Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-09-17

ed aud degraded my prayers TO tina bo0 OF HeaYen
SD all be- that ustice-stern uayieldDg iusice-.nsy
be awarded 60 both master aud slaEe II the down
trodlen of Africa. IN our Southern Safes
not regain their God-given rights by peaceful meas
ures nevertheless hope they viii regsIn ttem and
if blood be she'd IshoRid certainly might
be tie blood of those who stand between them aud
freedom, and rot the blood Of these who have long
eeen robbed Of their wives and children, ard all they
hold dear in life.''
Mr. Wilson, Senator from Massachusetts,, said
tsLet us remember that more than three millions
Of bondmsn. groaning under namelsss woes, demsnd
that we shall cease TO reprcye each other and that
ve labor for their dsliVerance.
81 tell you here to-nigb. tSst the agitation Of this
question Of human slavery will continue while the
foot Of slave presses the soil Of the American Re-
public"
MIR. Seward, the head and froat, the very embodi-
meat of the Re publican party-a Inaa Of exquisite
capacity, Geld, calm psssionless-has, in measured
terms defined tho obj scts, aims, hopes and policy Of
his party. Ga enc occasion he ssid:
& ''SlaTery can aud must be abolished and you and
/ can and must do it The task is as simple and
easy as rs consummation win be bsnefcent and its
rewards 81 rious. Is requires to follow only this
simple rule Of setion; TO do everywhere, aud on
every occasion. what We can, and not to Neglect I
refuse to do what can at any tue because at thai
pfec Sc time, aud on that particular occasion, We
cannot do more. Giro instances determine probs-
biliies"
On another occasion he said 'slsyery will be over
throBn either peacefully and lawfully under this
Constitution, or it will work the sub7ersion of this
Constitution The change can be made without
violence, and by the agency of the bsllot-box."
nigh cite innunerable extracts from the speeches
OF the leaders of the Republican party, to show
that their purpose is evidently TO alb dish slavery,
bat there can DO no djuot upon this point.
think it unnecessary. As regards the spirit which
aOimstes this party, their haired 70 the South,
bet evidence is Necessary than The tone of their
press. RidIcule, hatred. contempt for the South
aqd everything southern, flows in one continued
and envepomed current through their columns,
When We 'ow that the press is the thermometer
of pub lie opinion that the mission of the partizsn
press is to ignore truth, and paDder to the Worst
passions, Te can readily comprehend the hostility
Of large portion of the Nor hern people 10 the
S u h. The late war between France aid Austria
did not develop such national aversion as is con-
sntIy msRif, sted by The Republican press to the
people the South. The fact of this manifest start
Ing undisguised hostility of the Republican party 10
the South would If even their principles were Gn-
Objectionable, constitute of itself good reason
Why the South should refuse to submit to their
rule lthas been said by one of the gr9stest think
ers of the last century, Mr. Burke, q at 81 never
knew writer on the theory of government SO par
tial to authoriy, not to sllog that the hostile
mind Of the rulers 10 their people did not justify q
change Of government; nor can any reason Whstev-
er be given why one people should Voluntarily yield
any degree of pre-eminsncs to ano her, but on q
suppositiOn Of great affection and bensVolencs to-
wards them"
When, then, We consider the principles Of this
party an heir hostility to the South, it is evident
that the of tIis party is fraught With the
greatest dargsr 20 the Souh, If they carry the
Presidential ee ton, few moro accessions TO their
number in the House and Senate will give them
perfect control of the government in every depart
ment. This party will then be the government
the South will be placed uDder the ban-provineial
lied, sub7rdinattd 10 an inferior condition, bound
Ike yictim to the stake perish by adroit wounds
Inflicted by skillfal and Malignant enemies. The
success Of this party and the submission of the
South 10 their rule, will be efeotual conquest
by the hostile North over tae South as II i. were
accomplished by the sword The vast power Of the
Federal Government would be thrown into the scala
Of Abolition elements Of fanalicism and hos
t lty at TIE North would be stimulated into gigan-
tic developments profound discouragenent would
Weigh Ike lead upon the bosom of the South-s
hated sense Of infer5ority and degradation would
crush the cubic spirit; traitors would begin raise
their hijeous heats and The hissiugs of these hor.
rible serpents would be heard on every hand; bad
men would fly to the imperial capital to get grea,
OH ;es and the good would despair Of their couptry
aud suppose that all was lost, because nothing va.
done.
assume, then, that the great, actual, pra,tiosl
absorbing, present, immediate, paramount danger
with which We are threatened, is the domination
Of q Northern sectional party, protesting prinei-
PICS which arc ath to us, impelled by passion.
