Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-12
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seem to be too forDidabIs for The vesse to attacl
The treason OF the Norts,- 49,
Fren ths London Morning lsrsld. ~
-Lincola and Seward, their secretaries ard thei
Generals, have all held the same laaeusge; have a
asserted, as soiemnly az words can efEFmaBY Thing
hat they have no desire 70 interfere with slavery
. that they are fighting, not to emaneipate tb
negroes, but to enforce q constitution which bind
the free States 10 assist in maiutsining and per
; petuating the system Of negro seryitade q son
stitution which embodies, in 8 most carefully
Eorded clause, distinct and uneqGivocai fugitive
slave law. s-- ---- % ~ 60 -1s-i .a g
The men Of Pennsylvanis and Massachusetts car
ed Gs rule very little Gbout the domestic Insttu
lion" of the South until tais war broke out The
merchants of New York we're bitter partissns o.
slavery. But the iroomasteFs Of Penney IVSnia and
5ne manu- faotarers Of New England have taxed tts
South for thsiF benefit so long that they cannot
bear the ;hosgh. of losing the power 70 10 SO for
.He future the brokers of the Empire City are fur
aas Gt she prospect Of seeing tbejr lucrative trade
diverted to Charleston or New Orleans. and carried
on with Eoglish capital The lust of money has
had ten times more to DO with the sudden patriot
! ism Of The North than the love Of liberty" az d
I
\ Every act Of Mr. Lincols since the taking Of For,
Sumter has been violation of that Fundamental
/ law Of the Angio-SaX0n race beyond the ATLANTIC
| or would be so, but that the Constitution has
ceased TO exist and therefore, cannot be correctly
said to be violated Secession, perhaps is u.Icon
stituGonal, but coercion Is tqHqgy So Mr. DAVIS
governs by the authority Of e suceessfall rsYoln-
/ tion. Mr.. Lincoln governs in the name Of gn au-
LhSrity which forbids everything that he does and
cannot heip doing and if the constitution were in
vigor he must be impeached for high treason, with
out a chance of defending himself, aud would be Ii
able at the same 10 actions for false Imprisonment
which would ruin Rothschild. e --il-y
He has ordered his efi- -srs to set At dsfaacs the
Supreme Court Of the Republic. He has thus sus>
pended The kebeds corpus BE has proclaimed mar
tai law. he has set up new Legislature u West
eTn Virginia in opposition TO the authority ofthe
lawful Governor. He has suppressed the COnstitu-
ton and imprisoned the collective legislature Of
Maryland He has put down the freedom cf The
press and annuled the rightOf petition. In word
be has committed many hundred distinct acts Of
high treason, OF what would be such bad America
any longer law or legal Government - a.
Are we, then, to believe thar wGr undertaken
in defiance Of every Constitutional principle is q
war in defence of the COnsttutioR-that President.
Ministers and Generals are fighting for law, 4he
operation Of which, if really enfgrced would be p
hsEg them all? We waive the obvious impossibH
ty of eonstitutionaIy goverisg the South If re-
conquered, because tse contingency is too imPr0b
bic be worth discussion. But 6e think II Is too
bad to accuse Sir John Packington OF e hatred ts
free institutions " because he desires 20 see stop
put to The war. In the first place free institutions
IL the North means mob law, sad in the south vgi-
IS nowhere known in the United STATES. Ia the
Ce It place the necessary effect Of the rpeteration
of constitu onal Law in the North would beto STOP
Cha var at once. --.a--.--- --. Il
England and the United States,
The London Herald, Lord DEEBT organ, aud-the
leadiug representative of the Tory party, taIzs in
the following style relative to war with the
United States -..s-
Our American, trade has daindIed sIlasst to
nothing. from sixteen millions n nIce months Il
has sunk to five Gud half, and !. Is not likely 10
Increase white the blockade continues, sad while
the North maintains the Morrill, tariff. Ws-dO not
on this account desire war, or dePEecGto il less
Ihan we sh5Eid have done had the csse been other
wise But in order that Americans. .shcufI not de-
Jude themselves with the IDEA that they are our
Oest customers, and therefore may behave as they
please towards Us, il is c. well that they shOulo
Know that We already suif.V by their quarrel as
much as we should suffer BY open war, Or nearly
So Taking the four principal cissses 0f exports
10 the Unit=d States, iad the falling oa during
the first nine months Of this year 10 b. as fol
lows: ~.
