Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-31
ADVANTAGES Long War.

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more warmly enlisted in behalf of the pre-
sent generation than of those that shall sue
coed it, we should not hesitate to say that we
want good long war, Nothing less can at
tach us sufficiently TO our new Confederate
Government, make us national, original and
| independent in thought and opinion, give US
literature of our own; a commerce and
manufactures of our own, adequate military
skiII;-enough of nat iOnal strength, and
enough of confidence in that strength. We
would have our Confederacy so plastic and
elastic. that we should form one nationin time
of war and fifteen Confederate nations in time
of peace. There is no difficulty whatever In at
tanning this end. If State sovereignty be
left intact by our Constitution, that will pre-
serve our separate nationalities in time of
peace;-and .'outside pressure" and COM
mon danger will make us one people aud
one nation in time of war.
Nothing less than the war before US, would
be sufficient to make soldiers of our people;
and in slave-holding country all of the
white citizens should be well drilled soldiers,
ready, at moments warning. to turn out in
defence of their country, and to defend IL
bravely and skilIfully. In Prussia all men
are required to serve term of years in the
army; and all men are educated; the best
part of the education, no doubt, derived from
the drill of the camp, and the associations OF
the camp.
This universal military service, so far from
disturbing the industry of Prussia. has rapid
ly increased her wealth; and it is only since
this system began that she had any literature
at all,-now she is one of the most scholastic
nations of Europe; although her genius does
not equal her scholarship. That is the de-
feet OF race, not the fault of her institutions.
A common school education separates socie-
ty into distinct castles and classes, and abso
,Nu1
TO elevate More is learned of good or bad
at school from association than from books;
and the army, like that OF Prussia, is the only
school where all are equals. and all are sure
to learn much that is valuable from associa-
ton with the well-informed. A high moral
tone must pervade society thus educated.
If all do not become fashionable gentlemen,
they will become something far more honor
able respectable and elevated; for they will
be worthy, well-infO-med citizens of free
republic. How those charmed words, Il am
a Roman CITIZEN" still linger on the ear J
The Roman citizen was soldier, no drudge
or mental, but a privileged maE with slaves
under him, slaves to attend the camp and to
wait OF him. II we have good long war,
such shall be the proud distinction of every
Southron; and then We might well drop that
puny. pulling. much-abused term, gentle
man." from our vocabulary, and adopt in its
stead. "citizen of the South"
But all the benefits and advantages of a
long war sink into insigniicance when COM
pared with the certain good that will result
from having nothing hereafter to do with the
sensual and infidel literature of the North;
nothing to do do with its counterfeit manu-
facture, nor its knayish trade; nothing to do
with its free loves. agrarians, and anarchists;
nothing to do with the thieves, cut-thrOats,
lazZarOni, and pauper banditii of New York
and best OF all, nothing to do with the
Yankee. that haltLomad. half Jesuit, who in
tests, cheats and distnTbs society, civilized
and savage, In every corner of the world. AS
mischievOus and prolific as the Norway rat,
he stealthily insinuates himself into every
country, and depredates on society in annu-
ally increasing geOmetrical ratio, because he
breeds and multipIies in geometrieal RATIO
The South now has hundreds of thousands of
these vagab. nd, nOmadic, thievish Gypsey-
like Yankees within her confines; but we
hope the South will soon become too hot to
hold them.
The evils, the losses, the privations and
sufferings resulting from long war would
be borne by US of the present generation, the
good that would come of il would descend to
the next generation. We are not yet, how
ever, such pure and disinterested philantro-
pists as to sacrifice ourselves for our posteIi-
ty; as to give up present ease and security for
future advantage. We are, there
fore, willing to submit to an honorable peace,
so soon as we have driven the Lincoln Adj
and its troops North of Mason i
Dixon's line. But, until that is done, We
would not treat with them, for so long as the
enemy is within our territory, we act under
iuress- All terms of reconciliation should
De scornfully rejected until the craven
bounds of the North are driven back into
heir EDnn malls II ot horn ha
peace! until the South can treat on equal
terms, and that she cannot do, until the base
and cOwardly invader is driven from her soil.
.Riclnuoad Ezdg,i1er.