The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-28


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General Seymour Taten Prisoner
Makes a speech at Charlottesville,
TIrglnla-He does not Encourage
the Rebels TO Believe in Che SPEEDY
Termination OF the Var.
fFror the Redmond Fxauiner q tie lssa]
/ 10 more preposterous exhibi.1on has
been seen ia the course OF this wsr
taan the town Of Charlottesville be
held the other day on the arrival Of
/ those two Yankee Brigadier Generals
who had been captured in the night
/ attack by Gordons brigade IN the
| Wilderness The two worthless arc
named Shaler and Seymour, the former
has visited Richmond before, in his
/ capacity Of Captain Of company IN
the New York 18th" when that dandy
regiment Of Gotham cockneys was en-
terteined here on the occasion Of the
Monroe funeral obsequies. Seymour
is the same commander who, at Ocean
Pond, il Florida, hurled his negro
troops up against the muzzles Of Con-
lederate guns If be had been caught
on that occasion, in the very set CT
leading runaway slaves to attack Their
masters, it is presumed that he woula
have been hanged OF shot, as he vel
deserve to be.
Il was the fortune Of these two brig
adiers to be first marched into Orange
Courthouse, with about twelve hundred
other prisoners
They were halted opposite the railing
which incl0sed the Courthouse, but
while Shaler stood in q sufficiently nat
ural manner, and with apparent uncon-
IN, the other furnished amusement
20 the few spectators BY his studied at
fitudes and highly elaborate glances
Standing extremely erect, with one
thumb stuck in his belt, and evidently
regarding himself az an object Of in
tense interest to the village he first
look up around the windows to see
whether the women were peeping, and
skiing their own hearts who the proper
young man in shoulder-straps could be
Then looking down upon the Sidewalk.
where some little boys, both white and
black, were I'VE must confess) grinning
be tempered his familiar smile with an
Istuts regard of control, and sh 1t in
iignant flashes from his dark eyes
This was apparently all the notice he
Youchsafed 70 so small place S
Orange Bat now comes the absurd
part Of the affair.
On arriving at Charlottesville, lsrg-
or town, able 70 turn out a. greater crowd
IF spectators, this whipped brigadiel
oethought him Of honoring the place
90 far as TO address his "fellow-cit4
zens at the railroad depot, The thing
would seem incredible, yet trustworthy
gentlemen avouch the fact that by some
unaccountable, but most culpable con
nivance of the officer of the guard, this |
creature was actually permitted TO make !
a speech TO the citizens of Charlottes |
Vile. They even report the substance
of the speech, which was to the follow /
ing effect: General Lee may possibly |
defeat General Grant and the Federal |
army but what Of that2 l trust if he
defeat him he may follow up his sue
cess by taking Washington and burn
ing it 70 the ground. And let him not
stop there, let him capture and burn
then advance on Philadel
phia and burn that Then at last we
shall have united North, and shall |
begin to show you what war is ;"
This, from the illstarred Brigadier
who has never done anything in the
world but run away from Finnegan in
Florida, and yield himself up, rescue OF
DO rescue, at the first yell Of Georgians
in the Wilderness! We find it hard to
first, why the man was not
"bucked and gagged" by the guard
and secondly, why he was not hooted
and pelted BY the populace The trash
that he uttered was merely safe piece
Of the most vulgar Yankee braggado-
cia, virulent with all the spite which
usually rankles in amean nature. Yet |
we have heard Confederate citizens, APP
parent!y sane, absolutely compliments
ment the pluck and dash Of this
harangue.
Our people, unhappily, have such a
diseased appetite for oratory, are so
resolute to have every man define his
position, are so easily duped 5y the
show Of every thing spirited and piucky |
Qn LAM u ,ge,) that they viii even listen
10 the impudent rant OF a despicable
being Ike this. I he can not fight he
Fan at least talk; his tongue is sharper
than his sword ii he csn not advance
10 the burning and plumber of Char
ottesYille, at the head Of his brigade,
be can st least electrify the citizens
thereof by q small TRADE of defiant
ohraseology
On the whole, this whole scene is the
scme Of absurd impropriety The guard |
Tho permitted il deserves punishment;
and If such speeches are to become
! permanent institution, We do not see
the use of buck and gag.