Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-12-13

4 nov wash 70 warn our delegation in Congress as
thing sirs frsm which We wish them ID siand ale
as from unclesn birdsf wa oh ne Eishthsm to shl
as they would the deadly Upas tree, and in ii
discussion Is alone necessarily involved the assaul
4 upon the constitution and the wrongs perSetrat
I BY this party of the North sgainst the South, b
rights and her privileges part Of this great
! federaey. The time has arrived when it beho0v,
4 every S0uthtrn man to look wen at the past,
4 scan closely the present, and to prepare for Il
ileoning future. la - 20 -2o-
Bat just here, the Opposition have sgais and agsi
ehsslenged D, m)eratic members on this floor to al
ever whether or no they are IN favor Of Mr.. Doug
las for the Presidency. Aud now, sir, once for al
L answer for myself alone AID upon my own respot
/ sibihty, that a. between Mr.. Dmglaa tsi hoagh Z
has upon cne Oeea, ion preached new heresies( an
any member Of TIE Black Republican pariye
Weuld prefer him as quick as would the ! Weeles
concord Of sounds that rises from the hsrps 0
heaven and f0sIs around the eternal throne in pre-
1erence 10 the widest howIthat fJats up from Pan
demonium. Aud, sir as between him and mem
bcrs Of the Southern Opposition Of the Bell, Bate
and B9tts school, would prefer him as quick as
would the brightest luminary in the galaxy o
heaven in preference to the dul hiokeriDgs OF G.
lar rush light a'-i .sa --l --r1'a y15 - .es-.,
Bat, sir our Opposition friends upon the oppesit,
side of 1he chamber tell US there is q great con
serFstise element in this Back Republicsn Organi
cation Of the Nertb; but, cir, say this assertion
gives The lie 10 the pas and the present Of thatpaF
Stya And have sg ain and again and sgain called
upon hO6Grabls gentlemen 10 tell me what membel
of that organization in U1bgress they would vote
for for the. Speskership Ihavel called upon them
10 tell Us who they Vsuli votefoF in that party for
The Presidency but have bes met BY eVasive an
ssers, by srtfll dodging, by Characteristic eqyVo
cations. They tell US boldly, vi houL a show Of
facts to support the foolish assertion that the Dem
seFatio Tariy is disuDicn party They raise the
cry Of Beware! beNar. sad yet do not ten us where
to go sir, will not, in all charity, suppose they
NsnIthe great democratic. party to come over 10
their corporals guard Do they want Us to fjrsnks
the Democratic snip. the noble a. with sails set aad
The stars and stripes streaming from her mizTen
peak, and 20 aboard their miserable f,hinEJ smack
without sail ruddei or do they want as to taks
passage apln the .'lopg, How, back crsft carrying
The .srsd flag" and cross bones at her masthead
with "higher Law inscriEtd upon, her gslreameIs?
God pity them. We prefer TO stay Ehete we are;
and II they will not come aboard, We will leave
them smidst1he Eild waves, and shout back 20 them
9 long fare we'll. T s,,ss., -,t,-y, s. ,0.. lDd
II is nat for me, Mr. Speaker, to inform this in-
tsllgept assembly that live At a time when duty
demands Of US TO look we'll 70 our conditien and
whether We are in the unsuiied eDjoymens Of those
rights and privileges handed down 70 us by eur
ancestors, well for ourselves as TO be transmitted
to our children, who viii havea righl expect Of
us that they shall be entirely HBtArnished aud nm
because ne VINO fnIas uhy I6e0 IN ine
signs Of the times that Ws=, hesrtless- insulting
brutal and fanatea has in fact been Wsgiag against
Us for Ihe last forty years. and that too atthe
ha3ds Of those who should feel bound to sustsin u.s.
yea sir, antil indeed it has become war Of Athens
against Sparta, Of brother against hrothef,-T
Whenlh Government was formed il was formed
on terms Of perfect equality for all the States had
It been proposed upon any other terms every ons,
knows it never would have been formed at ALL
By the common written compact Of al thethen ex-
sting States and guaranteed TO ell that we're 70
come in after wards. No species Of property 80
guifed, was so provided for slave property; in
fact it then existed in every State that signed the
compact, and no one supposed that any section OF
this Confsderacy in the future xeHd exhibit she ar
roganee of attempting 10 decide for any oher the
hight hold any spsces Of property IN any State o.
