Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-12
NUMBER 81

command Of the seas. and the Internal waters. We
can blockade them by sea, and invade them By
land, and close up the rebellion in single year Il
we are :" let alone For the population Of the
slave states IS d1Tldeo perhaps equally for and
against the Union, the loyal citizens being for ne
time oyerawed By the organized conspiracy Of he
traitors while the North Is united to man thu lat
allies Of the South, the Democratic party being now
more earnest for the snbjugaticn Of the rebels fsn
the Republicans.
B. aBsd can you qovern ssslbuqatsr peoDls rud ~.
construct the UnioR?" We do not propose to subiu-
gate the revolted States-Ee propose 70 put down
simply the rsbel citizens. We 20 to the rescus Of
the loyal Unionists Of all the States. We carry
safety, and peace, and liberty to the UnionloSing
people Of the South, who viii Of themselves (shs
tyranny overthrow send hack their representative
to Congress- and the Union VIII be Reconstructed
without the change Of letter in the constitution Of
the United States. Did England subjugats Ireland
and Scotlsnds Are the united kingdoms less homo
generous than the old, before the wars against re-
DeillonY So will the United States rise from ths
smoke Of battle with renewed stability and power.
In turn, now let US ask the British public some
Questions.
l. WAers should British honor place herself is ssis
cOhsS.. We overthrow that political element IN
america which has all through our history been
bhe seuuiea uenouncer and real hater Of the British
nation while We have been always from the BEGIN
ming .ne friends OF England. Because, though un-
der dlnerent forms Of government We had common
sympathies, and a common csuse and tba-efo--, !.
common interest England was the cCuserTator Of
liberty IN EurOpe-the old World. wa IN he ra,~
If "the Confederate States" are right ther Is Fpr
land wrong. slavery must be extended II
America, then must England restore IL in ~, wee
Indies. blot out the most glorious page Of her his
tory, and call back her freed men into Chains
Let her say-tO the martyrs Of freedom from an
the nations who have sought refuge and a rna0nani-
nous defense on her shores returnto your scaa1lds
and your prison house; Englsnd Is no more Eng
andi Let the Times cease to appeal longer 10 tie
enlightened opinion Of the world; nay let the ststu
Of the great dead through which passed 10 reve-
yesterday to the Houses of her political intel
lgenee, be thrown from their pedestals, when Eng
land shall forget the usterances Of her Chathauss
her Wilbeforces, and her Broughams-that natural
justice is the only safe diplomacy and lasting foun
dation of the independence of nations.
2 What Is The Interest Of Eaglond noao? II we
may descend to such inferior appeals it is clearly
the interest OF England to stand BY the In on Of the
States. We are her best consumer; no tariff viii
materially affect that fact We are the beat Gus
toner Of England, not because we are cotton
growers or eotton>spinners, agriculturisfs man
fActurers, but because we are pTodaesTs and Tsnms
tdctTers, and have H'oRsJ TO spend IL is nos the
South as is urged, bus the North who ara the beat
consumers Of English commerce. The free white
laborer and capitalist does now and always will
consume more than the white master and slave. The
Union and the expansion Of the States and repubi
can policy make US the best market for England,
and Europe. What has the world to gain-Eneland
France, or any Of the powers to calmly reducing
the United States to Mexican civilization?
5 Can England gfJrd to offend The great iaiioz
Iohich leil be "7hs United Sates Of AnaeTica sssn
should zoe lose part Of the S0sh2 Twenty millions
of people to-day, with without the slsVe States
in twenty years we will be &C. .0O0.000i In another
half century we win be one kuadred millions We
viii rest upon the Potomac, and on the west banks
Of the Mississippi river, upon the Gulf Of Mexico.
Our railroads viii run 1000 miles upon 6 single
parallel binding our empire, which must master
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans Is England 90 Sc
cure in the future against home revolt or foreign
ambition as to venture, now in our need, TO plant
the seeds Of revenge in all our future
IL Ireland, or Scotland, or Wales shall attempt to
secede from that benefcent governments of the Uni
ted Kingdom which now Hghtens their taxRsions and
gives them security and respect at home and abroa
shall we enter into piratical war with cur race
and ally, and capture and sell in our portz the
property and endanger the lives of peaceabls eiti
zens of the British Empire all over the worldg
enter not into the discussion Of details England,
them is natural ally. viii she ignore our aspi-
ratons: If she is just she ought not If she is hon
orable and magnanimous, she cannot If she Is lciss
she 1rW not Your ob't serV't.
@. N. CLAY, U. S. Minister Plenipo-
tentiary. &c, to ST. Petersburg.
Morley London, May Il.