The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-23
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WM. CAMERON a CO., Publishers.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1855.
Are we Drifting into War with
France9

1 ALe utcliL4tloA OF the Mexican mission
BY Gene al Logan Of Illinois, is no less sig
nlhcsn. than bis appointment. On the 7th
OF June he made a speech in New York. a.
the Cooper Institute, in which be said:
"Ihe little gentleman in Mexico ought 10
be notified some morning very early, lust
beiore breakfast, that It will be equally ss
pleasant 70 the people Of the United States
Il he would retire a little further than that
country But in speaking of Mexico, do
not want you 70 understood it ismy desire
IN any way % encourage what IS known
here as an emigrant society 10 Mexico. II
we in the United States do not want Maxi
mllian 10 Remain in Mexico, IN Gods meme
| let Us have nerve and maniinsss enough to
say, Sir, you have got to get out Of there. 80
| VITA the foil knowledge thai he had said
these thing, and much more Of tho same
sort, the President appointed him Minister
| to Mexico, accredited 10 the Republican or
I Juarez government Of that country. Cen
eral Logan, not knowing within some thol-
sands OF miles the point where this govern
ments Capital or Court might be found, de-
clined 10 enter upon the twild hunt" OBJ
serving with characteristics belligerence of
temper, that no would not go as Minister 10
Mexico unless $4,000 soldiers were attached
to the embassy, when he would have no
doubt Of his ability % establish the mission
al the ancient Capital Of the Republic.
few days since, at New York, Lieuten-
ant General Grant made an exception 10 his
long and wisely -maintained reserve in pub
lie, to endorse the sentiments Of speaker
in regard 70 Mexico. This was, in effect. an
ayowsl, from the military Commauder-in-
Chief OF the armies Of the United Sta'es.
that he was an ardent sympathiser with
those who are medItating hOsulities against
Macmillan. The reported warlike eonver-
satlon Of General Grant with Judge Cation.
was telegraphed over Europe, and depressed
American securities, and was not without its
elect upon our own markets. When the
appointment Of General Logan, with all the
attendant circumstances, and the pointed
observation Of General Grant, in New York, /
are made known in Europe, we may look
out for considerable furry Of excitement,
and fall in stocks in thas quarter aud it |
IS not lmPertiueat in such a connection to |
inquire whether our public men are quite |
IS appreciative as they should be of the TACT |
that, IN the present relations OF nation with |
nation, their trivial words may be m ment- !
/ Gus things.
The inference drawn abroad from what |
| has been said vii. be thst we are so lost 10 /
resson, that before We have entirely smerged /
/ from the bloOiy wreck Of our own horr bic /
/ war, We sre eager to IA h into a combat 4
with the French Empire, which is the power 4
behind the throne ser up in Mexico, in vim 1
location, as it is called, o the cloudy theory /
known as the Monroe Doctrine" If this /
IS not the conclusion reached, 10 will be be
cause cur friends abroat viii hope that We
have notyet learned 70 weigh our words end /
are more dem0ust-atlve in talk Than in ac-
tIon and that our roaring is rather On
emissioa Of bombast, than the voice Of ear
nest public indignation, aud fixed resolution
that hes counted the cost, aud tnaen with !
clear intelligence the risk and response
bility
What the President and Lieutenant Cen
eral really mean is a question Of grave gen
eral interest-ons that should not want calm
and searching consideration. They have,
we hope, experienced enough OF the diff /
cultes of our political situstion, aud of the /
horrors of civil war, to satisfy all curiosity, |
and to disincline them TO enter upon new |
and dangerous complications, and brave the /
hazards Of another great war. Il the Pres |
ldeut succeeds i'm restoring peace under /
civil law, throughout The land, and confirm /
ing liberty 70 an Of the innocent inhabitants |
thereof, he viii rank among the foremost l
men Of all this world in usefulness, and will !
be h6uored and beloved for all time by his |
countrymeu. The Lieutenact General al |
ready wears bis well-worn golden spurs as /
one OF the knightly great Captains whose |
figures shine IN the history Of the "big wars" !
he has suppei full Of military glory, and let !
him not mistake ambition Tor virtue.
of the singularly fallacious propositions |
that have been Temporarily regarded with /
seriousness, none that have latterly been /
presented TO the American people are more |
uusound, and none more captivating, than /
that it would be brilliant and healing per
49, a. al
our domestic disseus.ons, AID consolidate in /
one mighty national army the Federal and !
