Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-01
NUMBER 2O8


n He must confess thst he was disaDuOo.s II the
le language held By Earl Russell on tis subject
d the policy Which the h., G NO. pans %
q regard 20 America, Hethodght they were right
n wish ptss Fs+ s' P,!ss9 ~ neutrality bat he did
Io1 Inc opportunity Sc Newcastle Of expressing in
Q, some"h hat warmer and more decided language the
le views OF England with regard 70 this war fHear
hearl lie had heard it said that they ought not ~
fudge OF American institutions By the fact Of the
= elVn War-thst civil war might 0ccar h. 7aH3
country and that this not to be Considerable IN
the result of democratic pEn IDLE. But his spswer
70 this was, that the Institutions Of America had
: broken down before that war had BENIN ~
Let them ssk any intelligent American oit;zan . -.
what were his views on the subject Had dsu,oe- o.
racy succeeded? Had extreme democracy confirm
pted % promote the happiness Of manknd2 What
bad been the work Of American Institutions TIaJ
tne administration Of justice been pure2 Had tls I'd
GOVERNMENT Deen Tree Of corruption ? Was liberty
Imsrs it;1s TOT me minority Ask Intelligent
I.I cIlLzens ana they would tell them that
winch 1t was within his (Sr Johns knoWIedre
Lney mad told again and again to Eneliahnaen IN
america and az home Taxa warning from this e.. -
\ country" Beware Of what you are doing in
England. Beware how you COPY that dernocTacv -FF
S S1ieh, gnhaPpIy, we have adopted TOheers
DID not these facts speak TO them in terms which
they, as intelligent cltlzers of great State vers
not at Liberty to disregard Did it not say to them
IN words as plain as the handwriting on the vvaH
"Hsppy England cherish the Institutions that van
nave, support your monarchy, guard your pure re-
hglou, MAINTAIN your liberties" These were what
ne held to be the principles Of true Conservatism
These were the principles which he believed thew r
al entertained These were the principles on which
lney wished to aet-not insensibs to the necessity a
OF progress not insensibe to the necessity of i'm
proEement, but determined to guard those blessino.
which they enjoyed under the Consttutiou nndsr.
which they Lived [Chseral t.sl % 80. -I
What the Arl,sosEa,. reaIly Dread In go
.-r Trsm the L0ndOnNsEs, November 2 s r O.. --..
As Sir John Pakington does NOT oopee5a that NJ,
american politics have been for EugIish uss We
ezhhos oe sorry that he has at length shown his
true eolOrs We see thas in the great ca1se abroad
ne rallies to the cause Of slavery And the moral
ne dra"sfor his own party at home is frmer union
IN defense OF every political, social and reli9ioua
monopoly. he raises an alarm Of democracy; ~
there Is Sonasthiag older and more terrible tIq d,or
raey N Vs UI4,ed States Eat dsqldss toryEsH-so s
cay QUIZ on me modern fOtudGt0as Of egSql iaAeri-
tlHcs and equal Idlcs. There have been signs that
SIR John Pakngton's PARTY would as willingly gov
ern by an ignorant and brutal DspgeerafiF
as long If they could safely count it, as BY thar other
aespohsm, an ohgarchy. None appeal 80 readily
20 the passions Of MOB none deride more heartily
the pretensions Of claim to be admitted merely
because 1t is reasonable Thsv have borveve-
part 20 pay destiny TO fulfill, and We cannot hut
I us character Is wildly illustrated by Sir
Ionn Faklngton's speeches. The American ConstiS
luton, however, is as far beyond the reach az mis-
VI wishes as American freedom is beyond his syro- @
9stnles; However this war may end, that At -ar.
east will remain the fundamental law of the Anglo
saxon race beyond the Atlantic.
ktkOCEade q
--- ,-- Trade Of heutrRIs- - = = .--- ID
from The London Herald DERBY Orgsa) NOV. .
