Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-18

When we lind the President in his message, mis-
quoting the Declaration of independence, AL me-
were created equal" suppressing the word "free'
as if the idea we're unpleasant to him-when W,
{ ind the doctrine advanced that athe Uniol
created the States, and not the States the Union-
when we find the argument used that slnce Louis
lana and Florida were purchased these States have
no right to "Fcb6l" without the remembrance OF
the fact that the sale of lands to the residents il
these States has repaid the treasury ten-fOld the
amount of the purchase msney-when we know
that even in the Northern STATES the negro is infinitely
more of real SldUe and loorSe treated than IN the South
when we see before US daily the grossest instan
ees of corruption and pecuation in the transactions
OF dignitarIes-when we read of the wholesale res
ignations of educated Northern officers and their
greatest General hurried to defeat b the pressure
and howlings of an outside mob-when we read OF
thousands of soldiers insisting their discharge on
the ground that their term Of Office had expired,
and marching homeward through their advancing
feAow-seldlers to the music of the booming Of the
enemy's cannons-when we read and learn all this
and witness the disorder, the deception, the vain
b0asting, in short, the POg DiGbOi which pervades
| the mob of the Northern States, is it any wonder
| indeed, that we turn with loathing from the con
temptation of such picture, refuse sympathies
and, while thankful that our own Constitution pre-
serves from ever being similarly situated deplo-
ring sadly and deeply that civil war snoald rage
among some twenty-five millions of ouF own kins
| folk, speaking the same language ourselves ex-
claim from our inmost souls-GOd preserve the
| right
| 1t is sheer nonsense to endeGvor to identity the
| Northern cause with freedom, either for black or
white. Freedom is ulc7sOoon in the North. UniyerS
| sal suffrage has thrown the power of the Govern
ment IN the hands Of Tie mob and the educated and
thinking masses, for the most part hold themselves
| aloof from any participation in its sentiments or
actions. Lincoln seems to have become TIE mouth
piece OF the Northern rOoodeS lohO gag and control the
press and insist upon being RECALLED with a series of
disgraceful, vain boasting and offensive articles
and al nofI
the conquest of Canada. As British subjects and
Canadians, we naturally feel these outrages and
insults, QhOugh We can well afford to laugh at the
threats and have just cause to feel the strongest
antpathy to the Northern States, apart altogether
from our S5paies from 1ohat nc must call justice to
the South.
CANADIAN RETORT To A YANKEE.
Frsm the Qussec Morning Chronicle, Sept II
An unknown Yankee sends US an unpaid letter
from Ogdensburg containing the following extracts
Here follow some three or four extracts from
Northern papers relating to the arrests of British
subjects in New York for ant-Lincoln procliVities
This, adds the Yankee, SIS the way we serve the
id Britishers. Come kere and we will serve you
likewise"
We might reply to this very polite inYion as US
Dos replies to Boulbstes:
Bom.-BIy sword well can use,
So mind ysUr P's and o.
Tus.-I thank you, sir, but l,
Must caution you Of that
Dub EuODyQ correspondent TedttF invites !
our pity more than our anger, laughter. Il
may be gratifying to him TO see respect for other
nations set st naught in his Republic which once
called itself civilized, but it will not be so when be
himself is brought to feel, he msy be tomorrow
that personal liberty is droci0lSg UOl1ed here euer
dry ,1tie the liberty Of the press of speech and Of
thought hare become ''inSttulicnS" Of The past
Those who can leave his distracted country for
this peaceful province doing go; those whs can
not sending their CAPITAL hither for investment
And he ~
anmates him and his fellow citizens based Is it is
upon an imaginary foundation, will cause the move
ment to continue aEd immigration into the States to
stop. His impotent rage hurts but himsclf-it ben
ehLs u.s. We may ask him, too, whether such exhis
billions of malevolence are likely to encourage
British subjects to enliet N the Northern forces?
Fighting material is scarce among the Yankees for
they are distributing plsCsrds in several parts of
Canada inviting Canadians TO join their army, and
they are constantly trying to seduce our soldiers |
from their allegiance They will get few id
Brltshers to fight for them if they are not more |
civil than the st Ogdensburg
the Death OF presidents Davis.
From the Quebec Morning Chronicle, septsnbsr II
If Mr.. Jefferson Davis be dead as the Northern tel
egrams say, Mr. Vice President Stephens will carry
On the Government. The loss of Mr.. Davis. though
severe blow TO the COnfederacy, will not very
affect its destinies.
The 'FreedOna'' OF the Press.
FsOn the Montreal Gazette, seps6.
The Toronto Globe, having justified the muzzling
If the Northern press the Gazette says, at the con-
fusion of long editorial on the subject:
ave can indsoTne excuse for the act of the rulers
It Washington, blinded through col5drdy fear or the
,ewildered excitement Of passion; we can even IN
ierstand how some of the Northern papers think |
his war must be carried through per fIs ct netas
Dut that any miserable wretch free British soil |
Inder the shadow Of Union Jack, without the ex
use of the fear or anger Of immediate partizan
oh odd
ustfying so mad and bad an act is Simply dsguStiRq'
The Mad Spirit of the North.
In the Montreal Gdzstts is quotation from speech
f ex Postmaster General HoLT delivered At Boston
D which he alluded to the case of the two women
Who beth claimed the paternity of the same child
nd King SOLOMON decided by ordering the infant 10
e cut in train-snd from which instance of sacred
istory the ex-P Postmaster General drew p.ral ell
4 the present contest between the North and the
outh. The Gazette thus comments upon It: :
snow doubtless there IS much fervid patriotism )
this, but the parallel drawn is it strikes u.s. Al
Unhappy one. The application made of the Bible
tory is very incorrect. TRe true mother was viii
ng to give up her share Of the child rather than
ee its blood shed The North prefers to shed the (
loOd of the South, to stay liberty, which is its life
ather than give up its prospective share in the S
rOfts of Southern agriculture and commerce, and 2
ertajn forts arsenals &c, which are, after all |
Iere trlnkets around the chld's neck. They are | +
7illiDg to acCePt bleeding and ruined South, sew
red by the sword Of faction, and with its spirits
rushed out, rather than let it go. The Northern r
Oliticians do not stand, therefore, for the good d
lother, who, to save life, would give up her chd
ut 70. the bad which desired the bleeding body | b
ather than surrender her claim. o
Confidence in this Success or the South.
The Quebec Morning Chronicle alGo states that | Z
who vas travelling on the Great Trunk g
ailway, in company with large number Of North
m men, displayed thousand dollars in gold, and j
fered to bet it that the Southerners wOad be | C
ccepted. d
Another talked very lightly about tie taking of g
atteras, and said he Gully wished the Federal
lthorities wOgld dsperse all their troops in SINH
r way.
The Chronicle then speaks of the reported stag a
alton Of trade and want Of money in Virginia, and
ldsl
Nevertheless, in all their troubles, there seems
be but spirit sotuatng the South, ana that is
lie rather than submit to a re union with the a.
ORTIZ"
TeaIth, Paupsrism and Crime IN che
NOrth-Facts Revealed ~ the Census. II
from tina New York Herald, April }, 1851,
A view extending some fifty miles, having New
Ork city focus Of observation, presents much ?
at is gratifying and much that is to be regretted N
sfore the free labour Of the North should boast of
advantages over the slave labour of the South,
principles Of humanity and philanthropy, it
ould carefully consider tas Pauperism and crime d
listing among u.s. There are about two millions T"
people inhabiting an area extending fifty miles
ON New York. The Metropolitan district con-
ms about 800 600 people, who possess an aggre VI