Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-02
Ths AmerIsAn QasslIan IN Fra.os.

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The American QussIIen IN France.
The well-kDOWn Paris correspondent Of the NeV
York Times, NalakoH, writes the following lstte
to that paper go
~ ITO SO. PARs, August 30, 1871.
! Another pamphlet in favor of the Southern Q .
fe3eracy hAs made ia appearance here. entitled
! The Civil War in America and Slavery. by =. c.
! The EuthSr, of Whom We have no knowledge, makes
his ds4al in the following Wer5s (, s.---s g.. .r
The object Of this pGnphlet il 70 defend the So
called raYolt ia the Southern Statos It viii demand
for America that for which We str uSkledin Earope
to Wit: I. Ths EoSSISigntyCs Of sth6l Eeop's,j 2.
government bGsaes on Tbs sPFersignty or sA thc
| nail 1nsl, viii. 3 fhs,riskt of patOnAlity =
He then goes on 70 stats tkar ths North Z acting
ypceritical part il gSrd to slaVsfy thai how,
! ever aboninabloa I'D insls1tiIn, II NAY BE, sls.
NOS sEssr into she plAPS ~ tia admins tFaea e
abcliAA u; the Prss dsnt 1akeG ne nenton 81 sfl'
very IA his mtsl1ge he els for a snofkned5 ssiay
and anormoun ioans, baf GVoiAa The impsFtAsl
question. n PFSsiAsut Lincoln hAA declared hh
dssga 70 use these men Ss4 this nSAsy for the sbo
ltion Of slAEtry, hs would have had al EursPs on
his side, ----i -- ~ - q
The Iuthor then adopts three Ocbsr heads fer the
further confederation OF ths szhieSt:r
l. fhs eOnstitatioaAl riaat Of secession.
2. This motives OF secession; and
3. The interest Of Francs and KaFope in the saes-
ton. 20. 1 -f-- 20 = = o. --r-l
On The queEtou of constitutional right he says
that the tbirts original states declared themselves
in the declaration Of Independents free and inde-
pendent of Great Britain, IN all speaking Of
themselves in the plural; the deputies voted by
States, and not BY the pro rata Of populahoni the
first formal enZsgsn mt bstWeep the states declare
that each state should RETAIN its aoveregnty liber
ty ana independence which wsrd 'retain" signifies
an existing right which each desired 20 retain. Mr.
vofpd Fozs bv atafe ~ hv he
of all the states directly he cites the OF fexas
voluntarily King herself SITTER several years Of
an independent existencei refers TO the menscs Of
Massachusetts 20 go out Of the UoiOn in 1914 and
seems 70 think he has irresistible argument in
favor otss.ss' riyh-S in late pro 2smatlon of Gov
AagofHn, warning the two cOntending sections not
to invade tie soil Of Hsssrdl kentu Ky
Under the head Of motives CT secession" the
author says thar -ths Nor h aad he South ars ttc0
diStiBet psofle two nations and consequently q a.
the war between them is 4 todr OF RC 6OHQify.' And
then he max, Of the steTeotyPsd and admitted
srguusnt in faYsr Of the rights Of DAtionsli1es a.
