The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-09

mont ana never pardon us at all, but
take al our property at once, and
divide 1t amongst themselTes2 This is
the question; but only for the moment !;
1t IS sure to change and shift before the
election, for Lineoln's party must bid
higher, and come up to the more
thoroughgoing principle ofhis opponent;
then his opponent Fremont or some
other) will bid higher still; and then
the question at the polls will be
whether-after hanging our ring
leaders-the rest Of Us are simply to -
all despoiled and turned out to work,
steal or beg; or, on the other hand,
whether we are to be annexed as vas
sails and serfs to the lands Of the future
Yankee lords of the soil There is
much to be said on both sides, and we
trust that, by voting or by fighting, they
will settle it 20 their satisfaction. One
looks with cOntentment on the stark
madness of that monster populaoe cli
hiMeR ademptli1 But this IS not all.
While the political leaders are thus in
telligently arranging the platforms, In
diana, we learn, has become more dis
loyal this year than ever; so affirms the
New York Tribune, and the Democrats
of that State are putting forth resolu-
tiOns "eminently favorable to secession"
So this year again there are signs of
trouble in the great NOrthwest-nOt
signs of peace with us, but Of dis
integration and dislOcation at home;
gracious buds Of promise, which,
with the approach of their cleo
tiOns, may bloom and blossoms
into bloody fruit of revolution. Then
will be the day of trial for Chase,
and those Wall street alchymists who
search for the philosophers stone. Well
may that minister now put forth all his
devices for changing paper into gold
The last advices from the enemy's
country apprise us that he has again re-
sorted to the old expedient of pouring
out upon the market a quantity of gold,
which he has previously bought for that
express purpose, and so keeping down
the price Of the article for a moment
But he lives from moment to moment,
from day to day, from hand to mouth
and the difference between our enemy's
financial measures and ours is, that ours
are based upon fact and truth, his upon
ever new frauds. We look in the face
and acknowledge our wants, losses, de
ficits, and debts, and accept them, and
60 upon the basis of them; he goes upon
the delusive hope Of conquering a con-
tinent, and continual tales Of imaginary
success and gigantic movements and
expeditions, the rumor whereof, if it
cannot conquer a continent, can at least
slightly affect the current value Of
paper in Wall street.
Now it is a great thing to stand upon
a basis of simple fact and truth. In
this struggle, whichsoever Of the two
parties first gets itself upon that firm
ground must win the day; and we do
think that the Confederates are upon it
now. They at least know that they
must conquer or perish that compro-
mise there can be none; that the Fed
eral power of the Confederate people
must be ruined that we must dictate a
peace, or else our enemies will we on
our arms or they on theirs; we on their
ground, or they on ours that they must
be bankrupted and divided asunder, or
we beggared and outlawed Be it so;
and better so. We protest that this
position of affairs is altogether to our
mind if any Confederate shrink from
abiding this issue, and in this exact
form, it is time that such Confederate
should gather up and clutch all he can
lay his hands upon, turn it into gold and
jewels, and sneak away, across the lines,
DrOVided he can eseaDa the robbers that
Infest those parts