Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-09-01
AwORD OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT


Totle numerous friends who, approaching |
our efforts to subserve the general interests
of the people Of Tennessee, have come to
our assistance by aiding us in getting sub
scribers in their respective neighborhoods,
widening our circulation and extending the
influence Of our journal, we tender our I'M
feigned thanks.
We resumed the publication Of this paper
with the fixed purpose of laboring earnestly
for the general good Of our fellow country
men. We had shared their confidence in
the days of their prosperity and hope; we
felt that it should be our pride to make re-
newed efforts, as journalists, to serve them
il their days Of adversely and depression
That our labors have not been unapprecia-
ted, we feel warranted by the many pleasing
assurances we receive, Of which the follow
ing extracts frsm business letters are speci-
mems:
81 must not fail to tell you how much
graiifed have been at the great prudence
and good sense with which your paper has
been conducted. You seem 10 recognize
truth. too often overlooked, that there is
more wisdom shown in knowing iChdt 10 say
than in the manner Of saying it. We have
talked frequently of the importance Of the
hour and Of tissues Of great moment" but
when l seriously contemplate the magni-
sude Of the present crisis and upon what
slender thread hangs the destinies Of great
people, and consequences which must tell
upon the present and the future for genera
tions 10 come, ! shudder at the thought
We may be indifferent as to ourselves, but
we cannot be Indifferent to the claims Of
those little ones growing up around us and
who are to come after US. And, therefore
| it is | feel we have not the right to be in
different to public affairs, however discour-
aging the prospect, and that it is the duty of
/ ali good citizens to contribute 10 the support
of such journals as by their wisdom and pru-
denee will best subserve Che sacred rights Of
an oppressed and powerless people"
Another friend says:
81 returned at the close of the war to find
my family stripped of everything, save hon
or. By dint of hard labor, we are comfort
able; and by preserving good conscience,
we are cheerful. Nothing has comforted us
more lud1 the regular NlSlLS Vi tuI Oiu COli-
| panion, the UNION AND AMERICAN. 1t re-
| minds us of better days. Many who read it
with us then will read it no more but it is
| gratifying to know that it is true to their
memory and is still battling for the rights
and honor of their country. am free to
acknowledge my poverty since, l came
! by it hOnorably. 1t is with difficulty that
can raise the means to keep up my
subscription; but, aside from all other con-
siderations, when ! remember that yours is
the only one of their papers that l was
taking at the beginning of the war that has
made good its obligations. feel that
should even deprive myself Of some Other
neoessaries rather than be separated from il
Though your subscription here is not what
it ought to be- you may feel encouraged by
the fact that all who take paper at all take
the UNION AND AMERICAN.
Words of cheer from such sources are
highly valued. By the cooperation o
friends, the UNION AND AMERICAN is find
ing its way, as Of old, to every locality il
Tennessee, and into many parts of the ada
cent States. We trust however, they will
not relax their efforts.