The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-02

cry is raised Dy Union men and rebels
whose relatives are the sufferers, and
an sppesl is made to me to stop il. as
though / can control the masses who
have private wrongs 10 avsnge. Nav.
some 60 so far IS 20 charge All this yio-
lation Of law up3n me, and sbsurdiy as
seTt that 4 am responsible for itl q.
Now, propose 70 make few plain
stateineGts rs a. Ea;tox, and they shall
be 50 wordea, without any attempt st
display, that no man Of Common sense
can fail TO understand me, and appre-
ciate what do say. am not 50 silly /
as to imagine that my opinions and adj
vice are worth any more than those of |
any one else, except so far rs the inhu. |
ence OF this paper may 90. What ] |
say, therefore, is by the way Of adgice, |
and not in the spirit of dictation, or Of
an order, or a threat Ny remarks
may pass for what they are worth, and
shall not be offended if they are re-
garded as worth nothing
/ propose TO cOnfne my remarks TO
East Tennessee.and her people, and the
latter, 1 propose 10 speak OF under two
elasses--saying just what l believe and
feel, and what honestly advise both
loyal men and rebels. This indiscrim-
mate logging ofmen ought at once TO
cease, and where men have Just cause
OF complaint against their fellow men,
let3them take them before the civil tri
bunals of the country and by suits for
damages,or criminal prosecutions, make
them atone for their offences. Quiet
and peaceable rebels, who never op-
posed loyal men, never persecuted
them, and never participates in their
arrest and imprisonment, and who are
behaving themselves, ought to be felt
alone, and even protected Rebel sol
diers and citizens, who have taken the
oath, and are living up to it, trying to
obey the laws and make good citizens,
ought not to be disturbed and are enti>
tied TO protection. Rebels during the re j..
bellion, who were kind to loyal men and
their families-and there were many
such in East Tennessee-rebels who
actually assisted loyal men to escape
from the conscript officers, and treated
their families kindly in their absence,
should not be ill-reated for simply be-
ing in rebellion ~
But now ! come 10 speak of others
and a numerous class of rebels, foI
whom j have no faYors to ask. Their;
are those who advocated the conscFipl
law at Richmond, which drove thou
sands over the Cumberland mountains
and consequently into premature
graves There are those who pursueC
them, arrested them, and drove then
back into Knoxville on foot, bleeding
at every step, refusing the poor boon 6
water 10 drink on the msrch Their,
are those who sat on court martials
and gave their votes to hang true anC
loyal men There are those who tiel
{ pp loyal men to wagon wheels ans
. whipped them on their bare backs
There are those who had pits dug here
, where they stood Union men up {,
: their arm pits, and whipped them OF
their bare backs with leather straps
5 There are those who hung up loya
+ mothers, wives and sisters, to maxi
{ them tell where their sons, husband
and brothers werel There are thos,
who travelled round the different couD
f ties and forcibly gathered mp the grail
/ and meat the wives and children of 10y
. al men in the Union army had left Il
4 live on .....
There are those who had loyal mel
{ arrested, and sent to Southern prisons
, where many of them died from hun
e ger thirst and grief There are thos'
5 who pointed out loyal men 10 rebel sol
diers, and had their stock and grain Ia
q ken, and their houses and Outbuilding
burned There are those who locke,
on aud exulted when loyal men Wer
e arrested, and approved their imprison
u ment and even hanging And Their
. are those who gave out directly tina
but one party ever should or ever coul,
live in this cOuntry--notifying 81
y Union men that they would be force,
{, TO leave the country, if the South sue
8 ceeded in the war And there ar
many others who, IN various Othe
ways, peEsecuted, tortured and inlure,
p Union men aud families, deprivin
II them of their property, liberties an,
, lives The natural protectors of thes
I; families have, in part, returned, aite
serving in the Union army for tire,
yesrs, and they know the guilty par
ties Does any man in his sober sense
e suppose they can escape killing or sucl
A beating as will disable them for life
n lIfthey are acting under this delusion
their erroneous notions will be correct
ed by the Developments OF time.
= Those who want these outraged par
4 ties quieted, impcrtuned TO submit {,
> all their wrongs, will have to call OF
l. some one else beside the subscriber {,
! this article TO attempt the absurd worl
/, of pacifcatiOn Ny most religious sd
4 vice TO those active and leading rebels
! and bad men, throughout the lengtl
. and breadth of East Tennessee, is I,
sell out snd 60 TO new country, AMI
/. take a new start in life, and cease Il
: boast Of the part taken 10 the rebel
! hon And those who are crying GU
Mob Spirit, and EAST Tennessee
p Mob, denouncing these badly treated
A returned soldiers, in their daily CONVEX
= sations, aud in newspaper articles,
would do we'll 10 moderate their tone
and language These gallant meI
have been abused while ia the UniOI
army as tories and Lincolnites-thei
families were abused At home by ruffiaI
Is soldiers Of the Confederate mob, AnC
o they don't intend to submit 20 it am
u longer. They are able 10 take care o
a themselves and families, and if an
d not mistaken in their character, and
, the materials of which they are made
. they will take care of themselves
i / have been shown a letter signed
Is "Many Rebels" addressed 20 Judge
: Hall, notifying him that himself, Al
= torney General Young, Sheriff Beardeu
and the writer of this article, have
{ been singled out as proper subjects for
j assassination. Another letter has come
: 10 hand notifying the junior editor OF
1 this paper that he shall be killed
I Other threats, from rebel sources, have
! been made against Union men, all
going 10 show the rebelliOus spirit OF
: that element IL these men have not
yet enough Of the rebellion; if they
r propose 10 fight it out on this line,
& let Union men and returned Federal
/, soldiers prepare TO meet them. Let
3 them hold themselves with arms in
/ reach and exterminaie every man utter
: ing such threats, together with their
, apologists and advocates We have
. had enough Of this war aud blOOdshed
, IN our country 10 induce all TO seek
, quiet and follow peace, but If those
who brought on the former rebellion
want another they can have it, and
have it to their hearts content We
are coming 70 high pass, when Judges,
Sherihs, and other officers Of the law,
are threatened with death, If they
don't shape their courses 70 meet the
wishes and objects Of vile, thieying
plundering gang Of rebel OUTLAWS,
The late General Assembly enacted q
law making il the duty of each Sheriff
TO call out from 25 TO 90 men, as the
occasion may require, 70 put down all
excess, mobs, and thieFing bands, in
each county, VINO are TO be paid by an
order OF the County Court The Acts
are now printed, and il is The duty OF
the Sheritis 10 procure them, and go by
them. At my instance the Adiutant