Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-23
Z Historical PaTaIieI-IEoyv The Slavery
Question Is Affecting Ihe North.

IRON the New Yo-k WcrlI
In one respect there is q perfect analogy between
the advance of the Federal army into the revoked
States and that Of Bonaparts into Russia-we mean
the terrible SGUle alliance II each case offered
Says Hszett in his Life Of Napoleon One
great fear Of the Russians that thee slaves would
rise up ard throw oH their bondage and it wac
therefore object TO prevent their having any
communication with the French. They made use
Of the most Improbable and disgusting fables 10 ex
cite their terror and hatred and OF their ignorance
and degradation to perpetuate that ignorance and
degradation - Those serfs.o as MouthO!On Saws.
"who inhsb ted the little towns, well disposed
to head an lnsurrectIou against the nObtssSs. This
was the reason Why the Russians received to set
fire to all the towns on the route Of the army"
Such is the perfectly analogous situation in the
two cases. We believe that our true policy is pre-
cisely that which commended itself TO the greatest
practical publicist Of his age. Bonapalte refused
10 avail himself of the disposition Of the sers Ia
rise against their masters. And why ? For pre-
cisey the identical reasons that force themselves
upon Us. - The FerfsD sand he are unfit 10 be
trusted with the liberty they desire. If encour-
age the subjects of the Gar to rise sganst mia,
cannot hope that he will ever again become my
friend" lie subsequently made use Of this Ian
gusge in the Senate Of France e r V-Oclsirning
the emancipation OF the slaves, / cou.d lave armed
the greater portion of the Russian POpulIOn against
himself In several villages this eniranchisement
was demanded of me. But the war 1 made upon
Russia was pOhiicd1; and. besides, the brutsty Of
that this measure would devote many fsmilIes to
the most horrid barbaTities.
Well, we are engaged in just such political war.
IN spite of our own will sgaInst adversary that
has been and whom IS of great consequence should
again be, our friend" In neither case was subjg
CATION the purpose, but simply the restoration of
affairs to the status quo ante jeLm That being the
object of Bjnzparts, he himself declared, he did
not doubt that his true policy was to prevent his
political war frCm being the occasion Of iaI
and servile war. lie held to his policy the last
even up 70 tie time he left Moscow Asis said by
Sir Robert Wilson. an English writer who was pre-
sent during the most Of the camp n There is no
question that civil could have bsen fonented
IN Russis; and it was B0naparte who rejected the
offers Of resurrection which were made 70 hin du-
ring the time he was in Moscow
Now, If BOnaparte was mpeed By the im2or- |
lance Of not permanently alternating the Car. aud
also by considerations Of humanity, to avoid all in
ciemeDt to servile war, the policy is most as
suredly incumbent upon us. The recoveie ed friend
ship of the Car necessary to him. simply that
an external ally might be won; but the regainsd |
friendship Of the SOuhera people is necessary to us
that our internal oneness may BE- saved. The hU- |
name Inducements in his referred only to dis
taut foreigners of alien blood, strange religion and
barbarOus language in our they refer to our
own kith and kin, speakers Of the same mother |
tongue worshippers &C the same altar and fellow
citizens under the same free rule. 1he reasons |
which pressed so powerfully upon the great Frerch
Emperor press with far more force upon Us.