The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-01

=" All Of which / saw, and part Of which was %
Thus wroe-(gssAl qp<s ., g}eIBorsle seses-on5 sur
Edmund Wright has hllly established his title TO
echo the sentiment, on an occasion that will occupy
a long and dark chapter in the history OF our Gov
eminent.
Edmund Wright saw what it is. pleasanter to read
Of than Witness and was IN Involuntary particputor
in scenes and events that would freeze stronger
| blood than is given to common men. What he di-
Wllges regarding the causes and inner life Of the &C.
cursed rebellono Of the South, lshe newest aud i7
far the most staEtling chapter yet written IL 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 icts he di
ylges are OF a strangely exert Estrt o. p Frr
A hundred novels have been produced and read
widely, all Of which combined COMPRISE less of
startling incident than is contained in this volume;
while hundreds Of narratives Of personal adventure
have been gratefully received by the reading com
munity which seemed tame and Hfeess when com
pared with this. IL tells Of trials and sorrows
abuses, lndlgmues, and crimes, trusts betrayed
and condolences outraged, that we at the North
would never credit, were they not circUinstantialy
related and described by an active partcipator sn,L
eve witness. .r--
While the merit Of such a work. in q literary
view, ought mot to be measured 10y ordinary stand
ards, 81 Is not too much 20 say that the literary char
acter Of this book will abundantLy stand the teat Of
ordinary criticism. It's utterances are the natural
signals Of new found freedom by a soul long tram
mele'l, and they are telegraphed into our syIHps-
thies like the ektiltmt br0tdS Of q Joyous victory
The popular heart throughout the great and glOri-
Gus North viii indulge am miraculous. and whole
some thrObblngs IN response tO this revelation
We can scarcely comprehend that an organization
Of the fearful character this work describes exists I'M
our very midsti IN short, that 10 influences the
politics, ia some degree, Of every Northern state
yet Mr. Nnght's disclosures most cOnclusiyely
prove such 70 be the fact. That the rebels against
our free institutions and the glorious Government
Of our fathers were DIRECTING ana influencing thu re-
cent State elections ~ the North and using their
best eXertIOns for the success Of the Butternut
ticket, Is a truly startlngfact; bfH Is u 1ci as true
as the existence Of hcavenl That we have m our
midst al our very doors, hundreds Of men who are
fully IN sympathy and in secret communication
with the Southern rebels, Is demOnstratedsbeyOnd
cavil, and we are forced 10 believe IT,
II IS time that an order Of character 50 infamous
and destructive 20 every principle Of political integ
MY be understood by the people, tfzt its Tsachina-
ions may be 80 once cOunterscted and is very cK
-tence crushed out Of every loyal state. No one
that reads this narrative viii fail 70 understand why
the Knights Of the Golden Circle wcre organized, !
and why theg have been kept IN existence. No one 1
will fail 10 that they we're the gEud insigat0rs
Of the Rebellion, and that the entire nf0iBs 81 the /
Southern treason and Northern COppcrheausm - /
encouraged, fostered, and sustained BY the secret 1
springs and Organized wire-pullfHg of this wicked i
Ohglrhy. Mr. Wrghts book proves an Of these
positions, beyond a doubt.
The work IL produced IN cTBiitabie style, on 8ne
paper, with spieufid eliminated covers, ana haily