Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-30


Losaos, Sa' urday aug, Ie. 1s6L--Ths nsws Of
!he bsstle Of Ball Run came doWnae ne Ike than
Ger clap last Sunday. Extras wsre tawkeI abost
me streets that morning, Containing telegram OF
me .otAckest DESCRIPTION -uiuch worse than the
newspaper accounts Of the next morning iasfi fed
and the CONSERVATION among tue loyalists was yery
great. Subsequent advices swlat relieved 0ur
alarm, but only increased the sense Of shame mi
mor1dcatiens and Nr. RUSSELL letter in the 1f1es
so brilliant, so helike and yet 20 hlmiliasins give
the last blow to our wounded national pride. OF
course the very ability Of Mr. Rasselfs descripton
increased the bitterness Of the punishment and
caused great indignation. Yet eOafess that i can
not see the justice Of the anger thar would punish
him for telling merely what he saw. Il it was sol
and his account bears all the Ks Of truth-We
ought rather to up fairly. and 20 see that SUCH
a disgrace never occurs again. Often mans own
angry pride is cap ard bell to fool. Il ought not
to be 50 with TEe ;,
OF course the FIRST thought after the realization
Of the strength Of the blow, was what would Se it'd
effect on European nations, and particularly on
England. That II cO1d not but be very bad every
one knew, and We were not slow TO feel. The
Tones at once came out in tone so needlessly'
insulting and SO wantOnly malignant, that 10 one
could doubt any longer even if there ever had beeai
any doubt, on which side its sympathies lie. Dad
can bear with Mr.. Russell somewhat for Whateveri
hOt-headed people may say, his letters have beeu'
sctive agents in our favor here and his influence
has bsen thrown generally On orr side But Is has
of the journal ITSELF and its editors It is said do no
hesitate to call him an AbOlitionst Of The deeDss
dye. This time their bitterly unfair attack was 50
fragrant to call out the protest Of At Least two
the liberal papers, who commented N he wsrmes
style on the language which the Times used. But
after all the Times is not England nor tie bes
part Of il Its course is more likely ultimately 4
react in our favor here. than to hurt Us; anl
in throwing OF its mask, it has partly destroyed
own power for evil The English Government doe
.E.k5 ,fr~
so now. OF recognition Of the insurgents there
seems to be no present danger but it is not so
tain that this check viii not encourages the cOttoT
interest to make An effort 20 set aside eur block
ade. After all, the action Of Engand viii depen
on events. You on the other side Of the Water
viii be able to predict it before we can accordir
as the war progresses well or otherwise. As yet
however, no one knows Of any intention Of thi
Government 70 interfere with the blockade. It j
certain, near certain as anything can be, tina
the British fleets ordered to respect is faithful
and without eavil or bubble, any statement 70 tn
contrary nne-IthstanGing, and = the time sha
come when this rule viii be broken through, tn
British Government viii do il with It's eyes open
to the consequences, aad viii hardly venture on III
step without the assistance Of France.
Another piece Of engineering against Us Is ais
evident IN the columns Of the Tines and elsewhere
but this has less to do with politics than with ns
eiering. Il has been very plain here, Tor some tim
past, that systematic effort being made to bea
down our credit IN the money mArEeIf anu As
becomes more and more evident every day that
loan must soon be negotiated here, and is even II
ported that agents are now here on business, t
daily papers are beginning to TEEN with money a.
iees, leaders, chance paragraphs, 6c., all tendin
70 represent our credit as good for nothing an
the mercy Of q few rich and powerful Jews.
usual, the Times is conspicuous Ia this sttack ais
and Of late its money articles have contained 81
tematic and Transparency intentional Eisreprese
IL. Ill.
history and present condition. The hand Of n
Yancey and his friends is also evident IN this wor
Their energy has been stimulated By their late su
cess to fresh efforts here but in general the mo
seems to be merely financial one, ard those a
principally at the bottom of il who expect ther
selves 10 get the loan into their own hands.
defeat at Bull Run has if anything rather overdO
the thing even from their point OF view. EOF
moment our credit is nowhere, and it would
useless to attempt to raise money here now, IN
our armies have reeOved the grouad which b
been lost.
Nor have we anything better to expect fro
France. Accident and more cautious mode
action has placed France ia a better position befo
the Americans than England has occupied; but
have strong reasons to believe that in reality
have fewer real friends there than here Here
least VIC have party, and an active and respect
bic one, who comprehend our position and will
all they can to sustain US. Ii is not 50 on the oh
side of the channel Their sympathies-sO far
they are really engaged in our ahairs-lie on
side of their relatives in Louisiana. In Engla
the recognition of our insurgents would create
struggle that would inevitably overthrow the n
istry. In France the Emperor has but % say
word, and the whole nation would acquicsce, as
always DOES. That he will say that word as 50
as England does, have as yet heard nothing TO ma
me doubt.
Luckily Parliament has adjourned, or undou
edly before this, Mr.. Gregory would have brOu
up his old motion again. As il is, We have time
recover the ground lost or to lose 60 much more
to put the whole matter beyond the chance
further struggle. Either way there IS nothing
be done here hut to wait with al anxiety that
YOURS every one, for the arrival OF the steam
never before seemed to come so seldom.