Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-28
zaa Crisis Of sae War.

1ES Crisis 5E 1Ee TSEo
The whole fate OF the var seems to depend upon
the setons and e1ertions Of the ensuing two weeks
If the Confederate armies, sustained by the new
lesies Of volunteers, and the militia in the rear
press forward to victory drive back the invaders
upon each movement upon our lines, the victory is
ours for all time. The LINCOLN cohorts can never
recover from few more checks and reyerses al
this critical moment. Already very decided suG
gestions made to inquire into the cause Of the
inyariAbe defeats, suffered by them, whenever they
come in. collision with our forces A strong pres
sure of public opinion has been brought to bear, to
coerce forward movements in every quarter, to
which their Generals viii be compelled to succumb
The cry of 'onto Richmond, !" on to Charleston, on
to Nashville, and on to Memphis and New Orleans is
echoed by every Yankee mouth. The same stimulus
which ruined ScoTT and defeated the "grand army
at Manassas, has been taken up and repeated in
the ears of MCCLELLAN. mot only the ultrS Adolf
tionists, but the bankers and brokers are clamor-
out for decisive battle. They are anxious to
know whether the investments they have made
viii pay, and whether it will be at all prudent to
continue in the Lincoln market, to withdraw
altogether, ard leave the usurper's Government to
bankruptcy and ruin. The millions they have
loaned, it would be more prudent to lose
than to hazard more in the hands Of
the reckless gamesters at Washington,
And then if ssch demonstration is not made, and
such success achieved, before the severe weather
sets in and the roads become impossible, SIS shall
satisfy the great Powers of Europe that they have
been gulled and deceived by Yankee pretension and
bluster, the independence of our Government must
be recognized and probably ports opened to the
world.
It is also very important to the Abolition Govern
ment that some decided success should crown its
arms before the British lion begins to roar about
the violation of its flag in the seizure Of Ambassa
doris on the high seas, who were protected by its
hospitality. We hold it to be morally certain that
the British Government will demand sn ample re
paration for this gross insult. 1t is said BY some
that dispatches are contraband of war, and thus
liable to seizure on s neutral vessel.
This, however, will only apply to military dis
patches, which were sent with hostile design to
injure the enemy. The dispatches Of our Ministers
were only of such a character as to secure the
recognition, by foreign Powers, of our Govern
ment. Now if the recognition OF the Government
of the Confederate States by England or France is
ueclhEeQ dCt W LlNCOl-Ny Wl6n muse pOh>
ers may deem such an set demanded by comfy and
Justiiable by reason of the sustaining strength
manifested by our Government, then such declar.
stion is an impeachment of the sovereignty Of those
Nations England and France must be the ultimate
judges Of the time and of their recognition
of the Confederate Government. If not, they are
not sovereign and independent Powers.
The arrest of Ambassadors, accredited to them,
with the view OF preventing the exercise of their
judgment upon the prOpriety of recognition, is
q clear exhibition of distrust in them
as well as an impeachment Of their SOW
ereign and ultimate right of judgment. It is
to be supposed that they would decline to recog
nize US if our Ministers had been permitted to reach
their shores and lay the facts and arguments before
them, provided these facts and arguments had not
been convincing to them. The LINCOLN Usurper
has no right to deny England and France hearing
of our cause. Their right to hear is al Essen
tisl element of their right to judge and to
deny that they may hear, in fact to arrest hear
ing by violation ofEngland's flag ard the violent
seizure of the advocates in the cause, is to deny
the right to Judge and is to impesch directly and
hsgrsntly the Sovereignty and independence of En-.
gland.
With the highest Difference for some Of our CO
tempoTaries, who differ from Us, We must think
that the seizure of SLDEIL and Mason is one, the
most high handed outrages against the public law
that has been committed in modern times
England will most assuredy demand a full repa
ration for the injury and apology for the insult
unless she has lost the jealous honor and manhood
of the England of History which dared to cope with
the Conqueror of Europe, and finally rejOieed tt
subdue him. Let LINCOLN then be hasty about sob
jugating the South He will before thirty day.
be bearded by the British lion, and if we mistake
not the signs of the war, in his attempt TO subju
gate the Confederate States and " forward" his "a
pacious mercenaries and plunderers he will liz
bleeding beneath the aroused and determined Blow
of those he would destroy and conquer.