Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-02

skau rsssss from soss Of tie doetriRss, 40 a5hsrrs
to him u has lately promulgated
This does NOT look much like s.sestlemeuta tina
viii prevent sgitsiion unless the Democratic party
that insugurated the principle sad maintained il
far can be upheld by the national men of the country
against the combined effort Of the Opposition which
now embraces both Mr. BRLL and Mr.. SEWARD.
But Mr.. Bell himself aside from Mr. SEWARD
ia unwilling thatthe decision Of the Supreme Court
should be regarded as settlement of this question
He said in the same speech just quoted from: y
Whatever may be The decision of the suprem,
Court on the power Of Congress to interfere will
the question Of slavery in the Territories and how
ever clear aud vel fCu7ded in principle ar author
ity lis decisions may he, have supposed that mas
much as It is question CT constitutional :onstruc-
tion or Interpretation and relates to The Jurisdiction
end power of special department of the govern
ment-a department always more or less under the
inhueDee Of political considerations--ihe question
would not be regarded as permanently settled; and
that whenever in future, as heretofore, Congress
shall be Cali upon to legislaie concerning terri
tory, the question win again become the subject OF
discussion as such decision as the majority shall
think pyeeer 70 declare. Congress saoayed
BY the opinions Of he Supreme Court the question o.
its poFTs 10 establish national bank; WILL IT
CONTROLLED BY ANY CT IT'S OPIEIoEs on QUESTIONS
=
\ For fear that Mr. BELL may not be good auihori-
ty with one wing Of his party, we make the follow
ing additional extract from the speech of Hon F..
Z. ZoLLIcoFFER on the same subject, delivered in
| Congress March 81, 1858: =
ssThe great mass Of those who oppose the admisA
sion of Kansas into The Union oppose i. because il
comes with pre-slayery Constitution. Many Of
them hare indeed goae so far as 10 pledge themselves
sy9u f Cf0ss
info the Union. What spirit is this in union of
aes such ours, foImt originally between slave
States and free States, AID in which they are still
Of nearly equal numbers"
The language of these gentlemen does not look
much like this northern agitation was settled In
fact 1t is such papable contradiction with the
ing intent Of The resolution Put forth in their plat
forr, that We must pronounce the latter insincere
and meaningless in its position on the most vi al
question to The South Il was such unmaBly policy
as this on the part of Know Nothing leaders at the
South, that has encouraged and strengthened the
Black Republican forces at the North, and induced
them TO exclaim, as did Mr.. SEWARD in the Senate
"At last nsw poice issues from your ouH reqion,
! from THE SoUgH from the Stare States and protests
against your further persistence against his mad enter
prise (0f extending sLdUer, and ddnoRites you that
Il must and nil fail The eohoris are gathering IN
| THE SoUTH; the men of moderation and conservatism
soho, as they hare HERETOFORE MODERATED IN FAVOR
| OF SLAVERY AND AGAINST FREEDoa, wW non be OBJ
Iged IA consistency Nth thar just and VeleslBlshed
character and their ka6uuaI patriotism To MoDERArr
! AGAINST you IN FAVOR OF FREEDOM, AND RISE Up
| UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST SLAVERY"
For the present we must close our comments here;
promising to continue impartial criticism of theiI
! platform in our next.