The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-16

fishes long article which teens with
hatred against the United States Govern
menf, and especially against the free labor
States which are under its mild and |
prternal sway. The Revie0 hates the
free States because they are democratic |
ard commends The rebel States because
fbsy are constituted on an aristocratic |
g basis. Az an illustration Of the light, in
which British aristocrsis view the South
ern rebellion, we qnote several passages
from this fierce trans atlantic hater of
human freedom, and popular government.
They are worthy Of being laid aside for
reference. The Reviewer says:
"Tho impression produced upon the
majority OF spectators in England has
undoubtedly been that dcnlocro ic ittstitu-
lions haze failed. Then there is no doubt
Ia that American proceedings would have
been discussed less eagerly in England,
% and possibly criticised with less freedom,
IL they had not been made the turning
point OF a political controversy of our
own. For a great number Of gears, GER
tcin party among u.s. great admirers Of Anler-
sea, uho even in this last extremity, still 100
ship faithfully al he old shrine, haze chosen
sofght their English battles on american soil
That there antagonists should follow
them their, is one of the inevitable ex-
igencies of war"
ifH Here is a frank confession that for
years the British throne has been as.
sailed AZ home by n liberal party, whose
model was the democracy of America.
IL is not strange then that this Tory Re.
ciacer, should exult at this what he vain
TO- ly cOnceives to be the harbinger of the
death of democratic institutions.
The Reviewer next proceeds to give his
ideas of good government, as fol-
lows:
ain this country, at least, republican
ism and monarchy have ceased to be pit
ted againet each other, II is agreed on
all hands that--thfough the crown
- the nation is to rule But
what class is TO preponderate with
in the nationP Hon is tie ma.
zSon's voice to be t1pessedP The strug-
gle for power in our day lies not
between crown and people, or betweena
caste of mobiles, and JorgeoiSic, but be-
fsOeef The CLASSES solo hare yvope1ty and the
the classes col o hare none. If property and
intellectual advantages % which property,
as a rule, implies, are TO be taken in TO
account, the propeytied classes wiU Be su-
prene; as they are nom an England =
The cardinal cause of their Ohe United
Etates) calamitits lies in the great political
EaHocv of their institutions. They are
reaping harvest that was sown as far
back as the time of JEFFERSON"
twill be remembered that Vice Presi-
dent STEPHENS said, in his celebrated
speech, that the ideas of the fathers of
Che Republic were Fundamentally
wrong"
The reviewer having belabored demo-
rs cratic. institutions to his satisfaction, af-
Ger this fashion, next proceeds to eulogize
Che Slave States blas
ait is usually assumed that demo-
cracy with slaves is democracy still;
and that for all political purposes, it will
present the same characteristics as a
democracy in which slavery does not ex-
ist Upon this assumption the example
of Athens has often been quoted to prove
that political ability may abound in a
democratic atmosphere. Such arguments
u are utterly sophistical The PRESENCE OF
nLAvERy ALTERS THE NATURE OF TIE
GOVERNMENT ALTOGETHER The suf-
frage from which alarge black population
is excluded may be called universal by
those who value high sounding name,
but il has no sort OF similarity to the
universal suffrage which exists where the
population is all white. The evil of univer-
sal suffrage is that itplaces the poorest and
n Eudest section of the community in I'M
controlled possession of political power.
The negroes of the South are about one
third of the population, and their dis.
franchisemenh therefore, has precisely
Che same effect upon the political balance
of power that would result from disfran-
chising about six millions of the lowest
and least educated whites in the North.
The planters exercise with
out hindrance the natural influence of
wealth, aud the leyelling tendencies of al
Democratic form OF Government are
wholly neutralized. We are very far
indeed, from implying any admiration
of slavery by these remarks. We are
only pointing ont the pOlitioaliylue''ce iohioh,
as a matter Of fact, tbe institution trerts is
one ~, tue amid a thousand crimes. Ii pro-
duces a very eifectiye-ihough on many
accounts a very objectionable form lof
Arisloerarcy; aud t5r political purposes, H'e
community IA sOhieh EXISTS presents all tie
characteristics Of an Gristoordtsc Constitution.
Volumns of comments on these words
oould hardly add TO their force. They
place this great struggle in its true light
and proclaim il 10 be war between the
people and . miserable aristocracy of