Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-28
NUMBER 127

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I iree and liberal principles. and Il wouId ba "a,
y ae would ask, what would happen if thesc
-, s INES OF coercion become the ruling prin
d IIS iA se people who have gone to seek liberty
ao,5 - HsS. md that they have the ba N sil
as it has slready done inni 5 - ,Ss
hso y a general reassertiOn Of than
rsHlS Oh tne part OF all the Statesg Kentucky has
. Aiieaoy PAruasy aken this ground. Indeed, we
might say that certain Northern Sts... ,-sa ~
hrst seceders, since many Of tbem s1Sossd I.1s
making obedience to the United Sfsfss,IaS~" sI
offence. This Was partial secession. sT5 I. ,;ht
have been supposed that the whole North Wo1ld
| have been the party desiring to secels f-or, -.
South, since they have SO long urged their dsi-a -
be "disconBected from the guilt Of slaver-y p and
the doctrine of self government and Secession yopd
have allowed them to obey these dictates Of con-
science without blOodshed.
But Mr. Lincoln also aims 70 protect a. he se-r,y
them, Hthe majority of Union menn in the South
soicitude which reminds Us strongly of shas dis
played by the Emperor of Austria towards the non
! Magyar population Of Hungary, except that in the
latter case there is such population, bat IN the
former there IS nos 70 be found in the South any
Tnlng that could ever be termed small minority Of
! Union men. .-A ---.... r.-
In fact, this abandonment Of the Fundamental
IDEA; on the part Of the North. upon which the
whole Government was founded has thrown the
ruling powers INTO inextriesble confusion, and
given rise TO all those anomalies which 50 much
surprise Europe. They term those who correspond
precisely with their heroic ancestors rebels"
They cail those sDirGtssv who are carving out q
mode Of warfare insisted uDon bv themselyes late
as Aoo They doing to their Slca ports in block
ading them what they only lately declared the Sicil
ians had no right to DO. They appeal 70 Europe for
countenance as Of free Power against a SlGUs and
yet declare that they intend to peFpetuate that
slavery according to the Constitution. In short,
they are hedged about with difficulties at every
step and this, we believe, has led to ma
ny deiuslons which are pertenaciOusy fOstered and
even receive countenance here. One is that the
South are not united but that majority" as Mr..
Lincoln says await delverance and are Union men.
If the positive evidence to the contrary Of the thou
sands OF disinterested foreigners who hEys this ear
come North and 70 England including also the let
ters Of Mr.. Russell, were not sufficient 10 disDel
this error there is another way bv which Mr. Lin
coin might arrive at the truth Does he suppose
that, when Anglo-Saxons everywhere are 40 gener.
ally courageous, majority Of Southern men (usu-
ally thought to have some spirit) would with a
tremendous army ia the NnFth to favor them and
the whole United States navy off their shorese rest
In the cowardly quiessnce now preserved for seve-
raj mOnthsl Is The supposition not absurd in its
facet Ii is this error which has caused Northern
men from the beginning to lavish their capital free
ly, under the expectation of carrying On vigorous
and short war and as the phrase went, of crushing
out the rebellion in a month; indeed, il WAS be
heyed that the magnitude Of the preparations would
awe the rebels into submission ere blow was
struck. Six months have rolled round, and the
sane plan is still followed but the large army now
called out Is only half the size Of what the South
were at first threatened with, and which had the
effect only Of cementing them closer together and
making them frmer in their determination 70 re-
sist to the death CD r5-r ----a -.--.s
In whatever light we view The case, the position
of the North IS most unfortunate II, after fear
full expenditure Of life and moaey they succeed in
subjugatng the Sosth it viii still require an i'm
mense army to hold them in subiectiOn. IT, on the
other hand, the Union be patehed Hp again, abOli-
hOnists and others viii immediately commence
their agitation, and there viii be, ina short period,
q re-euaetment Of ali the present troubles. But if,
in the third place. the South is successful in her
Of which We have no doubt the North
will have expended her blood and treasure mere
y for the sake Of creating hating and hated RI
val. -E .rlL --s--s .stc- raslT
We sincerely hope that even in this eleventh
hour good sense, wisdom and humanity may sug-
yest to the people Of the United States abe folly Of
their course but of this there seems little prospect
1t present. Our opinion is that unless (Which Is pos
sibls) new complications arise and other nations be
drawn into the quarrel the result VIII be that eTenta
ally the Governmenawil be compelled to yield that
which M ghtnow be gracefully cOnceC si After some
months the people viii find it not so easy to subdue
100000 Of Anglo-Saxons, having the same
notions Of their rights as themselves,
Ind fighting, as they conceive, for their
property and their very homes, and upon
heir own soil: and then after immense suffering.
he different parties and interests in the North will
begin to murmer, FecsimInate, and finally rebel
The large and increasing number Of abOliti0nsts
will insist on the South lssyng the Union as they
lave long desired, the Democrats will denOHnee
he Black Republicans, authors Of the which
hey have fought for them. and wash their hands Of
urther participation in il; while the great North
Vest with her immense grsnsries Of corn and pro-
-islons. deprived by tprobaby) good harVests here
# her European market, shut by the war from her
,sual Southern market and taxed too, perhaps, to
Oster Eastern manufactures, will declare her IN
Eilngness to continue the conflict; the shiping inter-
ST. too harrassed BY priyateeTs, and their vessels
-otting in their docks, viii make q loud OUtcry;
while the general commercial men all over the cOun-
~ always liberal and opposed to war, will at once
end their aid to any party in favor Of ending it;
md thus before another year rolls round, we may
ind two prosperous republics, each increasing by
nnexAtiOn-
As to the obligations of seeding State, clearly
be is not released from any of them, whether
art of the general Government debt or Of whatever
,ther nature. II she decline payment the same re-
course is open against her which England has
.gainst SPAN, or any other creditor against debt
or But in revolution the case Is different, the
United States having, when- she broke away from
treat Britain cut asunder ali obligations to share any
art of the national debt. The SOUTH being forced
rom peaceful secession to revolution, may take the
anne course.
Thus the true doctrine Of secession is peaceful
md honest as becomes this enlightened country
While that of revolution is bloody and dishonest, as
vas common in past ages.