Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-12-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

History is strewn with examples of failures
in Democratic, and democratic representa-
tive, or Republican governments. With one
or two Insignificant exceptions the United
States of America stand as the only living
experiment of such institutions. History
teaches that the strongest governments are
the most dur1Ole-but history does not fail
to give the subsidiary lesson, unacceptable as
it il to US, that the strongest governments
are the most absolute. The only notable ex-
ception is that of Great Britain, a coustitu-
tional monarchy. a momentary caprice,
without method and without Interior design.
of Henry VIII-the inimitabie Defender of
the Fsith-overthrew "the faith" and made
England free of Papal rule. The High
Church, was, in turn, made to tremble in the
throes of King dying on the seafold by
Puritan hands, and sickly Commonwealth
rose on the ruins of the throne. But il failed
at snce-it died with the death of him who
gave ii birth. The crown was restored, and
the Kingdom expanded. 1t laid its hands on
the American wilderness. But the American
colonies were alienated, and set up for them
selves. British Statesmen got the British
crown into debt to its subjects. They set
up manufactures, built ships,~sent their pro-
ducts everywhere throughout the civilized,
halfcivilized and barbarous world. The peo-
pie reap the rewards CT their industry, they
send their representatives to Parliament,
they overturn and set up Ministries at their
pleasure; and the Queen enjoys her preroga-
tives and her children. And Britain is strong.
But the alienated colonies are initiating
the fitting example of the Commonwealth.
RALPH FARNHAM, a soldier at Bunker Hill,
was at Boston the other day to testify 10 per-
son to the glories that lit up America and
American history that day. Except an ac-
cident, RALPH will live to see South Carroll
ma go out, and the great sun of Republican
Liberty obscu,+d in tempestuous clouds. He
may live to see our failure, the soldier at
Marston Moor, lived 10 see the failure of the
hybrid Commonwealth of Oliver, the Puritan.
Never was g greater mistake or a greater
folly about to be committed. If the North
believes that the South is endeavoring to
bully or bluff them, without design of GO
ing out and staying out of the Union: or If
the South believes they can go out of the
Union with benefit to themselves-both par
ties had as well be undeceiyed at once And
if the patriotic Union sentiment in both sec
tons of the Republic is in the ascendent, it
had better assert itself at once. 1t has not
one day to lose. 1t is very common i'm
preston both in the North and the South
with some peope, that the Union is a very
strong affair. Some in both sections tell us
that "the Federal Union must and shall be
preserved" If they mean to make the word
good, they bave got no time TO lose. We ad-
jure them to set about the glorious work.
On the other hand we should like to know
of those who are seeking to precipitate the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. peaceful or Otherwise
which is to dismember the government, how
they are going to reconstruct the govern
menti What materials are they going to use,
and in what shape are they going to put
them mp? Are they going to give us better
government than that we have7 In rescuing
rs from present ills. will they bear us to
greater! Do they propose, as they are now
discussing among themselves, constitution
al monarchy Or viii they set up sill
weaker confederation, How much do they
propose to expeud in carrying on that gov
eminent, whether it shall be moulded on the
weak or strong plant How many millions
viii they expead in building navys How
many In constructing an army7 viii they