Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-11-03
The London Tunes on Secretary
q sesvardss Eetser--DecIfnfEe 80 take
Action against DR.. Russell, Its Corr
IRON the London Times.


Action against DR.. Russell, Its Corr
respondents. $780,
from the London Times
|. A memorial has been presented to Mr.
Seward, the Secretary of State, with view
to prevent our correspondent confirming to
send letters from the Union. This document
represents one of bis communications to con-
tain Unreasonable matter,o aud declares the
conviction of the memorialists thatit is the
design of the writer to bring the credit and
fame of this Government into disrepute in
foreign countries. For such passages it is
easy TO judge what am9uAt of common sense
belonged to the trainers aud signers of the
memorial. That an English writer should
wish to bring the American Government into
disrepute is. perhaps. an idea which might
enter the minds of the most ignorant and
angry citiz ms, but that the evil could be
remedied by declaring snfriendly comments
to be reasonable aid ejecting the writer
from the country, could b. the fancy only o.
men from whose miods passion had driven
out all power of judgment. The reply Of
Mr.. Seward is in substance sensible enough
though there is an evident under-current OF
spite, directed against English opinion in
general, and the Times newspaper in pariic-
ular- The politician who lew months since
was tor conquering Canada TO make up for
the loss of the Sou b, which in his opinion
it would be preposterous to attempt to CO.
cree by war, is now as intolerant of all diff
Terence from his new creed as the memorial
lists themselves, though his common sense
forces him 10 reject this application The
usual official style of mot having read" and
being engrossed with public cares and du-
ties" is assumed, after The fashion of the
politicians of Europe, but the accusations of
libel" of ''perverting hospitality" and
'writins injurious publications." is in ac-
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memorialists. However, Mr.. Seward comes
to the proper conclusion, that there is no
reason for interference, and SO far we must
thank him for just exercise OF his judg-
meut. .3-z4z15
We trust that in a very short time this irri-
tation will have passed away. The English
public have read our Correspondents letters,
and they know we'll how unfounded is the
charge of ill will toward the Government of
the United States. Not in one word or sylla-
BILE that be has written is there the slightest
ground for such a suspicion. OF cours in want
of other matter, the old accusation OF giving
Information to the enemy is brou yht up; bat
little stress is laid on this as it is too obvi-
ously futile. .The design of the writer, =
SAWS the memoriaists, lis to bring the credit
and lame of this Government into disrepute
in foreign countriesn Tuis is the charge ,
baseleSsness and absurdity IL stands on rar
with those which have been successfully
made against the English government and
people .sf1ee the beginning of the war, and
successfully reiated aud forgotten.
The real truth is that The Americans ere
sore at the description which our C ,rrespon-
dent gave of the q ght from Bull Run. II
was the simple record of that unhappy affair
which srouss d the anger of "a section OF toe
American public. It is OF little use to cay
that the narrative of our correspondent was
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over again 10 the American papers. Partly
on account of The truihtulness and power of
the story. and partly on account O. its being
brought back to the States after the first z
citement had prssed away, and when the
Northern people had b come somewhat
| ashamed of their own oslentatious sell absse
ment, and nervous as to the eff, CT Likely to
be produced abroad, the account OF the fight
given by our correspondent made great
sensation in America, and was probably read
by Mr.. Seward himself, in spite Of his ardu-
GUS and incessant duties. The natural COM
nents of European society added 10 the bit
terness with which the narrative was receiv
ed. Since that time our correspondent has
! been mark Tor the amnesty OF a section OF
, the American public, and as it was impossi-
| bic to quarrel with him for writing what was
| notorious to the whole world, subsequent
| communications of nc particular importance
udfc bcch PttCucO upOu lIcdSOAdDlt, dDu
| showing a design to degrade and Willy the
| American Government.
Still we trust in the good sense of Ameri-
| cans, and believe that these accusations will
be soon forgotten. Our correspondent Is on
| ly going through an ordeal similar TO that OF
the Crimean War When England. after forty
| years of peace, sent an ill-organiZed army
| TO combat one of the great military powers
/ these were failures humiliating to the nation
! Il 10 a..
| fact that hey were quite unlocked for by 6
| public which had but a vague notion of war
iare, Our correspondent wrote simple facts
| but these being made The subject of SHARP
! comment at home, he was held responsible by
authorities and powers of all sorts. and came
| in for just the same kind of viiuperalion a
| we now have from across the Atlantic. Blu
| soon change came. Even before the Rus
| sian war was over, all idea OF eypelling cor
respondents from camp had passed away
| There was something to praise. and, from the
General TO the drummer, every body was glad
| to be praised. Since then, unhappily, wal
| has hardly ceased in the old hemisphere Toe
spe. ial correspondent has become a regular
part of an expeditionary force. The gentle
man with whom the Americans are now 81
! dissatisfied went through the Indian wal
with the favor not only of the public, but o
| the highest military authorities. The expe
OitiouS 10 Oniud nave UeeH similarly DE
| seribed. Although we held an Independent
| position in the Italian war a correspondent
| was writing to US from the French camp the
| whole time, with the full sanction of the EN-
peror and his Generals. To such an extent
| has this courtesy been carried. that wter
| truth has compelled US to speak hardly of the
| King OF Naples and other pIincely delin
! quents, it has also made US reflect that. alter
all, despotism sets bounds to its passions, and
allows the material on which hostile Grill
| cisms are based 10 be furnished by writers
living freely within its own frontiers Ar,
the Americans prepared to do what Austris
and Turkey aud Naples and Spain-wha
| the martinez Generals of the Continental
| Powers have never thought of doing? Will
they say that the newspaper correspondent
may find welcome among all the politician,
/ and soldiers of the Old World, but thai
American affairs must not be described by
foreigner" under pain of popular. indigna
tion! Such supposiion would be mors
| Unreasonable" to the honor Of the American:
than any remarks that could b. made by the
most partial correspondent.
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