Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-07-15
VOL. XXI.

: tbesr conspirators wholly escape a similar re
, tiibution
. II the contemplated occasion for the Treason
o had occurred. and the. whole plot been aciet
a out. what would have been the fate OF Ken
! lucky and Tennessee? Though there was no
probably man in either Sta who would
have voted for disunion. yet il is probable
7 that both would have b en- precipilated into
full participation in the national and the do
i, mestic civil war. AT the first flow of blood
II would have been almo>t impossible TO pre-
vent ouI impetuous young men from mingIing
IN the conflict. Nothing could have prevent
ed them but the earnest, unanimous remon-
STRANGE OF the leading men OF all parties.
Could such unanimous remonstrance have
been obtained?
II the misdeeds of the Hart ford convention
isis justly sank III" old d raj party under
the weigh. of popular odium. what ought to
he the fate Of The ty that donors, susains,
trusts, and submits itself to the guidance of
such moral trait ors as these? Put down tina Z
party, and though justice may not lac fully
satisfied, yet all the punishment that can be
INFLICTED will reach these cnnspirators collec-
tivcly and individually VIII thar they shall
be placed individually, like the Hartford
cOnventionists under the ban Of an enduring
political prescription, the nation will deter
minr b reail r.
No sooner had the contemplated occasion
|
they began scheming as to the use they should
make oil the victory obtain d by their party
in the contest Tor the Presidency. The
scheme for diSunion was only def rred not
abandoned. One of the most talented and
| influential among them. in published ad-
dress 10 The Governor of South Carolina, adj
V"catlng dIsunon, gave il as h opinion that
all true stutesmanShip in the South consists
IN forming combinations and shaping events
10 bring about speedy di solution OF the
| Union itnh Southern coat,der cv." The tai
enied Senator Hammond. in ep .ech liver
| eel t. his constituents la { summer. expressed
| the opinion that. if the No. tin succe ded in
eecting the next Pte-id ut, as it probably
| would, the Sou hern States generally would
NOT agree to secede for that cause but il such
Il President were FL ctrd IA second time, or if
Congress passed anolh tariff, then he bcliev-
"a that tliSy woald. But it seems from more
recent revelations thai the di,uuiuni,ts are
nor So pa nj as he supposed them to be
The two leading Democratic organs OF Loui-
lana and Mississippi have ltely warned the
p""pl- of these States that in 'all human
probability the X publicans would elect The
next Pre,id Mt, and "a di>uniOn was the pro-
per Necessary Consequence of thlt event,
urged the selection Oi such men as cand dltes
would e best qualh, d to accomplish that
oi ject. Last year there was publicly orga l.
IL d in Alabama what is t. rm.d the south
era League having dsunon for its unds-
guised olj CT. A Democratic paper published
i Mobile announc that, at II recent confer
encr of ''dihg men OF The party. it was re-
solved that the att mpt al di>uiion should be
vigorously pushed on AT ono. Still more
=, Gently we b " the action of The Southern
Convention Id in Mississippi There all
disguise has been thrown aside. In the event
of the r. publican party's clccting lis chndi-
date at tue next Fr sid niiid lection the |
a,,n
the Installation OF the Republican, President
10y forciby retaining power in the hands of
the present Administration failing in that.
to sever The slaveholding States into sepa-
rate conft.deracy.
