The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-03-19
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TROUBLES OF FHg RkBELs.
Savage Speech OF Klgfall-AppFehend-
ed Detection OF the Cotton States
Wise on the Situation.
wIGFALL MAKES ANOTHER ExrRAoRDIE4RY
SPEECH.
From lhe $1,000 sentinal, Nareh 9.

VIII ALL A1hLo aNOAnLns EfAA hANAeEAA1 II
SPEECH
From toe Richmond Sentinel. March Q.
Senator Wigfall, who has been pur
suing a very extraordinary and very
reprehensibIe course during the whole
of the present session of Congress
seemed inspired in his speech Of Tues
day night by desire to surpass all bis
previous offenses against the public in
terests. His speech was violent, IN
patriotic, and censurable IN the highest
! degree devoted to the advocacy of ex
treme faueies, and TO the abuse of those
who stand infinitely higher than he in
the public confidence He denounced
the Virginia Legislature as . one
horse concern (where were our Seno-
tors that they had no word of rebuke }
denounced the Press, poured out his
bitterness upon the President, and de
handed that he and the Vice Presi-
dent should resign.
There is, perhaps, not a patriot in the
land who will not think that Mr.. Wig
fall should himself take the advice he
gives, and resign his seat in the Senate.
Had he done so at the beginning Of the
session, a great deal Of time would have
been saved to that body, which has
been far worse than wasted.
We trust that the people and Legis-
lature of Texas ere not unobservant of
the freaks of their Senator; and if
he neither resigns nor amends his ways,
they will, in justice to themselves, to
the cause, and to the sister States, re
lieve him at the earliest moment Of the
trust which ne so lily discharges.
SOME OF THE REBEL STATES 'THRETENIEG TO
DESERT TIE REBEL CAUSE.
From the Richmond Sentinel. Marchs.
Nothing can be more unpatriOtic or
in worse taste, than to threaten the
majority with detection or abandon
ment, unless they shall yield their opin-
ions to listless and Energetic minor
ity. If, indeed, the worst that is threat
ened should happen, the detection Of
part would be a less evil than the par
alysis of the whole But we credit no
such intimidations.
We think it would be well to have
frequent conferences and consultations
between the authorities and leading
citizens of the several States. They
would tend to keep up sympathy and
harmony among US, and to promote a
salutary zeal and virtuous rivalry We
should like to see Virginia send now, as
she has sent in other days, deputation
of her first sons to visit our sister States,
and to proclaim to them that all is well
in the Old Dominion In the early
days of secession she received embas-
sizes from her Southern sister States, in
viting her to join her fortunes with
theirs; let her in her turn now send to
them to tell them that Virginia, amid
all her suferings, is still unconquered
and true, and to receive their assuran-
ces that they will stand by her, and
with her, through all the fortunes Of
the changing fight, and match blow
with blow, until God shall crown our
common struggle with a common tri~
umph. We do not credit any threats
or rumors Of desertion. We are faith
full to our sister States; we confide in
their honor that they viii be faithful
to us.