The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-01-04
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"WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1855.
The Hue and CRY Against Jeff. Davis
Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears a
Crown.


The Hue and CRY Against Jef. Davis
Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears a
CTOWB.
IN Richmond the greatest depression
prevails DispiIited by 90 many disas-
tiers; embittered by the failure OF so
many hopes; disguised at SO much Of
hciai acknowledgement and chicanery
and at the demonstrated hollowness o
al the pretensiOns Of their leaders
hungry, perhaps, in the great majority
Of cases, it il no wonder that the spirip
Of the people Of Richmond should
sound the lowest depths Of despOndeA-
cy. Yet It appears that the Richmond
people can for one purpose break out
Of the Eombre gloom that settles over
their thoughts. They indulge in " fran
tic manifestations OF contempt for the
rebel government Il is the only sign
Of life they give. They are there
dead people; an inane, sombre mass Of
what was vital there is no laugh, no
hope, no fear; but some one mentions
the name OF DAVIS, and the mass start
up 10 curse 1t = alive, then. with the
energy Of hate, and wTitkes in its own
passion while II vents the horrible that
is IN i's nature against the wretch who
has the had dis inction TO De the high
est Ia that he'll.
IL Is The same in every part Of the
cOniederacy. All is dead but the hOr
roT ard the hate against Davis They
who everywhere cursed the Yankees,
Teviied them as brutal wretches, and
who imprecated the Illinois babOon
with every unclean adjective, do not
mention now either the Yankees or
the babOon, and when they speak at all
1t Is against Davis. Georgia lately was
3 turmoil Of preparatiC and struggle,
aud throughout December her whole
people screamed their defiance at US
But Sherman has walked across her
territory, and now her cry is against
DAVIS From her officials we had some
tune ago numberless letters and APP
pealsi but they have been very scarce
lately. Now we get letter from Gov
eTnor Brown. What is it2 One con-
unued imprecation against Davis
Georgia, he tells IA, has not man with
IN her limits fit for military service
Davis has taken every one. Her fifteen
thousand militia are under seventeen
or over fifty years Of age Davis hss
had the rest Of her sons, and had vast
ed their lives wantonly. Sherman
came, and Brown asked that the Geor
gIa troops in Richmond might be sent
10 defend their native State. Davis re
fused IL Sherman was quartered in
the State capital, and the State was
devastated, while the men of Georgia |
were held 10 defend the capital Of
Virginia. and the residence of Davis
Ind now, because Georgia has no more
men 10 give, she is maligned in the
Confederate Congress by the creatures
of JEFF Davis.
The Richmond bitterness was bad
enough before the news from Nashville !
reached that city. That made it bitter
or still The Richmond Enquirer, con
sideGing that disaster and Sherman's !
success -es together, dwells on the gloom |
inesg Of the rebel prospects, and finds /
that the real cause Of al the treble il /
jeff Davis Hoods campaign ia fail /
ure. and bis amy IS broken, Sherman 1
strikes fercely ct the heart Of Rebel |
dom, and 10 one can prevent it; yet 1
the Southern soldiers are as brave rs |
ever. and the absolute want of men has /
not been felt. nor is there any want OF |
military skill and genius. But says |
the Enquirer, there is d sad want of |
ability in the general management /
a war like ours cannot be carried on /
successfully hy separate armies and in /
dependent commands. There must be |
one man at tho head Of all our forces. |
He ought not 10 be a man outside the |
army, with q thousand other cares on |
his mind And so IT, goes on IN its Ci- |
forts to argue the Southern armies out |
of the hands ofJeH Davis Now, what |
the Enquirer here recommends is not 1
that the South should adopt such a
system "a ours, whore the Lieutenant /
general directs sll the armies. II ar
CUES to hurry up the development of |
the military dictator and the deposition |
Of JEFF Davis, under whom it is con- |
vinced the confederacy can never have /
anoiher success
TO the general clamor the Examiner !
adds its ounce in the denunciation of |
the seryiliiy Of the Rebel Congress, |
which has just provided that Davis shall |
draw ratioRs for his support, and shall |
receive his pay in gold or its eqUiva
lent Il adds to the discord that rules |
In the enemy's councils the voice Of
another Of the enemy's leaders, and |
hurls its missile with gusto at him who
Is now the universal target Down /
with Davis is the cry, and every one |
finds stone To huri at the "curst cur
Let IL 20 on One day the Jewish war
that John, Of Gischala, and EleaZer, the |
Z.alot had gotten up against Rome, in |
spite OF the contrary wishes of the Jew |
ish people, was suddenly brought 20 |
crisis, and then the highest of these |
leaders-John, Of Gischala-was com, |
PEELED 10 fly for his life. lie took ref |
uge in the city sewers, and there he
was found some days later, still alive,
up TO his neck in the city filth. That |
Is the way JEFF Davis will be found one |
Of these fine days; only, if we may
Judge from present appearances, his |
Time win come before his city falls