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

trying scenes which they have been called to
pass through, and proffer them and their civil
authorities. and these of the Federal Gov
eminent, our unfaifing countenaBce and sup
port 10 the maintenance of the laws of the
land and the public peace.
Resolved. That generous love of country
Is the nobiest passion which can animate the
soul of a citizen in free State; and that the
opposite sentiment so zealously propagateG
of late by the fanaiical ministers of false
philanthropy, is fatal 10 the public peace.
honor and welfare. and deserves the seyerest
reprobation of every true American -.
ResoIued, That the advantages cand prixi-
leges through the blessing of Divine Provi-
denee, enjoyed by the people of this country
are unparalleled in the history of nations;
that we can be deprived of them only by our
own want of a due sense OF their value; aud
that intestine discussions, SO often the bane
of ancient aud modern StaIes, can alone ex-
pose US to the danger of losing possessions so
inestimable. 80
Resolved, That the Interchangeable union of
these States is Indispensable to the prosper
ity and glory of each and of all and even
to our continued existence as a civilized and
enlightened nation; and. that In league with
our patriotic brethren throughout the Union,
we solemnly pledge ourselves to uphold it
with " our lives. our fortunes, and our sacred
honor"
cherish the Constitution of the United States.
for the consummate wisdom and liberality of
its just and salutary provisions; that we are
resolved to maintain the great charter of our
liberties and safety by all honorable means.
and faithfully and unreseryedly to carry out
all its obligations and requirements. y- ~ ~
RESOLVED, That it is the bounden and high
est duty of all the citizens of this country to
discoantenanee whatever may tend TO pro-
A. eli Of fna o-t ii.
sentiment or interest, between the several
States, and zealously to cultivate and pro-
mote every influence likely to advance and
maintain the most amicable relations among
the whole people of the United States =
Resolved That we hereby denounce, as
worthy of the mostunqnalified condemnation
every demonstration and every expression of
sentiment, whether public or private, tend
ing to extenuate or apologize for the conduct
or characters of the criminal actors in the
late outrage in Virginia, or to- make them
seem other than the guilty agents and victims
of fanatical and fatal delusiOn; and we
hold those, in whatever station and of what
ever profession, whose opinions and exhorta-
tions, heretofore uttered, have so manifestIy
tended 10 this great wrong and crime. as
fully responsible for it aud all its evil conse-
quence, before God and the country.
ResolUed, That, with the deepest emotions
of yeneration for the sagacity and patriotic
spirit which prompted the sentiments, we re-
iterate the language of the Father of his
Country. in his farewell address to the people
of the United States, that lit is of infinite
moment that we SHOULD properly estimate the
immense value of our national union TO our
collective and individual happiness; that we
should cherish a cordial habitual, and i'm
movable attachment to it; accustoming our
selves to think and speak of it of the
palladium of our political safety and pros
perity, watching for its preservation with
jealous anxiety, discountenancing whatever
may suggest even a suspicion that it can in
any event be abandoned. and Indignantly
frowning upon the first dawning of every at
tempt to ALLEVIATE any portion of our country
| from the rest. or to enfeeble the sacred ties
which now link together the various parts.'
Men of the South when you are told that
the entire North is composed of fanatics.
Abolitionists, and Black Republicans, read
over these resolutions, reflect upon these
demonstrations, and convince yourselves thai
the Union is in no danger except from the
partisan leaders who would inhame your
minds by their incendiary teachings.