shows in such examples a. Italy, Greece, Belgium,
etc. He then gIVss his readers, (Whs. Of course,
are French, and therefore, unable 70 control his
fsctS) ~ an evidence Of the popular suffrage IN IA
vor 81 SecsssioH the votes cast the question in
the cites Of Nashville and HemphiS
lie gives . reason why the people OF the North
and South hate Zach other with suCh bitter ha-
tired, the fsot that in ascending he banks Of she
the AOHer Of American so. iety-a P-anchH'n
by birth or lSsci He ever reTeais tbs Fl =
names Of ths t9WDs ia Louisiana - Q re&s a. And
then DIVORCES into . put Of the French Ksssral,
BeAuresArd, ~ al omesr 90 distingl Ahea in
The army Of tAS Uned States, that formerly
WhsE he went - REsh1ngloa lie WA oon-
stAndy iaVited 10 sleep Il de White Houa
He goes On 30 show that de gulf States
are inhabited By sWArm hlosdsd race drawn
from tie Latin stoak ~ Europe, and
~ h. -
critical Anglo Saxons o. Ehs Horth. lie then in
dRlgss n long eulogy on ths superior maraOrs Of
$hs ssetharn EeatlenAn, nad compares him to the
North Americas. who, he says, IN the ElgiahnAn
Of Europe. lea his QuGliies; his motive Is self
interest his egotiSn o4uaA his arrogance, hs Feli
gioa h the dollar. No ETsat principle cGuSes his
heart Of fAes Republican TO beat, for slavery il
ain Wy cont Ssy to Ihs Letter Is constituti oR; d
ring ths war IN tie Grimes he wa Russian; be re-
fused 70 adhere 70 the maritime principle Of the
CouSzsHs of PARA Of 1885, and yet he carries oathe
IAVe trade under the American Asg which f. Tos
subject TO Wait when the South nenaced him with
letters Of D qle, quick he declares himself ready
to Acosps the stipulGtonS OF the treaty OF Paris;
thus hia policy is policy of s1Pedients. nos Of
principles. His journals, which have under my
eyes, denCunce ali Europe in the most inseHsate
manner. and dOmGnd . declaration Of war sEAinst
the whole cOniiRent; since the grocer bows Of New
York have traTsI tied Themselves into ZeuaVSs and
Gar bGldin the world ousht to tTsnble before tie
Al the period when noticed three other pam
phles, which had just been published here in
French on the American question, i had net read
another one entitled - oIzas OF SinSe"-'Ean or
Monkey" have since read this production, and
must confess that of all these defenses of the Slave
COnfedsraey this one to say the least of it, il the
most bizGTrs The author signs his name u. POus-
sielgue e1 attache OF the French legation Rt Wash
ing on. He sets out with the text. that the white
man is to the negro what thetleg1s to the ourang
aE -. -
the following rssSIRs Of his opinions
- Phs negro belongs to Ehs human race, bat 10 an
inferior degree. II i far from tbs white - the
negro - from he Esgro 10 the OrEDg outang From
Iha orADg outAsg We may descsAd y an nalAter
rupesd chain Of animated beings 20 the lsWest
A4oEa SVsA to the ncEs Of the trees. Why, then,
InOIld the Whihs man, who has GrrsgAtsd 10 hin |
,ei in his quality Of kizS of creation the right Of
employing for his pleasure and kss nOuTshBSat al |
lnimala and vegetables not have the right Of de-
mAndng 81 The negro vko IL hin inferior By the |
win Of Sod that he should render hini domestic |
sefSicesRl Such IL NY absolute conviction on the /
suhlsct, and pala nor - the study OF the scisn-
lihc and metaphysical reasons which densAstraae |
The eYidsnee Of tAtS thesis" -sE-s 4
{ THIS writer chsn trOGn his subject with Rrestr /
eArniaS, and esneludss b. demanding that ssien
Be appointed 70 20 out 10 he isl /
1naa 80 the African cotst where the OuFsng outang
approaches AeGP the human T6ee, and where the
Dc gre dSsoenda the loRsat in tbs scale azd that
Ter t. decide Sncs for all this sng disputed 4ueG
ion. n. PouSsislguo does not hesitate 70 predict
hat he female ouTang>olSang vii breed from the i
AeaResiAn negro, and that the product will HArtaks
II ths character Of the father in the cass with
he mule tribe.
When he arrives finally at the political phGsS Of
Tie question, he decides IN favor Of the gu bern
because the msR Of the Sou alsae
comprehend the tree chronological position Of the
iegro.
The book concludes with an appeal in favor OF
the Southern Confsderaey tariff and commercial
yrounds says that these the real grounds Of the
contest between tbs North and the Sos,h, that the
legrO is only the prstext, and finally exclKims-
Let Us therefore wish long life and success to the
Southern Confsderacy."