Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-12-15


reignties. which, like those among brothers,
are .as the bars Of a CASTLE" a
Robert Tyler, ESQ.,, was next called up
Mr.. 7. said | perceive plainly, fellow-citl-
Zens, that your grand demonstration viii be
now emulated in all directions. The whole
country will now speak out. The cause of
the Union will become everywhere the only
test of true American patriotism, and the
sterling rule of common sense in politics
and every humanitarian antf-slayery corcep-
ton hostile to the compromises of the con-
stitution and provocative OF public disorders,
will be trod under foot as worthless and
spurious. Be well assured that, when every
sectional abolitionist politician, whether
knaye, fanatic or traitor, shall have sunk
into their dishonorable graves, The flag of our
own free government VIII continue to wave
over the BIZ ads of an united people.
Similar speeches were made by Mr. Benja-
min III. Brewster. Jared Ingersoll. Col. James
Page, ex-Mayor Vaux, and others. All
through the meeting the cheering was alb
solutely deafening. SEA
These speeches were from gentlemen of all
parties. Ingersoll. a Clay Wing; Kane, an
eminent jurst, who always endeavored to
keep his ermine from the stain OF PARTISAN
ship; Reed, Federal -Whig-Democrat, late
Minister to China; Randall, a Buchanan
Wing; Isaac Hazlehurst, an American Wing;
Henry NJ. Fuller, the American candidate for
Speaker four years since, when Banks was
elected, and now chairman OF the Peoples
State Committee; Tyler. Virginian, now
leading the Pennsylvania Democracy as chair
man of their State Committee; Brewster, a
Democrat, but one of the purest of living
men; Jared lngersoll, Democrat, who is
celebrated for having said he would have
been tory had he lived in the Revolution
he was young when he said it. and has re-
canted;-Col. Page, who boy faced his
country's foes. and now, with wbitened locks,
is ready to seal his devotion to the Union;
Ex-Mayor Vaux of Philadelphia Quaker de-
scent-the man, however, who danced with
Queen Victoria once. and of course has been
thrown over the fence of the church, but
moderate Democrat. with strong American
proclivities; and then there were the Dales,
the Cadwaladers, the Biddles. the Porters,
the Pattersons, and others whose ancestral
names belong 10 the whole Union-to every
STATE, TO every Territory, and to every unor-
ganiZed foot ofcountry covered by the Ame-i-
can flag. And there, within the shadow of
the sacred spot where Independence was pro-
claimed in city consecrated to the noblest
patriotic memories, the hearts of the whole
people were speaking all theday in salutes of
one hundred guns at several different places,
by flags and bunting displayed from all the
vessels in port. by swivels mounted on wag-
ons and fired, at inter vals through the streets,
BELLS" and by every other possible mode of
demonstration And. at night, ga solid
column. more Ike mighty army than a gathering
Of civilians,' the P9nSyiUanian tells us-thc
PennSylUdnidn which the previous day had
doubted the stability of the Union" every
trade, profession, or calling had its represen-
tatives, and the spirit sparkling from their
eyes and vocal in their speech was hearty.
enthusiastic. aud national, and thus fired
trio io ri
lutiOns:
The citizens of Philadelphia. assembled in
general town meeting, desiring at this juno
ture to express an earnest sympathy with
their felow-citizens of Virginia. recently
threatened with an attempt to produce
servile revolt, have
ResolUed, That the longer the government
of the Union exists with it's manifold and
inestlmable blessings, the more is it conse-
Grated by the affection and devotion of those
who, as we do, know 40 North. no South,
no East, no West, but one common country"
whose integrity the Constitution alone Sc
cures, and whose varying interests the Union
harmonizes and protects
Resolved, That, in the judgment of the citi-
Zens Of Philadelphia, this sentiment of fideli-
ty to the Union would be fruitless did it not
imply an obligation implicitly and practically
TO recognize every duty which the Constitu-
ton prescribes, and obey and carry honestly
into execution all the laws Of Congress en-
acted under the Constitution.
Resolved, That no part of the Constitution
of the United States or of the laws of Con-
gress are more obligatory on the citizens of
the Republic than those which prescribe the
duty of restoring, under judicial process,
fugitives from labor, and that all attempts or
combinations to defeat or Illustrate those pro
visions. and all State Legislation to. the some
end, are condemned by the Judgment of this
community.
Resolved. That, in view Of what has recently
occurred in the Commonwealth of Virginia,
the citizens of Philadelphia disavow, as they
have always done, any right or wish to inter
tere with the domestic institutions of their
sister States. Ettt
Resolved, That they reprobate. in the
strongest and cearest terms, all attempts,
wheter by invasion, secret instgation. or the
PRONUNCIATION in any forn of fanatical opin-
ions, TO excite servile insurrection or to
arouse those who are lawfully held in servi-
tude to do violence and bloodshed.
ReSoiUed, That. looking merely to the past,
they deliberately express their approval of
the recent administration of Justice in the
! Commonwealth of Virginia, by which. &C
cording to the forms oflaw, strictly observed.
the commission of great crime has been
! judicially proved, and the punishment award
ed by law to that crime has been inflicted.
Resolvsd, That it is simple matter of duty
! ty express the sense which tue citizens OF
Philadelphia have Of the energy and fidelity
with which the Executive authorities of Vir-
ginia have discharged, from first to last the
painful aud responsible duty which the emer-
gency imposed.
Resolusd, That the Executive Of Pennsylva-
mia, in promptly surrendering on the requisi-
ton of :he Governor of Virginia those luigi
lives from justice who sought refuge within
our borders discharged his duty to the Con-
stitution, and for doing merits, and has
received our hearty approval.
ResoIrei That the prompt suppression, in
the first instance, of the Harper's Ferry out
break is now. and it is hoped will always be
regarded most marked illustration of the
! valne of the Union, and the efficiency of its
Executive authorities in furnishing, on the
| spot, and at a moments notice. the military
means to suppress a local and dangerous re-
volt, and relinquishing to the State authori-
! ties the vindicauon of the violated law.
Resolved That earnestly assuring our breth-
ren of the South that there exists among the
| people of Pennsylvania determined spirit
! 10 as. ert amp maintain tue Const tuition of the
Union. aud the rights of the States under it,
We ask in return, confidence, and that digni-
fled moderation which confidence and patri-
otto sympathy inspire.
Almost NJ the same time. while old indie
| pendence Hall, ia Philadelphia, re-echoed
/ with the shouts of "the Union now and for
| ever, one aud inseparablei" fhere was an
/ electrical communication established with
the old Cradle of Liberty at Fanenil Hall ia
/ Boston. and the same glorious keynote was
! etrick in both places. Here again the crowd
| was so dense that hundreds were turned
away. Ex-Governor Lincoln presided, and
there are names in the lit of officers. brought
| to this country in the Maylowsr, inscribed
| ga every battlefield of the country, written
! in letters of light on the legislation of our
/ country, and Respondent in the world Of
literature and letters. To such, Edward
| Everett poured out the wealth of bis patriotic
/ eloauence, and Caleb Cushing the offerings
| of his vast intellect. and TO such George
| Lunt read the following as the resolutions
] th.. ..it. "a Rrsinn Gin com ilnruiinn of re-