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mise e. aad wisely 100 and /. for The people here
upon tas deserves Ia the purposes asowed oy us pro
is tue may be desecraed by who, under the nhn
omistaken ZEAL worse parreidal wishes to blot
cannot doubt will in all possible ways. her solemn
against the whole movement and envy not the
men whose last resting place 3 beneath her sod shall be
found eonsonng with those who would rend in pieces the
aurels which now cluster around their tonbs
Now sir, in the first place, il is not true that any such
article as this ever appeared in the Nashville Union The
nellgencer has mistaken the paper from which il has
made the extract have before me the Nashville Union,
advocating the Southern Convention strongly any
paper, believe in any OF the southern States do not
charge this fraudulent and intentional mistake upon
the part Of the Intellgencer know not how they fell
into the error doubt not they explain il, and that
their explanation will accompany the remarks which |
make repeat that make no charge OF any intentional
missaement upon the part OF the National Inellgencer
Again MIR President, this does not give the resolution
adopted by the Legislature OF Tennessee. The last
olutlon IS correct copy as far as i goes but i leaves
out the most important and material part OF the resolu
ton, and is therefore calculated to make false impress
sion upon thepubc mind as to the position and the opn
ions assumed by the Legislature Of that State.
The resolutions as adopted by the Legislature OF Tennes-
see, reads followsi
Rsoipd further, That the patriotic people Of the State
Tennessee deprecatng the sad effects disunon Of these
and also feeling sacred regard the memory and serv
Of their evolutionary fathers, win stand by and defend
that the only BY hich the Union be preserped
us original purity SOFAS % secure 10 the several States their
TO THE LAST ExTREMTY, and all attempts to ptoate the
spirit and intent of ITS provisions
1.-THE portion TO which the honorable senator parrcu-
larly referred is printed in italics.-REPl
This part OF the resolution sir being the most import
ant and material portion OF those adopted by the eglsla
ure was entirely left out by the lnelligencer; yet
has taken il from other But certain j is that
he did not take it from the NashUHie Union he must
have taken it from some other paper
Again, this account is false in this 1t assumes that the
legislature of Tennessee not only failed appoint dele
gates 10 that conventions but that they condemned the
holding OF this conventions and the motives and objects OF
those who have moved in it. and who were rs advocates
to party OF that legislature and would add. sir,
equally false the other-papaby false relates
both Of the great political parties Of that State;
The history OF the proceedings before the Legislature
upon this subject is this The democrats had majority
in the house, and the wings majority in the senate.
The resolutions were introduced into the house. and
were, believe, substantially copies OF the resolutions
passed by the Legislature OF Mississippi, with the
ton OF resolution taking broad and strong ground
against the admission of California placing it. believe,
upon the same footing OF the Wlmo Proyiso terri
toria bill These resolutions passed the house. and also
resolution providing for the appointment OF to
that conventions Southern Convention, to be held at
Nashville. The resolutions passed the house by party
vote The wings, however, offered resolutions. substan
TALLY those which hold in my hand and which
finally passed BY both houses And in relation to the
sending OF delegates 10 the convention the wing party took
this ground First that they deemed il proper that the
people themselves should determine whether they should
choose the representatives in that convention; and,
secondly il they chose to be represented in the conven
ton to be held, that they themselves should choose the
representatives in that convention Therefore II is that
assume the charge contained in this paper-coped, |
have doubt, from some other papers palpaby false
in relation to both political parties OF the Legislature OF
that State that neither party regulates nor condemns the
Southern Convention, TO be held at Nashville One oil
the parties advocates IT, and maintains that the legsla
re the proper party to appoint these delegates, and
they passed resolution TO that effect In one body Of
the Legislature, they had majority; and in the other
house, where the wings had majority they believed II
nexpedent for the legislature to determine upon the pro-
preiy OF sending delegaes-far Tor them TO select
these degaesbut that they should be selected by the
people themselves
While am up, would say one word further Why
does the Infegencer select those sided statements
coming from the South and publish them in the columns Of
that paper doubt not the editor desires preserve the
Union, and we find nothing scarcely in the columns
Of that paper but the Union and the great wing President
Is that the only mode Of proceeding Can the Union be
preserved byrsuch course OF poicy9 one-sided op
posing OF the South, and assuming yet peaceable
mode of preserving the Union, is but carrying out the
designs and wishes OF the northern fanatics upon the
rights and interests OF the South and the submission OF
the southern people TO be the only peaceabe mode
in the estimation OF the editor of this paper, by which
the Union must be preserved.
Mr. President the people oil Tennessee love this Union
as sincereyyea, as dearly as the editor OF the lntel
gencer and yet sir, they must stand by the resolutions
that they have passed They have decided upon peace
able mode OF preserving it, Ii is defend and protect the
constitution which guarantees II, which dement's IT. and
which created this Union ITSELF and without which there
be Union They therefore resist at all hazards to
either upon their rights equal their rights and prop
ery This, they say the only mode BY which can be
preserved; and does 10 me that the editor oil tins
paper, occupying such position, the sole object OF
which is TO preserve the Union, should not be so re-
markably one-sded in all his editorials. Sir y
leaves but one impression upon my mind; and
that is, that much he loves the Union, he Is
these measures, which the legislatures Of the south
ern States have, almost every one Of them, pro.
nounced a sufficient cause for resistance, in that
they oreshadow the result OF the dissolution OF the
Union. II he is for the Union, he is for Il accord
ing to the wishes and desires OF the northern people
He will leopard il as sacrifice, rather than fail TO
carry into practical operation the designs OF these north
ern fanatics which have produced such excitement II he
desires the preservation OF the Union let him make one
or two appeals to his northern friends, and not aP'
peal entirely and exclusively 10 the South Does the ed
tor suppose that there is no patriotism IN the SCUM