The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-18

nentiy worthy the Attention Of all who
are participating or watching the conflict
now progressing. he said pa
|" During my frequent and long absehce
from among you have passed years IN
countries where scenes Of civil contest
and bloodshed were frequently passing
before me, and have received lessons bf
history more impressive than those which
are taught Ia the page Of She historian, \
have witnessed the baneful effects Of
revolutions, sand dread 70 see them
inflicted upon this land. have seen
that in Republican Governments the peo-
pie are frequently deceived by ambi-
tious lenders, who either from ignorance
or design exaggerate the evils ihsepar-
able from all human institutions, and
leopard The liberties Of their country,
either 20 redress some comparatively
slight evil or 10 promote their own am4
bilious views. In such contests Th16e
invariably seen that tso liberties Of he poogle
are sacrificed. II tho agstators succeed, the
people are subjected % an oligarchy composed
Of the leaders Of tie revolution, tIe Wora des-
crfption Of tyranny II they fail, their fail
ure strengthens the arm of government
and furnishes an opportunity TO power
TO abridge the liberties of the people un-
der the pretext of restraining their liceu-
tiousness. ff M
81 have observed, too, that whenever
great republic is disunited and begins
20 separate into parts, the evil goes on
until the divisions are reduced TO the
smallest possible fraetiona capable of
sustaining even the semblance of gov
ernment. | will mention one instance
in illustration of this fact. At the COM
mencement of the revelation Of Spanish
America, Buenos Ayres was united and
powerful empire Causes, which l will
not detain you TO recapitulate, separated
Il first i:.to ssgo great divisions, and the same
causes continuing to act, dsUidea II into many
parts, until after long series Of civil war
and bloodshed, what were formerly dis
tricts became sovereign States, independ-
ent Of each other. So minute are some
of these fractions that there is one nation
having all the machinery of government,
declaring war and making peace, sending
ambassadors and negotiating treaties
equipping armies and Imanning fleets
and do all this taxing The blood and treassv,
of thirty thousand Inhabitants, the l0lole mum
Der Of Us Eege subjects. This you will say
is too ridiculous; we are too enlightened
TO fall into such gross errors. Ii may b,
so but whatever superiority we may
claim over our Southern brethren 9TH,
people of the other States South) theJ
would reject with contempt doctrine 81
absnrdvfn theory and so dangerous il
practice, as NULLRIoATIoS and viii
venture to prognosticate, that with al
our boasted superiority of wisdom ant
experience, if ever this Confederacy
should be dissolved, whatever may b.
its first grand divisions, the states toiH con
trnue separating fran each other, until
struggle arises among the wealthy anS
powerful to subdue and extend thei
dominion over their poorer and weake
neighbors; a struggle which must termi
nate in the establishment Of despOti
: power on the continent"
Z In the light Of the counsels and expe
+ rience of one who thus had, in his day
. rare opportunities TO study the who'll
2 theory and practice of notification an
5 its adjuncts, secession and disintegratiOn
{ the loyal people of this nation may ge
{ some new views Of the responsibility tina
! rests upon them--they may hereby lear
/ with added force for what they are Goa
I tending when they take the field 10 pre-
: serve from destruction their splendid ma
7 tionality. The urgent and sound adVic
I given by such men as Mr.. Poinsett 10 th
: agitators Of his own State did not avail
e il is true; il took the strong arm Of th
l Government 10 compel South Carolina a
q that time back TO her duty; but the warn
0 ing then given so solemnly and power
9 fully should not be lost upon those VIII
are fighting for the Union now, aDd'hi
T words should inspire them anew neye
8 to yield 10 the demands of maddene
9 and hair Drained revolutiOnistsin ia the wa
: forced upon the Government We wan
: no repetition Of the history OF the Sout
: American or Central American Republic
II here, neither will the American peOpl
S tolerate any pitiful central despotism
e which the cotton magnates, the. contempt
: ible 0ligarchy which has brougt
e upon us these evils for their own sellls
e purposes, are TO figure. One and indivi.
It ible, let the Government founded b
d Washington, and Adams, and Jeiierso
remain the majestic creation which WI
8 delivered by them 70 us; and let the worl
d at largo, to the very endrof time, be fr'
y 10 share its blessings. Inspired by IL
rt history of their efforts, their self-deni
and heroism. can any prove false TO Il
,f glorious traditions of the past shall an
le faint by the way, TO become the victim
" OF conspirators so vile, Of an Aristoera'
of so contemptible ? Cheered by the thoug
Ig that we are yet great nation, a nigh
n. power such as none other dare attack
e, intermeddle greatly with, let us be equ
e, 20 the putting down Of every domesi
ne foe, let us resolve TO triumph despite I
: efforts Of every assailaut.-- Baltlm'
ID american.
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