Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-02

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ihe pulse of the world beats with that of america
4 We have not yet approaches this tremendous sab
l1sel; we have not yet realized IN a remote degree
the awful responsibilities resting upon us We are
ate mp'lDg to perform, in few short months 8
TASK which cost Spain eight hundred years Of iness.
sapt laoour. We bsgQR wrong upon this subject
and we have continued wrong. We were afraid to
take the high unimp9schabe ground upon which
this war must be settled; we are lingering in the
low degraded valley OF eOpT0uiSs and ExPEDIENoT,
instead of declaring in favor of distract TihE Com
premise" "a word which is not IN our dictionary;
Il i an invention Of cowardce and crime, and We
Fepudiate it with contempt and scorn. No compro-
mice with the agents of the devil. but EaT stern.
unEeleDtiDg t1Gr, to the knife Close the column
and let the battle rage with NaPoleonic fury; while
The earth shall en- to receive the bodies. heaven
viii expand to accommodate the spirits Of those that
shall fall in defence of the imprescriptible and in,
alienable rights of maa
I An end to all compromise Let Us meet this is
cue Ike men. Let US escort cur right did Israel
against the Roman Empire, and BET Us bid defsnee
to the world in arms What right has Earope. hoa
/ ~ with crime, to dictate the terms of peace 10
America? What right has she to took down, with
eondesending air, upon America?
What is the history Of EerOpe but that Of reToIu-
! ton. snd blood, and hOlocsusts Of mErtyred men?
What right has the representatives. of long and IL
lHsrious lines Of leproHs, lechetrous merchants to
bsstardiZs their iniany IN the virgin soil Of AmeTi
Europe emasculstsd by the unremittsd Ineest of
even centuries, to come forward the heral Of
refined civilization and the agents of q millennium
We ask these august embOsimeuts of fendal crime
these cold aud smothered embers of the political
VoiCSnos of former ageS-tO attend to the affairs
which concern themselves, and let America consd
der her own destiny and achieve her own glory.
Thank Pr0vijenes we have friends in the Old
World who are coming forward by thousands and
tens of thousands TO our support Germany. France
ole nd 600 for-1 lola IN ND Nkaf-
furnishing noble men. whose services viii nos /
soon be forgotten; and Russia-fhs same Russia !
nnder whose auspices the Mongol Tartars have been
ascending the step OF power for four thousand I
years-will be true as steel to the Government Of
the United States
We indulge no fears in regard TO foreign nations;
the civilized world will do Us justice. What we (
have TO guard against IS corruption at home. We /
have offered premiums for raseality, laurels for 4
cows rdiee, and crowns for imbecility. ~
The Cincinnati Commercial has an article on the /
conduct of the war of pretty much the same tone.
It says:
A gentleman direct from Washington states that
in conversation with leading Republican Of that.
city, and who occupies prominent position in his
party be put the question TO him: When will there
be big fight over the Potomac The answer was: !
There will be no fight. This is a contractors war
ard they don't want the war to end sOOn."
We have no definite idea Of the amount Of pres !
sure to the square zach that would be required at
present to force the truth into the honest under
standing of the Pre- ident of the United States
Unfortunately, it has come to pass in these latter
days (Which include an indefinite number of Ad ;
ninistratOFs) that the President is walled in from !
he people and only permitted to hear the truth at
rare intervals lie is surrounded by an atmosphere
nade up of the exhilaTsuoHs of the hangers on =
lbout the Capital-the Peding pOlitcians-the syc-
'phsnts of pOwer-the beggsrs Of the crumbs that !,
al from official tables and the rest of the sediment
Nd fFoth of that quadrennal national boil This
atmosphere. SO offensive TO good citizens, asphyzf
stes the President and renders him dim Of sight '
lad hard Of hearing. The lightnings Of civil war
lave not yet disturbed aud purified this atmosphere
There are two great forces encamped at Washing,
on Without the city the circle of forts and
of the soldiers. Within it, the camp {:
COwes; the contractors Of all degrees; the tribe
# thieves. vast multitude. While the defenders o.
the Government in arms shelter the Capital from
he bandits Of secession the blood suckers are in a
B6isurbed possession. 81
While the bird of Jove IS soft with the glitter Of b.
iundeFbots around him, the deadliest of his ene &c
lies are sheltered under his wings. Now. while Z b
have an srmy of near 200 900 men at Washing Of
N, and when the and the time fer action 81
fully come, the contractors talk of delay, even q
going into winter quarters, and wearing Gus the
nemg By waiting and MISUNDERSTANDING, as Long 81
5iOw would have il, ito labor and 10 wait" This "
'il not DO. Whatever forces is necessary 10 bring
be facts into immediate contact with the Presiden
al organs of sense, wl-must be employed to in OF
Jrm the highest authority definitely, and with al a.
-resslTy We u anu penetfd-lOn ItAt tile pOlCy "
ndering the war subssrvient to the contractors AZ
g been pursued TO the EXTREMIST verge Of public
1durence. The notion Of waiting until the Con
,derates can't march. because they will have worn
IT their shoes, and until they shaken to pieces
consequence Of the wan, Of q1injns, aud luutil
ieir soldiers damage all their good guns is proba
y exploded by the opening of direct trade BE-
yeen the South and Europe by the line of steam
IS established by Yancey Co.. he BurHiudI being az
ie first arrival. and the probability of regular an
ips being on the cards WinteTing the Grand Ar
y on the Potomac, il undertaken, will end the war
the overthrow Of the Government in one way or an
lother.