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

Of types discar4he sibs from shsiE. nsrssscods
its dlyine origin. desecrate its doctrines and s5
Ie upon is moral ieachiags, and have ,tranafOrms
their sacred desks into stands for raatins de@l
" gogues Wild fanatics and hair-6rained foolsI At on
a moment protesting to prescn Gods holy doctrin
and at the next dealing cut ShaTp's rifles poWds
and ball to heir dsluded amigrsnts with which
| spin the hearts blood OF their brothers 9th
T south With which to ifn6fue their hands in Ii
blood Of those Who 1--we with them under the bond
; Of common Brotherhood; under the ;f5fm af eom
@on government, sealed BY lhs blood. Of our com
All thsir spseches al iSi27a4 iSsir2 sermons % an e 7tbs e
panphleiss al iReif periodicals. their neWspa-
PerS their tracts their shriskings and hawliaas
f@r Ehat they oatt freedoms have hsehs employ q
without intermission for forty years 10 Accomplish
tneir single object, until they haye educated gen
eFstIon Of people and beit np 4 powerful or
ganisatiOn IN The North who believe thst sIaEsry
Is gfieRousa siRF G-foi stain, moral ieprOsy On
our body PoEtic, aEd even nov they deessre their
aiso0llcal Pnrposs Of eradioadieating it, from our
sys en, even win IRE and sword roo 2
Mr. Seward, their real and sci noWiedgsd Iesfer.r
intact the Sreash ydahead 6fthis sectional orea1
zsioss in is46 advised hiS cohorts To be- s.pAtient
hrn, Natshfuk and ever ready fEnd content them
selves with every advantage they might steady b
uHt.i their ohjeeG was accomplished Aud xsaiI ID
1895, IN LEES than ten short years, in his Baes
fuP61 thsh OF 1hs aAI6eficaR Se6asep ne in hs
arrogance and boa,ed tresson0us pride;3pfoclaius,
Foe battle has bean fought sud WOO, ,R his friends
would believe IL and now their msreh gsuld be
onward and Upward unIil the soil Of The American
continent shodld net be aessefSted' By the fIoi-
Ptintcof q slaYe3b co.fTS9GcS bfvrT 5EG Tc9io g,
Aad since this his arch traitor this theoretical
Peryerter Of The Constitution has made this issue in
Sls own native Slate, even in the great State OF New
Yofs having representation equal 10 Zen uesseeg
Alabama,2 FiO'ida, Mississippi Louisis1ay Texas
and ATkInsas, Ehether 1hs rica fields 5fo Sth Car
oina, the e0ttOn hslds Of AIssissiRpi sAd the su-
gar plantations Of Louisiana shall be cultivated by
free or slave labor, Or in her words, 10 render it
IN pain EDgiisb, whether the status Of the Ihtsd
and bisck.E1ce isGhesaus, a1hetksFlheo Aseio-Sax-
en- Cetie rAeeszahd 5he African Rhali be- equals in
these Southern State; or, IL other Wors sh,iher
the massacre, raPine- and blootshsd Of 81. DoHin-
go shlA be again ehaset inIse Southern .hAlE Of
this coAfederscS VIE, her III dauS of your co..
samEball be- zgfReRsup tGtas vile eubssoS of the
bury African Aad all iaeOlar ndessts in Sc
oiety shall be swept de, and you have the glo-
ri0us privilege ofsSAffg tSsa sniigfst from D ihS
mey or the frstl nYpaln Of ths PrlAee Of Ash hCse
into tne embrace et your family a stieH1
% my mfsd, more H5rFib fs thsn the sbraee Of The
boa eoastrist0f-csnf uHdH 4his 1lssa e che great
State Of New York in lhiin deTtones BGz RESPONDED
IN the affirmative bg 20 600 majqrilgss Bat sir,
there is saogher process going on IN beOf
wrongs TO the South mean tEst of sending mt !
