Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-01-29
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HMany Of the Unionsave-s, in the midst of the
heavy ground-swell now moving the masses of the
people without regard to party lines, become not
only desperate, but INSCRIPTIONS They make their
facts as they go.
They assert roundly, and lay great stress upon
the assumption, that Southern Confederacy recog-
nizing and protecting property in slaves would be
isolated and cut off from all sympathy from the
great powers of the old world and that all
christendom would stand ready to crush us out That
therefore only safety is in the Union, even with
q Black Republican rule.
They ignore the fact that all wellregulated ma
tons, not wholly given up to deluson and madness,
the Northern half of this confederacy seems to be
at this moment, recognize mutual and reciprocal
interest as the true bond of peace and commerce
| No foreign nation would undertake for moment
70 interfere with our internal form CT government
or property, as the Northern States hare assumed
to do.
The war carried or by France and England into
the heart of the Chinese Empire is not to propagate
the French or English form of government, to
change or to interfere with their religious or do
mestic policy but to break down arbitrary resric-
lions upon foreign commerce, and to vindicate the
principles of free trade.
We're we to-day a separate confederacy, with
treaties of peace with all nations, and entanqling
alliances with none,n which viii be our true policy
what statesman can doubt for moment that com
handing, do, the great staples which regulate
the commerce of the world, the jealousy of foreign
powers would maintain our separate nationality?
Before any power could subjugate us, even if that
could be done, that power would have to fight the
whole civilized world.
1t has been confidently asserted by superficial
men, that the French Government could nst and
| would not sympathize with our Institutions.
From an article, which recently appeared in the
New York Herald the opinions of the French Gov
eminent upon the crisis in this country is review
ed. While the Steele, edited by NJ. JOURDAN, sup
ported by the Constitutional, assumes extreme Black
Republican doctrines, which lead them to advocate
immediate and total notification of slavery through
out the Union the lie Pays, conducted by NJ. de
CAssAIGNAo the organ of the Emperor fuses the fol-
lowing emphatic and unmistakable language, which
must put to silence the Red Republican ideas of
those other Journals. We make an extract from
Indeed, the want of not only common sense but
common information upon the matter which M
Jourdan undertakes to egisate for, is surprising in
man holding such strong opinions, and giving
utterance to them with such confident freedom lie
writes like one who believed slavery TO be some re-
cent and obnoxious innovation introduced into the
Southern States Of the federation, and that this
ought not to be tolerated any longer by those of the
other States who are not IN favor OF It. lie states
that the Constitution of the United States extends
Of race
and color, and he loses himself in maze of false
surmises and equally erroneous conclusions ii. de
Cassagnac s therefore compelled to tell him that
slavery existed in the United States before the Uni
ted States became republic, and that there is no
such thing in the Constitution quotes proca-
nation of personal freedom to every man, woman
and child. whether black or white. or, in other
words, regardless of color or race"
he then goes on to maintain that slavery exists
by sort Of law of divine right He instances the
circumstance of the Apostle Paul sending the fu-
give slave back to his master, and instead Of try
ing to prove, NJ Jourdsn does, that Christianity
and the Bible expressly forbid slavery, he proves
exactly the reverse He instances the words of our
Lord, where be brooches humility and obedience in
the words servants obey your masters, and teach
es masters TO be kind to those over whom they have
authority. Where is the divine law and right of
equality here, about which NJ. Jourdsn declsims
loudly! NJ. Jourdan must not only be in ignorance
Of the history Of slavery, but possessed of com
share of vanity, which leads him to think him
self much wiser and more homes; judge of things
than those philosophers who have preceded him, |
and whose names stand FIRST the roll Of fame |
Does he not know that Plato and Aristotle were par
tisans Of slavery, and that VSltaire had serfs till
the day Of his DEATH and entertained the idea
Of emancipstng themf N. Cassagnac has good |
way of putting his antagonist Of the Steele right, if
indeed he chooses to be put right; but this we |
are afraid is doubtful. He says: ':When We see |
so many learned and noble hearts, who have at |
least as much moral sense rs NJ. Jourdsn, preach |
submission instead Of revolt, and pave the way !
gently and cautiously for the negro toward free |
life, we think ourselves right to sttach little inn
portance to the illusions of superficial people who
undertake to write on the greatest questions with
cut understanding them and appeal to passion and
violence for the instsueous remodeling Of institu-
tions which time only can bring about" He else |
1chere lgGTHs him that 1oheH iRStituOns DID,
must be taken in any attempt to modify them He re-
minds NJ Jourdsn that late as the year l775 the |
French government gave four millions Of francs to
the shipowners of Bordeaux and Nantes in order to
enlist their services in promotion Of tie slave trade
as an element Of colonization; and be asks why IN
particular NJ Jourdau should repP zach the United |
States for counteusncing slavery, when at the same
time as from ages immemorisl, slavery exists in |
Africa, Asia, and even Europe-tae serfdom of
Russia as a promineEt instance. NJ. de Cassagnac |
concluded by showing that slaves property as |
much as houses and land and that while such is |
the case the system which sustsins the right Of that
property must be supported, aud that the Federal |
Government has no right to prohibit slavery where
texsts because slavery net only existed in its Ter
tory, but was universal and unquestonet when the |
republic proclaimed