The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-05
NO. 2o6.
This alone was sufficient to drive Us

seryatism; Of the party in power and
the party out of power; Of constitu-
tiOnal Union men and unconditional
Union men. For myself, / have no par-
ty The friends of the government /
hold TO be my friends. Its enemies 1
viii fight wherever l find them, wheth-
er they belong to jeff Davis army. with
weapons in their hands, or the copper
heads and covert traitors Of the free
States, who aSsail our soldiers because
they are for the Government / hold
them all alike as enemies. The COP
perhead-a cowardly knave-who has
not even the apology of prejudice for
his treasOn,I despise as much for his
trucking to the slave aristOcracy, who
spit upon him, and hold their noses
while he begs to be permitted to aid
them IN breaking up the government,
as do for his hypOcritical cant about
constitutional rights about" the Consti-
tuition as it is, and the Union as it was"
willing at the same time that JEFF Davis
should destroy both.
The times have changed the MEANING
of words. A conservative seems to be
one willing to see the traitors DESTROY
the constitution and he is a radical
who pledges life, and property, and
honor, to the maintainance Of his GOV
eminent.
oUR DUTY
Is to stand by the government at all
hazards and to the last; to save it or
let everything go to destruction with it;
to support and strengthen the hands of
authorities lin this struggle for life
and liberty. There is safety alone
in success. If errors occur and
wrongs are committed it is no
more than should be expected.
Such are the incidents of civil war; and
they are fewer in our country than
were ever known before. DenunciatiOn
is no remedy. Let those so loud and so
bitter in their denunciation of the adj
ministration, be but half so kind to il as
to jeff Davis concern, and they would
say far less than they do And let the
intensely loyal from the free states re-
member what you have endured As
Southern Patriots You have suffered
alike from. friend and foe. You have
been denounced by the traitors as untrue
to the South. By extreme unionists, your
loyalty is often distrusted; and know
you have been robbed by both sides
As a southern man know what YOU
have suffered, and what you must still
endure. j have passed through the
ordeal myself
Loyal men in the free States know
nothing of the cost Of loyalty in the
South. When the fight is ended, and
the smoke of battle is lifted from the
field, they seek for their dead and
wounded friends, where the lOVai armies
stood; lgs do that also; but we then 90
TO the spot where the lines Of the enemy
were formed; and in the mist of tears
we there seek and find the mangled
forms of our friends and brothers, and
can but press them to our hearts, and
tsnderly nurse and restore them if liv-
ing. If dead we sOrrOwfuliy put them
away forever. Erring brothers they
were-but our brothers still
Notwithstanding all this, our 10y
atty is often impugned But what
matters it to us2 We know how dearly
we love our countey, and what sacrih-
ces men may make, and still live Such
is southern loyalty. Starvation,-hu
miliation-disgrace-fre-iaggOt and
the rack-suffering and death in every
form cannot shakeit Bear up, my cOun-
trymen, like brave men amid the desc
latiOn around you; bear up 10 the last
The end is not distant; and with il the
blessings of liberty under the old flag.
If the soldiers of our army treat you
badly, you will not forget there are bad
ell
that this is q time Of civil war. In
time, the evil will be corrected, and
good men will stand by and defend
you Assume towards the government
but loyal attitude; pledge it your ear
nest support as a community, by concen-
trated action, and in time it will protect
you 1t is the government Of the pe0-
pie, and their duty is to protect and de
fend their own.
The enemy's cry Of "Linccln's men,
is nothing; we are no mans men; We
are free, and resolved to be free.
Do not be misled by appearances in
Kentucky she is loyal and true rs ever,
and perhaps the most loyal State, To-
day, in the Union. COpperheads and
traitors she certainly has, as every
other State; but they are neither 40
numerous nor demonstratiye. And Ike
the rest, she has her brave hearts that
nothing can corrupt or deter and her
soldiers i'm tho field are loyal, as they
are brave and good Their soldierly
bearing in camp and on the battlefield
evince their devotion 10 their country.
Their ranks are depleted and thinned,
but they can neither be alarmed nor
discouraged they vie with their breth-
rem Of the other States in deeds Of
herOism
an much obliged, gentlemen and
ladies, for your kind and undivided
attention to what have had to say
and | beg leave to say, that As loyal
men, ] am at all times your humble
servant
The General then retired amid pro-
longed and hearty applause.
Gov johnson followed, and discussed
the questions Of slavery and reorgani-
zation, in all their bearings lie was
for convention, to be called at the
proper time, to reorganize the State;
and he favored a provision in the con
stitution abolishing slavery immediate
ly; but If that could not be done, then
it gradually. We must get
rid of the slavery question. Negroes
could only be valuable TO the commu-
nifty, now. as free men. lie had found
that free negroes would work better
than slaves. lie had emancipated his
negroes, and now paid them wages; and
never before were they 50 valuable to
him; and they never were so contented
to remain in his service.
The Governors positions were all
loudly applauded by the audience.
He was followed by Col Lewis Till
man who made an effective and hHmor-
Gus speech, which kept the audience in
a roar.
The meeting then adjourned amid
cheers for the Union.
MoRGAxs MES RELEAs ED-On Friday
asst one hundred and sixteen officers
to John MOrgan's raiders
we're released from the penitentiary at
and placed in a special train
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