Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-21


ganization, and ''drilting." The members
are, from time 10 time, drilled in the squad
and manuel drill of ''Casey's Infantry
Tactics" i,I slI IS I'D
THE PERyERsIoE OF THE ORDER, AND IT'S
DANGERS.
will now state, Messrs. Editors, the
facts which lead me to believe that the
present leaders Of the G. A. Il. in this sec
ton are peryerting the objects of the order,
and converting it into an engine of oppres-
sion, injustice, and crime. In the first
place the order, it was said, was intended
70 embrace only .ex-Federal soldiers. II
non inrites and receipes Tie soldiers Of the rsgu
lar United States army. j believe this is
wrong and dangerous, for the reason that
il imposes on the regular soldier two obli-
cations, which may come into conflict, as
will be made apparent by what / am now
about TO ditclose. f.+-
PREPARATIONS FOR BLoODsHED IN NASH
- VILE.
Some Of the leading members Of the q.
A. X. in your city are now eKerting their
power, as far as it goes, in an effort to Sc
cure the election of the Radical ticket.
To accomplish this result, they are unusu-
ally active, in and out of camp" They
are drilling and exciting the members with
the most inhammatory appeals to prepare
for violence and bloodshed. They are in
structed that all who are not Radicals are
Rebels, and deserve the severest punish
ment, and even death. They are active in
inducing the regulars, now stationed in
your city, to join the order, so that, If
there should occur violence, the forces Of
the regular army will be bound TO side with
them; and if called upon to preserve the
peace, they will be sworn not 10 do so be-
forehand do not say that all the sol
diers of the q. A. X. at the Nashville post
are active in this conspiracy to produce
strife and bloodshed on the day of election.
But | do say, that the active and leading
men in that organization are at this time,
and have been for weeks past, zealously
preparing for this result.
THE G. A. R. AND THE LEAGUES
/ say further that these leaders of the
Nashville Post, e. A R., who will control
the entire camp, if they can, to the same
end, have been and still are co operating
with the Loyal Leagues in preparing for
riotous violence, bloodshed, death to
Rebels" and destruction to Rebel prop
efty on the day of election. On the night
of Thursday, July 18th inst, a meeting
was held at an office on Church street, by a
committee composed of Representatives of
the G. A. X. and the five Leagues in Nash
Vile Bloodthirsty and fendish addresses
were made at this meeting. Resolutions
were offered and adopted to carry out the
1 general purposes of that meeting-which
were to organize the Loyal Leagues into
companies, to be drilled and armed for the
occasion. The declared object of this pre-
paration, is to intimidate or drive from the
polls, every man who dares oppose in any
manner the cause of Brownlow and his
party. They will, as far as it lies in their
power,-if they carry out the plans already
discussed and adopted by them-preyent
the peaceable citizen from going to the
| polls and voting his sentiments if they be
against their party. In case of a collision
between individuals of different sides, they
are sworn to take the part of the Radical
| man, whether he is in the right or wrong
/ If the work is begun, and they meet with
resistance from any quarter, they are
4 pledged TO slsy without mercy all opposers
| and if necessary 10 burn houses and destroy
property generally. My conviction is thai
/ these fiendiah men would not hesitate t.
/ slaughter without discrimination of sex ol
condition, or to lay the city in ashes, Oh
permit their followers to engage in rapint
and plumber, when once Infatuated By thu
splitting of blood.
sPoTTING THE PEOPLE.
They have gone so far as to organize
band of spies and informers, composed 0
sirty persons, whose daily and night,
business it is to lounge at hotels, stree
corners aud saloons, and catch and treasur
| up the remarks that Conservative citizen
| may drop in an unguarded moment. Thes
are reported at the proper quarter and tn
names of the utterers taken down, and pu
upon their records. The object of this i
10 select the victims of their cruelty before
hand in order that there may be no della
or scruple in the matter when the tim
arrives.
THEY ARE PROMISED ARMS.
They have applied for and have receive
promises from high officials of arms an,
ammunition when they call for them; an
am satisfied that they will be called 70
before the election, if the bloody scheme
persisted in. l believe it will be persiste
10, unless checked by a superior power
and this belief is founded upon the fax
that, outside of the leaders, the element
thus organized combine the worst classt
i of the city population of all nationalities-
including negroes and a few native Ter
nesseeans-the most vicious, idle, WORTHLESS
deperate and blood-thirsty that could b
organized for such purpose
WORD Of EXPLANATION.
Nov, Messrs. Editors, have a fer
words to add by way of explanation. TIL
settlements / have made are upon my ow
personal knowledge knowledge which
obtained in legitimate way Every wor
Of il is true. do not believe these &C
would be approved at the headquarters
the g. A r., nor endorsed by the men
bership generally. l think they are loca
and are carried on by men of vile an
bloody Instincts many of whom are az
/ venturers without character, and who hav
taken advantage of the excitment of
popular election to plan a system of atr'
cious outrage upon an unoffending peopl
hold them as a disgrace to the G.. A.
70 the Loyal League of America, to the nan
Of loyalty, and 10 civilized humanity.
MY MOTIVE AND MY NAME.
an induced 10 make these disclosur,
simply to warn tue people and the author
ties of the danger with which they are i'm
nently threatened, and to afford them a
opportunity TO aver1 il, II possible / onl
give The facts. / advise nothing. Yo
will see, Messrs Editors, from the recita
1 have made, that the penalty with me,
my name were known, would be iaSfG
death. | cannot therefore, give you n
name. ! assure you that DO know where
speak-snd whether you or Others ml
credit what I have said, my name must r
main in UMBRA.
- July 18th, 1867.
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