The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-17
Tbe creat struggle Of Freedom.


made some very just observations on the
cause Of the violent hatred shown by the
monmchists of Europe TO the United
states. and The wish expressed by such
bigotted tory papers as the London Times
for the disruption Of the Union. He said:
We are called, more and more pointed
w, TO maintain our free form Of society.
not only as against the salveholding re-
volt which has endangered IL, but as
against the aristocracics and manarches
Of Europe. The present crisis in our ma
tional history has revealed the fact that
the Old World--that England especially
bears us no love; that our republican
institutions are odious in her eyes, and
not the least so because our increase in
national power has been too great hither-
TO 10 allow the jealousy we have unde-
Bignedly awakened TO be freely express
ed. But now, when all at once our ma
tional power seems TO totter on the brink
Of ruin, all restraint vanishes, the mask
IL thrown of and the bitter secret is out.
The haste with which our utter over
throw is predicted and every act of ours
is misconstrued Joined with the stony
inseDsibility shown by leading English
men 10 the atrocious character of this
rebellion, shows that all our previous
unexampled prosperity, instead Of secur-
ing for US any cordial good will abroad,
has only tended to deepen the aversion
with which we are looked upon. Tn
doubleday all Englishmen, who upon
principle respect a republican form OF gov
ernment are TO be cordially acknowledge
ed as our hearty friends and well-wish-
ers. But every nation, which as a nation
is maintaining an aristocracy, must, by
the necessity of its position, by the force
of the vital principle upon which il seeks
TO sustain itself, be just as really, if not
as strongly, opposed to our free institu-
lions as the South itself. Our national
prosperity has been from the very first
living argument, growing every year
in force, against all unjust social forms
OF course the prospect of its being over
thrown could not fail to create a satisfac-
ton abroad too intense TO be repressed.
We think that the correctness of these
remarks will strike all thinking men.
What a source Of joy it would be to the
nobility of Great Britain, whose lives are
devoted TO the suppression of all freedom
at home, to sec the nation which, eighty
six years ago, threw Off the authority of
GEORGE III. so harrassed and weakened
by civil war in 1862, that, after being re-
duced to utter helplessness, they would
fall like rotten apples into the lap
of Queen YIoToaIA. The fall of the
Western Republic would be the saddest
blow ever inflicted on the prospects Of
the republicans of Italy, Ireland, Eng
land and Germany. Men would exclaim
that the light Of freedom had gone out
in the tempest, and fold their arms in
despair while the eternal night of des-
potism flung its black aud impenetrable
clouds over the sky, no more to catch the
rising glory of universal freedom. Ty
rants would shout for joy and aristoc-
racy would clap its hands in exultatioa.
Is not the bare thought Of such disas-
ter enough to call up not three hun
bred thousand, nor five hundred thous-
and Of the friends of hberjy-to save
the Union from the impending ruin
which menaces lt--from foes abroad
and traitors at home--but 10 call
two millions Of the soldiers of free
dem to arms, who would sweep before
them on their resistloss march the last
vestigo Of this unholy conspiracy Men
of the South Men of the Mississippi
Valley Men of the Northwest Men
of the Middle States and men of the far
East and West, awake from your lcthar-
gy Have you no enthusiasm in such a
cause ? Has the fire Of freedom, kindled
by WAsHNeToN, and WARREN, aud AD-
ANS, all died out and left the cold, dull
ashes Of indifference in its stead Will
you sleep until the oyer-arching lirma-
ment topples on your heads and burries
you in its ruins? Can nothing arouse
you but the trump of judgment The
day has passed for hesitation, and inde-
cision and attempts TO concliate your
foes and tho foes OF freedom These men
who fight against the Union and sympa-
thize with traitors hate freedom with a
vehement hatred They abhor il with
all the bitterness Of gall aud all the yen-
ON Of the asp. Listen no longer TO these
is,haeile councillors who biz armed trait
ors one gentle blow with mullle and
then wheel around and deal the Admin
istration Of your country a half dozen
blows with a knottcd bludgeon. We have
no faith in such patriotism or such pat
riots There are conservatives who are
now at heart with the rebels, and viii be
with them soon in person, when chance
offers; traitors who have sat like CArI-
LINE in the Senate and prolosscd loyalty
while they were plotting to lay your Cap
itol in ashes; spies, like VALLANDIGuAu
and POWELL who tin your councils and
report to the enemy; olicc-holders who
hope by the help Of British royalty to
become at no distant day lords and sa-
trops over an exhausted, bleeding and
powerlsss country. BY all your precious
interests aud the love you have for your
children, we charge you sleep no longer
atyour posts
How hard it is to be hero in times
when nations reel with great commissions.
To be one requires nothing less than a
combination Of common sense, honesty,