Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-25

The Press here is hesping on the excitement curl
eusly IN resstlon to the american Question: The
Fdysr edited by cue Of the ablest puHlieists IL
France has, from the very first most ably and con,
slsentiy pointed out the folly of civil war and Ia
Us successive articles has exhibited th6rotQh ac-
| gusintance with American laws, institutions and
i haelts OF thought. The 0phRion Ndionee which
i LIZ mased an argumentatiye war with the Pa at
l5ss ADMITS that the bulk Of itscotemporariss in
cluolng even the great official transcrnf the Moni.
stf reaiiy side with the latter The Journal dss
Deoals, while finding fault with the acts of the Sc
cesslonlss PER Sc, yet warmly deprecatss the war.
aa 49,. : ne proposal to subiugate the South.
me REESE some days ago published q fine article
written By d .Gafllardet whose uoished and t-a7ch
ant pen was long dcmesticated i, Nav Yori. si q
now welded with power against To11r ygsr.-Thrs
PTssse fully agrees with 4
The Pasrie the CoassfsEsicszei the g-ssse n;
5sndur are ell of the same mind and verv S;ao,.
circulated aud influential paper the NORMAL IN
Hours, like the vast majority Of the urov;seial
sheets, agrees in pronouncing the American civil
contest TO be the horror of the age. They cite yt
mingled surprise and indignation the bitter blood
thirsty tone Of the so>called Republican papers of
the Northern States, and intimated that war con-
Quoted upon principles 50 defiant Of reason civil
rational and International law will not be permitted
By the family Of nations. find from rapid re-
view of other continental journals that the same
tone generally prevails. t'1-@- - s---',i-~
In Germany there Is more vehement denuEciation
Of the South, but the conservative Press there is
rapidly disc0veFing what they might have found
ont long ago MA that the slavery question has been
used az home az blind, from thu shelter Of which
to attack existing Governments Sentiments that
no one dare express in reference to local affairs are
masked under furious assaults upon Southern
slavery: They, now, begin to say that the same
disorganizing elements that have kept Europe in
turmoil for years viii presently overthrow the law
and order of Ameriea, to the advantage of some
military usurper whom they viii be among the first
to elevate. .l. $3.50 - - z7as.s-
You can best Judge what truth there Is in this
prognosticaton on your own side Of the ocean :.
France already moves toward you. Four addi-
tionl war vessels have already sailed for your sea
board and they viii be quickly and gradually re.
inforced by others.
While your great Confederacy5 is torn with
Intestinal commissions, to the sorrow OF every
real liberal in the world, this great nation still
advances on the march Of commercial enter
prise. A grand line of steam communication
with the East Indies is organized. with five great
branches. The principal line viii embrace the
islands of the Indian Ocean, running from Suez
to Saigon, and touching at Alden, Pointe>de-
Gales, Penang and Singapore. The first branch
will embrace the islands Of the Indian Ocean, run
ming from Alden to Reunion and Aau-itius. The
second at the East PROF er, viii run from Ponte-de
Gales to Calcutta, touching as Pondicherry and
Madras The third, in the Sonda Islands, will con-
meet Singapore and Batavia. The fourth, for the
China trade. will unite Saigon. Hong Kong and
lands win run from Hong Kong to Manila.
This magnificent scheme embraces schedule Of
more than one hundred Thousand French marine
leagues. and presents, with regulated mean speed
of and 90 knots for all the steamers, innumerabe
advantages over all former methods of eommUnic2-
ton. England had better look to her laurels, for
this is but preliminary step TO maritime enter
prises on both the Pacific an1 Atlantic which will
formidably rival-if not surpass--her own. SPAN,
too, is thoroughly waking up. Shs has been siIc-
cessful in all her late improvements, both by land
and sea- and she is about to establish great per-
msneat squadron Of naval instruction and evolution
on the French plan. How insane are the public men
of the American nation to be exhausting their conn
try. while all ts great competitors everywhere
strengthening their power. ss-ss-z.zl s,si's
While on this topic must not forget to mention 3
Fumor that distinguished French general sailed,
some time ago, for New Orleans with munitions Of
war; artilerists and batteries of the most destruct
i've light and heavy ordnance known to the French
service. give you the report as il reaches me. l
know that agents from the Southern States here
for vessels of war, and among them one
of the largest class steelplated steamers, built
cordisg to the Emperoris plans. They have ample
funds and if the representation that vast reach of
country producing gold, running through portions
of North and South Carolina and Georgia, partially
and very imperfectly explored some years ago, has
been discovered upon more thorough and scientific
investigation to be rich as California, Is to be
credited they will have all the funds they can
require. This is asserted here, and the discovery
is said to have been confirmed within the last three
months. "A. ..-- 49,. -l-e~ 1r 60 . A.