Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-07-06
From tie Nashville Patriot.
Hon. Nathan Green--The Lebanon Law
school.

From tie Nashville Patriot.
Hon. Nathan Green--'The Lebanon Law
school.
We take pleasure in laying before the readers Of
The Pahi0E The Communication Of Judge Green,
drawn out by the structures Of the Montgomery
lAla.) Adgerf~r, upou what purports TO be an ex
iract Of q letter written by him 10 the American
Tract Society. rs we expected, the AdUs tissr has
wholly nisconceivtd, if it dIt not intentionally per
vert The Letter spirit and tent Of the honorable
genlIeman's remarks As explained by him, there
is nothing in Them 10 which any justly take
exceptions; certainly nothing 70 justify the graut-
Gus onslaught of our superzealous and super-Vigi
liant sentinel who watches Southern interests
the banks Of the beautiful Alabama 1.-THE AdUsr-
tssr is honest it will make the Gmsnde honorable,
without ecvation.
MEssRs EDIToRs: 81 am under many obligations
to you for the Eotice you take, in your paper OF
Tuesday, of an attack upon myself, and upon tie
Law School at this place, made in the Montgomery
ALA AdUertiser The article in the AdUsThseT Is =
strange misconsruetion and perversion Of the para
graph of my letter referred to- and had the letter,
taF,n whole, las you we'll remark, been eonsId
cred think it would have been impossible for al
sensible, fair man, to have imputed to me the senh-
meuts alleged against me by the AdUertlSeT.
1t will be remembered that l was writing to the
Secretary Of the Tract Society," in view Of the annual
meeting that was to take place on the IL n OF May
At this meeting the executive committee was 70 De
elected, the publishing committee TO be appointed,
/ and the question TO be determined whether they
we're to be sustained by the Society IN their refusal
! to publ ish tracts on the subject Of Slavery.
This question was to be decided by the life mem
bers and life directors. large majority Of these
| live North, and of Southern men entitled to vote
but few attend these anniversaries at New YORK IL
was manifest then, that the conservative life mem
bers and life directors wko reside North, we're al
most the sole reliance for such action as would con
Time the usefulness Of the Society in the South and
] thus carry out the objects Of its institution. MY
letter was intended to present such considerations
as might leeitnately act fsvorably upon the eonser
yative men North. With this view reviewed Mr.
Wbipple's tract, which the Tract Society had re
/ iected and which the Abohtonists desired should
/ be publishe1. [ showed its gross misstaenents as
/ to our law upon the subject Of slavery, and ae
nouueed its grossly libelous statements as 70 u
/ moral conduct Of Southern men as connected viii
slavery. l then gave succinct account Of th'
negro race IS they actually exist amongst Us; nov
| thew are civilized; that many Of them are Chris
tians; that they are contented snd happy, wei
clothed, well tsd, and not Overtasked.
In this correction the paragraph occurs to Wb'si
affection is made The AdDsrtser purports TO quot
| n but does lot in fact do So 1t is as follows:
81 have rot intended to defend the institution Q
slavery. 1 have long considered 1t an evil-an evl
las Mr.. Ripas once admitted in the SeDate) morally
socially, sud politically. Until within the las
twenty-f % years never heard any well informe
SoutherI,g gentleman give expression to any contra
~ sentiment About that time Mr. Calhoun hra
annouu sd the opinion that the institution was
| desirable one Now many Southern men, folioWin
Mr. Calhoun and pressed by aggressive attacks iroi
the Norih hold the same opinion. But never nav
symUatEized with this sentiment. hold slavery
be an egil-a greater evil to the master than % u
slave" ~. . ...-.-... -.
Now, this statement, taken alone, is not suseePt
BILE Of the meaning that there is moral guilt on ID
part Of q master, in being the owner OF 9 sisv
On tbe contrary, it asserts, that the greater eyll
endured by the master That, incidental 70 the e.
isece of slavery, there are evils, which fall Prii
epally upon the white race, among whom the INST
tuii8n exists :.
Eut if the shoIs Letter is considered, and am !
I terDreted in view of the attitude occupied, 81
the object had in view, it seems TO me there Is
, 10 slightest preext for the attack Of the AdDs
lssr -.
= The attack Of the Advertiser does me great inju
lice 1t imputes to me opinions never enter aine
- and sentiments 1 detest. I vas born and reared
, FVirgnia, and have lived Tennessee more than iof
E wears. Nv father owned slaves, and have own
1 them for fifty years, My own interests ana t9Sss
: : nv children are identified with the South ana
s-l fortunes How then can be supposed TO De
< mindful Of its interests regardless OF It's none
? The sentiments expressed by me were entertain
3: by jefferson and by Clay. They are entertalneu
Gen Cass and President Buchanan. Many ne
until recently. all our reVered and honored Southe
statesmen entertained them. go. q.
make these explanations because ny letter Z
s had bat little publicity in the South, ana garD
and perverted extracts may mslssq az, honest men