Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-01
RepudIates the AboIiGIonisGs
igHa of Amerfca,

mRnehesteR RepudIates the AboIiGIonfsfs
igts t.- of America
From tie Manchester Guardian, November 9
We give up the pro-slavery argumant from the
blele without waiting to be pelted With taxes B '
so accomplished thsologisn as the one time Min
lster Resident of the United States in Switzerland
Inc institution is everything that he SAYS IL has
/ injured and degraded his country in a thousand
disastrous ways 1t has encouraged the supremacy
OF bad race of public men. Ii has bent the noli-
! ey Of the Federal Government out Of It's uatural
course, ana has been the cause of giving osnse TO
foreign nations. It has warped the Atminjstratior
OF justice. and o1sred the tone Of public teaching b
peaptt and the press. Suppose al this to be said
even to the extent Mr. Fay is disposed TO say il and
as fully admitted, what reason have we ever given
FOR supposing that we shoBld approve Of the deter
minstlon Of some Of the States to take IN arms for
the purpose Of compelling other States to renounee
even thus prolific source Of political misery and |
crime II will not we suppose be said that II IL (
the central Government which has resolved ~
draw the sword for this purpose. because the gov
eminent of Mr.. Lincoln, as well as that of Mr.
Buchanan hss distinctly laid it down that the CEN
trai government has no right to do anything of the
klnd- No; the only view Of the matter that can
possibly be maintained is that certain States moved
BY holy indignation at the mischief which slavery
Is produc1ng IN neighboring community have
made up their minds to exterminats it by force
We nave never done or said anything to lead il
70 De supposed that we should aBprOYe of this pro
eeeding. On the contrary, it is distinctly opp0sed
20 the notions OF Justice by which we profess TO
regulate our own conduct. There are a erestmsnv
things In the world which we do not like but which
We 90 not go to war to put down. Probably, the
institution which, as nation, We have the strong
sst hereditary antipathy to- IS the Roman Catholic !
jhureh, but there is not much probability of Cur
nverting the conduct of the kings of Sesin and
'ndeaVorlng to compel weaker people to reuounce
St the point OF the sword. The last time we went
o war It was to support q Mahomedsn nation in =
maintaining their position in Europe We certain
; DO not think AahOmeaanism preferable to the :
ireek form Of Christianity. There are not MANY
4 Us who do not consider it a moral and political :
OoLnuAusn bu[ we uphold, as superior to our :
ersonal hkings and dislikings, the right of {
eOple, within very wide limits to have what in
ltutlons they please and we do not think that =
ther debased religion, or an uuJust and impotic .
Ystem Of labor, constitutes exception to the y
eneral rule. = D
But we have assumed the war to be carried ON p
u the extermnstion of slavery Ouly to show that =
II were SO, we might well deem its justice TO be -
1ub ttu, as well as its chance of success Whether
Is So is question that has been already very ~
ItensiTely discussed IN this country with ver liz pa
advantage to the views of Mr.. Fay. We have S1ea
other means Of Judging Of peoples intentions I'd
an by what they say and what they do. In the
st place, then the Government at Washington do Il
u say that 1t IS any part Of their object to rid the
nunent Of the curse Of HlaFery. In the next
ace, they Certainly do not DO anything which can
taken to indicate that this is their intention or Sc
sire. On the contrary, in the instance in which oil
single official has gone so far AZ IN tsIE ot - ce
olisbng slavery but of msnuuitting the slsvs - th
Eners found IN against the Union his acthas icy
en- formally disavowed. Il is scarcely eredHsbIe ex
at with these facts before u.s. we are bitterly re- Pc
cached for not being able to see in the war the sp
Iigious and philanthroDie cbaracter ubicb = the
lined for it when convenient Tba baigb+ % ~, see
denee to which Mr.. Fay rises on this point il one on
those things which, in vulgar parlanee, must be Ms
n to be appreciated. of