1850 1851 D.ctelse
-o..on. e c ...- c2 775 ~ fI,l3a s73 Gu G45s4o
Lmens, bsBerdashsry ETC. - * &c 8 i,s53 s6S IS5Sit
Mstss, g9.i1' ana - %.o.s suns q i55 35 izii S5
roa,............. ,sco157i cll9s, - f5 i,50-
Ia consequence, therefore, Of the civil war ii
America our exports thi.her have diminished b.
oearly sirsj per cent Our Imports tlsacs. Of
course, viii, in the SIX moaGhs beginning with Sep
tember, the period Of the cotton tEp9FtasiJn b.
still more markedly deficient. By tae pres 2tAlat
of things therefore, we lose above three iourths
Of our trade with AmPricS and much more thar
three IOurths OF our advantage By that trade Rha
more could we lose by Wal. Is l. not likely that I
we should gain by il? Is there man in the North
srn States 8 grossly ignorant Of the trsde between
England and America, as not to know that avery |
large portion of her export trade, and Oy far tbe
most important portion Of her import trade. was [
With the South, even hen through the North? Th.
North, war or no war, is pretty well closed to us
by the Morrill, tariff. The South, we remaining /
neutral s elOsed to by the Northern ships, hlc!
pretend to blockade its C0asts, but which would De
csptured or driven ashore before war between thi:
country and the North had lasted six weeks.
If, then, we grant that half our exports and 4
fourth of our imports we're ior AID fTem ths I
North; the frat are now reduced By ~ lss-t oac /
half the latter will suppose 70 rernsin the same;
we have then to lose by WAY oue-f1urth curst0fal
trade with America as it was N lS6a and We re i
gam at OuCe one-hslf the export and lhree f0urAs
Of the import trade, which was done n that year
in southern goods or English goods intended foi
southern consumption. So far as trade goes, then 1
it uives the Americans no hold whatever uPCa US
First we haze no trade worth keeping with the |
NORTH; second, war would open 70 us most vsl /
ualla direct ira is with the South. Viewed purely
from aconmercial point of sight it Is even posi-
be that Wsr with Mr.. LiEColn's Goyernmen /
would be blessing 70 the staple manufactures o. !
this country We trust that our TransatlsDtie con
temDJraries will make note Of this fact ind bgsT
n miod that what further stienee and fOI bea anc
q eat Britain may show TO tas reckless and lusO !
at men who unfortunately rule and represent the
Northern States is granted to kindred beod and 20
institutions free from the stain Of slavery, not to
trade connections. So long as honor permits, we |
would fain avoid syenging on the Northern States
be Iawless outrages and impertuent language Of
their rulers ambassadors and officers; but We would
not that they should attribute the dgnled patience
and long suffering Of EDgland to a-wFong motive.
least Of all to a fear Of iEjGring Interests which
would certainly Tot suffer by war.
We hope that We shall not be misunderstood; Of
course We expect 20 be misi epresented. We are
cutie aware that csrtain journals will accuse US Of
desiring to excite the people Of this country to war
Tor the sake Of their selfish Interests. 20 crafty
cur own hatred Of free Institutions We deny the
charge nOw that we may EOt be compelled 10 nctlee
i. hereafter. We deprecate war 81 al times, when
war eau be avoided without mourning worse sisas-
ters-we deprecate above all wars war with
kindred people, where victery is too certain to be
glorious, and where our victory must be eneO9rag
iug TO the supporters Of cause detests5e 20 Log
Ish hearts But We believe that the only danger Of