Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-01

and with DIigLs prospocts1 oIc3 4c
RICHMOND, November 26, 1861
wish sincerely could confirm the rumor which |
elated the town yesterday It Is not certain that
LYONS has demanded the release ofeur Commission
ers nor that he has demanded his passports but the
conviction is becoming, daily, stronger that Eng
land win not submit tamely to the late Yankee In
suit to her fag. The Yankees are crazy, we well
know but are they crazy enough to enter on war
with a nation which can cripple the only arm with
which they have been able to damage the South
that of the navy? There lies the rub. The result,
either way, WIN reach you by telegraph before this
letter.
Why is England so tardy to break the blockade
This question may be answered briefly. l. 1t NAV
bring war with the United States, which have been
her best customers, for nearly all our Southern
purchases were made through Northern channels
2. The sympathies of most Of her people are
on the side Of abolition. s. It is to her interest
to obtain cotton elsewhere than in the Confed-
eraey and the prolongation of the blockade stimu-
lates its production in all other quarters of the
globe. 4. The monarchical and aristocratie in
terests demand that the experiment of the
American Republic should prove failure. Eagland,
therefore, wished eur war continued until our mu-
impossible The silly articles of the n Y Herald Undue
ed England to think that she interfsred too soon,
we would cease quarreling with each other 'double
in and thrash her well. By her folly, she would
not only restore the Union, but also lose Canada.
These are adequate reasons for the delay. The
time has now come when they must cease to intlu-
ence her she sees that restoration Of the Union
is out of the question, and she must have cotton.
The dispatches of Mason and SLDELL, which were
not intercepted, assured her that the Confederate
States would take sides with an power on earth
rather than submit to the despOtism of LINCOLN ;
and the declaration of the Presidents late Message
that the separation is eternal eorroborstes these
dispatches think it not unreasonable, therefore,
to look for hostile intervention by British ships
the year closes, and declRr alton of peace by next
spring.
The only obstacle to all this! is great Yankee
success on the Mississippi. Their present pro
gramms is, undoubtedly, that which Gen. ScoTT
laid down some years ago for the subjugaon of the
South, viz: a combination of operations on the At
lantic coast and along the Mississippi river, until
the cordons of armed coercion are completed by a
grand junction of the attacking forces at New Or
leans. The defeat at Belmont has scotehed the
snake, not killed him" Nemphians do not err in
suppOsing that the attack will be renewed at an
early day, by an immense force and with great
fury. 1 am happy to tell you that the Government
here is fully alive to the emergency, and will exS
haust every resource to meet it. Your powerful
articles on 1.-THE Impending Conflict" did not come
a momelt too soon for heretofore the administrs-
ton have been somewhat negligent in regard to
Kentucky and Missouri, especially 30 as to the
latter State for l am informed upon undoubted
authority that when certain prominent Aissouriaus
repaired hither early last summer for aid,
it was fatty refused. This fact could but
leak out, and tended greatly to dishearten the
; people of that glorious State Who can doubt its
decided preference for the South where $4,000 men
are found to take up arms in desperate cause
without aid, and almost without the hope Of aid
. from the very government in whose behalf they
were fighting? Now that all squea uish punctiliOs
have been dismissed, and the States Of Missouri
and Kentucky admitted into the constellation of the
Confederscy, you may expect the war to be waged
vigorously, and SIDNEY JoHsTON relieved from the
necessity of eating the bread of idleness at Bow
ling Green.
, series of really magnificent Autumn days has
helped to elevate the dropping spirits of our eiti
zens, who seeing the little damage done at Pensa>
cola, tae inspiring turnout of mill tary at New Or
leans, and hearing the bold notes of defiance which
Pillow has lately sent over the river, begin to
hope that there is yet balm in Gilead, and a
, bright'day of peace for the nation struggling
in the throes of its birth The cosmopolitan charac-
ter which Richmond is rapidly assuming, tends
greatly to our enlivenment by bringing us in contact
with the most active intellects and bravest hearts
| I Ca tn nhor
among the chiefest attractions of the Metropolis,
f the truly charming young ladies who have sought
: refuge here from the brutal despotism which
a reigns in Maryland, Washington City, Alexandria,
and the Eastern shore of Virginia, lately over
D run by the bordes of the invader. There is not
+. hotel or boarding house, and scarcely private
family that does not contain one or more of these
i beautiful refugees, whose cultivated tastes and
rare conversational talents to say nothing of their
accomplishments in music belle lettres add greatly
to the brilisnce of our social circles. Of course
. where there is such crowd, and at time when
the exigencies of the war felt by all classes
y there are some embarrsssments and not little
deprivation But as these are shared in common
they serve only to add jest and piquanCy to life
n in the Capitol. If there is no fine dressing and
general indispositon attend places of amusement
there is vast deal of the purest resiie enjoyment
Y in the display of the warmest hospitality The in
d cidents of the. war afford never failing antidott
D, to ennui and the success vouchsafed to arms
continual incentive to gratitude to God and to tbs
1t exhibition of the best traits of human nature. AT
ter ak months fighting against of the most
% powerful nations the globe the winter of 1861:
sets in with bright skies, abundance to eat, tt
drink, and to wear, and fair prospect of an indie
,e pendence gloriousy achieved. Let rs be only
,e thankful for so great blessings. PARKE.
t. Missouri.
IT Missouri has been admitted formally a mem
d Der of the Confederate States just in time to illus
trate the herosm Of her brave sons and the splen