Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-05-23

st Loaislliisj 7loi enoun sas it0r2s lhe
upp0 "a Of the bi or adm ,ior = Kanbas
rilh LsOomipton nsti Jon. Jet d nqJiri in
ghat PAUSE the 'sditgt Of d JcurI is steh tha
re may understand what idea he attaches to tie 1
Enrd traitas It.laF be faund that hdslitE q Tie |
principles which the Journal advocates, is more |
iishOnorable than treason. It may be that con
sistency in the cause which he has embraced,
Is E0rss than dsssTtioR. i maY be that dsloZ=
atty to the powers which he serves, is disgrace
that the sOepirs (which she Obeys is welded By
men Sc base aud sbaBdpRed thst a he tFpatO them
We must be false to ali Che Honest ana patriotic in
stincts0 f our 'nhtdre sua ok@ss so !.
# the Journal intends to say that the Leco4Pton'
KhewsNothib e are tfais5A Is ne da1kt dJAliy pf
Rep6bHclnlsn,, whose d0minioif he has en-
dsaypTed 10 sextsRd-=if be. means fbah- tRsY are
untrue to those 0dious abolition sentiments y itch
be hiss attempted 70 disseniuais kmong isf0lowers
then his oensurs is 3 compliment, and 'his re
proauhes -tiefr' highest recommendation r. the
members Of The know ,n6AiBgI party have ever
bowed at the footstoolof abolitOnisp az yielded
ObsdencetO the hehaEts Of their lfrsesoh brethren
at the north their fEsesol editor at Louisville, Il
is time that they should abandon tGir Old asseeia-
tiOns ana 6hite tHenselves Hih tie friends Of the
South and the supporters Of its institutions -
All hOHor TO those patuioticlAmsricans, who, IN
this great struggle for the establishment Of sOuthern
e5ualily In the territories, have sh6Whrhst their
devotion to principle is Stronger tBan the ties Of
party allegiance, vhoihavs aunUuncsd their deter
Minister 10 dis6kn III authority az Their leaders
to resist tls usfp Ati5H If meH h5 Bel, Crttenden
ana Prentice, who Would ooihseI subhissi0n TO tie
fanatioal Spirit of ahe North ahd bhd them power
less at their feet. ,au ~ ~
What have these men done to cal down upon
their heads these kerce denuneiations from the
'Journali .-....-... ..... De- s-i.7
/, They have voted to admit into the UfiOn,i new
State with proslsvery constitution, framed by the
delegates of the people, legally and oOnsttutiOnaIy
chosen. They have voted that the people of ter
ritOry have right to form and regulats their do
nestle institutions IS they please, and that when
they have done So they shall be admitted with the
constitution they have adopted, although it may
tolerate the existence Of slavery.
For thjsyoe tie editor Of the Journal calls them
Etraitors! How do senator Thompson, Gen. Zolli-
| Golfer, Col Ready and Mr.. Maynard relish such
epithets as this from one of the leading organs Of
l-their party? viii they bow in submissive silence
| under the scourge Of the Journals denunciation!
lWin they any longer claim utilization with mar
who would cover them with OblOquy and disgrao'
because they are faithful representatives Of the
sentiments of their State, and true to the interests
Of the Southf We think not We know the
proud and independent spirit which animatei
1 Il Hhrfr anwd -
We know that they are disposed to submit neither
to the dictaton nor the denunciation Of the edito
Of the Journal, and that they viii continue to obey
the wishes of their constituents and their own higl
sense of duty in preference to his naughty will an'
/ potential authority.
Whenever in our political history, the hostile FAC
tiOns of the North have arrayed themselves agains
the South the editor Of the Journal has always beef
found in an attitude of most abject subserViency
our enemies. He is never coneiliatOry except wheI
Northern fanaticism is to be sppeased,-neyer box
except in his assaults upon the rights and institu
lions of the South. Long ago, before the hOsPitabl
greeting that welcomed him to Kentucky, had die
upon his ears, he commenced war upon the insti
tutions of his adopted State. Even then, he begai
to press forward that great revolution 7hoSs 0hsss
Ito use his own language) "must continue to moe
until tEss reach the goal Of universal freedom" H
announced the ezpedisHcy and necessity Of ulttmat
| emancipation" and characterized slavery as 50
deadly Uampirs draining aVay shs HeblOod Of the he
public" Still later, he advocated the annexation Q
Canada which must always be free territory, an
opposed the annexation of Texas where slavery ez
listed by law In the great sectional strife OF 1851
he was disposed to yield everything to the spirit
Northern aggression, and in 1854, when the grea
principle Of Southern equality embraced in tn
Kansas Bill, was announced in the Congress Of tn
United States and supported almost unanimously b.
the Southern Senators and Representatives, tn
editor Of the Journal was found opposing the sent
ments and interests of our section with vind.ctive
ness and bitterness worthy of Garrison or Gddings
1t is not wonderful, then, that he should now tax
his stand with Sumner and Hale and Seward and th
whole body Of the Black Republicans, in opposition
to the admission of new slave State. 1t is no
strange that he should pour forth his Billingsgat
upon the heads of those patriotic Of the South
embracing almost the entire Southern delegation
who sustained the Administration on this subject
1t is only wonderful that Southern men should b
willing to listen to his counsel and obey his behest
that they should pstronize and sustain him-ths
they should give support and circulation to his pa
per, thus enabling him to spread the cOntagiOn 0
his opinions, like a foul pesilence, through tn
country.