Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-15
NUMBER 900

to reach any object Of cupidity or GnAition are
terrible warnings 70 srch helpless community Is
Delaware, whom the support which TIE eonserTa.
tism Of the Southern States heretofore gave to The
princi2ls Of consttntOnal liberty i totally With.
drawn. A senAsOr for DslswsEsis therefore excu-
sable in any effort, however desPerass, to saTs his
sSsse from beng uufrienaed, % such fatal CON-
psnicnship. -. - - -. = - $50 = -
Ess PardOnable zeal which Ir. sAU1ssraT dig
plays, but it in, unhappiY, wasted. Neither es-sy
to this war Is ready for pszce, az AZ. His promo
sitions win Be scoued on beth sies and On grounds
which make the prospect Of any pssfiesfioa r.,
fmote and doubtfrl, - go -Esa
The North Is 90 psssisHAts and FsysuEsfai q, Ia.
Gated with belief In it, own rights to govern "a,
aod is power TO compel u to submit; 30 enrsEsd
under the privAsiOu Of those abundant profss which
it used 70 drsW from rs and 20 ssaug with NORTH
cation over the constants faiiue OF IN l.rs eJrts
prepared ssa prOdigious cost, ia tks belief thss
rhey would bsvs brought the war swiftly % q tri,
umPhsnt close, is not yst prepared "a listen % any,
Thing short Of udbnissOo and restoration Of shsir
government over rs. War, therefore. IL - thsir
wasOh~ord. uAtil the subiugafiOn = accomplished.
They are Stubborn a. was George The III, in rsfus-
ing to admit the thought Of . division Of his en-
pire. Sharing bis Obstinacy they used his Ian
8uage prosecuted his plans in the same spirit, By
the same means, and for the same end, and, a. it
seems to Us, not likely 10 give il up except On
the same persussions-by the irresistible proof
that his means were totally inadequate e cOnquer
people resolute to maintain 70 the last extremity
the right Of sslfgovernmsns
Ard even if the Federal rage and pride Soula be
brought to stoop to q solicitation for conference
with the Southern States for pSciRcafion niDhs1i
bic bar to progress would be found in the stipua.
ton that the conference should be for restoration
Of the Union. The Confederate States have but
one answer. It's that which the darkest period Of
the revolutionary war, when the Commissioners Of
Lord North offered them eoneiliatory bills, which
passed two years before would have eontsnsed them
to live B-itiah subjeets They had declared indie
pendence, and they would listen to nothing, even
for peace. which did nos set Ont with the explicit
sckno Wledgmsnt of thss fact. The twelve Com
federsts States Of this day, with three times
the population and ten times the rssourcces Of
the Thirteen Colonies, and strong not enIy In juIt
ciuss but in mighty armies which have success
uly defended their frontiers Ggainss more than the
power Of England Of 1873, VIII make the same an
swers to every proposition, direct or inteFmediass
which looks to pscifeation. Independence must
be explicitly acknowledged, or the OonmiasloDsr,
Minister or Mediator will be turned away unau>
swered. The Confederate authorities, whether
military or civil who should enter into any sort
Of communication or negotiation with the enemy
on the basis that independence is fact sEbleot ts
be questioned or in need Of confirmation, by any
other power ShHteven, would be held justly Oh
Uoxlous to the penalties Of treason.
We ara sorry for Mr.. SAULsBURr and his Stats.
We doubs not that BOTH if they bad freedom of
choice between the Two confederscies, would come
into that Of the South. Some day hereafter. wksa
he treaty Ofpesce is finally made, az il "a sure to
be one day, It may be possibls in the then eondi-
Of the disintsgratrg North to secure for Delzs
ware also the right to escape from an odious gov
'rsment-At least tbs right to choose the govern
aent to which she will adhere. That Is the only
Iope for Delaware, and her statesmen would be
more wisely engaged in preparing to provide them
elves with th4thberty Of choice than IN illusory
housht that Delaware can ever see 3 Fsconstrucf-
d Union, or any prospect for constitutional gSV-
rnment in association with the States Of the North