MIR BOyce. of South Carolina a leading
ID moe attic X presenIative in Il letter written
and published within the last few weeks. says
. it is hut too probable that hostil section
al party North vii soon acquire possession of
the government. In that epent The South shouI
not yenaain q moment To- gs- az tie Union. Thea
20 for Southern mdepende1ce at all hazards
Whilst these notes of preparation on the
part of disunioniSts are so d stinctly audible
will NOT The people OF Kentucky ana Tennes-
see bp aroused TO proper sense of their dam
ger! In voting for Governors Legi lators,
aud members of Congress, will til Y not sci, CT
men most r. liable for cUunteraciing the pro
CT and preserving the UIiOny Ii il said
that some Democratic Candidates. whilst coh-
frssng danger 10 the Union, are urging the
people of Kentucky and Tennessee TO in rust
is preservation t. their party, brcrus as
hy sly, theirs is The only parry having the
pow. to preserve it. With more propriety it
might b. said theirs il the only party having !
power coupl d with The inclination to destroy
the Union. Its members have control of at |
east six disunion States. and obtained that
:ratrol because TIA are disunioni,ts. The
Republican, party Is not even suspected Of
iHy tendency to di>uniOnism, aud there il not
-ingle dsunioni,t iii the ranks of The 0ppu-
,itiOn party. As to the Abul tion di>unloI- |
Sts they are so sea tered through tue North I
hat they have no effective purity power, ex- :
,epi such as they evinCrd in two Instances. in |
the Action Ot Abolition Seuators
" the purchase OF Democratic votes The
,roposition of these Democratic candidates j.
II cf CT nothing but an insulting threat. AS {
he danger ali proceeds from m mbers of that q
'arIy. il l. stying to the people let our party 2
ule or it will rum YOU. l. the party con t
inue TO rob and waste your treasure in pay I
ng Its venul followers, or il Will break up /
our government. The patriotic ireemrn of {
kentucky aud Tennessee will spurn the pro- b
ositiOn. THY will scorn even To own the o
re, ervaion of their loved country to the
o"ght iorbearance OF corrupt p triy. That Il
Uuntry must be saved by the love and valor r.
I its patriot sons, or it is not worth prescrv- s
lg. ~
In the opinion Of many thousand conserva- d
We, UhiOn loving mcn, the time has arrived | p
n combining the strength If all such toward a
reserviag the Uuion. Conventions, repre- II
sning seventy thousand of them in Ken b
lcky, like numb in Tenn, ssee a like u
uInOer IN Virginia. and tnrty or tfy thou
and in Mar lind, have so d clar d. Tn.y a
lty fairly be coas d red as repr,s .nting, u
hen So declaring. the sentiment of the " hole g
ailun outside The X publican. Democratic, Il
nd Abolition parties. They have invited IL
DnserNative patriots OF every section to fol- p
w Mr.. Clay's advice, cast away all party g
es, and combine into a great national party, st
iving 'pTeserudtoa Of the UHioa" iof It's priu- CT
pal II MOI sole platform. L
From the wrll-known fact that full three o.
urihs of The slayrhplders of Kentucky are
nung the Oppo-itionsts who have organ Z d u
e movcm' nj in this State. il may b. inferred III
at they stand in the same relative proper g
on il Tennessee aud MARI land. and that the u
pp1Siionists embrace full one-half of the te
iyehold, rs OF Virginia. Tue inference /, o.
so lair that they embrace at least "A moiety 81
all the Shareholders IN the entire South u
the opinion Of many intelligent persons, pi
ough This may not be tru-, If considered 4.
to The numoer OF slaves id. yet it is less 10
an tue truth when the shareholders, large pt
d small, are ali counted by the head. III
All that this great body of Shareholders - =,
lnt In reference 10 this p c.liar property is -
ace and quiet on the subject. For its pro- - -,
;t,ou they neither desire nor ask the aid of " :"
y political parties. Their right is well de- -
cd aud sufficiently guaranteed in the con- - -
tuition. Wuh the FEELING OF calm security ~ =,
longing 20 proptr manhood, they believe ~
II nobody will ever dare attempt praeti- ~
ly To pass thai limit. Evea shoald such -.
uuantielpated attempt ever be made, tn, v 0'
We an andoubt Il reliance upon the supra
ndant efficacy OF their rifles aud muskels in ev'
,eiliag tie assault. TIE slayeowners of aei
border States feel that the generating, IL
ough party strifes. of inimieal feeling in The