Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25

II -t Jig S-1.SSS->y mpat1y VILE AAefieas
This noble feeling shines ont il every sen
teDce Of Prince Gortschakof-s lettsr. ard
raises &c srsabeve the level of diplomats
routine in the highest sphere Of. pablo senti-
ment and conscienea Listen TO .he eloQaen1
words in which be speaks OF our country:
''For more than the eighty years that it
has existed, the American Union oscss is iads-
Pendencs, its t,scerins rise and ats progress to
The concord of its members, consecrated under
theauspices of its illustrious founder; by in
stitutions which have been able to reconcile
the Union with liberty. This Union has been
faithful. 1t has exhibited to the world she
spectacle of prosperity, without example
In the annals OF History. 1t would be de.
plorable, that after so conclusive an expert
ence, the United States should be hurried in-
to a breach of the Solemn Compact, which,
up to this time, has made their power"
While language like this, as true as it Is
eloquent, is addressed to US by the hereditary
and autocratic ruler of foreign Empire,
with what words of burning Indignation can
we sufficiently brand the FOLLY and madness
of the ambitious men at home, born and
reared under this '.faithful Union," whose
anexampled prosperity is the admiration of
the world, who are daily aiming their parri-
cidal blows at the heart of the country, on
whose soil they were born and at whose bo-
som they were Butured. The Emperor Alex
-
burg. cannot bear to see his beautiful frame
work of Government shattered; and men
who have not only, in common with their
fellow-citizens. grown up under its mild and
parental tutelage, but have been fed on It's
bounty, educated ct its expense, and solemn
ly sworn to its support. gre moving heaven
and earth to reduce it to shameful ruins!
While Russia is teaching US that, Sin spite
of tue diversity of their constitutions and
- Of fcir
diversity, Providence seems to urge them 10
draw closer the traditional b md, tohieh is the
basis of the 0ery condition of their political e1is-
eace," the South can find no terms bitter
enough to express her hatred and contempt
for this traditional bond" and her resolu-
ton to undo this benign work of Providencel
1t is truly amazing that the South, if iu-
sensible to all other considerations, does not
see the suicidal fatutity of Der course 1t has
hitherto ben matter OF urgent policy with
statesmen and rulers, as far can be done
by honest means, to extend the territorial
limits and increase the population of coun
try. The South is exhausting herself in the
frantic attempt to diminish by two thirds the
territory and the population of The country
Of which she forms part. A belligerent pow
er sometimes perishes in the utter failure OF
it's ambitious proJects,--the South Is ruined
+ If she succeeds. The worst foreign enemy
chief she is striving To bring on herself. A
commercial marine aud a navy as the means
of protecting it, aud the Indispensable condi-
ton ofSecurity at home and influence abroad.
have hitherto been coveted by all States pos
sessing an extensive sea coast. The South
insanely proposes to let herself down from
the position of one of the first maritime pow
ers of the world, into ffth-rate semi preyin-
cial government, holding the ingress and
cgress of her ports at the tolerance of any
power in Europe that can keep O half dozen
| steam frigates at sea. If 1t were not for the
navy of the q. S., the Bey of Egypt might, at
this moment, seal up every Southern port
| from Hatteras Inlet to the mouth of the Rio
| Grande The lmauIn of Muscat, if he was
this side of the Cape of Good Hope, would be
dangerous neighbOr to Charleston and Mo-
bile. The American statesmen of the last
generation, under Virginia President, sur.
rounded by Cabinet and Congress largely
! controlled by Southern influences, proclaim
ed the doctrine that the American continent
was no longer to be deemed open to foreign
colonization. The sagacious South is now
straining every nerve to turn twenty neigh
boring sister States, belonging to Union of
which she has hitherto all but monopolized
the government, into al oVershadoWing for
eigu power, planted side by side of her on
American sol. Hes reasons for a policy so
tutional Union with these sister States, she
is not allowed to extend slavery into territory
now free, land where it could not possibly
go,) and that laws by which her fugitives are
required to be surrendered on their way to
Canada, generally enforced in good faith,
however at variance with public sentiment
fail, perhaps once a year to be executed. Her
remedy for this trifng evil, and her redress
for this imaginary wrong, is to deprive hec-
of rio fol For hu fho
Constitution. aud faithfully secured to her
by Federal Courts, Executives and Congress
es OF her choice; to constitute an alien and
an enemy in two thirds of the States and ter
ritories, and to bring down Canada to the
Potomac!
But to return to Prince Gortschakoff's let
ter, of which every sentence almost affords
matter for approving commentary. How ad.
mrable the following. though perhaps little
Obscure in the translation: I'm any event,
the sacrifices which the United States might
impose upon themselves to maintain the
Union are beyond comparison mot to be
compared y with those which dissolution
would bring after it. United they perfect hen-
selves, isolated they are paralyzed." Taken in
connection with the preceding sentences.
which / have already quoted, the meaning Of
this wise remark no doubt is, that even If
adherence to the Constitutional Union of the
terest or feeling, they are incomparably less
than those which will result from separation.
All the john Brewns that would spring up 10
a century of continued Union, would not
cost the South 1.-THE of the sufferings she
has Inflicted upon herself in six months,
since Der batteries opened on Fort Sumter.
Prince Gortschakoff does The Russian min
lister in this country no more than justice In
abiding to 1.-THE personal influence acquired
by him during his long residence in Wash
ington," and which unquestionably comes in
aid OF {" the consideration which belongs to
bis CHI aracter, as the representative of a sove-
reign, animated by the most friendly senti-
ments toward the American Union" The
corps diplomafique at Washington was probably
never more respectable than at the present
moment, and certainly no member OF it has
better known than Mr. de Stocked how to
reconcile that fidelity TO his own government,
which is the FIRST duty OF foreign minister
with respectful aud kindly relations with
the government to which he is accredited,
and cordial sympathies with the People of
the United States. ~ sgsFyss
1t would be difficult 10 ovcrstate the just iD-
nuence which will be exerted by the letter of
Prince Gortschakof over the public opinion
of Europe. From one of the highest points
OF observation in the civilized world, he has
spoken on behalf of one of its leading pow.