Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-09

through viii we are now passing, it Ia important
% the successful termination of our struggles, that
the country should rely with an undoubting conf
dencs in the wisdom and patriotism of the Elk
ecutiTe branch Of the Government. In the
very Mature of things great discretionary powers
must be concsded to those who control the move
ments of our armies, and who establish the basis of
our foreign relations. Faults must be overlooked
and follies pardoned and we must sustain the
Executive head of the Government to an extent
which has been hitherto utterly unknown in our
history. The crisis demands it, and the country has
trustDgy conides its destiny into the hands of q
President whose patriotism has never been called
in question, and in whose wisdom they rely But
the name Of Mr.. HUNTER IS Of itself tower Of
strength to the Administration. His patriotism.
his wisdom, his independence, and his integrity
superadded to his undoR6ted firmness of character,
give assurance that his councils in the Cabinet viii
be received With less respect BY the distinguish
ed head of the Republic, than by the people whose
interests have been eonfied to him.
But it is not alone in the conduct and management
of the war, that the statesmanlike qualities of Mr.
HUNTER viii be called into requisition in the dis
charge of the duties Of his present position If the
very existence Of the nation is dependent upon the
successful prosecution of the war of independence,
our future prosperity will depend, IN an eminen'
degree, upon the nature of the relations which we
may establish with foreign countries. During the
existence of the late Union the public mind of the
civilized world was excited against US by the mis-
representations of Northern confederates. High
protective tariffs were employed to drive away from
the South the commerce of foreign countries, and
thus to ALLEVIATE the sympathies of our fellow men.
The sggressions upon the rights of our neighbors
conceived to crafty the cupiditY of the North,
we're artfully charged upon the South, as "the
aggressions of the slave pc wer" aud all the short
comings of the nation, as whole were laid to our
charge.
No American statesman understands more thor
oughly the questions connected with our foreign pol
icy, than the present distinguished Chief of the
Department of State, and we have an abiding con
ddence that if this duty of establishing these re
ations is csnfided to Mr.. HUNTER. we will start cut
upon our course as nation, in the right direction
Guided by the light of his great experience, and
directed by his profound wisdom, our foreign re
latiuns will be established upon basis, which win
leave to his successors an easy task in continuing
and maintaining them.
However important may be the services which
Mr.. HUNTER might render in the Senate, we are con-
strained to believe that in the present emergency
be Is even more necessary in the Cabinet and while
the country at large would rely greatly upon his
own judgment, in the selection of proper field in
which to play his part in the great political crisis
through which we are passing, until he shall have
decided upon different course we must adhere to
the opinion that he cannot now be spared from the
Cabinet of the President.