Territory known to the Uaion ~ -q.'--q1 l.5s4
And it is remarkable fact, that not on'y every
Northern State, not only sold the greater, number
# their slaves (Whom tney had dragged from their
lomes through the horrors of the middle psssage)
6 the South, but not one, Of them has given one
DOT Of new territory 10 add to the grandeur or
,Iory of This great Republic, although they are now
landed not only to exclude US and our property
rom sH future States, but to wipe cat the iustifu
ion from among ourselves aud to leave our pes
erity in worse than 8 hoHliDg wilderness, to be 4
impaired in degradation only to the horrors of S4a
domingo. ---.-a..- -- -,...i.- ..,.gl Jal ri. .s-|
Twenty years ago it was held to be an absurdity
0 say that Abolidonism in this Government was q
hing Of any moment, of any praciieSl eapsbllily
. ID harm, and Southern far-sseing statesmen who
hen stood as Watcbmen on the wall and told Of the
,oming danger, and who pointed out the, breakers
lpon which the South was drifting, were set down
IS unWiss, and proclaimed agtaers. ..r 10 f--'
Yes sir, v e were warned then Of the danger that
8 now upon US, even now, when escape seams al
ncst an impossiblili,y. That party then could only
resent upon the floor Of your National Assembly
% npf
ives. Now they heve twenty-six Senators, and q
nsjerity of the lower House, all bold, resoluts IA
"a ics advocating principle that must necessarily
nd in O total overthrow Of the rights of one por-
ion Of this Unien in complete aEuihilation of our
iehts under that instrument framed BY our fathers
nd springng out Of and nurtured BY the blood Of 1
lave bOlders. ...- s-h /
From 1920 this party has been growing in power,
nd swelling in arrogance, and reekiEg with fanai
ism. 1t tells you to-day that you, must surrender
ID the last tribunal We have for protection.
fes, sir, it tells you to-day that they will reorgan-
re your Supreme Court on different asis that
hey will cast the judicial eImine around men of
heir own fanatical calibre: men who hold that sls-
Iery is wrong; men who proclaim that slavery is
in men who make it the test of sin or no sih.
Ind stand here today, sir, and ask you how we
IRE going to prevent il "under the Constitution p
Away with the doctrine. Some Of them believe 10
higher law, ard others of them place coDslruc-
ion that instrument suitable TO their wild fanst-
cal views upon the subject Of slavery others would
,hangs it entirely. ... .. ..-.-.-.- a-
They attempted to pass the Wilmot Proviso over
7our Territories. 0ne branch OF your Congress did
10 it, notwithstanding we had furnished Two gallant
soldiers TO their in the war acquiring the most
il that vast domain --...... Gao,
They said TO you the footprints of your property
,haIf never press that soil Notwithstanding the
blood of our sons was poured out a holocaust upon
he sands Of Mexico, and they dted breathing
prayer for their country's liberty, their eountry's
Slory their countrys prosperity aud their eouutrys
equality not Withstsnding ali this. they tell you
your brothers. blood lille in vain, and you are
10 receive 40 reward his Offering. aa. 80 .t
We heard then that We need not be alsrmed-tbat
his Abolition party was a parry Of no practical
one idea party led on BY Abolition ia
pa les. But, sir, in 8 few years in its onward
N arch, it had become so capecious as TO engulpA
.he whole Northern wing of the Wing party, leaving
not one 10 tell the tails Of their final absorption,
We have also been told that the great national
Democratic party, whose platform. bound them to
full Vndcation Of honor, and our rights, and to
he enjoyment of our institutions in our own way
consistent with the Constitution, was strong and
faithful arm, and would shield US against all dan
zercus aggression Bu, sir, when the hour OF trial
comes and the clouds blscken upon the political
horizon we find members even of that party faler,
and turn back and sacrifice the rights Of the South
20 a fauatical public opinion at home. .-.-.1pl
Had it not been for the slavery clsu1s In the m
sas constitution, Mr.. Speaker, am fully satlehed
hat State would have been admitted into this Union
without murmer from any quarter j..
The North demanded its rejection, and 1t was
lone. true 20 the principles first laid down and
nov being carried out viz: eternal war against the
South aud her institutions Aud now, sir, in my
humble Judgment, the South ma, H-'d her hands in
despair and take i! for granted she is neVs. 'ato
,pioy another foot Of The cjmmon Territory Pu
,hased BY the common blood ahd common treasure
Would heaven that just at tits unsture there had
been such a manifestation from the South as all
could hare had cobf ieDee in hat she would resist
in the future any other enactment, any other ag
zression upon her and her rightS. But such was
not the csse and these sggressons and the fruits OF
them still continue. Cd
The Aboltionisls in 1913 declared that there
Ghonld be no more slave States admitted into TINS
TJnioa and thew have carried out their fat even
Nth FIRE and swo d Sh4rp's rifles aud revolVers, in
the hands of their misguided miserable TOOLS aided
and abstl ed by their politicians, presses and pupts,
and that. tps in the very presence Of Government,
and net a hair of their heads has fallen for thtir
treason for their n, for their murder and ra-
nin. up to the beginning Of so. ...-f ii
But this relentless war has not alone bern Waged
upOn the soil Of the Territories the fsnatical minds
of the northern people were to be prepared for
more far more than all this. 80 "a aHil..7 90 %
y 1t vas necessary to conVinse them that slavery
was q sin, foul stain, q leprosy upon the Dody
uolitio, condemned by heaven and exeerassd oy
msnkind that must at some day be wiped cut Tor
ever and for this purpose every disboical testing
of the human heart and isndish purpose Of de-
praved mind have been brought into action fhey