Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-08
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Torably upon Americans ct large, the general scope
Of it, as referring to the relative positions of the
North and the South at the present crisis, will be
found sufficiently interesting, we think, to excuse
the large quantity Of space it occupies in cur col
umns: ,sss KS .a...5czs 81 af OF
Sir--It is curious to read the !endeavored-to-be
nicely balanced articles put forth by the Times on
the war now clustering soul can call it ra.
Ring-in the s-United States, and to CLEAN from
those articles evident DESIRE in the steerage of
their oYergrown Ship to staFbeard or port the helm
according to the leading breeze, or in other words
to lurch the vessel on whichever side the tide of
victory may run. At first the Times and its speeial
correspondent the veracous MIR. Russell, designa>
ted the Seutherners-striking for portion of that
liberty so boosted Of by Messrs. Golden and Bright
which, if there was any liberty at ALL was Justly
their due-as rebels, and dated their war to be Of
but twelve months duration. The North, as one
man, to rise. and ge FORTH to see and to cons
guer instead of doing so, however, they have rise
but have gone forth tOsit down again, or ruu away
Bulls Run" or, more properly speaking, Bullies1
Rum" will forevermore be the bete noir that will
haunt the North American reputation.
In my travels In America, and in my lectures to
her people, ridicued the selfconstitueS generals
colonies and majors and alluded to the lanentable
weakness of the standing army, that army for
eign one an Irish one, Offered as saw it differed
by high spirited, and gentlemAnly and soldierlike
Americans, who felt that their country neither raid
nor promoted them sufficiently nor even recognized
their value to the community. To keep down the
standing army and even to abolish it if they could,
peace-according to Mr. Cobden to crumple up,
brown paper fashion, all of Englands fOes--Was
favorite maxim, with these two leaders of the
people, and their maxim is now under course of IL
lustration in their pattern repubhc-that republic
out of which old England was to draw an useful
lesson. England has that lesson before her eyes,
nut not the lesson the demagogues desired. The
<smple proves that universal suffrage and vote by
plot and the rule Of an ungoYernable mob. COM
bled with the absence from the political offices Of
theceuntry, of the educated, well born, and wealth
possessing men, to any State or States; and
trona combination of the evils advocated by Messrs
CoodS and Bright, their boosted pattern has fallen
10 piees, the rieving hands none other than those
of Col11bia's training.
The lsnes in its leading article of the eth Octo>
Der, on The events of the American war; con
trasts theAmerican volunteer service with ours !;
II does SO 18th view to cover Northern imperfec-
lions. &c lAa mystery to me that paper like the
Times shouk be SO foolish as to class the volunteers
OF the old anGVew country for instant together
Ehe Tunes saya'thst the President asks for dozen
more reglnentssf volunteers and in few weeks
they are st Wellington. True, there are hs men ;
but to say that theY animated by any such spirit
as that which shE our men at " Englsnd's high
cal" is to launch forth as-impudent a fallacy as
even hunchalsencould imagine. The Northern
volunteers in Aner:aa are time men, 1t is the
national falling 70 lo7e boast and bottomless dis.
play To prove this Major Sturgeon" propensity
we have only to readNr. Russell's remarks on the
entire regiments who rE off from Bull Run to the
tune OF the untasted fir and refused to fight, unN
like their boxer Heenah because their time lcGS
called.
There has been desire expressed by the North
ern Americans to know whit we thought of this in
England, and have seen the Times that Eng
lands opinion has been intOlesblv rlystled in re.
gard to the want Of spirit manifested, which am
however, willing in some deghe, to attribute tC
the justice and badness of their,ause and the time
servers have not had meted them the disgust
which clings to their bloodless ntreat For any
cher nation, suddenly involved IL the horrors OF
\ crH war, every EnglishmSn wOulIb be- am sure
md with pity and roget. We maySity the STATE
OF Nmerica now, but regret is hardso find wher
WeAe that the men who have SO Gfteuend go vain
BlorlNsly boasted of power to whip he world ;
SsnnoeVen whip themselves, and that, though tht
NortheR men talked of putting down the secession
moVemot in year, they are Just now as far of
the CONDITION Of their boast as they wee at tn
commencement. Their spirit lies in denomination
and their hSrts elsewhere. The time for Sgres
slVe war Is eme and is passng-the lndisneum
mer Is over. The South, her war being defesiv
one. leans on her blood stained and ready ANS
while the Northlike an old turkey on ks dupg6ll
spreads huge tai and gobbling loudly in vaingU
rlous boasts, Wishe for winter as welcome Gu
tain to screen polly as timid in the end il vi
be unayailng. '--......
In what respect, then, has the volunteer syste
worked well in America? The volunteers of
North have marched Orrun away on the first a
proach to general sctiol that has Esen fougl
The desperate battles" sad terrific combats
five hours with result OF one man killed and hi
dozen scratched, or the Astley's farce of I
Spirited Bombardment of Fsrt Sumter" with
one injured, even by splinter, will not 60 down
real war with the other nations of the earth, q
the opinion of all military men is that no nation
or came out in so miserable light TO the gi
of war as has done the dis United States of Anne
ca. This blame attaches not to the South she
done all she said she would do; she secedes &
stands on the defensive and on her just right to
IT, To- - ,oI- A.. L.
are neglected or actively assailed. To say that s
has no right to do so, aud that she is a rebel T
doing 80, ia nonsense and it is, in fact 10 fly in
very face of that entire system Of freedom
which it was the democratic custom in England
say that America was based.
In America there are no veterans or unattach
officers Of the regular army to lead the voluntee
in Englan we have them to any extent The
of war was never studied by American ameteu
the American system ran entirely on trade v
unteer generals and colonies kept hotels and edit
depraved newspapers, and though the liberty
the press was once transatlantic boast, it Y
found TO be as empty boast taking Canada
whipping the world, putting an end to secession
tweIvemonth, &c, for it is on their mischievc
and lcentious press that the President has ma
his most active war, and there only has the MOI
come up to given point Of useful determiaati
To conclude this hasty reply to the vaciati
and trimming humor of the Times, l can but remi
my readers that even now, with the enormous mi
ern army whipped, in the late reply TO the benz
letter of the Autocrat of Russia, the Federal Gt
eminent tries to blink the fact by loosely stain
even now, that "the Union is only "in danger
The Union if gone, and, | have ever prOgnCs
Gated, it will never be restored unless the MOI
consents to swallow desert of dirt, and leaves
property of the South unmolested.
The war is waged en- and based on an attack
property IN general. The slaves form only Dc
ZION of their property. The Times at one time tri
to give it the character Of war simply I
emancipation, but the attempts that would
leader of public opinion failed. l hold fast by t
representations Of my boOk-prOgnos
which have as yet, IN every instance, been gu
correct The South viii beat the North. The hear
of the Northern men are not warm in the cOnfi
her gentry, her bankers, and her moneyed men a
tired Of being unrepresented, and the supplies W
fail Her standing army hates the volunteer, W
has usurped rank he is unfit for, and lowered I
standard value of its name. There is eyerythil
except the usages Of red tape and the exercise
an imaginary government, which really was