Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-02-21

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Of individual aud public prosperity to which there
is parallel 10 history and substitutes IN its place
hostile governments driven q. orcs and inevitably
into mutual devastation and ffaticidal carnage,
t5sTsiofming the now pesceiul and feiCltous
DIT lernood into vsst permanent camp of armed
ne1, like the rival nonagchies of Irope and Asia
Sir, vas not at all astouished at the lsngus7s
ustd o. the member from Pennsylvania Mr. B
clay when commenting a few DAYS ago, on thai
part OF tbs message l was not surprised 10 see
bin manifest much soreness, when remembered
ma well merited rebuke which be had so lately re-
eelved ct the hands OF an indignant constituency
Tor his betrayal Of democratic principles which be
once proiessed. That gentleman and mary other
gentlemen, have denied that they or their party
were iuhsmed with desire to change the domes-
tic institutions Of the southern States am glad SIR
to see this manifestation Of repentance on tle part
Of those gentlemen. l sm glad they have at last
sWoks from their dream OF CONQUEST and power
and that the President hassO forcioly exposed their
designs and unveiled their revolutionary tendencies
as to draw toTthtrom them 8 denial of their guilt
and some spirit of repentance.
But, Mr.. Chairman, the question has resolved
itself into this Did the President speak truly wheu
be made this statement in his message have
no doubt tu. that thsse gentlemen entertain views
now very different indeed from those they enter
tanned before the people had so signally rebuked
them. But did they act in The last canvass with
this view; and were they or not Ectuated by hos
tile feelings against their brethren of the SOu'h?
And it appears to me that gentlemen must have
forgotten what they did and what they said then.
Did they not indulge, before northern audiences, in
abusive epithets against their fellow ctz Of the
South? DID t-ey not arraign TIER institutions
before jury Of the North, and condemn them
without hearing? DID not your public orators
aud your hired presses TEEN with insults and vile
calumuies which dsceney would have forbade you
to use, even against the people OF foreign gov
ernmentH DID you not raise and mach uoder
banners with sixteen stars only blazing upon them?
And did you Condescend to take either your candid
ate for the presidency or vice presidency from that
! devoted section upon whose ruin disgrace and de-
grsdaton you hoped to build up your own fortunes?
Again, sir, know of 60 better method of jldg-
ing OF the intentions Of men or of parties than by
! their own declarations If you really intend no
interference with the institution Of slavery in the
southern States, what did your great chietain and
| head man Mr.. Seward mean when he declared
| in 3 speech which be made in Cleveland, in l848:
| Whist then, you say, can nothing be done tor
| freedom because the public conscience is inertH
| Yes; much can be done, everything can be done.
Slavery can be limited to its present bounds; il
| can be smeorated. l. can be, and must be, sbol-
| ished aud you and ! can, and must, do it
Sir, every one who knows the character or histo'
! ~ Of the disting1 shed senator from New York,
from whose speech have quoted, knows well that
10 man in the Union understands better the force
Of words than be does
Mr. Chsirman that distinguished senator Qor he
| is truly distinguished and, however much may
despise his political sentiments, must admire n
| for the bOdness with which be sVows them, snd
unlike most Of bis associates for the courtesy which
| clBraCterZes him in Oebate) meant something and
the Bpplsudiug multitude who listened to him
meant something By their applause. Slavery
! can sad must be abolished, and you and l can and
must co it. D." What slavery Slavery where
| Why thers was no slavery 10 New York, none 10
Ohio, none 10 any of the northern States. Then
to what else did he al.ude-to what else could he
have slluded-f he did not mean slavery in tie
southern States And mark you SIR, be did Tot
say tina. the people Of the slsVeh5lling States
cyuli and must Abolish slavery but he said, you,
the people OF Ohio, a8d the senator from New
| YORK must do It
Again, cir ii the same speech from which l have
| read, Tie senator from New YCTk said:
" Wherein 90 The strength sUd security Of slave
~ he2 YOI answer that they lie II the C0nsttH-
ton # the United States, and tie constitution
AID Ia VS. Of the United States, and :he consuiu
u0-s aud avs Ol the sss eh),di-g States. Not At
! all Tley lie in the errlnaCus sentiment Of tie
| American pe1g!a. CJastitltiyHS and lars cuI no
more rise above the y7tUe Of tae people tusu the
| lEDFId stream can imb above Us native spTLg
ICI!cs.e, then, the love Of freedom and the eQgai
rights Of man under the pagsrnsl roof; see G; It
that they are t6ugh. in he schools and Al the
Caur- he-; reform you're own code; extend q cordial
welcome 70 he figiuve who lays his weary limbs
sJyOur door and defend him as you wolId your
psJsFnal gods Correct your e-r THAT slavery
has any c5nsti:udgEaI guarantee which may not
b released. ard ought not t. be re'uqu!sled.
