Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-10-29
The signs of the Eimes-Duty of the
south.


erts of great everts which occasionally stand out |
with such startling distinctness in TIE course of his
tory. Whether this change will BE- quis ty fleet
I'd by peaceful return of the penpl in all III
States to better and pureF orIer Of things viii
be atten ed by violent CONFUSION, npheaving
and overturning the ext ting state of things at
single throP it is to know. But it is ours.
and solemn duty too to consider EARNEST the prob
able coure of is, and prepare Ourselv by
cry in our power for the result, whateverit
may be. The result must be Of two thn.s-
6rmer and more prrf ct social and political union
with mere uniform aud soundrr financial basis,
a complete dlsunion of the Northern and South
err sections of the CO, federacy. To accomplish
the former the Northern States must cease TO make
war upon the social syst-m of the South must
cease to oppose the legitimate spread of African +
ssvery-must recognize Southern equ, Iity and
Southern rights-must cease TO make opposition
TO slavery a tsxt of official pacity, and al
! together to intermeddle with the domestic
Germs Of the Southen S1ates-must sust4in and
execute the Constitution TO the | tier, giving Us,
if not indemnity for the past, at least absout'se-
| curity for the futgre-snd must change and reno
vate the Who'll. system of their 6utncill policy
and the South NUT prepare herself by stan L
ing a unit, boldly to assert her position and de
mand her rights. To accomplish the Ltter--an ell
tire separation Of IT, sections-uo action is ces.
cry, for, if Let alone it will accomplih t-ef but
| in order to chinge its nature from curse, TO a
blessing part, perfect unity of the South is
still more imperatvely necers ,ry. that she may
take possession of the government, the archives
aud the f g which are hers, and m y ass TT her
- oF 4
The signs of the times all seem to point to the last
as the true result There bodies in
ture which possess for each other the mutual prin
ciplr of repulsion powerfully as the Northern
and Southern sections OF the United States. No
two nations the globe more entirely hostile
to each oth'r in thought, sentiment and action.
Abolition Yankers hate they do his Satanic
maj-sty, with all the add d bit, rness of envy,
and have lees love, less Utilization for them than
W. have for Cossscks or Turks. They have Prac-
ticed upon cur love OF country, Veneration for
the pulpit-1h have hunted and goaded us-iu-
ilred and insult us until every tie of common
ori in and common blood has been severed long
ago--uuti it has become doubtful whether
could again live with THIN in peace and harmOt Y
even il they returned TO their uty an besOught
Us to restore p-rf ct and broth rly union They
have stolen or d, coyeI away slaves, harnor d
them az fugitve-, aud denied Us either return or
recommendations; they ave violttei AMI tramp up
on the solemn compact by which they entered IL
to union with as, then violated and nullifyd the
laws made under il; they have refused to permit
the Federal Government to execute the fugitiV-
, slave law; they have boldly and insultngly de-
clared to US that We shall carry slaves into
another territory, or admit into the Uuon-our
Union n Union INTO which admitted them-an.
other slave State; that we shall have anoth-
er Southern Executive; they have deniei US the
ordinary comfy due between nation and nation;
they have sznt their paid minions among stir
up strife and serviIe Instructions in our midst in
solemn conclave proclaiming (see Albany meetingl
that it is the duty of the SLAVES to poison and as
sassinate their owners and have endeavored to
circulate their horrible doctrine among our slaves
e. y have abused and villi6ed us, exbausting the
vocabulary of Bilingsgate, to find pithe's foul
enough to dcsi their brothers, proclaming
tenn from their hustings and their pupits and
publishing them in their newspapers; AMI they
have endorsed and sent forth to all nations, as
uttrring their sentiments, the Infamous work of
their she-spawn Of fanacism, where we, their bro
theirs in blood, held up to the gaze Of NOR
bidly eager world as save-drivers, lost bum m
ity aud accursed of God, driving the slave, win
thongs red in bis gore, ike veriest beasts
of burden round the cotton field, and VII II at list
too old to be driven more, and useless, We are rep
resented as knocking OFT his brains with cold and
deviish barbarity. All this they have done and
more; and the hour Of retribution is nigh, for we
vii require it of them. A long, lcng accouI has
run up between u.s. and the great til, ment day il
coming; snd verify. will quire the utmost
farthing It is that the foul lies of Mrs Sto
could really jure us; and of them no notice would
ever have been taken. But when taken up and
endorsed as tn If avowed sentiments by the North
srn States, they assume degree of Importance,
and display cod-blooded maIisnty of purpose, a
diaboli,al animosity, which at once sewers every
tie of relationship, and fixes gulf between US
broad as the upiv'rse and deep as he'll The
present state OF things cannot last balance OF
accounts and fnal settlement must speedily take
plsce-an entire change must folow-they may
form a union for mutual defence and protection
but it must be a union of strangers, not OF broth
era. More than $4,000, 600 worth of our slave
property has been stolen or decoyed away by the
wIles aud Vaccinations Of Northern Abolitioni4ts,
Of which account must be rem ier-d 10 the settle
ment. Concerning the rendition Of slave property.
q thought has been suggested by the perus ! of the
letter of Mr. Prince, member Of the Can dian Par
lament, written last Summer In refsreuce to the
condition Of the negro population of Canada. IN
stead OF matchmaking the vigtbond and worth
less character Of that population, ard debating the
propriety of shutting them OF TO themselves on an
i.laud TO starve, would il for the gov
eminent Of Canada to restore them to their owners
All or nearly all these negroes in Canada are the
property Of Southern men. Il is high time that
the United States demand Of Great Britain our
fugitive lost, or stolen property; il Is ours, and
ny the Law Of nations, have right TO demand
is restoration There is at the lowest calculation
SS,0oO,OOO worth of property IN Canads. II
by any means northern properly gets into British
hands, the Federal Government Is very ready to
demand and 20 secure It's restoration. II a drove
Of cattle should vscap from Buffalo into Canada,
and ctr1 OF Canada should take possession Of
them, refusing either return or remuneration var
might be the consequence. Millions Of dollars
worth OF property has even more frauduls ntly
than this, got iato the possession Of Canada aud
all rrtuFn or remuneration is denivd a.; and yet.
for years Federal Government has sat tamely
hv and seen fba rohherv veu avarufaA WIN ~