Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-07-02
4 WeII-founded Belief.

| The New York ID q Book, in reply to a
Black Republican contemporary, sensibly
observes:
We do not believe that one, two, or three
| or more defeats will subdue the opposition at
the South. The war, il continued. may be
| kept up for years, with alternate defeats and
| victories upon both sides; but do not be-
| iieve, and shall not until xe see it, that eth
| Ell halt of this country Can conquer the other
| half. We expect, therefore, ii the Republi-
| can programme is Carried out, viz: mo par
| lev with traitors uuIIl the Federal q q waves
over every tort and custom-huuse III til,
South. "a war whose Cost will tax the body aud
| muscles of unborn generations. Indeed We
| xp,-ct to what Is even worse than d ma
ioual debt-a military despoIism in the
/ place of free Constitutional government.
| No possible nUmUeT OF defeats Will ever
| .subdue The despOilsm at the SOUTH We
| mean to reconstruction OF the old Union
| OF to submission to the North under any cir
| cumsjances whatsoever. So Tar d. that end
or object is concerned OF contemplated the
sooner IL Il put out OF sight the better Tor all
| parties interested. To cultivate that idea Ii
| to stimulate the progress OF war, carnage
| and impOverishment-top place the North aud
the South farther apart from each oth,r-aud
/ to make the sections waT against each o. her
with spirit of unmitigated hatred, which,
instead OF satiaIing, Will a. il goes on, in
crease the mutual appetite for bloodshed
| and devastation.
There are good men at the North. They
may be few in numbers. but they have shown
themselves strong in patriotic resolve. Their
| numbers are increasing, and will continue
10 increase as long as the present wicked and
unnatural War Is Waged against she South.
They may do much good TO their section, and
TO the cause OF humanity generally, by en-
larging upon the patriotic programme they
have hitherto advocated cred tably and zeal
Ously, which is that, instead of attempting
the hopeless task OF subjugating the South
by force of arms, the North should recognize
our independent existence and enter into
mutually adVanta geOus commercial treaties
with us. Both sections might be benefited
by such an arTange neHt, while neither can
hope for aught save injury from protracted
war only that tie South will emerge from
the conflict with great advantage. even if
accompanied by heavy national debt, that
of direct trade with Europe-wiIh imports
corresponding to her eXports-Which will
compensate her for her losses in a ten-fold
ratio in five years. while the North is bound
TO meet all the disadvantages aud expenses
of the war, in face OF diminished trade, small
Manufactures and loss of all the importing
business which previously depended upon the
use of Southern exports
The South wars not upon the North. She
has never warred rpO-i The North, save in her
just defence. and IL indication of her in-
alienable right to . eminent. The North
is warning upon II ~ fJr the purpose of
suhjugating and Gss& ng her. all of which
is in direct contic; the Declaration of
Independence. He's mply the issue b.
tween the two sectios- The North wars to
subjugate and ravag South wars to |
defend and vindicete. South will come
out of the struggle iet Isly, and although |
she may suffer serioc@ the interim, her
Independence, one ed, will speedily |
bring forth such = as will repay her |
many times for the ,es she has made
Indeed, the "mi.: despotism in the |
place of a free cor .nnal Government" |
spoken of by the y Book. is already a |
Stern, fixed TACT. at fae 1lorth. The mob, or /
the military power, has su0erceded civil au-
thority. Liberty Of speech and the press has
been denied The writ of habeas corpus has /
been suspended by order of the President |
No man IL safe ia his own house from mill
tary surveillance and arrest. Private letters
ana dispai ehes are violsted; aud all the pro-
lection law and constitutional Government |
have been supposed to throw around the citi.
zen are openly trampled under foot by Lin
coin and his myrmidons. Well NAV the New |
York Day Book appfehend the worst of all |
d-spolisms-a military despolism-irom the
conduct of the people in authority In its own |
section. 1t, and those who agree with il. /
would do well TO strike for the commonest |
rights OF ireemen before il is too late. The |
hour and the day may be at hand. II not |
properly employed, they may pass from their |
grasp forever. They shouId strike at once
and vigoroGsly--N O, Crescent