The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-02-02
Onestlons Answered.

T0tbs Editor Of the EUeaing Bulletin In
the Richmond Examiner Of late date,
there are some questions propounded
which. 10 seems 10 me, demand an an
ever, and an answer from a Southern
man
The first IT, "Shall we prolong the
war for the sake Of our negroes ?"
Answer You 6egzn it for the sake Of
our neyr0es, or else JEFF Davis and every
member Of every Cabinet be has ever
formed backed by four-ffths Of every
Confederate Congress deliberately and
wickedly lied TO the Southern people !
for ten Icing years.
Question. Shall we sacrifice our chill
dren to preserve our slaves
Answer NOu have done &C. and you
have not only sacrificed gear children,
but the children Of others better and
tTuer than YOU are The children of
some who spurued your treason, and
the children Of Others who never own-
cd or expected TO own a slave. You
have run them DOM and caught them
with conscIipt officers; forced them TO
fight battles in the cause their fathers
l0athed and when they died, some mis-
erably i'm the hospitals, and some gal
lantly upon the battle field, your only
source Of regret was that treason had
one tool the less.
q Shall we exhaust our country, de-
sIroy our noble defenders, and endan-
ger every institution, rather than test
an experiment that may give US means
Of recruiting our army, Of assuming
the offensive, and couquering a speedy
peace ?
A. You entered upon an expert
ment when You broke the bonds Of
love and harmony between the two
sections Of the Union; and that expert
meut has left you nothing 10 exhaust,
or destroy or endauger The poor man
did notgo to war on account Of the ne
gro as pan item of property. He
was dragged into your ranks BE-
cause YOU told him that it was Mr..
Lincolns purpose 10 disturb the exist
ing status OF slavery, and If he permits
ted this it would not be twelve months
before a buck negro would walk up-to
his door some fine Sunday, and ask the
privilege Of escorting his daughters 20
church. This is the story you told, and
unfortunately, too many believed. You
sacrificed thcm-you sacrificed their
boys You left their wives without
clothing for the youngest Of their babes,
and their daughters with no refuge
from starvation but infamy This is
what you have done, and this is what
many a lost soul viii testify against
you at the judgment bar Of God. And
yet you ask whether you shall hesitate
10 make further sacrifices Good God,
what is there more to sacrifice Why
should YOU hesitate2 The step you
are about TO take is immortal honor
compared with what has gone before
it. You have deceived the good, muir
dered the strong, robbed both poor and
rich, left the old man desolate, hesped
ashes upon the grcy hair of the moth
er, and clothed the daughter in the
garments Of prostitution There is
nothing unutterably black and wicked
which you have not accomplished or
attempted Then why should you hes
itate IN your latest conception OF fore
ing the slave TO rivet his own chains
will tell you, goo dare not make The az
tempt, and if you did dare, no matter
from what motives, or with what pur-
poses ofultimate deception, the only
effect would be to cast one bright raw
upon a picture which everywhere else
wears the aspect of'Hel