Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1853-12-31
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Editors Union and AnaeSqioaa:
There is neresting foreign news by the Araerca
and Hermann; bat before giving you brief alb
stract will give you the current events Of the week
at Washington.
There has been considerable debate in the House,
dnrng the week, on referring the Presidents Mes
sage Mr. GERgIrT SMITH made his debut and spoke
with eloquence and ability, introducing, as matter
Of course, the question Of slavery He was ably
and logically answered by Mr., Preston, of kell-
tucky. Nothing has been debated, however, in the
House, on great scale and the real strife OF adj
vers political the legislative Arena, is defer
red for a period subsequent to the holidays, and
probably will commence very shortly thereafter.
The committees were promptly aud jodciously or
gained last week. The Naval Committee has all
ready responded barmoniorsly TO Mr.. DOZENS re-
commentator. Mr.. STANTON was transferred to
tie head OF the Judiciary Committee, in the organi-
cation of the House; and Mr.. BoCooK, who had long
been on the Naval Committee, made the Chairman
Mr. BoCocE is enIinently qualified for the place.
In the House, an unusual number OF bills Gor the
tiIno spent) have been introduced, and one resou-
ton, creating the rank OF Lieut. General has come
from the Senate to the House. The vote in the
Senate, after considerable debate, was thirty for,
twelve against Many bills have also been introdu
ced into the Senate. The week past has exhibited
as much industry on the part of members of both
Houses, as probably any week so early in the ses-
sion, for many years past.
The Editor of the Union continues TO defend the
administration with force that cannot fail to be
sensbly and severely felt by its adversaries.
The foreign news is of much importance. The
Turks continue triumphant in Asia, and hold their
own in Europe. The British Ambassador Lord
RADCLIFFE shows an anxiety for peace At an
entertainment on board the fleet at Constantinope
while avowng friendship for Turkey, he spoke
nesty in favor of peace. The Sultan responded,
that he also in favor of peace but on terms con-
sistent with his honor and his sovereign right To
compicae matters, the Belgian King (son-in-law Of
LOUIS PHILLIPPE) has fallen under the suspicion Of
LOUIS NAPOLEON, of having taken an important
part in the union of the Orleanists and elder branch
es of the Boufbons which of course, implies very
hostile feeling to the Bonapartean dynasty; where
GUM, and his Flemish Majesty is, no doubt, under
no small apprehension of being devoured by the
French Eagles
1t is extraordinary spectacle to see England
50 urgent for peace--who was so prompt for war
against the French Republic in 1893 She urged
that war for twenty-five years with only the inter-
mission Of the peace Of Amiens. which lasted from
the date of its ratification to that of her new dec
aration of war; precisely year and sixteen days
THIN, Europe must she said be redeemed from
Jacobinism and Legitimacy restored She waged
that war until legitimacy was restored. And then,
those whose feelings were wholly congenial to her
policy in this country responded with heartfelt ap-
probation to the sentiments Of GOvERNEUR MORRIS,
uttered at public festival of which he was the ora
tor, extoing her triumphs "Reoice, he exclaimed,
rejoice France rejoice Spain rejoice Italy rejoice
Portugal The Bourbons are restored. France
reposes in the arms of her legitimate sovereign"
The British press spoke, literary reviews and news
papers with scarcely an exception in the sam
straia, and they rang the changes on these ands
such notes of the political gammut for fifteen years.
But 10! one warm morning in July or August the
three days were in the latter part of Juy,) there
came a rumor, and messenger with more than "a
rumcr,' CIelegraphs had not then assumed local
habtation on this teTTaqueous globe)-and inform
ed the lords and ladies all who had been swallowing
fulsome 0attery of this and many other kinds for so
long-that there was an astounding revolution in
France that had overthrown the majestic work of
British and continental legitimacy which had been
flushed by twenty-five years of incessant war, and
the slaughter OF two millions of men-and the ad-
dition Of five hundred millions Of pounds sterling
Of debts TO former onerous debts. To their COM
fort however, an ilegitimate branch Of the Bour-
bons was placed upon the throne and neither Eng
land nor any other OF her former allies was in 8 DO
sltlon to wage new war for Legitimacy; SO making
the best OF circumstances and adjusting her policy
10 the demolished state of her own work, she re-
cognlzed the new dynasty, and adopted material
change III her tactics But developenient of this
policy during the next eighteen years in which she
had no revolution to encounter would lead me
beyond the limits of single letter; and while there
IS such a train of important events occurring at
our Metropolis as are now transpiring and will be
occurring during this long and eventfl $50 it will be)
session Of Congress-discussiens of this nature
IN my correspondence most necessarily be but oc-
casiona. Sr-rprcu.,
CORES pendent of the Baltimore Sun