Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-01-27
D1sUNION CONVECTION IN EEw ENGLAND.

DlSUNION CONVENTION IN NEW ENGLAND.
A disurion convention, regularly called and or
ganized was in full blast at Worcester, Massachu-
sets, one week since. It's proceedings, as far as
reported, are highly seasoned with fansticism snd
folly They accuse the Black Republican leaders
at Washington of having deserted their principles
and sold out to the South charge that the election
Of BUCHANAN was popular decision in behalf OF
the extension Of slavery ard contend that it is
time for al the Northern States to prepare for
dissolution of the Union. THEoDoBE PARKER laid
down the separating line of the Northern RePub-
lie, which is to extend as far down as to North
Carolina.
SAMUEL LEIoEsTER, if asked where he would
! draw the line, would reply, Let Massachusetts
draw it around her own borders +" (good) let
New England draw it around her borders, and DEFY
the slave power. Good AGAIN. If New Eng
land, or even Massachusetts by herself, could have
been induced to quit the Union when during the
war of 1872 she first turned traitor to it, the 9TH
er States would have had abundant cause for re-
! jocing. Mr.. LEICESTER to the contrary, we fear
/ that it is vain to hope they will now take that
| step.
| The President of the Convention gave blast, in
which be characterised the dominant party of Mas
saGhusetts as small rotten pota toes Gov. GARDNER
as q huge carbunculOus lie, and her representatives
in Congress as fit candidates for the State prison,
the hospital or the State reform school He said
there was no faith nor honor in the rascals.
The only exception made to the sweeping charges
against Massachusetts statesmen was in behalf Of
her worthy Senator SUMNER. We close our brief
report by an extract from the speech of Mr.. HIG-
GIEsoN, in which that gentleman quotes from q
late conversation with the Senator:
He had talk with the Senator (Sumner) in
| Athepeum Hall, in Boston, last week. and when
he asked him if, when be got back to Washington,
he would reIterate the words against slavery, Mr..
Sumner replied: "reiterste reiterate. If when
get back to Washington, l make the speech I ex-
pect to make, it will be ike fourth proof brandy
to molssses and water" When asked what result
he expected from it, be replied: Il expect to be
shot; there is nothing else for them to do" "GOOd
GOd' exclaimed Mr.. HigginsOn, "aud has it come
to tbis--the foremost statesmen in all the land to
be answered with a bullet, because be has spoken
the TRUTH" He spoke despsirnglY of the repub-
lican party. 1t was afutiie expectation that the
party would recover in 1860. There are no hopes
for them. According to Mr.. Banks, the last cleo
ton decided the politics of the United States fol
the next thirty years; and according to Senator
Wilson, defeat in 1856 would place the republican
party beyond resusctation. The democratic party
knew that this position was the true enc. Mr..
Higginson continued: "Disunon Isl not a desire
merely 1t is a destiny--it is the destiny OF thi
nation. 1t was needful that we should exhaust
the political power of the North to prepare tht
people of the North for disunion. The freesoi
party have performed that work, and now begi NJ
our destiny. 1t is coming, and in Gods name
let it come quickly.