Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-20
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passio1 and Els really stapes - 80 : aois ~
positive, 50 attached 70 their material interests Ia
World prejRdiees, you choose, srb+ eSe6 other
Ouly tor sentiment, for a point Of honor su3 al.
n most through q chivairous spirit
4 But there is nothing save Contrast urrafle- in co1
sequence lathe United States They vote hundreds
offmiliions wen knowing they VIII not ~ tI,sn,
they vote soldiers wen knowing that soldiers viii
not come; and in spite Of an apparently very
pacific disposition they continue with an unequaIed
\ obAtnaey q war which ruins thenl--a war without
object for ell this affair can have but one issue
The poitcal separation Of the North and south and
the resumption Of commercial affairs between them
ne same footing as IN the past. PFOdigaiity and
aVeFiee, enthusiasm for the war enthusiasm to stay
at hona, political fsnatcism and eSotstiea sPeculs-
tions-there is the incompreheEsibie melGnge which
2 lave found here. = = q
I'D SO ..lFl.1 lrIf
tmp0ssIbiIity OF Restoring the Union.
l. Efs q From ths L9nasn Tines
Yers England st this moment 20 announce to the
world its Intention to Diake the speediest possible
| conquest of France, or were Fraace TO make the
i same declaratsh Is 20 England the world would
! laugh at the egrsgOHs folly that had inspired
the design Aad prompted the boast. The world would
grant that surprising either people to be infatuated
enough and obstinate enough t could inlet enOF-
nous and irrepaTahe injuries on the other, but
0Ryl The cost Of equal injuries 70 itself. The ball
once started, Fortune might befriend this side or
Il
RODS Of advantages il might eVeaplaee one eEensu-
ally over the head Of Che other. BAT sui only a.
cast utterly out Of proportion to the value OF the
miserable result Now that 70 the case OF the two
Confederseies across the Atautic, where the sur
wing half Of an es ke6ssel Bai6a bas IN iartaken
10. redace the otheF half TO- its Fedreas duties
We say that thus = tue case, but before We pro
coed step further, il necessary 10 observe that
! the case Of the Northern Americans isin some im-
psrtant Fespects nlore 5ifeult than ours would be-
hevr nd
ourselves in war. Their Border States feel divid-
ed allegiance. They have to protect more than
Thousand miles Of land fsOEsier, Including one
closely beleaglred position surrounded BY foes OF
fFeeted adhereRis- Speaking the same language
as their foe they have no means Of excluding spies
from their lines or even trsitors from their ranks.
They have to make staHdiag army and feet.
They have to learn the fEss elements Of tactics,
and even military discipline They are without
soldiers or officers to command and % train them.
Their revenue, at its best before the war, only
jast sufficient t. meet the interest Of the debt like
" to Be incurred by two years Of the war on its
present scale That revenue, hOWeYer,is, to begin
with MANNED b. the loss Of the seceders and by the
stoppsge Of traffic that il ise questionable whether
it will be possible u do more than repair that loss
by the rev taxes nov imposed : p
American credit IS not so good az British, nor IL
the credit Of aEederal URion in process OF dissO-
luticR likely 10 be eqaal % thai Of united people,
Lastly war which CHARGES in character according
liability for different localities Tie one rule es-
tahlished BY AL American warfare IS that the ad-
vantage IS on the side Of defence. Our offensive
operations always failed against fortified POSITIONS
against breassworks throwing Ia Snight; against
forests fn Of aa invisible foe against beat hunger
and thirst; against ever imminent flank attack;
against the certainty thai every step DIMINISHED the
humber, the strengths shd the unt0ns Of our men,
sn Increased those Of the enemy. The present war
night for its incidents, be chapter in our own
zuar e m IA rai7li-
advanced upon fortified position. but a days
march from Washington They have arrived at the
point with force already melting away, far short
Of the list On paper beaten with heat hunger thirst
and a long march, and surprised on both tanks by
the sudden outpOurings Of railways. While this has
occurred in Virginia, almost within sight Of Wash-
nRton, q column Of 900 kederalists, advancing
against foe thrics their number has met with the
same fate no doubt for much the same reasons, at
Springfield, four or five hundred miles to the west,
Las Il in order to warn the Northern States that
what has happened not accident, 20 result Of Pc
euiar circumstances or personal faiue, but BY in
evItable rule. .-.--...-.
