The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-03-30
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euce of our country. war between
France and the United States has be-
come plainly inevitable We do not
mean 10 saythat this war, or any Other
external event. or any foreign counte-
nance or succor whatever, VIII be the
efficient cause Of our independence
only the occasion. twill but give the
sieIril and strike the hour, 10 anow
maj lie fnliness Of the time Is acc0m-
r,iished. and that the goal % won. We
will hail this new complication as a sig
aal but need not thank and bless it as
.ssif Il had won for as the noble price
which .ge shall owe TO the virtue and
valor Of our citizens alone, and 70 the
blessing Il Providence ., 81
tAfrench newspaper, from winch We
quoted yesterdsy-the Courier du DI-
nanche-says. We must not deceive
ourselves; war with The United States
its inevitable And it goes on to point
on. the sure indications Of that comlng
storm IN the manifest i'll viii Of the
Warrington Government towards the
new Empire of Mexico The emphat
ie recognition of the Mexican Republic
by .boslr Houses Of Congress, and the
neceesitv under which the Federal
Government viii find itself, as the wri.
Ter foresees, 10 avoid the disbandcn-
rnent of its immense armies after peace
shall have been made with the South,
and TO nrovide them with Mexico as a
Geld Of adventure and prey, sho"
thn Thinking men Of the North also
begin 10 be well aware Of the approach
al the storm Of foreign war, bat the
Black Republicans. the Ministerial the
war press Is siu0iously silent about ~
To talk Of such q thing would not tends
70 encourage the people 70 desperate
perseverance in the war for the Union
and therefore would be destroyed It
Is only the journals which have long
been convinced Of the futility and in
sanity OF the said war for the Union,
that have the courage to utter word
Of warning. The New York Daily
News, for example, says With our B.
narciai system in irreparabie disorder,
and We, alanding ct the threshold Of
81 var with foreign powers, II is useless
70 shut our eyes 20 the lightning and
eIose our ears TO the thunder. The
late Congress pledged this country 70
vindicate the IepUbiioanism OF Mexico.
II can not reeede from the position
without dishonor
As TO the diehonor, that could not
ptand nuch in their way, but in truth
tbeyIcannol ,recede from itGt all without
such keen modification Of their ma
tioaal vanity that il may safely be
token as q certainty that they viii not
submit to il Not that they care for
Juarez siill less do they care for re-
publicanism in Mexico or anywhere
else leasi ot al for any engagements
they may have contracted with the
said JuaFez or bis government but
The fair realm Of Mexico is the darling
81 their hearts and the desire OF their
eyes That il belongs primarily and
ultimately,to them, has long been a part
OF their popular creed, and this the
Emperor Of she frenok knows as wen
as any man alive. Il he planted an
Empire in Mexico he knew he was pre-.
pairing Tor himself war on this CONT
neni. and If England shrunlf back.
from Joining him in that enterprise, it
was in hopes OF keeping out Of that
war herself The French and the Yam
kee j9aruals we have cited, both plain
" declare that war is inevitable. They
tllze, however. very different views Of
IL and have quite different objects in
insisting upon ik
The French Courier has been de
coiycd BY The long continued and con.
siantiy repeated assurances of the
Yankee people that the present war is
almost a. ga end, and both parties will
unite against the Emperor OF Mexico
aad this new war win probably be the
pledge Of their reconciliation, and fora
secs grave peril not only 20 Mexico.
bat TO Frame, if the two veteran ar
mics Of FedeFals and Confederates
united their banners and precipitated
themselves the Rio Grande. 1t
has vision of Macmillan Sefhroned
within fortnight snd a mighty war
entailed upon France to sustain her
new empire, which she could NOT de-
cline without sinking lower than even
Englaud when she abandoned Den.
mark. On the other hand the New
York journalists demand that the cor
spiracy against republican institutions
upon tlis continent he forbidden bg
ouS statesmanshiP and defeated ht
Federal fleets aud armies. 1t points
out that the Federal House. BY
unenimous vote, DEVOTED itself 10 The
fulf' meht cf thai mission. and the
Sen ate more recently has aocepted the
Obligation, and proceeds TO insist that
the Government must redeem. lie
pledge, and the obligation is none the
less because il must be fulfilled nj the
swords point
Prom al this the writer arsi,es that
there Is . most important choice now
70 be made by the Yankee nation.
Choose. then, whether we enter into
the foreign war in alliance with the
South, on having the Soath lsagnerea
with a foreign Toe againstuS II seems.
then. =. a. not for ~, but Cor, eur enc
mics "a choose whether We shall hebt
On Maximilian's side OF on Abraham
Linooins; whether. we shall maintain
the Monroe doctrine or DENY IL On
one point. as least, the Paris Journalist
and the New York one are in acoora.
They both assume that the moment Ne
are az peace with The United States we
shall be ready 20 send armies TO Mex
ioo OF anywhere else, 10 eight the hat
ties Of the United States, Dor tiie
present it is not necessary for Us 10
pTonounee upon the sccuracy OF this
calculation. We are nOt 81 peace, hnf
Al war with that power, aud her enc
mies must be directly or Indirectly
our friends, But TO be sure, II the EN-
peror &C the French does 70 70 war
with the Yankee naticn, il win be for
his oWn sake, net Tor ours It viii be
70 yindicate the Independence Of Mex
lea, not OF n irgiQia sad the Caroiinas,
never A. French aeot in 4he Galf,
and French army ON the Mississippi,
would be a division highly agreeable
and useful 10 ~ in the preEent state Of
affairs The Confe,ierates also Il they
aid the Emperor, by keeping the great
armies Of the Yankees fully engaged
home, would do 50 not for loye Of
ae has earned no love Of ours vet 1
. ~ sinfl5 IN their own saeienssS = AZ 1
present The Monroe doctrine itsslf r. j
- - ses A. compared With our ON, /
=. 1lsols urgent Interest q matte - /
tol@i inoirerence We feare Fttle -.
- ~ aae1ieo, provided Il be moi The
Yankees, and A. for the conspirarv
against Republican instisutiops Ne ~
aware Of 10 such dangerous copsnir..
tors against them a. the same Ysrisees
fhemseiges In short our position. Al
present. between the Two 1rnspectivs
belIifefeAts Is one Nnlch appfcaehes %
equilibrium. Tet the Ccnfsderaev. ~