The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-11-19

We ask every enc TO read, carefully,
the following editorial from a leading
rebel organ. The Examiner asserts, what
we have always asserted, that England's
daily wish is the exhanstion-the degra-
dation Of both North and south.> Shall
we, with our eyes open, aid our ancient
oppressor and bitter enemy, by commit
ting the horrid crime Of national suicide?
THE GREATNESS or AMERICA AS UNIT
EEoLAsD's DEvn1sH POLICY.
lFrvm the Richmond Examiner. Noy.sl
The greatness Of America is recent
revelation 20 Europe. With the North
and South cOnfederated under the old
Government the United States possessed
a military power and an abundance Of
resources Of which her citizens, even in
the excuses of their self-complacency,
never dreamed But few minds in Eu
rope had any idea of the power of the
young giant Of the Western World One
or two of their public men, as Cavour
or Napoleon, might have apprehended, by
the force Of their genius, the military
magnitude Of America. But il was gen.
orally dim speculation in Europe 0ur
boasts of military prowess were fire.
quently ridiculed by the English press
and passed as transatlantic bluster, But
this war has shown that even these boasts
fell far short of the reality. II has re-
vealed TO the world an enormous power
that overshadows whatever there is of
military display in modern history, and
has amazed the most arrogant nations of
Europe
Within eighteen months Of this war;
the North and South have raised armies
larger than that of the first Napoleon
iron clad fleets have been launched cap
able Of destroying the combined navies
of England and France two millions of
men have been put in the field; and yet
the internal system Of the industry of
the country and the ordinary pursuits of
peace have been but little interrupted,
unless from the exceptional cause of the
blockade of the Southern seacuast. Had
the North and South continued as one
nation there could scarcely have been
any limit TO th5 achievements of their
military power England could never
have checked it. We could have over
run The continent taken Canada in the
teeth Of a combination of all the Euro
pean powers, and crushed England alone
as an egg shell under the hammer
The bloody and unhappy revelation
which this war has made of enormous
military resources has naturally given to
Europe, and especially TO England, an
extraordinary interest in its continuation.
Nothing could be more contrary to the
wishes and policy of England than that
the war should end in reuniting the North
and South, and consolidating and renew
ing in rivalry to her a military power
which is now wasted in interneciene
strife. That the Union never shall be
restored is foregone and settled conclu-
sion with the British government. 1t
would not now hesitate for a moment to
recognize the South, unless firmly per-
suaded Of our ability and resolution TO
carry on the war, and unless il had an
other object TO gain besides that of per-
manent division in the nationality and
power of her old rival. That object IS
the exhaustion of both North and South
proposes TO effect the con-
tinuatiOn of this war as far as pos
sible, TO the mutual ruin Of the two
nations engaged in il by standing aside
and trusting that after vast expenditures
of blood and waste Of resources the sep
aration of the Union will be quite as
surely accomplished by the eIf-devotion
of the South as by the less profitable
mode Of foreign intervention. To the
advantages she hopes to gain from this
she desires TO add those which
she expects from loss and war. Her
present policy of neutrality with refer
ence 10 the war is founded in the conf |
dence that the South is able TO achieve
her independence, and that the prolonga-
ton of hostilities does not risk her sub
iugaton.
In this unchristian and inhuman cal
culaton England has rightly estimated |
the spirit and resolution of the South |
We are prepared TO win our independ-
ence with the great prices of blood and
suffering that England has named. But
we understand her in this matter. Be-
hind her mask of conscience and phara-
satical precision there turks hideous
and devilish purpose,
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