The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-05
Interesting tennessee Items.
Of the Chicago Republican
NASHVILLE, sTEEE., Aug. 2S, 1865.

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Of the Chicago Republican.
NASHVILLE, ITEM, Aug. 2S, 1865.
The reader viii perhaps remember
that in the early days Of the rebellion :
q cargo OF Warlike munitions, purchas-
ed By the agents Of Governor Harris in
the north, was seized BY the military
authorities at Cairo, en- route for this
city. Governor Harris, by way Of re-
prisal. immediately caused to be seized ,
the sum DISCO, 666, &c in Tennessee bonds,
the property of the government, then
in the hands of the surveyor Of the
pert of Nashville. These bonds were
finally transferred to the confederate
states receiver at this place, and depos-
tied with the bank Of Tennessee. A
day or two since the committee engaged
IN examining the assets of the bank,
captured in Georgia and turned over TO
Governor BroWnlow, found these bonds J
among the papers Of the bank
In the fall Of 1851 Governor Harris
sent Al of the bonds of Tennessee, the
property of the state, for 81 900 each,
TO an eminent banking house in Eng |
land, TO be deposited 10 the credit Of /
tine Governor Of Tennessee. Governor |
Brownlow, upon learning this fact, in
stituted inquiries in regard 10 these |
bonds, from which it is ascertained that I
they are still in the hands Of the Eng
lish bankers, who had been instructed |
| by Harris to deliver them to no one ex-
eept upon his order. Governor Brown
low has taken steps for their recovery.
Much anxiety is felt among the truly
loyal men here in reference TO the adj
mission Of our delegates to Congress.
The effect of a refusal will be regarded
Sc 3 rebel triumph. / know that diff
ferent opinion prevails at the North,
but this is the light in which it is
viewed here by both parties If they
be admitted, the loyal element here,
in full sympathy with the great body of
the loyal people Of the Northern States,
will henceforth control the State, but if
rejected, it will be years before they
can do so. The loyal people and
presses of the North should be our
friends God knows the Union people
of Tennessee, by their suffering and
endurance for the. cause of national in
tegrity, have entitled themselves TO the
respect, il not the admiration of loyal
men everywhere; yet it is a notifying
fact that, too often, when We look to our
Northern friends for encouragement
and for words of generous confidence,
inspired by that holy patriotism which
warns alike the bosoms of true
! Union men everywhere, we are met
with cold distrust. The rebels have
been accustomed to spurn us as the
, poor white trash, wanting in spirit
! willing TO be the slaves Of the Nsrth.
Through four years of sanguinary civil
strife, prosecutions, trials and sutier
ings, which must be seen and feh TO be
( appreciated; amid the dark horrors
5 OF the gibbet and the conhagrations Of
; ! our homes; amid the darker horrors
. and deeper gloom of rebel dun
t geons, as well as upon the fields made
= memorable and glorious by the en-
= during triumphs of the armies OF free
D dom, we have given the lie to the base
/ iusinuatiOns of our foes We feel thai
!, we have vindieated ourselves, and thai
o the 10000 loyal men of Tennessee whS
y have nobly battled for the cause of thu
n Union have vindicated their title 4
d consideration.
1. By another tide we feel that we hav'
Q commended ouFseleys to the confidence
y of the lovers of freedom throughou
b the world. The emancipation proela'
G nation of President Lincoln, which dIs
IS more to make his name immortal, In al
l. lands where the cause of human free
4 dom is enshrined in the hearts of the
il people, than any other act OF his lie
p left slavery untouched in Tennessee
70 What, then, WAS the first act OF tn
D. loyaI people of the State when they es
le saved 10 reestablish civil government
le within her borders2 By solemn vote
n the people to ordain, as the funda
C mental law of the land, that SLAYER
" should no longer exist in Tennessee
n that what the immortal Lincoln has
i left undone should be accomplished. j
Of Lincolns proclamation, an act pei
is formed as q great public necessity
II should render his name ever memors
n bic, | ask are not the 10000 Tennei
be scans who have risen above the prejt
t dices Of education and nobly sustaine
le him, at the peril of fortune, life, libert
C. and reputation, aud who have nS
ut bly, cOnsummated for their State In
rs work which he begun, not entlte
ld to the confidence and esteem Of hi
III friends2 Why is it that our friend
sr- who have rallied with us beneat
as the folds of the same bright flag VIII
d. have careered with us amid the smok
ly and din of the same CORY fields, an
whose hearts have been inspired 10 ih
be same deeds of noble daring by the al
On imating voice of the same gloriOU
chieftsins, should borrow the words an
of the arguments of the common foe
A. shame us. Are we not TO be trusted
u" Then let the word be expunged froI
I'd the human vocabulary Are we Sd
of sotted, spiritless people, incapable (
ct approaching and maintaining the boo
: OF freedom p Then let The tale
"' Thermopylas and the heroic deeds
lc' our revolutionary sires be forgotten
cir they are memories of little worth.
The loyal people Of Tennessee ms
not be appreciated; they may be spur
oil ed their confidence may be betrayed
a their efforts paralyzed, and their su
he cess blasted, but their devotion came
m be destroyed Mid distrust and insul
81 their love Of the Union and of ID
I'd principles of liberty will burn as brigh
10 ly as the ancient fires upon the altar
ar JehOvah's temple The baptism Of fir
and blood through which they hay
l. been dedicated has been too fearful
10 Their principles have been as it wer
N burned into their hearts and cor
oil sciences, and can never be effaced
he II.