Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-03-09

them to do 80 their own way. They hsye elected 20
submit the only pars il controversy, they say, be-
tween them, and they oonle now and ask Congress
10 slmit ihem under he orgsnic law / believe
Congress morally, re}ig ousy, and politically bcu1d
TO do il. tell you more than that; they viii admit
IL just as it is, Gheers. Let do 60 and ger rio
Of this question. lent every man IN this country
isn'tevery woman and every ohAi in this country,
heartily sick and Gred Of Kansas? a Voice
That is SO Of ell The humbI-s that have been
Originated in mis- world that has been the worst. IL
has been the source Of more bum5uggery than eve
~ thing else put together Why, 81 man was siek,
he traced it back to Kansas. II the grasshOppers
came il was connected with Kansas; and il the
storms cane, they came from Kansas. There Is not
an evil that desh is heir to, that some demagogue,
and knave, and hypocrite could not trace directly
back to Kansas Laughter. Now, I want 10 get
up some new hum0ug; l am tired Of this. We are
q Datioa Of humbug3 all round. Lei US get some
thing else up thath not got uiggers in it. Laugh
ter A voice" Cuba Why, we Of the South
don't care half as much about this thing as you
think. l have not seen man in Tennessee OF any
party whatever, who was not wiling thai Kansas
should come into the Union without nlggers, II the
| people desired it, Why, DO you suppose we care
| whether niggeFs 60 to Kansas or mott DO you sup
pose 1t viii add QUE single niger 10 the number, or
Que single dollar 10 the value Of those we have y.
Not one. All ask is just 10 let every people do
as they please under the Constitution and according
/ u the law. Ii lley want EGi5 bLC-C i-s ltNLl
have them. If they GO not want them. AN the last
! man in the world who would send them there -
ICheeTs. And, sir, upon that question, let us uls
| abuse your minds il there be any one Ct you here
\ WAC labors under that deluslGn. We Of the oaLh
d. mott 10 r0t-aud d. not think that any Moth
eru man dJes-belIeve that the Institutions 0, he
| Sou.h are in any degree dependent upon lie sdra,s-
/ Sion OF another slave State Ia the UaIOn Not one.
We hold hem under higher auth arify than hat and
tigre is mol one honest nun in this a-sembage ttt
l would not call upon aut cha ieuge Night before
Goa nj lLe CUusIguiilu, 10 s-aa. By us and vlL--
| cate us ia lIe en- > aeut OF .E-- ght. Loud
! cheers And when they tell rs that there IS .auat
/ icsm a. the North, and EUOE il IS lark cloud ;
but when they talk 10 me ab0u- IL, sag that when
their battle is to be fought II II snail come TO
thaJ-snd Heaven forbid thai il should. am sent
/ out az a recruiting officer, viii 60 10 the Free
States to get men to help me to conquer it, LGfeh
/ cheering
! would come to you with tie Constitution Of the
/ country, and l would say, there IS the compact -
/ That Is the contract y0ur father and ny father
made Will you make II gOodI Cheers and cries
/ Of Eyes, yes. Then, Wnhe you are ready, as l
| know you are, TO stand by that contract, what do
whether there IS another slave State ia tie
Union or not? If there was but eue-ii little Della
/ ware, that is not as big some Of our Sou bern
cotton patches, stood alone, the only, Tie solitary
/ single slave State in the Union, l would have no
/ fear for the institution Of slavery. IA2plau7e /
] 3
bers. IL depends upon the integrity, and tie honor
and the good faith Of the people Of the United
/ States. applause Then let Kansas come in
just as she is ana if she does not want slaves let
/ her call convention tomorrow and change and
{ abolish that Constitution. You had slaves here
once gentlemen How did you get rid Of them
/ our fathers called a convention and abolished
/ slavery in this State. They had right to do it.
! We do not seek to bring il back and re-impose it
upon you Then why will any one seek TO Ri US
Of any right which we enjoy under that constitution
which you claim as your guardian shleltI LCheers. !
trust then fellow citizens that the thing will pass
/ by, and that we shall have hencsiorth an era Of
good feeling among US. 1 thiRk the time has come
Lord grant that it has come-Fheu We will cease
this eternal struggle about nothing about a thing
/ which is uuattainable, and impraeiCabl9 in every
respect-When We shall cease to reyIe and complain
one against the another, and to ALLEVIATE ourselves
/ one from anOther-Then We shall be calm and stand
together, aud feel that we are band Of brothers,
| aud when the great question viii be lot how YOU
! shall pull down the Southern States, or how that
/ Southern States shall pull you down, but how shall
we advance the glory aud the honor, sld the pros
/ perity, snd the happiness Of this great Amsrig IA
| people Loud cheers When we hail the advent
/ of that day, then viii be the dawn Of o prosper
i-y that the world never saw and history has
never recorded. For there is not upon the face OF
/ the habilable earth such people as the Anglo
( Saxon American people. We are capable anu COM
petent to do everything that is just, and fair, and
honorable. All We want is uuiou-not mere ideal
union, but a union Of feeling, union Of sympathy,
q union Of heart and union Of interest as IS are
bound to a common destiny. Here the cheering
became vOciferous that the speakers closing
words we're completely drowned, and ne resumed
his seat amid vehement applause