Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-12-02

great Confederacy, whether II be the East or
the West, the North or the South, attempts
to withdraw from the Union, it will be
promptly whpped-aye ,ohRped into subjec-
tion." The utterance of this declaration has
subjected the Courier and Enquirer to just de-
nunciations on the part of Southern papers.
Feeling the force of these denunciations it
responds, and essays to prove that it has
ever been true friend of the South and an
opponent of abolitiOnism. "Tbirty years
ago." it says, we united in breaking up the
abolition meetings IN this city, got up Under
the auspices of the now democratic Journal Of
Commerce, with the avowed intention of incit-
ing instruction in the slave States, and
abolishing the institution, through the me-
dunn of incendiary documents to be widely
circulated in that region.
Every word we then uttered, we should, If
occasion offered, now repeat. The efforts Of
the present editor of the Journal Of Commerce
and bis co-aboltionists, to circulate thirty
years ago incendiary publications through
the South, was reasonable and tcicketi; and we
can as heartily denounce it now as we did
then when our conduct called forth unmiti-
gated abuse from that press. We then de-
tended our conduct on the plea OF attach
ment to the Constitution aud the Union, and
openly avOwed our determination, under
similar circumstances, to pursue a similar
course. Nor was this all; we exposed the
folly aud iRprGcticdbiIy of aboitio,nisns aceH
as lis treason, when attempted by persons liv-
ing outside of the States where slavery ex
listed; and boldly declared, that e0ea If Uested
ruth the constitutional poaOer, ,Oould mol abolish
sLarery IN tie sLaUe States, unless precision
acere previously made for the immediate TRANS
PoRTATIoN To FOREIGN PARTS OF TIE PER-
SONS MANUMITTED, ian absolute impossibility,)
because Il is NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE TWO RACES
TO EXIST TOGETHER IN NEARLY EQUAL NUMBERS
IN A STATE OF FREEDOM. And now, after the
lapse of thirty years, we proclaim precisely
the same sentiments" 1t would seem from
these sentiments, that the Courier and Enquirer,
has all along, and does now, appreciate the
wickedness and treason of abolitIonism, and
the insurmountable obstacles to the enamel
patton of slavery by those having the
power. 1t has seen and acknowledged,
and sees and acknowledges now, that the
relations of the slave and his master cannot
be changed-that slavery must and will con-
tinue, because the two races cannot "eXist
together in nearly equal numbers in a state
of freedom" We give the Courier and In
gIirer credit for the business and soundness
of its views, and thanks for its maintenance.
ofthem. They are triumphant defence ofthe
Co. H.. A
abolitionism, and justify her in regarding as
enemies all who utter doctrines having a ten
dency to bring about that state of the two
races which must result in a war of exterm-
nation between them. The slave must he
kept in bondage and subsection to the supe
rior race or, if freed he must be removed
Can absolute impossibility') or exterminated
To this issue the treason and wIckedness OF
the abolitionists would drive the South. This |
the Courier and Enquirer fully comprehends,
and denounces. But that journal, when
called upon for u practical application
of its doctrines, so as to render them
effective, declines. 1t talks WELL but acts
badly. Instead of joining the South in
opposing the election Of Mr.. SEWARD 20 the
Presidency. it declares he shall be elected,
and that the South has no cause to apprehend
that his administration would encroach upon
the constitutional rights of the slave States.
Now, we would ask the Courier and Enquirer,
what Mr.. SEWARD means by the irrepressi-
BILE conflict doctrines enunciated by him at
Rochester? AS northern man, opposed to
slavery, and believing that the States are to
become all free or all slave, is he not honest
ly bound to exert all the power and influence
he possesses or may possess, against slavery
everywhere. As evidence of what he would
conceive to be his duty, we call attention to
the following extract from his Cleveland
speech in 1913:
Slavery" he said, can be limited to its
present bounds; it can be ameliorated. 1t
can be, and it must be, ABOLISHED. and you
and can and must do it. The task is as
simple and easy as it's contamination will be
benefcent and its rewards glorious. 1t re-
quires to follow only this simple rule of ac-
tion 10 do eperyrrhere, and on every occasion
,ohat ,ce can and not TO neglect refuse 10 do ,oLdt
odn at any tune, because, at that precise time, and
on that particular occasion, IRE cannot do more.
Circumstances determine pOs'i6iiities.'
Correct your error that slavery has constitution
al guarantees ohieh may nos be released. and ought
not to be reling1iased. You will soon
bring the parties of the country into an eff
fective aggression upon slavery"
Docs not this foreshadow what Mr.. SEWARD
MS President would conceive to be his
duty. He believes that there is an ''irre-
pressible conflict" in progress between slave
~ and freedom, which must end in the tri-
umph of the one or the other. Freedom he
believes will triumph, and that such con-
summation would be "beneficent and its re-
wards glorious" To accomplishit, he would
do .'svery ,cheTe and on euery OCCASION what he
can. His convictions of duty are restrained
by no such barriers as constitutional CUNT
antees which may not be released" Having
already aided in bringing the republican par
ty up to the mark Of effective aggression Of
slavery" he could not, and would not ere
ject or refuse" to use the power aud patron
age of the federal government TO secure the
triumph of freedom, and the abolition of
slavery. If Mr.. SEWARD is honest, and ut
tered bis honest sentiments in the Cleveland
and Rochester speeches, he is bound 10 do
this. His nomination by the republicans
could not be regarded in any other light than
q determinations 10 make an effective ag-
erosion upon slavery" in the slave States,
and ought to arouse the South 10 the impor-
lance of making preparations to maintain
her rights, by all the means necessary. in the
event of his election and the employment OF
federal power against slavery. With its