Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-06-24

exceptions, (suoh as Hon. John Bell, Etheridge,
Taylor and Cullum, irrsspeOtiveOf party, and eve
~ national Senator or Representative from the
Nerth. So eminsntly just were the provisions Of
this bill that every legislature then in session Of the
Slave States cordially approved and sanctioned them.
1t was regarded as transfer of this exciting ques
ton from the halls Of Congress to settlement by the
people themselves.
Another essential good accomplished BY this bin
WAS the express repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
Of 1920 forced upon the South in its adoption, and
which the South, az means Of adjustment had en-
deavored 70 harmonic upon, but which the North,
from the day of its passage, had in every instance
openly repudiated,' charged By Gen. Zollieof-
fer in Congress when advocating its repeal. Mr..
Ready also testified upon the Aoor Of Congress 'hat
from 1920 up TO the commencement Of the present
Congress, whenever question has arisen involving
the line Of $50 80l as the division between slave and
free territory, the great body Of the Northern
bers Of Congress have refused to stand by it."
Whether the South was legally or morally bound
to stand By the line of sec so, she has been will
ing to do so for the sake Of harmony" said Mr..
Ready, and continued, 4" But in every attempt she
has heretofore made the North has met her with
bitter denuncaton, insults and defiance until for
bearanee has almost ceased 70 be a virtue" Son
gressOna noninterfereance with slavery in the ter
\ ritories," said Mr. Ready sis in accordance with
the orthodox construction of the Federal constitu-
/ ton, which commends this bill to the friends of
popular rights in every quarter Of the Union" This
measure, SO eminently just and wise, which has
since been ratified by the American people in their
election of President and confirmed and settled by
that august arbitOr Of all constitutional questions,
the Supreme Court, rOas violently opposed By Mr. Hat
ton TIE present knoU nothing candidate for GoUsrnor
It will be seen by reference TO page SO, House
Jour. Of the 31st session of the General Assembly
of Tennessee that the following resolution was in
troduoed into that body
RssoIDo5 That the principles contained in the Ne
braska and Kansas BILL passed BY the Congress Of
the United States, meet our hearty approval and
Senator'S IN Congress are hereby Instructed and
Representatives. requested 10 all honorable
their poOsr to prevent the repeal Of the same the
restoration Of atsAissouri Compromiss,"
On page $50 the vote adopting this resolution is
| given, and ROBERT HATTON is found recorded
| AGAINST it. A disposition was manifested on the
part of certain Black Republican members of Con-
ess to secure it's repeal and restore the Missouri
prohibition; and Mr.. Hatton, as q member Of the
Tennessee Legislature, not only voted against an
approval of the BILL but opposed iustructing our
Senators and requesting Representatives to use
all honorable means to prevent its repeal or the re-
stOratOn of the Missouri prohibition; Of which Mr..
Ready had declared in his speech 1t (the Nilsson
ri COMPROMISED is, in fact the WilmOt provisO, which
has been condemned by all parties, except the AbO-
litionists"
q p,RH ~ Il T.,
found other resolutions introduced by Mr. Dunning-
ton, constituting and approving the Kansas bill more
in detail The first resOluti N reads:
&c That Congress has no power to legslate slavery
into any Territory, state, 70 exclude It there
from: but that the people thereof should be left free
TO form and regulate their domestic institutions In
their own way subject only the constitution Of the
United States; get Congress may pass such ta7' a. are
accessory and proper for srsstorGtoH Of ugitirs5 from
service "
Upon this resolution. also, Mr. HattOn voted in
the negative and on the same day (see pages 66l,
s78 voted for resolution declaring that Congress
possesses no power to Iegislste upon the subject Of
slavery N any rag"
The third resolution Of the series introduced By
Mr. Huntington, reads:
80 Resolved, That in our opinion the Kansas snt
Nebraska bill does not carry with It, or estaohsl
any Of the odious principles contained IN the WI
mot proyisO; or embracing species OF radiealsm IN
imcal to the institutions Of the South, or at wal
with the spirit Of our government but on the con
trsrv Is an extension Of the compromise measures o.
1850 and should be adhered to and carried ont IL
good faith by the North and the South"
Against this Mr.. Hatton also voted, but on tbs
same day voted for the following
Pe,olvsd. That We regard "squatter sovereignty
or in other words, that provision in the kansas-Ne
braska bill under which the right is claimed FOL
The TERRI oral legislature impose upon said Ter
rtories the odiOus and unjust principles Of the WI
mot prOvisO, 8 dstestabs heTsSy and SDee'es 2
radicaI5sr not only jHimcai 10 The Institutions Of IN
South but at CqT Nth hs spirit Of The government u
= ssLE"-(See P. SOL, o10.)
S Who, of all the uncOmprOmising enemies OF the
Kansas BILL more grossly misrePresented, or showed
more determined hostility TO its wise and benign
5 principles than was thus declared by Mr.. HattOn
il was detestabe heresy, species of radicalism
inimical to the institutions Of the South and wal
with the spirit of the government No wonder
that Mr.. Hatton should have taken strong grounds
against instrueting our Senators and requesting ou
REPRESENTATIVES. to oppose any effort of the Black
Republicans 10 repeal such law Had he been IL
Congress- to have been consistent, he must necessa
rily have voted with the Black Republicans. For
in the language Of Gen. ZolicOffer, all the mer
who have spit upon comprOmises-allth the Free Soil
ersaU tRoss 1ko hare broken faith Nth The c0nsttu
toa11 r,gh Of the South in all time past, when they
felt that they could strike at fatally, against
this bill. have sometimes heard Of Southern men
saving" continued Gen. ZoIlioofer, that the bill
promoted freedom, meaning Free Soilism, and was
a fraud upon the South, &c. How does it happen
that the auti-savery men of the North have never
, found it QUIT How does it happen that sound men
of the North who have stood by in the perils Of
1850 and in the other slavery agitatOns, and the
great body of Southern Senators and Representa-
tives. Wings and Democrats, who have lsbOriOusly
examined it in all of its details, have never found il
out?" And yet, Mr.. Hatton said by his vote in t-S
Isoislsture. that it was detestable herssy" and
q spsoiss Of radcalism, and st with the spirit
of the government ITSELF and he would not, there
fore. say that our Senators and Representatives
ought 10 use their efforts to prevent the Black Re-
publicans from repeating the bill and restoring the
Missouri prohibition Well might Gen. ZOlieOher
have exclaimed as he did in the close Of his speech
it cannot be that any portion of the South can
long co-opetate with such deadly enemies Of our
constitutional rights as will compose the great body
Of those who will hereafter conduct the northern
movements and msnGuvres against this bill.