Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-10-29

"And above al, we shall summon those D0oie
Senators from Kentucky and Tennessee, the acts Of
whose Ives for half century shine al ng the annals
Of our country. We VII call upon these, and they
viii tell you sou have betrayed the people; that you
are forcing HpOn the people of Kansas constitution
conceived in fraud snd violence
And thus It Is that this sdvOcate Of an !" anti
slavery constitution, an anti-slsvery Bible and an
auti-slavery Cod" would put the government &C
tusl'y on the side of freedom
Among other incidents that characterized the pro-
ceedings Of the House during the tendency OF TINS
measure, was the touching scene, published IN all
the papers at the time, between Messrs. eIBDIEos
and CRIrTEsDEH The latter gentleman having en-
tered the House, was approached by the former ana
taken warmly by the hand" and thus addressed;
"Who could have believed this OF me, that should
be found with you, following gouP But while l
have spent long life in lighting against my enc
mics, and an ready still to light them, haze as0sT
fought and cannot nov tight against my friends. For
THE GREAT REDs' SAKE, strange IS it may seem to
some, and Oensured as may be BY many. in memo
~ ofthe past am with you, 60 with you'll" Truly,
who could have believed this Of Mr.. GIDDIEGs, but
" for the great ends sake :"
In the other end Of the capitol the speeches made
BY leading abolitionists not less significant Of
the coed understanding that vas being 50 happily
matured. In the speech delivered BY Mr. SEWARD,
may be found such warning passages as these, sd-
dressed to the Democratic party:
The honorable Senator from Illinois, TMr Doug
las the honorable Senator from Micbigan Mr..
Stuart and the honorable Senator from California
TMr BToderiek1 with their associates in the other
House, and the honorable Senator from Kentucky,
TMr. Criltenden and the honorable Senator from
Tennessee, Mr.. Bell have stripped you bare of all
pretenses 20 fairness in the maintenance Of popular
sovereignty. You go before the people, longer in
the character of party that balances equally be-
tween freedom and slavery but in the deSted chdrae
ter of party intervening for slavery against freedom
When you 60 before the people now, you will meet
there not as heretofore tEo three factions divid
ing and giving you triumph by reason of their dis
visions but you will meet one party only, and that
party combined, resolute, and directed by sincere
sud common devotion TO the principles il maintains.
OF course 1 speak of the Republican party, and
no other.
That not all 1t last nssO voice issues from your
oUn region from the South, from The sIaUs States, and
protests against your Urthr persistence in this mad
trrpriss aRd adaOaishes you that Il must and W'H fall
The cohorts are gathering the South the Of mod
grafton and cORserUGtism Dho, as they haze heretofore
moderated favor Of slavery 0gaiBSt freedom 'gU
be OBLIGED an consistency ruth their just and OeU esd6>
Esksd character and thar habiHql patriotism TO mod
crate against you faVor Of freedom, Whsn the people
demand freedom, Gad rise up unanimously agdiRSt
slavery.
There can be no doubling the purposes of the alb
oltionists Encouraged BY their partial success in
the election Of 1885, they are making every effort to
obviate difficulties then experienced, preparatory 10
the contest in 1850 Thy seek to buy up the small
factions of opposition that hare heretofore stood outside
Of the pale Of their Own party This they think will
place them in possession Of the government So far
ss the leaders are concerned the bargain has been
made and the sale perfected. 1t remains for their
followers TO rsfy reject the transfer. No sooner
had these arrangements been effected at Washington
than the opposition papers throughout the South,
with few honorable exceptions took the cue and
began preparing the way. At once the Louisville
Journal snnouneedi
ave have now in the stand taken On the Mont>
gomery Crittenden BILL by the anti LeeoPtoH section
Of Congress, THE UEDoUBTED GERM OF A GREAT MAJ
TIoEAL PARTY
The Journal was re echoed by FOrney's Press,
the Baltimore Patriot the Richmond Wing and other
leading organs. And thus matters have progressed
until the present time. Everywhere it is sgreedand
understood that the terms of The contract are com
pleted. What is expected of the South and what
assurances have been given the part of Southern
men, may be judged of by the following extract from
the accredited organ of the dominant party in Mas
sachusetts, the Adds and Bee.
at Is the opinion of eli sincere anti slavery men
in the South that if the in elgeDt freemen of the
North will take possession Of The government and
sdmiIiste it wisely and prUdeDtly they. on their
part IN their respective States will have an immense
assistance in the warfare they carrying on. Let
US assert the principles Of the fathers, the principles
Of the immortal NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. longer TO be
slaves ourselves-maintain the natural and reason
able supremacy to which our numbers and intell
gence entitle us-thoW our opponents that we are
IN earnest aud mean 10 act well talk and that
instant we shall transfer the whole conflict TO The
other side of Mason and DixOn's line Slavery will
no longer be the controlling idea in politics;
shall have leisure to consider questions of finance
and political economy; we shall start our idle looms
and kinde anew our disused furnaces. Then the !
intellect the humanity, the stat esmansbip, and the
religious feeling of the Southern Sls.es will be
aroused to do their own work"
In view of such facts who can doubt the purposes
of Abolitionism? Who can doubt the shame and
degradation to which traitors to the South would
pose us? Who base, with a proper knowledge
Of the danger before them, to cOuntenance this
coalition of political hucksers for political ends
Had We space, comment would seem unnecessary. |
Facts so striking cannot fail to teach their own
moral Let them be pondered.
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