Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-22
rhe Nortn ana ne south.

rEetorIcal srunce as thet Uhic1 is attempted TO be
prsctiesd upon them"
The North and the south,
From ths Lonion Rev ew.
The fact ray be ignored or forgotten in the White
House and IN the resldium Of a Congress bu; North
and South do not stand towards each other in the
relation Of sovereign and subject. President Lin
cola is neither king emperor, dictator. lie does
not inherit from long line of royal ancestors
like most Of the soyerelgns Of Europe neither has
| he made throne for himself Ike Napoleon /. or
| Victor Emanuel. He is no more than the Chief Mag
istrste of republic, the administrator the fOun-
tain Of law and no Que owes him any greater 10y
atty or allegiance than we, in this country, owe to
lord mayor or alderman elected by the people, or
to justice of the peace duly appointed by the
ereign. The people made him what he is. Any fe-
atty they him is solely due to the position they
| gave him and if one secton-say, for instance that
of the North-ch0oses 70 invest him. in ft of pas
sion or even from cooler considerations Of business
another section may, without imputation Of disloy
atty refuse to scquiesce. There is treason dis
Loyalty in ds eIss. The South has as many inherit
ed rights as the North, and the North as many as
the South. 1t is not king and subject who have
| quarreed, but brotte: and brother.
They ought not to have gone to war; they would
have done much better if they had held firmly to-
gether, and continued to show themselves, by their
amity and concord. that their unsurpassed Fesour
cas, great nation, but the South had certainly
if it felt itself agrieved and if it suffered, or ina
gined that il suffered in its feelings, interests and
comforts by the pre-existing compaet-ss much
right to put end TO it as the United States had
originally TO put an end to the connection existing
between themselves and Great Britain. The North
may continue to talk of the rebellion" but It is
not rebellion. The word is assumption Of
prior well greater right which seemed to
exist if it ever existed at all, at the very moment
when the South found itself strong enough to deny
and repgdiate it. Ia fact the state Of aiiiirs is
what the South truly calls it-d secession. And
how much the North may regret the consummati0n,
and struggle to avert it, there viii be hencefoTth
two considerations, instead Of the one great Re
public of the United States. indeed the signs are
not few that, if the war continues for a twelve
month, third confederation viii arise out Of the
turmoil. The North cannot see these things be-
its leaders and people blinded by passion;
but they are seen distinctly enough ia the South
and in the West, AID are obvious and palpable IN
Europe to the mesnest capacity.
The North is in a falr way of losing far more
than the unwIlling-and did il know its own inter-
est, the partnership Of the South. We
do not spesk of the battle Of Manassas which was
bad encugh-Or of its second repulse near Spring
field, in Missouri which has inflicted almost great
blow upon its military character, for these are
reTerses which it is in its power to retrieve. But
than the loss Of battles, than the loss
of millions of money per day. is the loss Of Lberiy
that the most inestimabte privilege Of people AID
which, up 20 the outbreak of this unhappy dispute
every ciuzen OF the United States has faDeed his
insenabe birthright Li5sry longer CSists in o.
! ~ =
stern and iuvincible necessity, rides rough shod
the civil law whenever the two come into col
lisiOn. CoDgress-in panic, which II mistakes for
yigor -UOtes dlody, without comment, the dearest
rights OF the people, 0vsr.hrOws, by vote that Is a.
most unanimous, and that would be entirely were
there not few Sece-sionisss still left among its
members al the securities that formerly guarded
the purse and the person of the citizen; squanders
money with recklessuess that has never been
equalled in the worst wars Of the Old World sud
in all Its doings gallops ct such pace as 70 suggest
TO Americans well 60 to Europeans. that the day
Of q dictator is az bRnd-of q dictator who viii
mske permanent that deprivation OF liberty which
Is now alleged 70 be temporary.
