The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-17
A Couple Of Photographs.

A Couple OF Photographs.
We make the following extracts from
a letter to the Louisville Journal, from
Huntsville, Ala:
TIATULENT UNTOSIsT TURNS REBEL
a citizen Of this place, R W. Coltart.
n the early days of the war. avowed
openly and manfully his hostility tona-
tiOnal disruption His distaste for trea-
son would allow him no rest; and. tho
his voice, which then rUng sentiments
that found echo and applause where
ever loyal hearts turned faithfully to
the fOunt of national prosperity and
wealth-the cOnstitutiou-was feeble
and pOwerless against the boisterous
clamOrs of the frenzied extremists, what
an enviable record for his escutcheon
would even silent fidelity have earned p
To have it said in an opitaph, "Whsn
rebellion raised its gorgon head 10 crush
republican liberty, he, in a reign of ter
roF, with the sword suspended over him,
rose above fanaticism, gave his country
his prayers, and was loyal among disloy-
al thousands What honor would rival
that? What price could purchase such
name2 Venality plays strange havoc
with characters at times, and here
the ruin was complete. What marvel
that the man who resisted the displace-
ment of the "stars and stripes, 10 be
supplanted by the rebel bunting, should
sell himself TO such an unprinciuled,
and brainless reprobatc, as bloyiating
Glenn Clay He, with just intellect
enough to entrap the unwary in the
meshes Of plot that he was Just super
fetal enough TO believe feasible, and
perfectly unfit TO aid, attracts, with
commission as Confederate States
Marshal Of Alabama our ingenious
friend Coltart 70 the southern bank Of
the Tennessee The position, I am told,
is very lucrative Coltart was loyal long
enough to mass snug little batch Of
greenbacks while on our side the river,
and doubtless sunk the pile. Deter
mined that he would place himself in
a position where he can assume TO be
Independent as policy may dictate, be
now serves the rebels IN an official ca
pacity; VIII buy up all the cotton that
VIII probably be abandoned on the APP
proach Of the Yankee army and, when
we dLAh dAACb u--ttllit VIII Jc AoNAtA lAAF-
pared to embrace the amnesty for his
pockets sake
While in Dixie Coltart viii do a good
business, YOU may rest assured IN fund
ing Confederate money. Itispurchased
at very low rates, and after the 18th Of
April viii be little more valuable than
blank paper Purchasing Confederate
money at five or ten cents on the dollar,
he viii convert them into bonds The
Confederate finances revived, bOndsWill
rapidly advance, and when tho new
Confederate issue appears, Coltart VIII
pat his bonds into market, convert them
INTO the latest and safest rebel SHIN
plasters, sink them, ant retire to await
results Such is this model timeseryer
who viii one OF these days turn up again
10 claim Fefsrat protection Mr.. Marshal
Coltart had better apply to some Gro
else than General Logan lie Is on the
lookout for such elastic gentleman az
you IT you submit your person TO his
procrustcGn ordeal YOU II be chopped Of
IT the knees, III bet
A BLATANT REBEL EELENTs FOR OFFICE SAKE
trust give no offence to those who
have recommended the gentleman
whose political tHssge stands il such
striking autithe-is to Coiiarts. Ii mod
crate amount OF discrepancies may be
tolerated and pardcued, but there are
offences that tax charity 10 oU.rook,
much more 10 reward with siuecuTes or
official distinction Of any character
Nr. J. " Cooper, an original secos-
sionist, one who impiored the people 10
launch into this bloody experiment.
and who not only canv.ssed county and
State in the cause Of secession, bat who
was among tie first Southern merchants
TO reuUdlate his Northern debts. coms8
with PUritanic airs and sorrow inject
lOrrcpentauce, TO transfer his allegiance
b us again, and pledge GJao. A.5 AOAor,
as he hopes for salvation IN the world
to come.
3Ir. Cooper scarcely feels the weight
Of lis d" Yankee yarns when ho AZ
plies to the Federal authorizes for
commission rs L. $ Mar-haL lam not
exactly O Methodist, bJlt ii. 'u excu.pa-
ting these iaiut-hearted wanderers from
the Union fold, We should iuaug uia te
one feature Of the Discipline If that
church, it would be quite as psolt.Jie,I
apprehend, for the service as "sC.rg IL
blind IF six months are necessary 70
establish ono feTveucy and lruEsssin
religious matters, ! see no reason why
the original iustigatOrs Of this gigantic
saturualia Of war and crime shouldn't
serve "a probation Of the same length 80
least Confidence in humanity, when
pride and revenge are the invisible
weights in the opposite scale, Is q ylr-
tue that my experience among men has
taught me 20 handle with care Ar
Cooper had best feel ve3' eer.aia about
his sincerity before be begins the new
scene in his singular drama He play
ed one character well The 7etgt WAS
q part we'll done The role Of the IN
conditional Union man rcqUiresa sound
mind and good heart