The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-18

Messrs, Slidell and Mason appear 70 |
make some progress in their mission -
The Emperor Of the French has been |
induced 10 propose coalition on the part |
OF the controlling Powers in Europe to !
give law 10 our country. II seems he
/ would now associate a with his designs
on Mexico. England and Spaiu escorted
this new conqueror IN the New World TO
that shore where lhe genius Of Corsez was
INSPIRED 70 march TO an imperial throne
The successor Of the Great Napoleon
who has one army in the City Of The
Gears, another holding Europe in awe
from its cantonments in France--wculd
NOT hesitate when conveyed 10 the hom-
age of England and Spain, 10 extend his
military sceptre 10 heal the disorder in
Mexico He considers the ailment of
popular Governments a sort ct Kings
cvif, for which there is no sovereign re-
medy but monarch's touch Mr. Sill
dell has persuaded the Emperor that
the Confederate States might, happily be
included in this healing paciication, and
| Napoleon has courteously consultedRussia
and England, and invited them to assist
in the application Of the gentle remedies
be prescribes, in the name "Bieaidtion and
''arn,istics" A million of North American
soldiers, arrayed in arms to maintain
their free Government and nationality,
are expected to ground them at the bid
ding of Bonaparte, whose sensibilities
cannot brook the shedding of blood in
such cause. This is the avowed mo-
tive of his interposition. Yet he may
unconsciously be actuated by the ambi-
ton of securing that protectorate over the
South which Mr.. Slidell, il was UNDER
stood, was prepared to tender TO him as
the price Of his alliance with the rebel
lion. Il is not improbable that the
scheme, matured in secrecy by the
knights of the Golden Circle, for the
dissolution of the Union, and which
looked to the conquest of the rich re-
gions round the Gulf of Mexico, fallen
from the Spanish sway, as providing a
new slave empire, first suggested TO the
Emperor the invasion of Mexico. This
, acquired-being part of the prey coveted
by Southern filibusters--might indr &c
; them 10 aid as allies in making all the
conquest contemplated round the Gulf,
looking to them as an inheritance from
the foreign usurper. No filter man than
!, Mr.. Slidell could have been sent by the
Senth 10 invest Louis Napoleon with
chief authority over the Order that plan
ned this enterprise, and whose function
! declares itself in filibustering, piracy
and rebellion.
| England andRussia decline participation
Il with France in crowning rebellion with
4 victory over Government renowned fol
4 the blessings which have hitherto attend
! ed ID. They will not ally themselves
q with that lawless power which ayows thu
I design of destroying liberal institution
n for the express purpose of extending anc
4 perpetuating slavery, and encircling th'
: Gulf of Mexico with an empire founded
r on the bondage of inferior races. Eng
! land has manumitted every slave through
= out her dominions. The Emperor o
Russia has immortalized his reign by
! freeing millions of bOndsmen. It /.
|, impossible that these Powers can lend
y their mightto establish throne i0r the
a European rival, founded on slavery il
/, America, which will not only extend th,
Il system they have sought TO destroy, bu
4 will alas renew its concomitant--the Af
n rican slave trade. ls ~
+ There is much reason TO believe tha
y Mr. Mason, 10 win the British Ministry
I who stand in awe of British public Opin
e ion, has made overtures, Iecommende,
Ie by pledges, TO follow England's exampl
|, in reference to emancipation. The pro
le posals of Mr.. Mason have been called 70
II in Parliament by the friends Of the Con
l. fedeFates, who seek toreconcile their anti
= slavery constituents 10 the Southern re
10 bellion. Earl Russell has refused TO ac
is cede to this demand, but the demand
sr With the object of il avowed, has operat
d ed strongly on popular feeling in England
n Mr.. Mason's paper, it is suggested, ha
lt been withheld lest its publication nigh
Ia weaken the cause Of the South by alien
Is ating the shareholders. Meantime th
le English people, and especially the capi
ID talists, are propitiated, and the result J
T. seen in the arms, munitions of war, an
lt naval preparations they are making I
sh assist the rebellion.
s. In this attitude Of things how foriu
" nately does the Message Of the Presiden
On appeal TO the hearts of men whereve
as opened to human sympathies It propo
Id ses TO yield TO the infatuated South a
ee that il begs Of European potentaies b
be humbling itself into colonial dependence
al The Message tenders deliyerance froI
he bloody war--from the desolation Of homo
ny 1.-The dangers imminent from slayerl
ns now and ever, while it exists, by instaI
cy peace with the guaranty of perfect fre'
ht dom, and the gradual removal Of ii
ty cause Of all our woes, on terms 50 jus
or generous aud easy, that no inconyenien'
nal would be incurred by those habituat,
tic 10 the old syatem of labor "a IL auiet
he receded; but on the contrary, would r
ore ceive in advance from the promis'
change, rich results in the increasil
value Of landed estates, 70 be doubled
so the close by just compensation for th
* species Of property whose loss itself
the experience has shown 10 be gain