The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-04
EIeren ReheIlIons in America /!

Since the organization of the Federal
Government-now eighty years ago
/ eEgrea attempts have been made to re-
sist its authority, and many of them
with view to its destruction. We have
thought that brief recital Of these at
tempts upon the Government, and OF
their leading spirits, might be of inter
est 60 oUr mum erous readers.
l. The first was in 1882, a conspiracy
of some of the officers Of the Federal
army to consolidate the thirteen States
into one, and confer the supreme power
upon General Washington. The father
of his country" was patriot and re-
fused the scheme his sanction.
>. The second was III lIS7, in Massa-
chusettg, and was called the "Shay's In
surrection This attempt at a rebellion
was promptly met and put down and
its chief instigators were disgraced.
.. The third, in lIg4, called the
"Whisky lnsurrection, in Pennsylva-
MIA, was promptly met and crushed out
bv General Lee, sent ut the head Of the
Federal troops by Gen Washington. Ii
is a remarkable coincident that the son
of the same Lee now heads the great
whisky rebellion in the South, and that
this periured Federal officer was placed
in command by jeff Davis, the renOwn-
ell traitor OF the nineteenth century
/ The fourth was in 1861, and is
known to the country as the rebellion
of the celebrated Hartford Convention.
That convention became infamous, but
it was a truly patriotic assembiege com
pared with the crowd who recently con
Chicago
). The fifth was in 1920, and grew out
of the question of the admission of Mis-
souri, into the Union, as involving the
slavery question The votes Of the South
were then in Congress, against the slay-
cry interests.
o. The sixth WAS a serious collision
between,the Legislature Of Georgia and
the Federal Government, in regard 10
the lands given to the Indians This
was in 1928, and occurred under the
administration John Q. Adams, stern
old patriot and able statesman.
Z. The seventh was in 1880, with the
Georgians andCherokees. That rebellion
was put down by General jackson, who
sent sn army into the Cherokee cOun-
try, under command Of Generals Scott
and Wool Georgia was made to come
to terms. and the Cherokees were sent
west of the Mississippi River, where a
portion of them have acted with the
South in the present rebellion.
). The eighth WAS the memorable
Nullifying Ordinance of South Carolina
in 1892, and was crushed out by that
man of iron will, President Jackson
We were living in Calhouns district
that year, took sides with Jackson and
the Government and were threatened
with hanging. jackson came very near
hanging the leaders, and regretted on
his death bed that he had not made an
example of themi
@ The ninth was in I642, in Rhode
Island, between the Suffrage Association
and the State authorities, who were
backed up by the Federal Government.
This was known. as the DOrT Rebellion,
led on by Thomas ". DOrr, q Democrat
Of the first water, and a man of educa-
ton and talents. We were there and
visited DorF after he was put into the
Penitentiary.
10 The tenth was in 1856, on the
part of the MoFmoEs, who resisted the
Federal authorities, broke up and dis
banded the Federal Courts, and we're
reduced to submission by the Federal
arms, the only proper remedy for re-
bellion.
IL. The eleventh in the attempt Of
secession on the part Of eleven States,
led OF by the worst class Of men that
ever drew breath on Southern soil
This rebellion, like all others, viii be
put down by the force Of arms, OF the
population Of the States in rebellion
viii be eytsrminated
The Federal Government already has
an army in every State in rebellion, and
the rebels have no army in one Of the /
loyal States, nor can they maintain an 1
armed force in any one Of taem. -
hnorgiLls Wig