The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-14
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Numbers and miscaIcuIations Of the re-
bells in regard TO the Intervention Of for.
eign powers in. their behalf, recalls some
highly interesting "reminiscences:
In 1850 Beverly Tucker, Of Virginia,
addressed the Nashville Commercial Con-
ysntion, and predicted the fearful woes
which want Of cotton would bring upon
The world Since then Tucker has been
= Detted Democrat, o Jeremy Diddler |
consul at Liverpool, and he is now an |
exile, living ON his wits and debts in |
PARIS, and surveying The widespread !
ruin, which, under certain CONTINGENCIES. |
was 10 aiilict certain States of Europe. |
These were his words in 1856:
"Engl land has superabundant popu-
Iatiog, and there are not less than three
millions of laborers whose very exist
ence depends on cotton. Let but the
loom stand still for one month, and there
will not be left one stone standing on
another, of the whole political and So
cial fabric Of England. What then
would all Europe say to any attempt on
the part OF the Northern States, or of
every power upon earth, TO lift hand
against the cotton growing region, and
interrupt the production Of that article ?
The powes 90 wealth would oppose it,
the cry Of famine would forbid 1.-THE
universal Dakedness OF mankind would
forbid it--the united view Of the civil
lied world would command the peace.
The mind Of man has not conceived the
wrstchedntss which the failure Of our
cotton crop would produce. Universal
bankruptcy ruin. The pill
lars Of the world would be shaken
The deluded subjects OF The Cotton
King for many years believed this and
similar nonsense, and lured by the speci-
Gus predictions of these bankrupt politi-
clans, were easily led TO precipiiate the
war which has broken their dream and
blasted their mad hopes. One cotton
crop = two cotton crops have been
grown and gathered and kept from
market, and the "pillars Of the
world" remain mistaken. England and
France still have several stones of their
social fabric standing, they are still
occasionally heard of as Great Powers,
and they have about concluded not even
10 offer 10 mediate in thisiwar, but 70 let
The doom pronounced by Tucker come
upOn them. They have heard the words
Of Golden, and they find that the follow
ing has more than the semblance OF
truth
Interference in This case would only
do harm, and in toe end you would not
get your cotton. Even if you could,
what price would you pay for il
venture TO say that it would be cheaper
TO keep all the population engaged in the
cotton manufacture-aY, TO keep them on
turtle, champagne and venson--ihan "a
send TO America 10 obtain that cotton by
IOvce of arms. Ii would involve you il
awar, and six months OF a war would
cost more money than would be required
20 maintain this population comfortably
for ten years"
Such language is a tolerably clear an.
aver TO the balderdash OF Tucker, Will,
tae admitted facts of the present yea
utterly disprove the truthiulness of theo
Eies on which his and other speeches
we're baeed. 1t was the loss 0f our cot
tOn crop" which would cause this wretch
edness Already is Europe looking I,
other regions for supplies, while in tn
cotton States themselves, 80 scarce is tn
manufactured fabric, that cotton good
bring a higher price than in other region
where bale OF the floccuent fibre is
rarity. The South listened too long {
she siren voice OF her false prophets, an,
Arusted too conlidingly to their BRAY
words. They had hoped that to,rescue th
Cotton King, the strong Powers OF Europ
would boldly disregard international law
and in the instinct of preservation
Rberate at once the bound monarch an
save their own social fabric. But th
hone was vain, and the piled bales de
spairing of safe transportation TO Europ
have been given to the flames, lest Yam
kee yandAls seize them. How desperat
the case and how hopeless the cloud,
future, the following words from recen
copy of the Charleston Courier will in
d6cate -
HThe continuance Of this contest in.
wolves increased suffering. The evil
AhAt follow in the train of this calamitou
yisitation grow more direful with ever,
day. The iron is driven the deeper, AM
cur burdens become more and more heavy
And though more than eighteen month";
have passed away since the strife wa
begun, the end seems more distant thar
Il appeared 10 be twelve months since
Hope after hope has gone out in darkness
and expectations we have fondly cher
ished have turned out TO be miserable
delusiOns. So often have we been dis
appointed and deceived, that now ou
faith rejects every promise and turns
away from every sign. Our foe is as &C.
tive and determined and powerful as evel
DO was, and he agent that Das 10 cam
pei foreign nations to intervene and put al
end 10 this wicked and infamous contest
has net been peterborough to accomplish
dat end
These are true words, but they are the
sad utterance of misery and despair
Thvough them may almost be heard tho
deep cadence which signifies the dejec-
tion that sorrow for the past aud Fegrei