Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-06-22
THE NASHVILLE CONVENTION.


Nashville papers will probably soon furnish us
witty of the composition, debates, decisions, and
Public Address of the Nashville Convention, as TO
enable us, upon any thing like full view Of them,
to speak of them as they deserve. Enough, how
ever, is discernibe of the points of the whole to
authorize the belief that the Convention will have
done no harm to the country-not altogether from
the want Of will in some of its members, but chiefly
from the impotency of its organization-two or
three States only having in it any thing ike
substantial representations, the remaining States
counted as being present being known to nave
refused to be represented, as Staes in the Conven-
ton, and the persons actually present as Delegates
having no such warrant or authority as to justify
their undertaking to pledge their States to any
course whatever.
The subjoined summary views of the Conyen-
tion its composition and its issues, appear to have
been prepared by one who has paid more particular
attention to its proceedings, reported by the Ie-
legraph, than our engagements have allowed us
to do.
FROM THE NEW YORK COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER
The NASHVILLE CosvEsrIos.-The long agony over;
and the Union is dissolved The bdnds Of brotherhood,
the cords that bind U.S. have scarcely felt the strain which
predicted would be brought bear upon them by the
Southern dsunonists and the whole movement has turned
be, what thinking predicted it would be, very
lame effort conueionisng for Buncombe. Little more
than bare majority the Southern States have sent dele
gates to the Convention and Of the gentlemen there from the
nine States represented may be truly said that some OF them
rode in upon very small vote indeed and scarcely one,
could be properly said to represent the majority OF the
people of the district from which he came. AS to certain
members who from single Congressional district and
because only districts in the State would have any
thing do with the business claimed represent the whole
State the ground that they knew the sentiment OF the
South only say that their republican education must
have been sadly neglected.
readers have been the pains to peruse the daily pro-
ceedngs Nashville they scarcely have failed to observe
how evidently the gentlemen there have felt the uammes OF
their position. The idea Of such Convention was started
by dsunons in the belief that it would be popular at the
Souh or would least be numerous attended, and that
the consequent excitement might be made tributary TO the
triumph Of the Southern party in Congress eyre
gous has seldom been committed The good people OF
the South laughed in their sleeves while the noiier politicians
talked SO loudly and grandoquenty but the people
were very unwilling that their sanction should be given to
any actual movements in the direction Of disunisn And
thus we have judged the people of the South. Their
representatives and leading ought least to have
known them we'll We only account for such lack Of
knowledge the supposon that they, the said representa-
tves and leading men, had talked themselves Of Judgment
and had so often asserted that the South would dissolve the
Union rather than yield title of her arrogant claims that
they had become the victims of their hallucnaon.
The experiment made, and what falling of was
there !" Not complete representation from any Southern
State from the majority Of them most imperfect nominal
delegation; and from many States only couple Of district
representatives The result most perpexing inequality
of representation from the slave States, and marvel
that there great difficulty in arranging how the Conven-
ton should rote upon any question And still less wonder
that the gentlemen who in the face of such marked neglect
and dsapprova from the South had the courage attend the
Convention should feel themselves embarrassed by their posi-
ton. more remarkable specimen Of contradiction Of sin
ners against themselves have Most Of them
have desired TO sin against the Constitution but
of them restrained in their by the force of public
sentiment around them. Some, the other hand could
in their hearts approve Of disunonim but they believed
all the other members there for other purpose and
amusing to read how they deprecated the wrath Of the Con-
vention before they declared their sentiments
Some talked Of and boodshed, and advised the South
in effect 70 polish up all the old bayones they could nd
kes but they did this in thoroughly pacific and
moved that may well be inferred that the counsel not
sincerely given. In Short we regard the assembly Of the
Nashville Convention godsend to the of peace and
Union They have dispersed, and their exuan coming
gether with their sad and mournul separation untl six
weeks after Congress had adjourned may, taken together
afford lesson which would ain hope cannot be lost upon
the most hoheaded Of Southern agato That lesson
is this The Southern People detest the practical purpose
which Southern Senator'S and Representatives have avowed
While the North evnces its present disposition deal ber
ally brothers should with the South the cry Of dis
union will daily become unpopular desire for
promise will become and generals it will be uni
vesal and he will justly be accounted traitor to his country
who prefers disunion to compromise.
vessel at New Orleans, which left Tampa
Bay on the I'd instant, reports that as she came
out she met with the steamer COL Clay, with some
Of the Florida Indians on board from Charlotte
Harbor for the West.