The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-21


May are the romRnces yei to be created
out of he War Of Emancipation. Fuiure
SCOTS aud Ceopers VIII adorn iisevsnis with
their genius. The elements for such WORKS
are amo1g the most fascinating ever sab
nltied % TIE Imagination feudal power,
tae most lordly snd proud that modern his-
tory can show q race Of seris, bought aud
sold IKE cattle, whose agony was emily
equalled BY their masters tyranny a.dia-
lect grotesque and amusing, that VIII sooa
pass rom popular speech aud be embshucd
IN the era which ends its existeuce with isa
cause the suiierings Of cur captured sol-
diers. more hea=t-reudiug than any Spanish
/ nquislti0ns have contributed 90 the stock Of
\ human depravity; With these viii mingle
the movements Of grand armies, and she
deeds Of special and memorable hcroism.
| No ield lor q master lies richer than this.
I Age must ripcn it, ere IL can be adapted %
ail the needs Of the novelist. " lis Sixty
Since, is the required title Of the American
/ "Waveriy"
! Tei Of that future and famous series, over
I which our childreas children " % laugh
aad cry in chaugefsl passion, none can sur
/ pass Ia melancholy grace one of its real TO-
mauces that has come 20 our personal
knowledge.
Soon after the beginning of the war. when
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pairotic sacrifice, young lady listened in
her church 70 su address On this thcmc, in
which, among other duties, was iueuioaied
the necessity OF correspondence with the
soldiers, 70 cheer and guide them In the per-
rs Of camp and field.
The modest and timid girl heard the al
vice. Her heart burned with the general
dame. She thought she could at least 90 So
Little for her country, for which she would
have gladly Jam down her life. She there
fore resolved 20 send her sisterly regards
aud counsels 60 a soldier youth. one such,
an alumuus Of one OF the eldest colleges,
had been writing to the journal in her city,
leuers brilliant and brave. Something in
their tone snd quality fascinsted her, and
she selected him as the object of her pairi-
otic devojrs. She sends him. under leigued |
name, modest, sisterly letter, iull OF cour- |
ageOus sentiments and rel gicus suggestions. /
He is sttractsd by the beauty Of the style /
aud the earnest. frank and aaeciionaie spirit |
aud returns a fitting response. The cores |
poudeuce Is laid before her mother aud ap- |
proved. Letters pass between them for sew /
eral mouths, growing more iamiliar, per- !
haps more ioud vet still deccrous and re- l
served, Fascinated by her words, be gets a /
furlough, comes home. tracss her out, makes |
her acquaintance. and the swelling bud 4
buris into the blossom Of love. Romeo aud 1
Juliet lives again, amid the raw winds aud !
granite Lodges Of New EnElaud.
No parental barrier rises between them,
but one equally authoritative and fatal sep
arates, like that Of Yeroua's. only 81 unite
them in the grave. He is summoned 20
camp, passet through the perilous cam
paigus Of 1893 in safety, hies home on brief
visit in the spring Of 1854, hastena back 20
Join his rex ment in the grand marches
a~as rHs faaHH
the Wilderness, is shot. and, after q night
Of dying, gives up life and love for his
country. The news flies home, and the
death bolt shoots through her soul also.
Fragile before, she droops like a deucata
flower under the icy touch Of death. Her
soul is pierced % is depth, and les strength
is poured out, and, from that hour dying,
she died.
Consumption sprung up in the prepared
soil, and iourished in fatal luxuriauce. She
strove hard against the iongings and pinings
Of her soul, but an In vain. Her spirit wBs
dead within her; her b0iy must inevitably 1
follow Smiles, resolves, work. nothing
siaanchsd the hemorrhage Of the heart
Six months he'd scarcely elapsed from the
time the mortal blow was s.ruck ere its vic
tory was complete. In her last moments
smile passed over her features. Hermothcr
bends over her 20 catch her dying udiugs.
''Sce that company 0" she whispers. "How
beautiful they arel And, mother, the sol-
diers are there tool" The smile passes
away In q dying swoon. Rising once more
from the engllphing billows, soc mumurs.
3" Mother, Charley is come 3" and the love
slain maiden is silent forever. her soldier
lover had obtained a furlough from his Di-
vine Commander, and he had come % take
his soul-brids 70 the home prepared tof them
in their iather's mansion.
Among the tender episodes Of the dread i
Of arms, none can surpass this 1
10 sweetness or sofrew; nay, In Joy, also. /
Other agonics have had no such speedy and, /
We may say, happy conclusion Other |
wounded hearts still bleed, while theirs are /
ssat rest snd forever"
Among them all, tragic as they are, IN the |
demands Of true arI aud nature this viii |
hold pre-eminence. The unities of the
drama are complete; the accessories sre
none the less perfect; youth. valor, passion,
duty, bloody fields, aud loving nterludes,
with Death folding both ia bis kindly Erms.