Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-17

coIato psTty is It's decision. II the poope Of the
North snd the South w sdhere 70 this settle.
nent Of vtxsd and barsssipg question, how peace
frl glorious and hsFpy may be our faure progress
IS a Es.io1; what gigsat advances may Be male
IL the arts ard scisrces; how wonderfully may
cur civilization unfold itself over this N5T,h AGer-
iesD continent, ard Row eheerf0lly may we look
back on the tuibfd waters through which We pass.
ed. as we career on in our d stiny as Nationl-
II. however, we are deceived ia these ion sp. Gu.
lstions. snd the South is forced to Their struggle
for her Constitutional rights, we hsvest least gain
ed immensely in the fact, that now every Depart
rnent Of the Government has sanctioned our views
ana the principles of the Kansas Nebraska Act
has been recognised BY msi ority in Congress, 3
Northern President and Northern Judges Of the
Supreme Court. The Supreme and final Arbiter
under our Federal Constitution hss decided tsat
Slavery cannot be prohibited By Congress IN he
Territories; ihose hereafter who raise such qaer.
TONS or vote for such laws are really rebellious,
and whatever they may aIledge to the contrary,
are seeking to sUbVert law and order and oveFturn
the true principles on which our Government is
based A war begun and carried on regardless of
toe decision of the Supreme Court Of the Uaion,
and with 9 view to bury the Judges and their su.
horty in one common ruin, is revolutionary in It's
character, and must 60 be treated by all good men
in the North and the South. The people of the
slave holding States, viii now be able to satisfy
themselves fully, whether their brsthren in the non
slaveboIding States mean Disauion or Uaion.-
There is 10 longer any pretence to cover treason,
and if, as we hope, the masses Of northern men
are not wishing discord and dsunion, we shall
| soon see them rebuking the reasonable fanste:sm
/ Of their Black Republican leaders, and marching
up to sustain the Constitution and the Union.
Should We unfortunately be mistaken in ouI
confidence, aud the agitation against slavery still
widen and deepen in the Northern States, rising
and swelling like torrent, and threatening every
moment to break down the barriers of the law
and leave our rights at the mercy of remorselesi
majority, showing hearts regardless of social order
and fatally bent on mischief, tie people Of thc
| South will then be in the condition of our Revo
lutiocary Fathers ready sitter long fOrbsaance snC
urgent oppression, to submit their cause to tbt
| judgment of the civilized world, confident tina
wherever constitutional or legal rights are estina
ted and protected, the judgment will be in thqi
favor.
To the Democratic party, who for twenty year
have resisted tie enactment of Wilmot Proviso
aid other prohibitory lsws-who took the advanc
in the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise and til
enactment Of the principles of non Intervention il
the Nebraska Kansas Act, and who stood sIont
during the late contest in their support Of the leg
atty, proprety and policy OF this course, the deci
sion on which we have been commenting, is &
| grateful as it is triumphant. We feel Just like 81
old pilot, who, SITTER disputing aud quarrelliug 70
dsys with less skiiful persons, whether his vesse
was upon the proper course, suddenly bebolds tn
| presence of some well known and familiar beacol
that verifas the soundness of his Judgment
There is no more ground nov for Southern Know
Notbings to charge Us with agitstiOu, and seek t.
saddle the madness of Free Sellers on cur shou}
ders, We lave, ss it is SHOWN, been cOntendiDj
for the repeal or PrsvsntiOH Of unconstitutional lqu
and the enactment Of those that were cousd ati0Hu
If this be agitation and disloyslty to the Union
then indeed we have fallen upon evil tines and tb
spirit Of '76' is extinct. Oar FoTefsthers com
menoed and prosecuted bloody wsr, IN order t
avoid some arbitrary and oppressive ensctments Q
the British Parliament although they could nei;h
er appeal 20 8 violated Constitution CT crushed
Judiciary. Now if the people Of the South an
Of the Democratic party, cannot INSIST OF their L
gal rights in the Uaion, without being held liable
the charge of agitation, and becoming sn.werabl
for the madness and folly Of these to whom the,
are or posed, then We insist TIA: what they demon
mate heresy, is the mode in which We worship th
principles Of Constitutional freedom