The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-09

4 public has 80 trlumphantlY' concluded
foreign nAfi1ss--ana among theua thAt
hcne rztion which, being nearest 10
blood, might also be presumed to Be
the most keenly1 hated--have. been
mixed mp with The defeated party. The
lpassi0us OF the people we're iaaamed
They SseneFesdy tSSpplsnd 10 Otheaecho
fany appeal % their self-lOTe They
were rea6 y TO uzWn-thsif resSaaees for
half \ 'Senthry 70 come in a quarrel
which Eas pfekunsably bOand up in =
1 eSusssof hoEaable.feVenge iSHtA were
the circumstances in VFhich this nan OF
the people this stribane selected from
the eonnlOaest grade of SEtisEn lie,
bad to rsiss his voice. We have list
enedsto ID An zEurops by this tins
has read his manifesto And What is
the extorted VeFShet dis enemies are
iforcedsto praise him These lWho are
Aceustonaed tothe dispatches prepared
~ the trained statesmen of EaFope. are
forced to admit thst neveE Has dOed-
1 ment drawn up IN better tastef or per
vaded Withaa more subtle or perfect
I Bease of dignity. 90, Never sveses great
questions mere grzFely treated never
was q spirit of medshation Tnos,e lottilys'
displayed These srs the grounds upon
which,we arOW ear exultation in the
Presidents. message and We put it 70
those mach esteemed friends Of oars
who are in The habit, most con.
scien6oualy bat most naistaksnIy, OF de-
crying the people and popular iRsiitu.
tions, whether their kingly pets, after =
quarter Of aNcentasy OF schooling could
have supplied their psftiszns with q
more legitimate opportunity Of blast
sIeE' I.es--s Ha- .s.-sL .. i.ss- .-.=--i a i
American Claims aud British Neu!
% - '-'''is''' tfalfty.i '7-s' '7r "a
From he Ieeds = Meseafy. bee ~. fira 70 Z |
We are afraid when the history Of the 1
Ameriean VA. comes ts be impartislIy 1
written, that the AmeriGans wiz be 1
found TO have exCsllea this country \
quite as much 81 the statesmanlike
moderation OF Their tone with respect I
10 foreign Pohties as id the cicsrness of
their perceptions with respect TO do !
mestie concerns During the contest
they were 6ften tauntetfwith the blind7f
ress Of passion and prejudice, and Ioor-
mails WHICH betrayed in every line the
most iudicrous ignorance of American
Ehairs, and the grossest partzsnshin in
allrsferences 70 'slen, pet cotnpncent-
lE assured their readers that they be
lng at g distance and albeit look upon
matters With iIn nparfiai eyes, could form
: much clearer Judgment. of the ppOba-
sleissue thEn those who were deeeVed
by lheiE hopes and fears, their .Eish hes
and interests, in actual proximity 10
the scene Of strife. Such language q.
this, in which. the Americans were
tasAated with t1eir. folly and blindness,
Continued to the very edge Of the COM
pletea destruction of the Southern
cauae BY the evacuation Of Richmond
and the ssurreRder Of lee, when sud /
denly Sll the prophetic frogs which had
beeR YssOss lab0TiOusly trying 10. blow /
into the dimensions Of pro !
phetic oxen, burst with an iguOminous !
COLLAPSE, Ana aAthfee-slaarters of the :
and the larger part Of the !
classes which srer accustomed .to call =.
therselYes Educated and intelligent" !
looked supreEnely silly. Bat II the Ii
British publiC-AWe mean the upper and :
middle classes-Were for the most part 4
wrong in their judgment i
Of the causes, the nature, the progress, /
and the result of this great strife, they {
were ven more fatally wrong in the II
o. their own duties as neu- Id
lrals. Fdturehistefians OF this country !
will record with shame that while the 4
British Goyernment endeavored to pre- |
serve on the whole strict neutrality, I
the Britain Parliament over. and over A
again signified by cheers and vocifers- !
hons its approval Of acts Ofpirsey which /
brought disgrace on our nation and our
age, and Mat Mr.. I1sipd for Rn act Of !
seiashn ness which, but for the modefa- I
ton Of the American GoYernmenL III
might have involved our country in I
war, was made the hero of = large, per !
haps preponderating portion Of the :
BrItishl LegislaLnne. If we compare !
with these disgracefhi scenes IN our IN
PsFliamentary history the widest Ian {
gusge which has been used by AmeFi7 Y
can orator in or out Of Congress with @
reference to this country, We shall tind In
lhat there is little to boast Of either in n
the superior wisdom which we are apt y
to claim, or even in the superior refnel 4
asHt op Wkieh ss plGrae ourselves. lis
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