud are
we, Anlericaas, once the boast and pride
of the world-are we TO be treated worse
than the heather Of the dark ages of the
world treated their soldiers? Are we
to be made the worst slaves ever known
to the world? And are we become the
laugbing-stock of the world.
Fellow Soldiers Is il not clear TO ev-
cry rational mind, that our pompous and
merciless rulers are daily stealing away
our rights and liberties, and reducing us
to the most abject slavery ever known TO
the world? And shall we cowsrdly sub
nit to this palpabls infringement upon
our most sacred rights? We were told
that we must come out 70 fight for our
rights; yet our inhuman leaders are
gradually robbiDg as Of every right in
herited by nature or transmitted to Us by |
our predecessors The Federals did |
not hesitate TO discharge al their nine /
months troops whose term Of service ex-
pired last summeF-ihey were promptly 4
discharged, and their places filed up by 4
new levies and shall We suffer ourselves 1
to be treated worse than our enemies are
treated? No, brave comrades, let's as
sert our rights, and unfinchingly main
tain them Let's show our beastlY
rulers shat they cannot thus enslave us
because we are private soldiers They
have already cunningly led rs to the
very threshold Of destruction; they have
prscticed one deception after another uD-
on as; they have told rs lies--horFible