Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-10-26
The journal Of yesterday was read and cor
x FOE COMMON SCHOOLS.

WITHOUT reaaihg
MEMPHIS AND ST. IoUrs PAcKET COMPANY
Mr.. FORD from the Committee on IncorpOra-
lions, TO winch was referred Mr. FIrrelly's bill H.
r. So 10 incorporate the Memphis and st. l. .uis
Packet Comppny returned the same a.d recon-
mended its pks-age
MIR. JOHNSON, from minority Of the same com
mittee gave notice of their intention to submit an
adverse report al early day
THE ISsTsUTIoS FOR TuE BLIND.
Mr.. WHITE offered the following:
Resolued, That committee of -, on the part Of
the Senate aud ave- on the part of the House, be APP
pointel to take into consideration the interest of
the Institute for the Blind, an the report OF the
trustees of said Institute, and the settlement Of the
account of said trustees
On motion of Mr.. WHITE, the rules were sus-
pended and the resolution was adopted.
The SPEAKER subsequently, appointed Messrs.
White. Trewhitt German, SoWell aud Farley said
committee.
woRKMES ON TIE CAPITOL.
Mr.. SENTER offered the following:
R,solced That the committee GA toe State Capitol
ne instructed to asjertain the number of haads
EMPLOYED upon the same. aud at what salary.
and report the TO this House at as early day
as practicable.
the rule.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE.
Mr.. CALDWELL offered the flllowiug:
Rs,5ipeG That the Speaker appoint committee
Of i've Ia which shall be referred al bills propos-
inr 10 amend the Code.
The resolution lies on the table.
THE HARPER's FERRY RESURRECTION.
Mr.. BAYLESS offered the following:
WugREAs A most dangerous epoch has arisen in
tho history of our country, based upon the f8nat-
cal aepres.ons OF orhern Black Republicans on the
e tha% taia and no in IF
the South, seeking to abolish slavery by preventing
the extension into common territory and rendering
it insecure and haz lrdous in our midst; and where
cas- in tie receu resurrection at UarFer's Ferry
we'll as in the revolutionary scenes IN Kansas, we
recognise the legitimate fruits Of that reasonable
policy avoged by the Acknowledged head OF the
Black Republican party, VIM. IL. Seward, in his
famous Rochester Speech, in which he said:
.These antGg onstio systems free and slave la
boil are cont nualiy coming into closer contact and
collision re,u Is SHALL tell you what the collision
means? They wto think that it is accidental, IN
necessary the work CT interested or fsnatical sei
tators and therefore ephemerial, mistake the case
altogether 1t is an Irrepressible conflict between
opposing and enduring forces, and it means that
the Uniied States must ana will, sooner or later,
become either entirely slave-holding nation, or
entirely free LABOR nation. Either the cotton and
rice fields of South Carolina ana the sugar planta-
tiens of Louisiana will ultimately be titled By free
labor, aud Charleston and New Orleans become
marts for legitimate merchandise alone, or else the
rye fields and wheat fields Of Massachusetts and
New York must again be surrendered by their far
mers to slave culture and to the production of slaves
an Boston and New York become once more mar
kety for trade in the bodies and souls of 1t is
the failure apprehend this great truth that in lu
so many unsuccessful attempts st final compromise
between the slave and the free States and it is the
existence of this great fast that renders all such
Cd mic uha do anho
m raj
AND WHEREAS, Henry Wilson, another Black Re-
publican Senator from Massachusetts,, has declared
'.Let US remember that more than three millions
of bondsmen, groaning under nsmeless woes, de-
maud that we shall rsprove each other, and that
we labor for their dehverauce. l tell you here to-
night that the agitation Of this question Of human
slavery will continue while the foot Of slave
presses the soil of the American Republic "
And Dir. Wade, another Black Republican Sena-
tor from Ohio, has said:
''There is really union now between the North
and South, and be believed no two nations upon the
ear entertained feelings Of more bitter rancor to-
wards each other than these two nations of The Re-
public. The only salvation Of the Union there
FORE was to be found in divestng it entirely from
all tliut Of slavery"
AND WHEREAS, SENATOR Seward, addressing
Southern Senator's from his place in that body, hes
boldly proclaimed to the world that
cat last a voice issues from your cwn region.
