The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-24
GoIng 10 6chonl In ana Snnth.

WASHINGTON, September IS, 1863.
Anybcdy sho is anxious for arguments 20
prove ihHt the Union viii be restored. and
viii be good deal better than new. has
only 10 mix with some Of the thsrp Sou b.
ern fell0vI who drop in here daily on pros
p citing o. pardoning tours. II there ever
were any doubt about the term Yankee be-
ing wo thy Of national application, il should
b. disiaisstd. No citizens Of the New Eng
land States could have gone more probably
10 school TIA a have these same ehivalfic
sons Of the South during the rebellion.
Their experience Is about - li0ws:
yes, We saw the tiger, and the elephant,
aud the whole menagor e, rchestra and ali.
Yes, We have been educated. Considering
that We started out on a aort OF picnic in
1861, it is astonishing how soon ID became
irolic, aud how tom a frolic il ran into a
hght, from fight INTO q war, and from
war into an almighty defeat leaving the
Coniede aey IN a heap, pfec sely Is II we
had hi cfSd on the seeding States into one
Train Of cars, aod then put al our best men,
our speakers, our preachers too, at the head
for engines snd 90 rugged and 81 ed, and
iull Of glory and gas, had gone on ct about
two miles minpfe, iii We got on the long
bridge between the Despot sun Of the cid
Union and blessed Independence Of our new
heaven Of a monarchy, when the bridge
broke and-here W. are, nt your servicel
Bot We weot 70 school for ell that Let us
see what We learned. Wea, we first found
out tast the Nortberners could fight; then
the darkies would not fght for us; then they
would iight for the Tanks; then they would
net work: then thrt they WOULD tel our Sc
crcis; and, finally, that they liked ahe
strangers better thau old massa. our wo-
men had @ Ok, wash, cut wood, and make
their own clothes. Having no cali1o. aud
Hattie 70 wear save what the blockad,-ruu-
uer, b oughtu', We had - learn, by rude
nachinery, mostly BY hand, 90 weave our
o~n fabrics. Ia this way quite q large bust
uess was carried ON in the cot on States
Magn We stopped growing cotton We grew
sorghum, ANA .or two years led thousands
with The mola'ses made of that tropical
plant. Our rebellion made us adopts in
arms, In their use an msnuiactuie-alfo
All the military arts-in the management oi
IA ps-oi-war q IN the hand ing Of coast
wise craft Our marches gave us new
nosledge OF our section, thus making as
geographcrs, In a moral sense We found Sc
cessioa 10 BE- a destructive dogma; cur lead
G. false prophets, and our hopes Of foreign
aid iailacious. We soon discovered that
the nioratt Of the Federsl army 81 cd 10 in
stead Of an sdjifional element-that 10 fact
81 was reinforced by the schools, churches,
neSspai ers, mighty chariiie., and weil-fed
people hchiud d. We had no such rock to
rest ON We had almost no homes 10 20
back %. Toward the last VI had no place
% 60 but The army, and SO we staid in IL,
and many o, us never left the battle field.
Two hundred Thousand are still tbere,
sound asleep in their graves In fact, the
var ten us almost without a spot ON which /
% rest cur living bod es. But the greatest
lesson was that no American ought ever 10 !
light the Unita. And we advise you never |
u 81 10 school for such an experience We |
give b % you second -hsnd, but gratis. You |
might succeed IN perpetual motion; vol /
might Try 10 btotle the ,unbeuma YOU ct |
out 81 cucumbers; You might take Ia
gneEreotypc ct the sun in the light Of the I
iuaou; yea might prove that Copper head
was a genuine pstuut-but you could never
get The appor-hsud Of thai quiet ola lnsu
known a. Uncle Samuel. We tired IL, and
here We are see