Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-02-26

CHAs. n. GIBBs, Secretary of State.
The orders which follow will show that
we mean business:
HEADQUARTERS, ". c. DEPARTMENT,
Feb. 20, lST5.-General Order No. THE
General commanding directs:
l. That the army Of Tennessee shall be
divided into two divisions, known as the
W. G. and p. G. Divisions of the w. G. A.
The immediate operations of the Wild
Cat division shall be directed by the Com
mandeT-in-Chief,a and all male wild cats,
whose eyes are opened, shall repair at once
for duty in this department.
2. All male pOle-catS should report with
out delay, armed and equipped according
to nature, to Brigadier General Handy, of
the Governors staff, for duty at the capitol,
who will direct the operations Of that de-
partment. Gen. Handy will at once de-
tail a file Of pOle-cats to escort Z. Polk
johnson, an alien, correspondent of a
wicked newspaper, the COUier-JOIuHdl,
across the border, as one who has presumed
to attack the Legislature, which is our
proper meat. He will, however, be per-
mitted 10 enlist as a private in the Wild
cat Division.
That his further operations may be con-
Quoted wi hout undue cruelty and with due
regard 10 the laws of war, and the rights Of
those fitted by nature for nOncombatants in
such warfare, he will notify Col. A. Biz
zard to depart from the Capitol, as one,
prind fdcie untitled by nature to endure
an onslaught of pole cats. Gen. Handy
will be excused from the ordinary position
of a commanding officer in the rear Of his
command.
8. Gen. Handy will demand the uncon-
ditiOnal surrender Of the capitol, and if his
demand be not instantly complied with he
will at once proceed TO lombard the Senate
and House, seize the State Treasury, and
secure the entire stock of scalps on hands,
organize a provisional pole cat Legislature,
which shall at once repeal all wild cat
laws, and adopt the following pole cat
financial policy, to wit: Directing the
COmptrOlleatO issue UOn-interest-b bearing
Legislator aud State-OfIicial scalps, which
shall be receivable for all dues and taxes,
and circulate as money, thereby relieving
the State and the people Of embarrassment
on account Of scarcity Of circulating me
dunn; requiring all bOndhOlders at once to
deliver up their bonds, receiving therefor
such scalps,a the rate Of one dollar Of bond
ed Indebtedness for sixty cents in such
scalps or be forever barred of all claims
against the State. He will then proceed at
once to form a junction with the command
er-in-chief. He will not, however, bring
his command nearer than five miles Of
Head Quarters.
4. The Commander-in-chief declares
martial law and hereby suspends the writ
Of '.haye-his-carcass' and the Governor and
Brigadier General Handy are informed
that the Brigadier General Of wild cats
ranks everything else in this State.
3. The Chief of Ordnance will provide
forty rounds of claws-Andrew johnson
will inform him what particular claws of
the constitution will be needed as heavy
ordnance. He will also provide hose,
extra tails, etc, for the P. e. Division upon
the requisition of Gen. Handy. By order
T. BOYERs,
A. A. Gen. Brig. Gen. Com. W. G. A.
HID. Q'Rs, W. &. DIVISION, W. C.. A.
Feb. 20, IST5.-Special order No. 1T is
ordered by the General in command of
wild cats that DR.. r. L. G. White report at
once to Brig. Gen. Handy for duty as
Medical Director Of the Pole Cat Division
of the W. c. A.
,. Mai. Thos. Kirby will report for duty
in the same army as teamster with the
rank of Colonel.
3. On account OF his superior cOrpOrOsi-
ty Mai. HeiSs is appointed Corporal Of pole
cats, with the rank of Sergeant.
/. For his superior skill in chirOgraphy,
T. Boyers is appointed Assistant Adiutant
General, and keeper of the Hind Quarters
jug.
PROCLAMATION.
The commander-iu-chief, the George
Washington, Simon Bolivar, Julius Caesar
Of Wild Cats, expects every cat to Whet his
claws and sound aloud his hewgag. Your
leader is about to take the field in person.
Your holes and your caverns are eEdan-
gered, your Tables are menaced, your lit
tie kittens are hunted down, your very
scalps are a prey to your mercileSs foes,
your liberties are wrested away. You are
subjected to expressions and CrUelties, such
rs only refined barbarity would devise,
and tiendish malignity execute; your lives
are in the hands of your enemies and, upon
your lifeless bodies, ind!gnities are beaped,
shocking to every feline feeling. come to
relieve you. The cry shall be no longer
seats to your hOles,n but, seats to the
'front.'" You shall look upon the
backs Of your foes. Equality Of
scalps and polls before the law is your
ultimatum, Civil Rights your demand. If
these rights are not accorded, ! will lead
YOU TO blot out every vestige Of civilization,
establish the primal rule of wild cats, and
a wild cat financial policy in primeval
bowling wilderness, UncUrsed by State
creditors. Accorded; all will be well, and
complete amnesty granted, except that one
Chas. \. Gibbs, Secretary Of State, is de-
clared an outlaw. Gen. Handy will de-
tail a regiment Of pole cats to guard him
during the (brief term Of his life, under
command of Col. A. 5. COlyaT and Mai.
W. J. Sykes, who shall alternately remain
with said Gibbs, to relieve in some meas
ure the mOnotony Of his just punishment.
If we must appeal to the god of war, John
Thomas have mercy upon your foes.
Let the beTsekeT rage blaze in your
breasts and the fire of battle glow in your
eyes. Let the battle curve, bend your
spines, and the spirit Of your Kilkenny
kinsmen stir your hearts. Let your victO-
rious cateTWaul TesOund along the SUBMITS
Of the Unicoi, echo from the peaks Of Bays
mountains, fill the Wilds of the Cumber-
land, re-echO from the Big Fiery Gizzard
| to the Forked Deer, reverberate from the
bottoms of the N ssissippi to the laurel
/ iungles Of the Shady basin. Come from
/ your midnight lairs; come from your noun
/ tain homes; come fIom hole and cavern;
| come from hill and valley; gather from ev
/ cry basin and every copse. Linger not in
| all the plain, but gather to your standards;
/ rally around your General, and he will lead
YOU to victory. Bare your claws for the
! FRAY and your teet j for the shock Of battle,
to ''welcOme your foes with bloody hands
/ TO hOspitable graves"