Aud he SAYS -lEeT on:
| Whenever ne pu5Ic mind sh,I wlI tie a59.-
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Dies 81 tbs mean nothing, So AlJ ca TAI
TIA. remarkable speech 0. that rems 'ksb IL 3D.,
end Cg.gc 70 any other sensible G. &c i'm J4-.
taa. he meant t. convey h. idea losL 10 VS. tie
dug OF toe rO.lheTn poo. IL aud tner u-aL 10
s5C.aa slavery whenever they hai doe power, or
/ rtc-eF5r the snti slavery seutime1t e ,h2 north
W5s ready TO vii it, II he msaut 10. last. he
| mesut nothing.
s.r. Wzkems1. From what paper do you read?
Mr.. Wright, OF Tenn. From tie Gl5s.
Mr. Waselnan. From what slee-h?
&r. Wright OF TEN. From the speech OF the
senator froL New YORK, as quoted By the selstJr
from Mississippi NJ. Bowl and which the sen
stor rom New York Mr.. Seward has h6d pab-
llshed himself in his book o; sgesolsz, and which
he does not deny
Nc Wskemal. Oh, that is another thing.
Mr.. MoQIeea. Whose speech is it ron?
Mr. Wright, Of Tenn. Mr. Stewards And
now, air, l wish to know from the gentleman from
New York lie he denies that the senator lrcm New
| York made tnat speecbt
! Dir Wakeman. I do not know anything about
il; sim ly ed the gentlsmaa il he was reading
| from Mr.. Stewards speech or somebody else $
NJ. Florence Does the gentleman from New
! Eosk CJiDCide IN it? That is the question.
Mr Wakemaa. Not at all l say LOshing On
the subject
t, Mr. Wright, O. Tenn. But this Is not sl sir.
Another distinguished senator Mr.. Wi sou,l whose
distinction, however, sr,sss not 90 much IRON his
ability and learning as from bis trucking su6ser
v,eacy TO the lowest pr'judices and passions of
mankind, in letter u Wendell Phillips, the great
cclue OF ultra sboltOnisn, said:
The auu-slavery party alone Is tOO weak. They
are few ID Lumbers, though their policy bsleye
will yet be impressed upoa the country; but the
| time Is lot yet"
Now, sir, TO what policy did he rcfI? he well
knows that the party TO which Wendell Philips Is
attached, and Of which be was then speaking, hold
to Il policy OF BbollshiDg slavery everywhere IN
! the UoIted States, through the action Of the fede
| rsl government He says that policy will yet be
! impressed upon the country; but the time Is not
| yet, meaning to sgree with the distinguished seus.
tyr from New York, Mr.. Seward that, whenever
! the public sentiment wIIlej the abolition Of slavery
/ the way would Olea for it. If be meant not taIs,
| tLen IS isrgusge worth nothing.
] But, sir, ct US review the policy Of that party,
/ as st forth by its advocates upOl this h1Or Ga
/ the % day Of July last member from COnre3-
uCuL Mr.. Dean, u stating what ne understood to