Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-16

war, between compromise and resistance. In the
South, there hss been oae steady, uninterrupted
proeress towards accession and war. To the very
last President Lincoln has been behiDdhsEd. HIS
ships sent TO relieve Fort Sumter only arrived IN
time 60 be distant spectators Of the scene; they
cane in fact but 10 contribute 70 the glcry Of The
esptors, and TO bring shame aud distrust On them
selves and their cause. IL this Is to be an omen Of
the result the rich and uoreaty North will be nc
match fer the frey forWardness Of the South.
Frsn the Liverpool MAzcufy, April g.
It is di1Healt to esiims.e the moral Ct sct which
this success will produce throughout the vsri7uI
States and especially in the border communities,
which are cautiously calculating probabilities before
they fpsliy declare for Union or Secession. These
Border States are evidently inclined to cast their
lots with the South, which offers to them many adj
ysntsges Of which they would be deprived by
union with the North. la maay respects the Mont
gcmery Government is superior TO That at Washing
ton; the tariff is moderate. embracing free trade
principles, and representing a strcng contrast TO
the Morrill, tariff which is virtually prohibition, and
is fast driving trade to the Southern poris. If the
Border States do unite with the South, is issue of
the conflict scarcely form subject for speculation
because the North will be deprived Of its most pro-
ductiye, powerful sn6 wealthy districts.
From the Liverpooe Post, of April q.
Virginia will probably secede immediately with
out waiting to go through forms, and will unite her
arms with those of the Confederate States. Other
Uorder slave States viii probably mingle in the
strife on the same side. Lincoln, in distress, will
summon to his aid the militia of Ohio, New York,
Illinois and other Republican States of the North
west as ne has already called on the State of PENN
sylvsnis. The fighting, therefore, will be of the
most terrible descrption-close, and hand to haad,
with rlhe and musket, and sword and bayonet: not
with cannon, at long range, by winch "nobody is
hurt" Both armies will be of the same race, will
have equal pluck. and contend not only with their
ordinary herceness. but with the additional fury
| which consanquinity ever lends to the battles Of
| brothers.
From Wilmer and Smiths European Times Of Msys7.
| Having Jared so badly in South CsrIlina Presi-
dent Lincoln will doubtless pause before he pro-
eesds further in the same direc ion. Indeed he is
likely to have work on his hands at home, for a
belief prevailed that the Southern forces would
make en- attack on Washington; but their anger, 10
all probability, has been appeased by the posses
| sion Of the Federal fort in Charleston harbor
| which has thus been secured under circumstances
more favorable than cOald have been anticipated.
Both The opposing parties have done enough to re-
deem their pledges. The spirit Of Mr.. Lincolns in-
augurs address has been indicated by his attempt,
however unsuccessful, to relieve Fort Sumter; nd
the earnesness Of The South, in the course on Which
it has entered is in its determination to sub
due aud seize the fort which has been an eyesore
since the commencement Of these Troubles.
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