The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-03
NO 124


Aa aFkoFVd 70 Rle EecE1nlMnn memo
rial sent BY the Liverpool shippers and
merchants TO Earl Russell complaining
because their ships, laden with arms and
ammunition for Che rebels. have been
seized in the Bahamas by our waichful
war cruisers, Che New York Times relates
the good story Sidney Smith used 20 tell
OF q friend Of his who, whom Finohley
Common, The fAvorite preserve Of high
waymen, came, in the progress OF Inn
proyemont, 10 be inclosod, and the foot
pads lost the opportunity Of exercising
their gallant vocation, proposed to draw
up for them a petition to the House Of
Commons running somewhat after this
wi9e: ave, your loyal highwsymen OF
Finchley Common and its neighborhood,
having, at great expense, laid In . stock
Of blunderbusses, pistols, and other in
struments for plundering The public, and
finding ourselves impeded in the exercise
Of our calling by the said Enclosure Of
che said Common Of Finohley, humbly
petition your honorable House viii be
pleased to assign to us such compensation
IS your honorable House in its wisdom
and justice may think iit" This pc
tition is the very parallel of the LiE-
erpOol memorial, in which the SNUG
glers OF articles Contraband Of war say
they "View with considerable anxiety the
hostile attitude assumed by the Federal
cruisers in the Bahama waters % and
think, with their Finchley prototypes,
that If allowed 60 20 on, very disas-
trOus consequences will cnsuO 20 your
memOrialists and other merchants and
-. ~ Al
the indignant footpads did, that steps
may be take to "protect" them and "put
a stop" 10 these meddlesomo Yankee
cruisers! With tho Times, we can freely
forgive Earl Russell for all his CANNON
about the stone blockade, and give him
large margin for future abuse Of the
Americans, in return for his very capital
reioinder 10 the Liverpool memorialists,
wherein he replies that all they say of
their losses in pursuit of their efforts to
aid their friends is doubtless true; but
adds that the true remedy for them is 10
"TefraiB from Usis species Of trade" He
furthermore completely justiiies the vigil
lance Of our cruisers, and concludes by
reminding the memorialists that il IL
the duty of Her Maissty's subjects 20
conform 10 Her Maiesty'a Proclamation,
and refrain from furnishing 20 either Of
the belligorent parties, any of the means
Of war which are forbidden 20 be furnish
ed by that proclamation"
This is well and justly said. at is,"
az the Detroit Free Press ferciblyremarks,
"an unqualified admission, by high Of
fioer Of the British Empire, that the com
plants made by the people Of this coun-
try, that England is the chief source Of
supply Of the material Of war 10 the reb-
els, is true. II is 70 be hoped that, not
only the citizens Of this country, but Of
all other civilized countries, and espe-
cially our neighbOrs in Canada viii
stick q pin here. The fact here SC
knowledged is not only impotent now,
but may become more 90 in the progresa
Of events. However this may be, il will
be well for the British people 10 observe
Lord Johns advice. What they suffer
from the war 10 not the fault Of the Fed
eral Government, but Of the rebellion, aud
the rebellion could not live thirty days
without the assistance Of these very me
morialists. The success Of tho Federal
Government Is the only panacea for the
difficulties which surround the British
people, and that success, 20 be avalling,
must be rapid. Toprolong the war is not
TO dissolve the Union; II is only 10 make
the revolted States a desert--to 80 dis0r-
ganize their industry, destroy their pro-
| auctions, and, in a word, 80 exhaust them
that they will be Of very little Importance
20 the commercial world for many years
10 come. The Tederalists have no idea
OF abandoning the struggle. No man in
the country is this instant bold enough
we might add, criminal enough, to even
suggest the partition Of the Union. Meth
or the prospect Of taxation, nor the fear Of
a draft, causes the people 10 shrink an
instant from tho contest All that Brit
ish merchants can do In the future Is,
what they have done in the past. They
may aid and comfoIP the rebellion, they
may impose greater sacrifices Of blood
and treasure upon us; but they cannot al
Ger the result. The Federal government
win DO triumphant. The people will sub
init 10 levy en- aaasse before they will sur
render 10 force one inch Of soil over which
the flag has ever waved. II is precisely
in this respect that British opinion has
made q mistake. 10 has not ro0Og-
nized tho oajylesiasss of tho loyal States.
Perhaps IL will be enlightened when
il learns the success q The last enOrm-
Gus demands for troops, OF whom nearly
three hundred thousand aro already U0i-
unfairly enlisted, and 10 acquire the re-
manning three hundred thousand Of
whom, In the same manner, requires only
few days delay before res0rting 10 q
draft. A people who are not thoroughly
aroused would be incapable Of such pat
riotism. The contest must reach the
heart, the intelligence Of nearly every
man, woman and child in The country,
10 enable the Government 10 make such a
display Of power by simple appeal 70
| is citizens. We trust that the English
people will see this and act upon it--that
/ they will learn now, that tieir true in
terests arc with the NatiOnal0oVernmeni;
that the real source Of their grievances 10
| the rebellion" Most heartily do We
second this hope, yet We do not cherish
Il confidently, nor should the American
people. We must put our trust Ia our
selves not in the English Poople.