Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-06

40ssIloh us on Tee SUBJECT, We shenld ob.s-,.
'ame way, i the Government Of President IiD.oI.
,sks US what we near, shall Of eonrss ,.I1 :,
eTilly AID politely. But as regards tAs rsms-,-.
Fti;h may be made and the eons,ructies 80
nay De put upon this proceeding By the Americas
usVsPsperai we do not feel called uron TO say NJ
Tord- We have nothing to explain and no exeuss
make The Government has done what it has
Tone for most exeellen! reasons, and the English
1uollc viii NEST willingly assent to II. It IS en-
rely our IN sfair and neither by rightnor cour-
esy are We bound to waste our breath in making
my eIaoorats Justification Of our act.
| Chan yes In the American system.
From the IOnlOn Tines.
The crash Of q new political world is an awful
Phenomeno4 War hiss dlshed like comet upon
the great American Republic, and all the institu-
tons snd desiniss Of that mighty Union seem scat
tered IN fragments around II is imuossible To ure
dict the formations which nay survive after the con-
Tulsion has passed away, but al that We now see
'eAGs rress taoy to convince that we shall never
again behelA that specimen Of political orgariz.-
zion which do amazed Us with its growth. a9d i'm
pressed US with its aPpareat vigor. The United
States Of North America have ceased to be- Whether
their place will be taken By two Unions or twenty
whether ths principles Of confederation will be
merely hmlled or absolutely discarded-nobody can
venture 20 i9reteiI; ou. we cannot much as mag
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state Of things with much resemblance 70 The 6rs,
Enough has now been learnt 10 show that the sub
JugaHon Of the South Is next to impossible aRd its
submission in the highest degree improbable. The
Territories az the old Upion will be divided nor viii
me partition be territorial only. Between NortS
aud South there will be barriers Of fsenzs INFER
ests and trsitions. They will long lock uDon each
other with jealousy and Suspicion il not with still
worse sentiments, and the 'sirontisr will rsopirs
the same garisons and obserVaness as that between
two monsrchies Of the European Continent. Tbis-
however, presumes the maintenance Of standing
armies, Uarliks estimates and oppressive taxAliOn
while these burdens sgain viii exercise an iuusncs
upon Gil social and political institutions. Never
could more wonderful problem be presented
We need say little IN defence Of an assumofion
that the conquest Of the South By the armies OF the
North has now become most improbable event
All the incidents Of the war appear to have been In
favor Of the Confederate States In the onIv an
gageHens approaching TO the character Of a pitched
battle, the Southern troops have been victorious.
and though We hear little Of their operations It is
at least certain that they are aggressive and that
tbe Federnl Government is alarmed for lhe safety
OF the Capital With affairs in such stats every
Day detraeis from the chances of compromise, ex-
cePt on the basis Of recognized separation, and It
viii have been seen, indeed, from our New York
correspondence that the staunchest Federalss have
now brought themselves to contemplate this disrup-
;lon Of the Union . possible result Hitherto.
The lapse Of tine, while it has evidently added 10
tlc confidence Of the South has brought little sc-
,sssion Of strength to the North. The States adhe-
ring to the Union DO indted contribute men and
munitions on scsls which does honor TO their pa
trosism, but he bsttaliOns are uu1seiplined, i'll
equipped, aud What worse than all insubordinate
E1e revsrsea and priT3f0ns OF an unsuccessful war
le very different from the glories Of the brief eam
P2iSa which was contemplated By the Presidents
volunteers, a1d the Jealousy which the Americans
aHrf ~. 0A larrfb --sF-- l.
IN camp. Ga the other hand, the 5outherners,
less addicted to the institutions Of democracy less
imoued with IDEAS Of social equality and conscious
probably Of a more desperate position, have carrrd
far greater energy 10 the work Of var. We can see
that in the South power is concentrated snd obed-
ence enforced and We find that the natural results
is eleaz military superiority.