eIissaFies fro the North IN tue rar1e Of religion
those white Salsa gentry rgEpd dG0dF holy book
iR their infamous hands, ta sdreenD them from ven
geaAee, while they steal sleges from the North
era border and ship them on the underground rsils
road to the free States. wi the Intention 70 ensir1
Gle us With an abolition belt south Of mason snd /
Dixon linep more hDFFi6ls TO- 5hsEhrghsq Of the
Ssuththg the fields OF tber sanaconda cs But slr,
this is not all nobls son Of New Ham Pshire
honest, pure man, statesman and 6 patriot who I
loved bis countryfor his eonntry's good, wasoih I
1852 ealIed uponte preside over the testinies Of
Aud 1 bBp Essirs kodes aot say TOD maeRofaS him
when say he, ,letr the eommole compact ss Fnfe As
when be found II, without one exception, net even
him who sfesrs at the II srmitags. He nsTilained1
that instrument that he had to support in It's
purity, and every .haEsa hpugh1 that his
section ef7 the Unlonr Esnld have cried out,
Well done, good and faithful seryant." ,sod bid 4
him welcome back 10 the home Of his ehll hOod and
hsve raised him aud hurtHfet him WITH pride inr4
their arms. But alas on aec0unI of slavery alone,
his owd section, aye, his 9Ha beloved ststs, cast
him out with 3 loathing, aud said she EOsudi have
Of him and account of slavery, though in \
the landOf his BIRTH he is psrseeuted for rghteous
ness sake. Alone though surrounded BY thousands l.
and all on Hcc Juht0f slavery he has been guilo-
- The fraternsl feelings of .this numerous snd 4
Dighy people ought not 10 be eauselessiy riYe1 and
rent. II is the cousammation Of Fiekedness to e1-
cite IN the minds OF thirty millions Of ireemen T.
storm mighfieE than The winds; of heaven, for no
other purpose than ImeFsiy she wicked joy Of hear
ing its Wild Eailings, and sbshOlding the graAdetr
and sublimity Of its terrific gWsepiBgs. io4qa seSt
And he who would do it deserves the msledictiOns
Of earth and the Vsugeanoe Of an offended HesEen- Il
II this is Aos the motive then IN GOs name arrest
it, that the quiet calmzof ciyifiEa8ons and felig
may be restored to ihe Souths and the wounds on
your riven churches be healed again, and ihs ST.
moon breath Of fanstieism sxiinguished in the /
North. o3 - -1s -1o - 1ai sS-'iAI 2'i-Aii-@i Il
But sir il is untrue that this struggle has 40 mo-
tive. With someTi. is the abolition Of slavery.
With seme it is the Destruction Of thsoeauiliOrium
in the political power Of the two sections Of this
Union, and its Concentration in the hands Of the /
free States the bGsnce to be used IN Inieting on
the ssYe States Ssystemi s5frlegissfi6n which will
destroy her rights AMI heF pro Perly, and shicE
er will be aud never esu be endured --fao A'
| ask, would you, sir, in the presence Of . sworn
enemy, whom you had fOifed iR bis determn alton to
slay you, deliver up your weapons and fold your /
hands in passisensss in order that be might plunge
his sword into your unsrmed basems Or would you
not throw yourself upon the defensive and cry
.g-a- cd. .si r....r- .,., STAY on MeDuH, .zG.f
And damned Be him who srst cries hold, snongLi" si
What our beloved soulh wants is action, not
words, practice, not theory. And, sir, in conelu-
sion for hsve occupied more time, and trespassed
further your psfienoe than had ihtended 10 the
outset-as for me- my nindis made up 4 believe the
status of the Africsn and bis msnist capacity |
adapts him to slate Of seryituds, believe under
immut1be DEGREES Of Just hesyen that cspacItsled
Hfn lnIeriOr pOSit1On, JndL ne was 70 4
serve. and that be never be the social equal Of
the fair haired, lght-eomPleXiOned race Of people;
aud sir, ifi must come to this sectional struggle,
if the " "irrepressible conflict is indeed upon us.
if the Red Repubficans Indeed upon The Nsr-psths
painting for lees our liberties and our proper
ties, why cir, nay niBdis Dado up, andsr Sill grid
on my sFmOr and die nin she hArasss,yhEhtiag for
my native South. Where she gees, will go 3 Her !
people shsll bs my people. Her God my God i \
cast my lot with her TIE winds that 81 her sails, !
will watt me onward and the port where she drops
anchor. there viii land. And then, sir, III hurT
back shoot Of defiance 10 those Nprthsrn hordes /
who will then have rsnded this URion Rsunder, and
plunged the world In ruin ,. II
Let others sir think as they like, let Opposition
members afhase with oar Northern foes il
they wish If this, is the test that slavery Is
moral leprosy, aud must and shsH be abellshed.
this Union may find others to sing peans and shout
hozanahs 10 her existence As FOR me, beg to be |,
excused from performing that office. @ 4