The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-26
found for the Land OF Canaan.
We find the following in the Mobile
Register and Advertiser

| We lind the following in the Mobile
Register and Advertiser
We understand tha. thirty persons
reached this city yesterday from tba
interior, sg route to Mexico, as coIonists
There Is something alarming 10 us in
the spread OF the spirit Of expstristioD
at The South. Ithas been greatly ipten.
SIZED by recent developments at Wash
tngton The Radicals are driyino tba
iower OF our population from the land
1t Z not the needy, the broken down
and the adventurous who constitute the
| migrating class-a clafs heretofore nm
kaown TO the South-but it is the intel.
heentl the spirited, the high-toued -4ba
brave. who, born and bred in an stu,os.
phere Of freedom, hy from ,be homes
oi Their childhood and the graves of
they fathers, because they feel that the
hais Of liberty has departed from The
land 1t is well known that we have
steadily set our faces against the wis-
don Of this despondept Judgment Of
our country future. But we cannot
but iespeet the nobility of soul that dis
daini to wear tetters for one syllable of
time We appreciate the heart-sick
ness which comes of tarains ones eyes
% ihs daily proceedings Of the Congress
OF tie United States, where thonpbts
and passions are rife, that were once
believed to be impossible in American
society and under the shadow OF Amer.
lean Institutions But should not the |
speet1cle inspire a disdain 10 iy the or |
deal d duty imposed by the countrv's |
needs Shall We abandon our nativa 1
land b bowling fanatics and look mot /
0ehinl nor stay to strike one Alorv for 4
the redemption Of the heritage of free.
dom ouI fathers left us2 Hone il mot
lost. There is 'life in the old lsad vet
fnd aFecuperatlYe energy "a the blood
Of on race that viii rise up and throw
on TIE party despotism that is using al
its pQ7er 70 arrangle constitutional lib
eTty. That energy exists, but is not yet
developed. u IS beginning 10 move in
It's sl'moeE and soon we shall hear the
treah Of is millions marching to de.
manC the restitution OF the Constitn-
tlon TO Us pristine glory. Who
woulc wish TO he abseat in a for.
e-ga Ind wHen bis vote and his influ-
enae ould be given to the mighty causa
OF q rgenerated Constitution we are
alive t al the charms of peace sn,t i'm /
munlDirom the EeaT aud tear OF the |
coming truegie to be found under the |
orange nd olive trees Of beautiful
Mexico. We are tired Of strife and tur,
mon ana tFuggle. But voices from the
graves oilead sages and patriots com
illanQ ustp preserve aRd defend the
legacy pi their toll and blood. We
sought to it through indepepdence
oil the Satalc influence of Puritanism ]
supported y arms The effort failed
but the dut remains and beokops ia 10
another tei-the field of reason. The {
pen takes lie place of the sword, and
the tongue to fight before the great
forum OF th American people the nat 9
tie which bu isiely moistened the land
with rraterAl blood. We come back
70 the staring point Of 1860, where
placing no raance upon the second so,
Der lhought p the people and turnine
our backs II espair Of help unon tbe 1
conservative masses Of the North ,re G
new 70 arms e come, stronger for the v
lesson OF olooCand war, for it has writ
ten IN namngcolors the true charac- d
Ter OF the fanacsl teachings and mn b
poses oi the pay that drove Us Ia a c
desperate measre, anu so written that r
- Mucous nllu Is visible to every s.
hcerty loving I'm from Maine 10 Tev. C
B. it has madallies for US. wberevar
z Democratic trob is felt. wberavar
Ihe intelligence Sists to know that. in
our government consolidation Is des-
pOtisrn, aud coIederatioR the onlv
-ope OF liberty. Let i not be forgot
len tnat It Is nCt the South onIv
Rhere the shock war has fallen un5n
Is with its territoower. that the ate
lh Unparalleled reFgtiOn has been felt
Ihe tinkings Of u Cabinet Secretary
1ell that o0nsIgnt d Northern mar
not IN rehelii0nll a fortress prisor
laFs awakened eotioEs in Northern
ninds, whore eoes are vet N bs
lesra freedom alarmed in the
Nort5, as 1t Ia been prostrsteS
u the South for tsry man Of sensa Al
knows these Statt cannot live IoDg -
inder two OoyernRnts Sc Washirr- =
republ'c,, the other des- "A
'oilo The gangTeI OF usurped power y,
must spread and al.he States become =.
educed 70 the rulof a single d. -
these ideas are sDuldering in the :.
minds Of the freemt OF this country e.,
n New York and dio, as well as in ~
rglnlataud Alabau They will b,rrst ~
orth with the csrtaty Of cause sai a.,
heeL II is irnpossis thas the Amer. ~;
an people who fattted upon liberty -,
nd drank it in withvery respiration ~
1 their existence ca tsmely consent ,,,-
0 yield Il, upon the smsnd Of thin. -,
looded hyPOcrite likCharles Sumne. -
z a fer0cious dogmAit Ike Thaddeus 80,
tevens -
This battle VII bdought aud the
-iends Of the old Coiitution viii be
ietorious, aud TIM the American
government vii datits regeneration I
ON the war for Conherate indepeu- OF
ence The political as Of the Nation reE
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