These, hoFever, are not the only points at which
tae action OF the war is trseeable We observe its
effects on the Federal Government ITSELF and all
tend in one and the same direction. The power Of
he PresiIeat hiss been enormously increased, and
hist weakness of the E1esu.iEs which was regard
ed by AMERICANS as an essential feature Of their
Constitution il rapidly giving place to s very des-
Dotlc species Of authority. Complaints were ae-
uslly made ia Congress about the tyrannieal pro-
edings Of Goysrnmsste tissrs and the jurisdiction
If Pr0Tsst-Ilsrshal is tolerated in Washington
tsek The latest accounts inform Us that the
,aJeqs corpus act has been virtually suspended that
lafayette va full Of State prisoners We seem in
esdiDg such reports to be carried away from Re-
publican Washington TO Milan undsF the Austrian,
Naples under the Bourbon rule To complete the
'icture, we actually find in the land Of political
liberty and social freedom the abrupt establishment
f system which the old States Of Europe seldom
to defend, and have IoE begun 10 discard.
Passports are dispensed with over many parts Of
be Continent, hut they are vigorously insisted on
q the United Ststes Il is not merely on the from
Ter between the two armies that these documents
re required. No person whatever can depart from
ny port Of the United States land at any port OF
be United States without passport from the Fed
rA Government. A trsyeler would find himself at
lore liberty in Venice than in New York.
We are not refec:iug upon the ediets as unnatural
r unWise They jar strangely, il is true, with our
leas Il America and its institutions, but they
lie unavoidable incidents Of war. President In
1In could do no less, and we are fully prepared,
lieed, to hrd hat he does great deal more. War
as brought q hes. Of e1igeneics in its train. II
lie President is no longer merely the Chief Msgis-
ate Of the people, BIT the head Of the National
,rees, he must exercise something like military
lthoriy. The institutions Of peace must give war
the necessities Of war, and The people see this as
ell az the government. A New Ork Journal has
,tuaIly called aloud for censorship Of the press,
ad any act calculated to give UgOr to the Admin
traiion would probably meet with general Rp-
-oyal All such acs however, must needs tend
|, one Esy-ts the limitations OF public liberties
I'd the extention Of official power This much is
eyitabe, and the only point, indeed, admitting Of
,esiions in tie impression likely to be left here
tsr IN ihe institutions Of the country. VIII the
mericaps. when the war IS concluded, return to
,eir old forms Of Government We doubt tmuoh.
As re cannot now contemplate the sabjugstiOn
ID reunion Of the South IS q probable event, We
nat assume that the two sections or the Union
III be established independently Of each other.
venture as lit,s possible upon the political spec
atoms, let Us assume that eSehsm Is csrrietl'n
rtber and thstAihe United States Of the North
vide with the Confederate States OF the south al
"a tsritorv and population Of the old american
snrbIic Each then. Of these .WO stiIl powerful
,iors viii constitute an Administration for ITSELF
Rat form will that Administration take in the
,1tbF Trus. the Secessionilts proclaim Con-
itntion on The old American model, bat it Is clear
,,upb that the authority actually exercised in
Csc narts il hat Of military Dictator, and not Of
Dsm ,eratic President What will they do By
"A nv. when they have won their independence
,av will probably maintain for some time, as
altar of prudence, the organization under which
ev conducted successful war, and we think that
b-dv Vim has remarked the tone and Surrent OF
uibsrn sent msnts wonld expect to ind that New
r'apd institutions would ever be received With
en- favor in tie new Confsderscy. Us more likely
AZ tbev will sacrifice Demo rllic principles for the
h, If strong Government, and that they will seek
retain power by the same means through which
sva,cuiredF' -lan s'Y, by opposing the comp setsEd
ncentrated force OF q somewhat absolute Govern
mt 10 the looser organization Of q more popu-
nc State But will this impose no corresponding
ligstious on the North? VIII the United States
fetIy sit down under institutions less condEeiTe