from the South from the slave Stgtes, and protests
against your farther persistence in this mad enter
prise [of extending slavery, and admonishes YOU
that it must ad will fail TIE cohorts are gather
ing from the South; the men of moderation and
conservatism, who, as they have heretofore moder-
ated in favor of slavery and against freedom, will
now be obliged in consistency with their just and
well established character and their habilual pat
riotism to moderate against you in favor of free
drisa IN 11no amir iv aSt cla
And again, ct Rome, in New York, at will be
the show by the next TWO years to wit1ess the or
gsnization of this same Republican party within
slave States under the lead of brave and true men,
sIch as Frank ?. Blair, of Missouri, and Cassus NJ
Clay, of Kentucky What remains Of organic alton
as a national party, 10 be effected is as sure and
certain what has already occurred, and now so
DISTINCTLY seen"
Therefore, Resolved, By the General Assembly of
the STATE of Tennessee That we recognize in the re-
cent outbreak at Harpers Ferry, the natural priots
of this reasonable "irrepressible conf CT " doc
rine put forth by the great head of the Black Re-
publican party, and echoed by his subordinates
and that it becomes the imperative duty of nstional
men of all parties throughout the Union to
nOunce to the world their Of its infsmy, and
to unite in crushing out its authors traitors to
their country and deadly enemies to the public
peace the rights Of the State and the preservation
OF our republican institutions.
ResolVed That we record it as the sense of the
Tennessee Legislature that the declarations of Mr..
Seward, thata respectable portion of the Southern
people, under the lead Of such men as Uassius NJ.
Clay and Francis P Blair will unite with the Black
Republican party TO prevent the extension ofslavery
aud will eventually "rise up against slavery" is
libel upon the honor and loyalty of the Southern
neople, and will but serve TO make them watch
ful and exscting of their public servants in the
tiOnal councils.
ReSOlDed That it is the duty of our representa-.
tives in Congress TO recognise as enemies to the
Union, aud especially TO the slave States, all who
in any way favor or affiliate with this sectional
Black Republican party; and that any action on
their part, which ftvors a co operation with the
Black Republicans in organising the House, and
thus placing the ofiloers aud important committees
Of that body under their CONTROL would be false TO
the sentiment Of the people of Tennessee an insult
to their constituents, and disgracefu to themselves
ResolUed That we acknowledge our appreciation
of the prOmptness with which the National Admin
isratiOn took steps TO check the recent conspiracy
before ii obtained the huge dimensions of reyolu.
ton.
ResolUsd That our Senator'S and Represent tives
in Congress be furnished with copy of these reso
lutlons.
The resolutions lie on the table under the rule
ADDITIONS TO STANDING COMMITTEES.
On Mr. JOHNSON'S motion, Mr.. BRITTON and
Mr.. SENTER, were added to the Committee on In
IeTnal Improvements.
On Mr.. CHEATHAAPS motion, Mr. CALDWELL
vas added to the Judiciary Committee.
NEW BILLS.
The following bills were introduced, read, and
3everally passed the first reading:
By Mr. MORRIS, 1G4, to amend and construe
sections 1898 and 1869 of the Code, and for other
purposes,
iSBy Mr.. SMITH, 1G5, to compel County Trustees
o settle annually with the Judge or Chairman of
County Courts, and to amend section 427, p. 10 of
he Code.
By Mr.. WHITE, of Davidson, 166, for the relief
# Thomas Shelton.
By Mr.. LOCKHART, 167, to amend sec. 563 of
he Code. Slaves shall be assessed in the name of
he owner, if in the same county, on the 10th of
January in each year, but persons hiring out their
lsves in another county shall be taxed for the
mount Of their hire.
AMENDMENTS To THE CONSTITUTION.
Mr. FORD'S resolution, offered yesterday, to
mend the Constitution of the State Of Tennessee,
oming up in regular order, they were read at the
Jerks desk, and referred to the Judiciary Commit
ee.
Mr.. BICKNELL'S resolution offered yesteI day,
amendments to the Code, coming up, it
7as read.
Mr.. JONES moved to lay the resolution on the
able.
On motion Of Mr.. MORRIS, tFe resolution Wos
sferred 10 the Judiciary committee,