Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-06
An Otd ohapter Re.Wrttten.

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| II the Gods sometimes destroy meA b.. granting
a foolish prayer. they also sometimes save them by
rejecting It. For several years the kIBg and people
Of England struggled, with all the psHer of the
Empire to subdue the reVolted American colonies
They went on till they had accumulated On immense
debt till they had lost their best troops til they
! had given dangerous shock to their own political
! system and brought themselves 50 low that they
were obliged to cOncede legislative independence to
ireland from fear of mob of hastily raised y0lun-
teers In vain did the wisest and most illustrious
\ statesmen protest against such Madness, 10 vain
did they ask what was to be done with the colonies
10 case they were sH6dued, and whether It was in,
| tended to maintain immense standing army on
| the other side of the Atlantic for, the purpose
of holding in subje Ii % an unwilling population of
the same free blood as ourselvesy 1t the remon
strgnts were not tarred and fsatheTed or made to
ride upon rails il was only because the tull mea-
sure of liberty which enables unpopular sentiments
to be SO promptly dealt with bad net thea heen
obtained by an old and some what Tetrogrsde COM
munty. s'''-. 20 ..at p r.----..- ....-
Their remous frances were gizen to the winds
and the reInonstrants were over WhelIned with ig
nominy and abuse. What should be done with the
rebels when they had been sub1ued? was gues-
ton that might be solved when il arose. Oae thiog
was clear-retelion must be put down. The honor
of the Crown must BIS vIndicAted The unity of the
Empire must be restored. Till that was done, there
could be no thought of peace and those who desir-
ed it themselves little better THAI rebels In
their hearts" And yet ali ths time the separation
of the colonies, against which We were struggling,
was the greatest boon that Providence could bestow
Regarded in a commercial point of view alone, it
was worth more to Us than all our eonQuests put
together. The gain OF India has often been Fhet0-
rically contrssted with the loss of hmeries; but
the truth is that the incapgcty of Lord North, and
the bungling of his wooden commanders did more
for US tnsn the genius of Warren HsstIngs.,, The
golden current of trade which began to flow be,
twees the two countries when the commercial en-.
ergies of America were set free, very soon Fapaid
US even the immense sums which had been sqaan-
dered in endeavering to keep ourselves out OF lhEt
rich heritage Yet, in the wise endeavOrto avert
from ourselves this good fortune we had brought
ourselves to the brink of destruction. g We and
mank nj in ganersl," says syncal historian,
writing Of similar OF blindness, fare set OF
extremely wise creatures" = .a. 81 e. n. 80,
The refusal of the American colonies to submit
to Imperial taxation was a signal given by nature
though rot understood by man, that the time had
arrived when it good for both parties that the
colonies should become q nation. The present Sc
cession of the South from the North is q similar
signal given by nature, and equally misunderstood
by man. that the time has arrived when there ought
to be more than one nation on the Continent Of
North America. The Unionists imagine that the
greatness of their country depends upon the reten
ton under one Government, and under one set of