The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-05
CoPPERHEAD MOVEMENT
AT THE NORTH.

"All Of which saw, and part Of which I was -
Thus wrote Caesar on q memorable occasion, and
Edmund Wright has fully established his title TO
echo the sentiment on an occasion that viii occupy
long and dark chapter ia the history Of our Gov
eminent
Edmund Wright saw what it is pleasanter to read
Of than witness, and was an involuntary participation
in scenes and events that would freeze stronger
blood than is given to common men. What he di-
vuges regarding the causes and inner life Of the
cursed rebellion Of the South, is 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 with the
scenes he describes and the astounding facts he d.
yuges, are Of a strangely exciting interest.
A 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
munIty which seemed tame and lIfcless when COM
pared with this. 10 tells Of trials and sOrrOws
abuses, indignities and crimes, trusts betrayed,
and condolences outraged, that We at the North
would never credit, we're they not Enthusiastically
related and described by an active participation and
sye witness.
view, ought not % be measured by ordinary stand
ards i is not too much % say that the literary char
acter Of this book will abundanily stand the test Of
ordinary criticism Us utterances are the natural
signals Of new found freedom by soul long tram
mred, and they are telegraphed into our symJa-
thies like the exulant bfarn5 Of a Joyous victory
The popular heart throughout the great and glor1-
Gus North viii indulge in miraculous and whole
some throbbugs IN response % this revelauOnl
We can scarcely comprehend that an organization
Of the fearful character tbs wOr, describes exists ln
our very midst in short, that 10 lPdueuces the
politics, in some degree, Of every A9rthem state
yet Dir Wughts disclosures most cOnclusivcly
prove such to b. the fact. That the rebels against
our free institutions and the glorious Government
o. our fathers were directing and influencing the re-
cent state elections az the North, and using their
best exertiOns for the success Of the ButteIuut
ticket ~ truly startling fact; bit 70 Is fact, as true
a. the existence Of heaven That We have 90 our
midst, 90 our very doors, hundreds Of men Who srr
fully in sympathy and IN secret communication
with the Southern rebels, is demonstrated beyond
cayil, and We are forced 20 believe &C.
II is time that an order Of a character 20 infamous
and destructive 10 every principle Of political nteR-
rity be understood By the people, that iis machine
tons may be a. once couutertcted and IT. very eE-
istence crushed ont Of every loyal state. No one
that reads tins narrative viii l 10 understand why
the knights Of the Golden Circle were Organized
and why they have been kept in existence. No one
viii fail o. that they were the grand nstgttors
Of the Rebellion, and that the entire anigus d the
southern treason and Northern COpperheadism j.
encouraged, fJstered, and sustained 1y the secret
springs and orEsni1ed Wire-pulling 81 this wicked
Of Eanhy. Mr.. Wughts book proves al OF these
positions, beyond doubt
The work u produced 10 credItalle style, on ine
paper, with splendid Illuminated covers, and fully
illustrated with