Lord Russell and the cabinet have mo- something
eriOus to think shout IN tie msttsr Of 15e-ic9
iocksde and each step they take viii form rrs f
edens Tor tuture Jurisrs. The latest phase which
le q9esu9n 1as assumed, IN the fast and loose pol
y OF the + edersl Government s exceptional and ..
xraoFdnary We believe It, in fact to be Tlrsrr El
orIed ~ any precedent, and to be wanting in rsS
peet % other governments Taking advantage of ri
ne act Of the 18Th February, 1893 which would
Gem 70 bear on cases Of irregular clearing frosl
ne American port to another and Of she act os SI
arch 1921 which would seem to grant the power -
RENTING fines imposed nader tia ACT az I-qg
e are led TO understand that such American yes.
.ls as nave from time to time run the blockade
ave been released although British ships tor doing
le same thing have bseH condemned Further e -..
ppears that American, Yessels arriving 10 one
Inerlean port from another with irregular clear
lees IN other words, which have run the bIoc--1
e-are not 10 be nterfered with IN futgre uuless
lder instructions from the Federal Treasury -.-.
1 lg nFII =. ana 9hes foreign vessels are
osequent condemnation in the Federal prizs -.
IL would be idle for US to pretend to. see what - r..
Ell edsral Government is now driving a; but liz
W may be drawn &C venture. Tine VIII be
med By this new federal scheme, AMI " the in-
rval the Federal Government viii n, u sirsnd an
e sHbJugahon OF the South from the seAbJard II -..
attempt Is attended with success then the
ockade will be raised formally; but if bad inck
lows the Federal cause to Savannah and New
leans, the blockade viii not be raised. And in ...
mean time the privileged American vesssLs
)ud take ice Holsters oysters and other deIcs-
. not conrsbsnd, 10 the occupied cotton uorts 1888
d carry back with them al the cotton that could
had. PresumI1g this to be the new line which
, federal Government intends to take. il may be -
1ed whether Lord Russell and tie British Gov
1ment viii lend themselves TO its being tried
II Lord Lyons be instructed to ask an explspa-
4 from Mr.. Seward, and Mr.. Seward be permit- -.rs
to deliberate and confer, and stir up il the same
cath the sngry elements Of which American sos
" is composed .a--1-.a ai - - -a.. ral
{ 50, we do not hesitate to affirm that more -5-
I've responsibility was never assumed By the CON -
sutional advisers of the Grown. Ii would be tbe
possibility Of determining whether foar mlfions van
dependent people are this via to be EMPLOYED;
ether the greatest branch Of our national indus .
Is temporarily to be destroyed whether our
nmerce is 70 be cOnvulsed more seriously than ---
yer has been and the pillars OF the constitution a-
ken by political eemagogues TO their base. On ~
other hand it is open 70 Lord John Russell and
yeTs i,s,sssa5 and - sEa ne Stasr ~
eral Government in terms which win command
,ntion, and not involve delay Cotton we will
without If the lsW of nations IS to be contra
ed but cotton we must have the moment il Is
gsly withheld. He have rights "a neutrsls i..-E
cA the Federal Government must respect; and
rests and honor q nation to which disngenu-
ness must not be made TO bend. When the Fed
Government released the American vessels
eh had run the blockade. the decsio1 Of Judge '
Is in the of the HiaWaths and the other
ash ships should have at once bean set aside;
when the Federal Government yielded 10 the
nor Of the American ship owners and merchants
cotton spiuners by the instructions given to the
York Custom House Collector, it became law
for the ships OF all nations to resume without
esatiOn peaceful intercourse with the Southern
crisis Ike the present we have no desire 10
but Lord Russell and the Govern
must be sensible Of their grave miscalcula-
IN American matters, and Of the serious ma
Of the concessions which they have made. and
e in vain. The right of 4 natien to biaeka5e
WI ports has been given up; q PsPsr biooksds -
haar ~ ~ ~.