Confederate veterans. Il is TO be hoped this /
spec:ous delusiou has not found favor in 1
high places Of authority. We have better 4
employment for vet, rams than 10 march /
them into the BED Sea Of another war
They can be far more useful as home. in the |
workshops and the fields, and in the sta
lions where O grateful people may place /
them, than engaged ia cody crusade o. /
release the mythical Halls OF the Montezu-
mas from the grasp Of the foreign usurper.
Then it Is q mistake, % suppose that war /
is the happie medicine % heal the nations. /
This generation has had enough Of it in the /
struggle to preserve tho Union and break /
the peculiar sectional power that made and 4
embittered sectiousl parties and feuds. A
foreign war coming upon US now would dis
intesrate rather than combine, the elements
out Of which the great Republic is TO attain
its full stature ana symmetry, if il absiains
from suicide. such q war nov would crush
and ruin instead Of rebuild and restore.
No doubt we could, in a wsr with France,
intiiet immense damage upon that Empire,
but there would be blows u take as well a.
give. and we should not be able to push q
column, even across the Rio Granie, without
destructive and doubtful struggle both on
the lend and the sea. When we recOlect
the great srmamentsi naval End military,
that Frauce sent 10 the Crimea, we may cal
culate Whist manner Of appearances she
would make on the waters aud on theshores
of America, II required 10 put forth her
strength in this quarter. The voyage Is
little longer, and is less perilous, from ner-
hourg Z, New York than from Touion 10 Sc
bastopol.
France has bad cause IN Mexico, and 30
she had ia Turkey she undert ok TO treat
the "sick man" Of the East and bad 20 pay
her owe expenses. Let us no initiate her
nroaiga.e ex mple. A war with US would
impair Der financial strength; aud ours also
at theiucreased rate Of expenditure made
inevitable by an inflated currency The
wars Of the Crmea and Italy, conducted by
the present Emperor Of France, were e1tes-
si,-aiv c5stly.and 5 ct France is not insolvent
I I
We sbould look 10 zee hostil.ies between
ourselves snd the French result immedi-
otslv in the irretrievable bankruptcy Of our
enemy.
Even If it we're our part 70 maintain o
protectorate oxer Mex co, as our prO-slavery /
4 .libustefs were once in the habit Of as
sertfnr, we have only 90 preserve wise
and rnasterlv inactivity" f1r a little while TO
see the ghost Of an Austrisn E. pire vanish
from the co4fineBt- But 81 it were rot 20, %
the Mexican people should ind Maximliirn
a wise ruler, and take refuge from the rage
and madness Of faction under his seeptre'
prefering order aUd security under q
strong government 90 incessant agitston
.v4 7srii with a weak one, that would be
their business, affect ng Their de-uay only
and il would be or duty % acquiesee IN
their decision.
We keen of our hands and act upon
common sense principles, the solution OF the
Mexicin imbroglios, thIeatenlpg as u aP-
posrs- is easv. and The case, however knottv /
4 sesns. viii reduce itself 70 this sImpe
alternative: II Maximilan cannot via the
suppod Of the Mexican people 70 hll thfohe,
he must ultimate y leave me country. ~
be succeeds in Obtaining the confidence aud
sufFraees Of the people, we must let then
sDd ann alone. II any event. II Is not our
5,,s,,7-lo interfere ID that country; and IL
yvonia he The hight Of presumtious tolly b
81 sbs5sd aud borrow trouble. when our
- sfsirs rtu1sin so full OF difficulty.
Hs15s 0F. gent. emeu this is not cur hshJ
and let US not make i our iuneral.--- tdeiH-
nati Commercial
The Memphis Appeal Of the 10Th inst,
-. = W. Irer-et 10 Isara that Brigsdier
clN A M Dudley has been relieved 4
fro19 5utv g Superintendent Of the FTeed-
men. bureau IN this district, aud ordered /
- -a,.o-t =, Major Gen Thomas, command
ipe uiitarv Division Of Tennessee Tor or
deTs. We learn, turtner- mas i9e aifi,ioh
- - -+.tsinto sub-t istricts has been abol- /
isbs5 nd that the business Of the Bureau /
III .s-..as- Be c1nducted By agents for /
ear eosnty, who VIII Be dssigasted Super
intepasnts. and report directly 10 Brigadier /
~ ,,--s-f-afion of She Bureau, by which |
~. S.s5--.-s-tendarts Of districts sre all re