The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-16

"AI Of which saw, and part Of which Was r.
Thus wrote Cesar or = memorable occasion, and
Edmund Wright has fully established his title to
echo the sentiment, on an occasion that viii occupy
long snd dark chapter IN the history Of our Gov
erDmenL
Edmund Wright saw what it is pIeasanter to reed
Of than witness, and an involuntary particpator
IA scenes and events that would freeze stronger
blood than Is given TO common men. What he d.
TGlges regarding the causes and inner LIE Of the SC
cursed rebellion OF the South, is the newest and by
far the 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 ne di
vulges, are Of & strangely exciting interest.
A hundred novels have Leen produced ana read
widely, all Of which combined comprise less @
starting incident than Is cG3-sn2ss ia this volume
while hundreds OF narratives OF personal adventure
have been gratefully received by the reading com
Inurity which seemed tame and lteiess when COM
pared with this. lt tells Of trials and sOrrOys,
abuses, ndlgnItie=, and crimes, trusts betrayed
sno condolences outraged, that we az the North
would never credit, were they not Enthusiastically
related and described by an active participation and
eye witness.
While the merit Of such a work, in a literary
view, ought not 70 be measured by ordinary stnd-
ards, It is not TOO much 70 ssy that the literary char
seter Of th= book VIII abundantly stand the test Of
ordinary criticism. Its utterances are the natural
signals Of new found freedom by soul long tram
lncied, and they are teegraphed into our sympa-
tfes like the eXuitnt 6sCud5 Of Joyous victory
The popular heart throughout the great and giori-
Gus North viii indulge in miraculous and whole
some thrObDings IN response 70 this revelation!
We car scarcely comprehend that an organization
Of the fearful character this work describes eXsts in
our very midst; IN short, that It influences the
politics, IN some degree Of every Northern state ;
yet Mr. Nnghts disclosures most cOnclusiYely
prove such to be the fack That the rebels against
our free institutions and the glorious Government
Of our fathers directing snd influencing the re-
cent State elections AZ the North, and using their
best egcrti0us for the success of the ButJernut
ticket i truly starting fact; Bat Z IS Jac, true
IS the existence Of heaYeul That we have II our
midst, Of cur very doors, hundreds Of men who are
fully in sympathy snd IN secret communication
with the Southern reDe4s. 10 demonstrated beyond q
cavil and We are forced 10 believe il.
1t is time that al order Of character so infamous
and destructive to every principle Of poltegi integ
rty be understood By the people, that its nschina-
tons may be e once c0unteracted, and Its very
istence crushed out OF every loyal state. No one
that reads this narrative viii fail 70 understand why
the Knights of the Golden Circle were organized,
and why they have been kept in existence. No one
viii f 70 see that they were the grand instgstors
Of the Rebellion and that the entire c1tltS Of the
Southern treason and Northern Copperheadism IS
encouraged, fostered, and sustained by the secret
springs and organized wirs-pulhaC OF this wicked
oligarchy Dir. Wught's book proves all Of these
positions, beyond doubt.
The work is produced in credltabie style, on fine
paper, with splendid Illuminated covers, and fully
Illustrated with