The very press o Amarics-ths5 Unchar5ered
libertine, whose liberty suggested license rather
than aw-has actually. under the fatal spell Of this
unhappy contest, suggested 20 the Generals il com
maud that its own wings shoud be clipped and that
it should not be allowed to throw the full light and
glare Of publicity upon the events of the war snd
the condition Of the country. Such il the biightDg
influence Of the coDte tha5 the people Of the North
ern States seem perfectly willing 70 ensl1ve them
selves If they but enslsve their Southern b-7lh
rem. They throw discr5dIt upon Democracy, and
are doing their utmost 20 root on. repUb.igGnlsm
from the New World as effsctUally it has been
rooted out Of tie Old
RepublicGnism in America may be destined 20
last but not If this tTatricdsl wGr Ce cGE pee1ly
br0ugt to a close. Military despoEisns Inevitably
grow out Of such seeds are now sOWn broadcast
over the land. The North. whether cjnq1eriny or
conquered, wilfeS the grip Of the oppressnr around
its neck and dl1Iks too late 10 he SOTr0J7fL cOncc
tan that Il once possessed the slbstdEcs freedom and
let It slip O Of as grasp I5hsl catching at shaGOI5
that shadow being the sUbjugsuOn of their friends
and brothers, separated from them by Necessities
growing cut Of climate, character and msterial IN
T. rests and not out Of ambition desire Of do
minioD.
And if these two noble brothers could but be in
duced to shake hands and part as friends If the |
George III, (withOut his " right divine to govern
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by his people to rscogass the Washington Of the South
before too much humiliation and defeat shall haze been
accumulated upon the Northern cause, the North would
gain very memorable victory. Itwould lose moth |
ing by the detection of the South, with which Il |
might easily conclude treaty by which the two might
be separate in their internal relations, bus and
indivisible against the rest Of the world while
they would have the nOb,er part Of a continent
which to thrive. Better than ALL It would recover |
and establish on q solid basis its fast vanishing lib
critics; and would be ehle 20 prove to g now incred-
ul0us world that 4 military despOtism Is not the /
Necessary end OF n democracy founded upon uuiVer-
sal stuff IT, tg'O must separate sooner or later;
and betli Day ghsn tO.mOrrow.
The longer Peant ia prCcrastinated the greater
the burthen that b. fixed upon the present and
all future generations Of Americans, and the great
the danger that freedom itself will perish in the
struggle. We know that the words Of COUNSEL will
fall UNDECIDED upon the Northern people, who have
not yet suffered enough to learn wisdom; but we
feel certain that the day will come when every
American now living in the Northern States, and
aiding and abettiDg in the suicidal well fratri-
cidal war, will rue the day when the Southern Sc
cession was not recognized and accepted as the
best thing for both and inComparaby the best thing
for the North When hundred millions sterling
shall have been added to the public debt, and the
interest of that has to be betrayed by an in
come and property tax how long will California
and the rising States on the Pacific sesboard con-
sent to remain in the Union? Not day longer than
they see reasonable chance for efscung their Sc
cesSi0n.
The South can act On the defensive without ruin
Gus money cost; the North cannot act On the dsfen
siye without mourning liabilities that will break tue
back of the Republic. A thousand men defending
their own soil are equal 70 ten thousand men who
carry fire and sword TO invade them. Al expert
ence proves it and when the country TO be invaded
lsas large as five or six great European monarchies
the invader should remember the fate of Napoleon
in Russia and pause ere he commit his fortunes to
so desperate Al enterprise, and much as We abhor
negro slavery in the South, we must confess that
we should much prefer i left where it IS, for
time and clrcunstance to remedy or OyeTthroE. 10
seeing the North reduced to the diminishing position
Of = military sutocracy, il which the liberties Of
white men would be annihiiatqd without the slight
est increase Of the liberties Of the blacks,
The North may be assured of one tling, which ig,
thaf II the wsr lasts much longer, and the South
continue to win all the battles, the Kingdoms and
States of Europe-Snd Great Britain among tie
nuRber-will be compelled TO recognise the South
ern Confederation as de fGc.O Government. In cur
day, Goyernmentscannot listen 10 debates upon the