Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-06
An Old Chapler Re.wrl,t,n.

We puDis1 IN our columns to-day, an aeticle
from the London Saturday ReUier, in which it is
strongly argued that the separation of the North,
ern and Southern States, is an affair of nature
and, therefore, that sill the attempts OF the North
ern States TO prevent it. must fail
| We argue with the Charleston .AsrcaSu, the ar.
gument of the Saturday, Reuie,o is true By Ions
course Of usurpation and oppression, the Northern
states have aienat:d the people of the Southern
States, from any connection with them, that seps.
ration is inevitable. When people live together
unders wise and benefcsnt goYernmet they may
De said to be ripe for costuusd union When
they attempt to Cypress each other, they are
ripe for disuniOn. Union and dlsunion are both
natural under the change of circumstances Thus,
in the Revolution of nc, the arbitrary pretensions
of Great Britain rendered separation of the Col
onies, from the mother country, natural-and now,
dominion and tyranny far worse, set up By the
Northern over the southern States, renders their
separation as much q matter of course as any other
operation of nature. The laws which govern the
moral nature Of man. ust as certain as the laws
which govern the physical woodland so are the
revolutions and changes of states in the moral
world.
But, after all, the enquiry must arise Was the
cause necessary, which produces revolution, ard
renders it most natural, that under the crcum-
stances, it should take place? Was it inevitable
inevitable, as 10 be nGtural-that Great Britain
should have set up her urJust pretensions, arb,
trariy to rule her Colonies in l776? Was it neyi-
table, that the Northern States should iEsist on
piundering the Southern States by their Protective
Tariffs and threaten the safety of their institutions
Oy their pragmaticsl and iGso!eat intervention
and domination? Is nothing natural but Injustice
Is good faith bAnished frcm the earth and the
continuation of : government, with distinct
limitations and guarantees for liberty, . vain
chrmera? We hope not. We think not The
mere extension or rise Of the Union Of the United
States, has nothing to DO with its dissolution If
their government had been confined to its eonfed-
crate sphere of du!ies-if it had avoided the con
solIdation Of power In the Federal head which ne
eessarily made it the despotia government of one
section Of the Union over the Other-the Union
might have lasted countless sgss Justice, protee
ion to person and property, is the simple object
Of all government This object was to:ally defeated
under the usurped powers claimed and exercised
oy the Government of the United States. Il tell as
Ill tyranny should fail But it does not follow that du-
liability continuance, strength and liberty cannot be
obj lined by e government more carefully limited
its powers, supported by people whose national
characteristics less avaricious, nnscrupuIous,
dOmineering and vulgar. than those which govern
the NOrth--whose menlaI class and ignorant tub
stratum of society have no voice in the Cove n
ment. The people of the Confederate States have
purged the Constitution of the United States CT al
those imperfeCtions which opened tde door to ur-
scrupulous usurpstion; and now, with the bless z
Of God, they humbly hope, not only to redeem heir
liberties and establish their Independence but 10
trEn,mit to future ages a Confederate Republic
which will teach the nations of the world that its
dissolution is most unnatural because its practical
working is high ard benefcent. .