Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-05-05

Not word, however, is mentioned about any
sympathy with the principles at stake: on the con-
trary it is intmated that the motives actuating the
volunteers would be based neither upon prospects
OF rec ompense nor any particular feelings OF ami
ty, but would te confoed mainly to curiosity,
pugnacity, and the desire of change An opportu-
nifty would be offered of seeing foreign lands, and
something like good lighting at the same time, and
this temptation would have been sufficient Amer
leans would have been glad to exhibit their cour-
Pge and resources on q field SO favorable for dis
play as the Crimea.
OF the non-native or immigrant portion OF the
population, we are informed that the Irish alone
would be likely 10 stand aloof from the enlistment
Office even the natural combatyeDess of their race
being oyerpowered on this occasion by their hostil
ity 10 England The remaining constituents of
the class-G Germans, Holsteiners dc-wculd be
well-dsposed to the service all the more So indeed
from the late pressure of the times. In fact, as
many of them landed with few definite prospects
of subsistence, and as among them there would be
q considerable proportion of men trained more or
less to arms, the reasonable offers of recruiting
egent would be very willingly embraced
1t seems, indeed, from what we read in Ameri-
can journals, as if that particular class of men
hich it was the object OF our Foreign Enlistment
bill TO enroll, existed in greater and more dispose
bic numbers in the United States than any where
else and that the place to find trained soldiers Ct
the contin a. armies available for foreign service
was undoubtedly America.
Some discrepancies of opinion seem to prevail as
to the results already in evidence; but, upon the
whole, there appears, we think, very little reason
to doubt that as far as the temper of the people
goes, strong legion could be raised in the United
States for cooperation against Russia with exceed
ingly little difficulty.
1T is apparent, indeed says one paper, that
10000 men could be SPIT eddy furnished ard no
question n be entertained as to the general ex-
csleace of the soldiers thus to be forthcomlng.-
The couraga intelligence, nd activity the Amer
leans are well known, and those interchangeable en-
ergles which hurry them over whole continent
in quest of excitement or occupation would md
ample scope in the contingencies Of such war US
that now raging Ca the other side the German
immigrants having been, for the most part, Injured
to military discipline possessing, in some cases,
probably, practical knowledge Of arms, and being
generally of matuse age aud vgor, would supply
exactly the class OF troops which are most In re-
quest at present.
It is not that Great Britain is destitute Of men,
or tina. the sources of recruiting have been exhaust
ed by twelvemonths campaign. On the contra
ry our recruiting proceeds most successfully; but
ii happens thai, whereas soldiers are wanted I'M
mediately, it takes two years or more to form
soldier, and TO transform the willing lad into the
robust and disciplined soldier. We should have
little difficulty in raising $4,000 men for the year
1858, but they are wanted for the year 1856
As the cau2e in which we are fighting is common
one, there can be no reason why We should not
accept the cooperation Of others wherever 1t can
be lawfully obtained, and, II the americans
ShotO us the aCdy to take Ssbast1pol, ire should be
quite ready TO learn, and to give Aem ereTy credit
for the lesson.