His. and tAst Is the First Napcsos gigantic but IN
fats,atsd attempt sPsa RiSSis. That was a case Of
great political alliance, grand as Federal Union,
Comprising the best she Wealthiest, and the most
pcpul5us part, and the best soldiers the eOnti>
nenU Of Europe, advancing iutD territory, the
sparse and poor pOpulstlon Of Which scarcely sur
passed that Of the invading host Winter might be
the immediate cause but It was also the apology Of
the tremendous rout that ensued. II shy one will
attempt to compare the means Of the Federalsts
with those Of Napoleon, he viii ind them far infe-
ror in every respect; vhe Hsrs IS no doubt ibG De
Southern StasS are far more able 70 dend sDsT point
sUsry position, eUeg hts u usir tsTrory. Gll the
RussiGRs ,ees IL theirs. They have mountainous
ranges instead Of steppes; they have population
accustomed to carry arms, and only too glad TO
them; they have railways, and abundance Of food
and other necessar1es Of war. they are evidently
superior in generalshp, and in the social organza-
ton lest adapted for war. --
The result Is that thus far they have shown they
can dispute every inch and keep the invader always
under the apprehension Of being Outfanked OF
driven back upon his own capital Against all this
il can only be said that the Northern States have the
prsponderence in white men in money and IN credit.
These indeed, would be important considerations if
the Southern States invading ths Northern, and
seriously preparing todriye every armed Northerner
into the St Lawrence. They would Be importantif
this were the ordinary case Of two countries at
with one another. But il Is not The Northers ara
engaged in the FeductiOnOf S0uiheFnera They are
acting On the offensive against Zoe which, on its
own land Is content to act the defensive except
ing only that should the opportunity occur, 1t would
advance its line Of defence 20 include the capital
Experience shows that under ordinary eircum-
stances 8 comparative small population, with little
money and means Of war, Is sufficient for very
good defence.
Ne sre in A condition 90 offer advice. We can
alSrise the Northern States Of Americas as we can
advse he legitimate Princes and the despOtc Courts
~ Frrone Let the statesmen at Washington only
A. gbs+ Epqland has done before hundred times
ars ygbat All Europe has doue, is doing, and will
sill IA Ii il rot aOld World advice. IL is not Of
t that Washington and Franklin left il their
mission 10 extirpate Il Is the very latest and new
eat Lesson Of human affairs; much newer than steam
tba electric telegraph or VIled esnBcu. Do the
Northern States really belong to the New World, or
are thew only a bit Of the Old World, t5iih al its
yrids Is bqOtrg and IS tyT17n stranded on the Wss-
fl, SBors Of the A6ldatc? The adyice we give them
is what thew have taught US before and we only say
to them, as many son may say 70 his father,
Practice what you teach.D Let the Northern States
accent the situation, as we did eighty years ago
uDon their own soil; as Austria I'D two years ago
AZ ViIl4frsuas and Zurich. Let them count the
cost before they march forth % drive half 4
million armed men a thousand miles across
their own country into the Gulf Of Mex
ico Let them consider whether they can
90 what Napoleon could NOS do IN the
plentitude of his power, with many times their num-
her, their stores their credit sne1 shove all, their
military skin and experience, his school Of Generals
aad his supply Of veterans. WAGt aasy purpose 70
10 and BE- Is nd only Obe good 0s ths SOtthernsrs,
or Title Tie JslsT but overwhelmingly superior. Are
they? Is not this an Overweening opinion Of them
selves? Can they drive the Southerners Ike flock
~ sheen. snake them out Of their own nests Ike
Easps. ferret them ike rabbits; and bag them ike
game9 Let them Just look forward little, and
consider the probable state Of things next year, sd
fine wear after and twenty years hence. Even We
who sang such songs Of triumph IN 1874 and Isl5,
fell ttat We and ali Europe would have done much
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