Of the most malignant nature. IF this be The dan.
ger thst threatens us, then, by the natural in
stinc Of self preservation, to say nothing of CO n
mon sense, OF craftsmanship, car policy, our par.
amount p0'icy, our duty, our neeessity-I had 81.
NEST added, our des,i0y--is to endeaVor TO guard
against ito avert il, Is possible; and if it eanno
be averted so as 10 nange that it may happen under
hcTpo I
ourselves. In other words our policy is first Il
prevent, if possible, the election of Republican
President, second, If this mbss occur in spite al
sll our wise exertions to the contrary, to cans,
il TO occur under such issues as will best email,
US TO set up Southern Government. TIE great
question, then, for US is: What is that policy? HoR
shall we so set as best TO accomplish this dcablv
purpose of preventing The election of Black Re
publican? or, 'f that takes place. to 20 into revo
III inu?" Fortunately, the same line of policy best
calculated to accomplish the first purpose is exact
~ the policy most likely to accomplish the second
In other words, the same policy best calculated Il
defeat the election OF Republican President, j:
best calculated, in Of such election to secur,
Sou bern Cnfederacy. That policy consists il
The greatest possible degree Of moderation in thu
poisicai m)Vemsuts of the South, consistent will
principle and nor, between this time and th
Presidential eleetIon. IL requires no argument L
show thai t1is policy Of moderation is the mos
lIsely mode of defeating the Republican party il
tie Presi iential election. The very existence o
this party, which sprung up upon the repeal of III,
Missouri resucOn, rests upon the false assumption
tbs the South is pursuing aggressive pros ave
/ ry course, aud US ng the Federal Government fol-
this pGrpose Of course therefore the greater tn,
/ u!traIs of the South, The better for Thu party
rhey would wish the South to proceed to every pos
sl5le e1tr me Of ultrsism. Ullrsism at the South
| II the food Of the par y. Hence we see how they
gZerats the extent OF the movement at the Soutl
for revival OF tue African slave trade; and in.
deed, upon every subj they systematically mis-
| represent public sentiment at the South They ar,
auxi Ius that we should m and the revival of ID,
African slave trade, and what they call slave cod
for The Territories they also very anxious aha
We should insist upon the right TO carry and keel
slaves Ia the free States. In short they are fever
ish TO see us depart from that long course of wis
conservatism which characterized the South. Il
proportion as we do this, they can make it ap
pear that we are doing SO, 10 that extent do The,
make cIpit4l. NV have no d. sire to give ami
tai TO this party, therefore wish to see the Soutl
take exactly the opposite to that which the
d sire. Tney desire the South to proceed TO tn
widest uitraIsm; desire the South to pursue tn
Wisast conservaii N.
That the course of moderation have recommend
! cd, is equally important to the Inauguration Of
Southern CoufedeIacy, in of the success of tn
/ Republican party in the next Presidential election
is Obvious from the slightest consideration Wha
/ was it prevented the STATE of Souh Carolina fror
seeding in 1882? The Convention invested wit
sovereign powers was in session. Why did that Con
venliOn decline to seced? The brief ordinance the,
adopted explains everything. Ia that ordinance the
Say they had sufficient cause for secession, but de
chned 20 do so on the ground of expedienoy Why va
it inexpeiient? Because the public opinion of tn
S)uth was not ripe f,r disuuion. Nowhog will 70
best ripen that public opinion by the Presidents
election. When l ask this question, assume that
is the fixed policy OF the State TO secede as soon
the Republican party elect their President. That
| the course have Tecomm ended; that's the course
/ now rpeonmend Tho Crast mint then 10 III