The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-21
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there, they visit Coopersiown, the home
Of our great novelist, and OF
aero Lake. Every drop Of wsier
which flows from that LAKE 10 he ocean
enters IL betwe, n Cape Charles and Cape
Henry. Cast another look on the map,
and see that magnidcen, Baltimore ana
Ohio Railroad, the graudest piece 81 en-
pineering upon the continent, ana the
noble Chesapea G and Ohio Canal, which
reaches the foot Of the mountl- ps by its
side. Be. ides The almost boundless travel
and transportation from ihe West, eight
hundred Thousand tons Of coal went from
the mines Of Cumberland to tide-wa'or
The wear before the war BY these two
lines of communication. For eighty OF
ninety miles this magnificent railroad
passes through the sacred soil OF Nir-
pinia. AVID The Rrst achievement of the
seeding lords Of the soil was 20 burn or
blow up the bridges, seize the locomo-
tives, tear up the rails Of the road and
break down tho dams Of he canal, and
thus cut off the most important line OF
communication between tho Atlantic
coast aud the interior; nor ives this
merely for military motives; the Rich
mond press spoke Of the railroad % y
nuisance" because IL competed with
their own works Of internal communica-
ton. Are Ohio and the other North
western States going TO hold one OF Their
chief routes to the seab0ard by this pre-
car,ous tenure? Again, look at the map
aud consider the position Of Key West,
of the Tortugas, and OF Fort PIckens' 1t
was truly stated by Lieutenant, Maury,
in an Official report some years ago. that
whoever commands them controls naVl-
CATION Of the Gulf of Mexico. Are you
going TO resign these dominant stations
to the foreign State Of Florida, whose
whole population, white aud black, does
not equal that Of any Of The c0un-
ties OF suffolk, Middlesex, Essex or
Worcester2 A puny State, which, if The
C~onfederacy is recogni cd, is not unlikely
in a few years to be teco'0nized by Spain,
by the snme process which has been
lately gone through at $50. Domingo. What
is TO prevent, her, If this notable doctrine
Of secession prevails, ftom leaving the
Soulhern Coniederacy as she has left the
United States, and carrying Key West,
the Tortugas and Pensacola, along with
her? Look finally az the map, and trace
tho course OF the mighty stream that
drains tho central basin Of the continent.
Follow IL from its outlet in the Gulf, 10
the main channel, TO tho junction with
the OHIO, aud up that beautiiul river 70
tho confluence of the Monongahela and
the Allegheny, the one coming doWnfrom
the north western corner OF Virginia, the
other from the south western corner OF
New York; then up the Mississippi itsele
above the %inction with the Ohio, with
seven States UPON it's banks, 90 the high
lands which divide its waters from those
which a,w into the Arctic Sea; then up
the Missouri 10 the inmost recesses OF the
Rocky Mountains, forming, with q hun
bred tributaries, each as large as The
II idson, the grandesl system VI internal
water Communication on the face Of the
globe; It's banks occupied even now bt
twelve Iowa States, and ten millions Of
freemen who own the soil they iii; de-
tined 10 the lapse OF another hall cenin-
Iv, to say the least, 30 dOunlr their mum
bers aud theii resources Make Z is suf
vpy, then Tell me who dares. that tn
United Statrs, 10 whom, on he higbesi
consideration OF national aud interna
tional poliG,, his imperial domain was
oeded by the FIRST Napoleon twO genera
tions ago, are going SO give up its portals
10 the keeping Of a foreign State. whose
free population is less than $4,000, aud
who, if this wreiehed quinbl OF seces
sion is recognized as a part OF the pubic
law, NAV, ii she chooses, reirocede her
self 10 France 30 marrow.
eEcgssIoN A wREToHED oUlBRLE.
calrit a wreicbed quibble, and a re-
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its authors consider il so themselves. a
few months siuce the dispatches Of the
Confederate State Government 70 their
agents ia Europe, fell into the hands Of
ono Of our cruisers. From one Of them
appeared, that, in the course of the last
Summer, the French Vice Consul at CAL
weston, without the slightest indirecion
or attempf 40 c0nceaimrnt, addressed q
letter TO the Governor of Texas, inquir-l
ing whether Ia bis opinion, IL would not
promote The prosperity OF Texas TO es-
tablish her separate independence.
About the same time, a similar inquiry
was addressed by the French Consular
Agent az Richmond, to one OF the Texan
Senators. This simple inquiry, to which
a civil answer wa returned by the Gov
ernor aud Senator OF Texas was de-
n%ounced nv Mr.. Secretary BENJAMIN as
act "of hostility 10 the Cohfrderacy."
Mr.. Slidell was ordered TO coll the En-
peror Louis Napoleon to account for his
alleged completely in this "inirigue; -
and the unfortunate Vice-Consuls were
ordered by Mr.. Davis "to be exp He'd
from the Confederacv" at twenty fouTs'
notice. STEPPED to the lips in the blood
that he is shedding TO vindicate theright
of a sovereign State TO secede, he eXpols
a couple of foreign oonsuls from the coun-
try, because they inquired Of the Cow
ernOr aud a Senator of the State Of Tex
AZ. whether il might not be for her inter-
est 70 exercise that ri ht.
SO absurd, 80 aagrantly insincefe, so
openly repuditted by it's authors are the
pretexts OF this unholy war. What re-
mains but that we should strenuuusly
and Loyalty support the Government in
bringing 10 to victorious result. Peace
on any terms viii be nothing but a hol-
low truce, lasting only till fresh causes
OF controversy arise, and tie means OF re-
moved aggfession and outrage are accu-
multaed. Toward the suo1essful prese-
culion of the war, eyecy good citizen is
bound 20 contribute % the utmost by
word and deed, by personal service, If OF
age TO render H. by his c%ounsol, with his
purse, If need be With bis life, IL he
can do nothing else, lethim at least speak
words of patriotic cheer, seeking 10 IN
spire the community with confidence, 10
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