Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-30
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which the Secretary Of STATE has been guisad i
this mstter. When the danger was serious tha
distinguished officer Of the Government was siIenl
Though Congress WIS in session and certainly no
indisposed lberGily to entertain aay Fecemme nda
kh9n from the Administrations aR& nOW, within 81.
weeks OF the next meeting of the same loyal aaI
patriotic body, an appeal IS made to the Governor
Of States 70 commerce ard expedite the work o
tortiiicaol- when 1t is nS0EioGs that the m4j6FiEj
of the Legislatures Of these States who alone csI
make any movements 10 that direction, doiot n1ee
until January, month 8flef Congress has ASSEM-
bled Either the danger Of disturbance TO oui
present peGcefui relations with fGrCign Powers, in
stead of being diminished is really shore serious
tiaR 1t has been az any previous periO1 during ths
course Of insuTecton,7 or that geBtleman has
written an untimsly and injEdiciaus circular. We
have called il alarI lerestng One inevitable eiac:
Of 1t we judge will be, that it viii disturb and de-
! press me money market. cause rapid decline n
Stoces and n0t unlikely interfere seriously with The
tpr0greas of tho Governmeht I0aI.. This so oxpeS
Flaneed pH5lic man 20 Mr. Secretary Seward
ought 70 haYe 1oreseeP sld 70 hase aTeidsd, # pos
For these reasons the Commercial doubts ethe
seasOnableness and ezpediency Of the ci-cular and
thrOws out the suggestion that "a deputaton be sp.
pointed to wal. upon the President, in order to as
certain the meaning Of the circular, and whether
any real cause for alarm exists elsewhere than N
the mind Of the Secretary of State" 80
The Post (RepI styles the circular aA DIPLOMATIC
Puzzl,," ard says: --.- 1913 ---F .5ra,
r the document means. simply thatthe Governors
of the States and 1he Federal authorities should
confer together to the methodOf effective defens
ces it goes long way round in order to say a very
plain thing. Or If it is meant as warming 20 forS
eign powers, it might be suggested that deeds and
not words are what the foreign powers regard
TIE defenCes Themselves, co-structed without pre-
EmInsry flourish, would be the best warning that
we could give to any body Of ministers on hostile
thsughts intent. rra % b. r-.-el -.T s--EHz~1
The Tribune thinks that the panic at tie stock
market was causeess, and says; sss
There has seldom been a more bsseleEs reaction
witnessed IN tie street than this one az s circular
OF Mr.. Seward although ill-tined ard unnecessary,
contains nothing which would alsTna any one ex~
ceptIng the most tiid and indeed ccnn1ences with
the assurance that the prospects Of any disturbance
o. amICase relations with foreign Ss2us is row
lees then at any time since the c0umeaCeuent Of
the Tebslhon. Yet some Of the Spectators IN Tau
street were determined TO under this thin veil
Of the we'll turned sentences Of the Secretary that
lc anticipated 2 war with either France or Eag-l
land, and DESIRED our Coastto be prepared for it.
The Tines believes that the threatening troubles
linted at in tie circular may grow cut Of tia pro
posed European movement against Mexico, AID re- 1
marks: - .. -E r..
We have a Eatle doubt that cur govsrnnens is [
prepared to extend the utmost aid TO Ne 4ico IA her
sxtEemlty, and 70 CGeF ahmed reslstauce, IL reees
Iary, against the attempts at invasion and conquest
which Spain may make. It IS idle to say we have /
10 interests to be protected there snd that we can
lSt afford to waste our strength 10 fighting the bat
les of other nations. We shall be fighting our own (
,sttles most eec.ualy in deferdirg Msxico against
European conquest Our prestige and national .
honor are involved in resiHtipg such sn effort %
slant hostile tag upon our weakest and most es-
posed frontier We presume 1t . sg2inst possible
laugsrs from this quarter that Mr.. Stewards pre-
,autiOn is directed. France and England may pos
Ibly join Spain in her endesvOrs or they may 30 |
ar encourage her as to involve themseyts in eOrlT
'lieation with cur blockade Fer Euy emergency,
is clearly the duty Of the people to be fully pre-
ared.
The following from the Philadelphia B,tRs,iaCRep.
hows that that journal thinks the "admoniton" IS
lesnt for England:
"Ths fact that the British G0veruns snt is sending
n unusual force to Canada makes it necessary
Rat the United States should DO something as mat
er Of security and there s no less Oeaziys way TO
. this than By calling on the Northern States 70
rovide for the defence Of their fronte-s and sea-
Oasts.N ----s Z. Ia. E .... -rHt
The Ledger says that Mr. Seward has been noted
uring the present troubles for his hopeful views,
cd not SIS an aIa-unistmore weight should be given
his anticipatons Of danger than to As assurances
security, and ADDS: --....
We DO net know what complications with fegeign I
qtiOns may arise ont OF the present insurrecsOn
nj It IS only that we should be prepared 20 defend
arselves under any circumstances which may hsD-
en-. Being prepared TO mEiutain our rights. there
Ill be less liability that they viii bedsregAred 50
to force US into collision. IL
BOsToN Oct iI-SecrCt2ry SewErds circular /
tracts no special attention, but its suggestions in
.vOF Of State action for coast defences meet with
7reEal approval The circular had no percePIble !
feet on stccks or the money market to-day. {
BUFFALO N. Y, October 1.-THE Express (Rep) 5
,ys: 4
MIR. Stewards circular has taken the country by
irprise. and viii be likely to occasion much aIxi-
y lest there may be in the secrets Of the Depart
ut a knowledge Of real danger. If, in response
the arma nents England has sent 10 canada. our
ontier should brisue With guns and be put in G
lsition for either offence or defence, we are in
ined 20 believe thEt the consequence would te as Z
T. Seward suggests, paeifeatory." -. r
The C0UTisr lDemocratic) does not understand the
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