The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-31

, ished in the same manner IS If cor
a mitted by = white man.
o AkIIL Corporal punishment shs
J. not be inflicted upon any person 9th
}, than a minor, and then only by the p
e rent, guardian, teacher, or the one
whom the said minor is lawfully bouu
by indenture Of apprenticeship.
XIX Persons whose conduct ten,
to breach Of the peace may be relui
! ed 70 give security for their good b
havior, and in default thereof shall I
z held in custody.
Xxx All injuries to the person {
i property committed by or upon free
persons, shall be punished in the maj
nsr provided for by the laws Of Sout
Carolina, for like injuries to the person
or property of citizens thereof IL u
provision be made by the laws Of ID
State, then the punis hment for such o
lenses shall be according 10 the e0urs
of the common law, and in the cas-
OF any injury to person or property, no
prohibited by the common law, or 10
which the punishment shall not be al
prOpriate, such sentence shall be in
posed as in the discretion Of the cour
before which the trial is had, shall b
deemed proper, subject TO the approve
Of the general commanding.
| XII All arrests, for Whsteyer cause
will be reported tri-mOnlhly, with th,
proceedings thereupon, through th,
prescribed channel, 10 the general com
mRnding.
AAIL Commanding officers Of Dis
tricts, sub-DistTicts and Posts within
their Commands respectively, IN the ab
sence Of the duly appointed agent viii
perform any duty apPer.aining to the
ordinary agents Of the Bureau of Refu
| gees, Freedmen snd Abandoned Lands
carefully observing for their guidsl ce sll
orders published by the Commissioners
or Assistant Commissioner, or other
competent authority
tNAIlL District commanders will en-.
force these regulations by suitable in.
stFuctiOns TO sub-District and Post
commanders, taking care that justice
be done, that fair dealing between man
and msn be observed, aud that no IN
necessary hardship, aud no cruel or
unusual punishments be imposed upon
any one.
By command of Maj, Gen D f. Sickles.
W L NJ BURGER,
Assistant Adjutant General
Official Alexander Moore, Brevet
Major and Aide-de-Camp
An Old Letter OF Jefferson Davis.
From the Indlanapols Herald.
A friend in the vicinity of the city,
Hon. Mrs. W. J. Brown, has furnished
US with the following letter from Mr..
Davis, TO her late husband, which has
never been published As will be seen,
it was private letter, but time and cir
cumstances now require its publication.
as part of the materials OF the history
of its author:
WAsHINGroS, DIsrRICr CoLUNBA,
May 7th, 1858
Ny DEAR SIR-I received the Sentinel
containing your defence OF me against
the false accusation Of disunionism, and
before | had returned tOyou the thanks
to which you are entitled, I received,
this day, the ST. Joseph Valley Regis
ter, marked by you, to call my atten-
ton 10 an article in answer to your de
fence Just i'll all things save its too
complimentary terms
[ wish had the letter quoted from,
that you might publish The whole Of
that which Ia ga. bled 70 answer a pur-
pose. In a part of the letter not pub
lished, | put such damper on the at
tempt to hx on me the desire TO break
up our Union, aud presented the other
points in form so little acceptable to
the uufriendly inquirers, that the pub
licatiOn OF the letter had 10 be drawn
out Of them.
At the risk of being wearisome, but
encouraged by your marked friendship,
/ will give you a statement of the case.
The meeting Of October, 1919, was q
Of delegates equally repre-
senting the Wing and Democratic par
ties Of Mississippi The resolutions
were decisive as 10 the equality Of right
of the South vita the North to the ter
ritories acquired from Mexico, and pro
posed convention OF the Southern
States. | was not member, but on
invitation addressed the convention.
The succeeding Legislature instructed
me, as a Senator, to assert this equality,
and under the existing circumstances
to resist by all constitutional means the
admission Of California as a State. Alta
called session of the Legislature in
1850, a self-constituted committee called
on me, by letter, for my views They
were men who had enacted or approved
the resolutions Of the convention Of
lS49, and instructed me, as members Of
the Legislature in the regular session.
in the early part of the year 1850 To
them | replied that l adhered to the
policy they had indicated, and instruct
ed me in their official capacity TO
pursue
l pointed out the mode in which
their own policy could, in my opinion,
be executed without bloOished, or dis
astrOus CONFUSION, but in terms of bits
ter scOrn alluded to such IS would in.
suit me with q desire to destroy the
Union, for which my whole lie proved
me 10 be a deVOtee.
Pardon the egotism in consideration
of the occasion, when / say TO you that
my father and my uncles fought
through the revolution Of lI15, giving
their youth, their blood and their little
patrimony to the constitutional freedom
which / claim as nv inheritance.
Three of my brothers fought in the war
of 1872 two of them were comrades Of
the Hero Of the Hermitage, and re-
ceived his cOmmendatiOn for gallantry
at New Orleans At sixteen years Of
age / was given to the service Of my
country, FOR twelve years Of my life
have borne its arms, and served il zeal
ously, If not we'll As feel the infirmi-
ties which suffering more than age has
bsOught upon me, IL would be q bitter
reflection indeed, if / was forced TO
conclude that my countrymen would
hold all this Light, when weighed
against the empty panegyric which
time serving politician can bestOW upon
the { UniJn, Tor which he never made a
sacrifice
In the Senate | announced that if
any respectable man would call me a
disuniOnist, | would answer him in
mOnOsyllables On many occasions. in
public speeches made in Mississippi. 7
have said, If any man would come for
ward and charge me With 4 desire 10
destroy the mon, ] would cram the
lie down his throat But have often
asserted the right. for which the bat
ties Of the revolution we're fought-the
right Of a people to change their gov
ernment whenever it was found 10 be
oppressive, aud subversive Of the OBJ
jecis for which governments are insti-
tuted--snd have contended for the iu-
dependence and sovereignty Of the
States, a part Of the creed Of which
Jefferson was the apostle. Madison the
expaunder, and Jackson the consistent
defender
I have written freely, aud more than
! designed Accept my thznks Tor your
friendly advocacy. Present me in
terms Of kind remembrance TO your
family, and believe me, very sinrerely
yours, u FrE50y DAVIS.
NoTE NO party in Mississippi ever
advocated disunion- They differed As
70 the mode Of securing their righ.s "a
the bnion, sud on the parer OF 8 state
TO secede-neilher Advocating the exer-
else Of the power J D.
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