The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-06-21
one Wore EnemY Of tho RebeI..

OnG NluEB 1hNAHN W nv
Within q week or two an important
fact has come to light II is ascertained,
TO the amazement of the Rebels, at least,
that new enemy 70 their independence |
is found in England. This powerful
auxiliary was on their side but few
days ago, and il was confidently expect
ed that the two would sympathizo and
suffer together, if necessary, 10 the end
Nothing could exceed the devotion of
Liverpool merchants and London jour
nails TO the cause Of the South the rebels
thought, and the GOODNESS of the Cow
eminent in the matter Of recognition
was only that necessary heartlessness
which all governments must practice.
Bound to treat all nations according to
the facts, not the right of their respec-
tive cases, it was thought that the heart
of English influence was surely theirs,
though the hand could not, for the mo-
rnent, be given.
With what amazement, therefore, will
the sanguine and credulous Rebels at
Richmond now see that Englishmen are
enemies of the Confederacy; that the
press, so sanguine in frien dship month
ago, is now ready to attack, TO denounce
and TO underrate Southern strength.
They abandon Norfolk and blow up the
Meyimac for strategetic reasons alone,
yet The English press abuses them for it,
and calls this act a confession Of ruin.
They retreat from Corinth for the same
reason; but can they now hope that this
reason will be appreciated abroad. The
abandonment Of New Orleans is pervert-
ed in The same way by English writers.
Not one Of them sees the force of the
reasons which Gen. LOWELL gave, but on
the contrary there is greal reason TO be-
lieve that the thirst for cotton will bring
out as many ships to an open Union
port as the hope to run the blockade did.
Friendship seems likely 10 attach itself
to the party which has favors to bestow.
General BEArREGAED in the interior Of
Alabama, while the whole Missi ssippi
river, with its cotton ports, is in our
hands, is not the same BaAUReGARD that
ruled Memphis aud New Orleans a month
ago.
Commodore HoLLIys is no longer q
Commodore-he cannot spread his sails
on an interior plantation, nor can TAT
NALL make his apology about the Merri-
mac suffice TO preserve his rank and
credit abroad. He is no longer a naval
officer Of high rank in their eyes, and
foreign writers now declare the whole
Confederate navy defunct.
This new attitude of English opinion
will be felt as a bitter offence by the
Rebels. 1t is hard to find that trivial
mischances and the mere accidents of
war cut them off from the sympathy OF
friends on whom they had confidently
relied. Suspicious will be excited that
selishness lay at the bottom of the
friendly demonstrations that they re-
ceived while the new confederacy pro-
missed to be a success, and that selfish
considerations will induce an abandon.
ment of them and their cause when The
control of the cotton ports and cities
passes TO other hands. The scale having
turned against the new cotton kingdom
il becomes the interest Of European ma,
tons to make early friends of the as
cending Power, the Union which can pu
three fourths of a million Of armed meu
into the field, and maintain them Their,
for three years or the war;" with
steadily rising credit. 1t is gooC
policy to be in favor with the Powe
which can WELD all these weapons
and can control all the grain, cotton
and tobacco of the new world -
Really the magnitude Of the power o
this Union grows upon them as they
consider it in the light of these recen
events; and as the great Southern cite
yield, and the Rebel navy sinks to ris,
no more, it must be expected that tn
, Times with its entire tribe Of followers
{ will from this time forward thunde
against this mad rebellion with con
stantly increasing yigOr.