Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-12-07

The resolutions were fully discussed, hut
before the final vote Mr.. EwING. of William
son. offered a seriess Of resolutions in lieu,
which we give below as they were subse-
quently proposed in the Senate by DR.. RICH
ARDsoS, OF Rutherford. The "previous ques-
ton" was d. manded and sustained. and Mr.
Els resolutions were excluded ;and the final
vote was taken on the original preamble and
sci ies, aud they were adopted. The Opposi-
ton members divided on several of them,
but on the third, the vote was strictly par
| ty one.
When they went to the Senate, DIR. RICH
ARDsoN. proposed those drawn by Mr.. EWING,
in lieu, adding preamble of his own, as
| follows
Whereas. the Democratic members of the
| House of Representatives have introduced
| into the General Assembly a preamble and
resolutions, known as the "Earper's Ferry
| Resolutions" conceived, we believe, for par
ty purposes, and drafted with the special de-
sign 10 throw the House of r representatives.
| Of the Congress of the United States into the
hands OF the friends Of ihe Administration,
whereby all Investigation into The abuses ex-
| fravagaace and corruption of the present Adj
| ministration will be sirangied and defeated !;
| and. whereas, said resolutions and preamble
having been passed by the House, and are
| nGw presented for our aciiOn-aud as do
| not intend 10 commit ourselves to any such
! project; nor TO abuse the trust committed to
us by common constituency. by instructiug
| their servants in Que department Of the Gov
ernment what they may, or what they may
not do, when We, TOO, are only servants in
another department of the Government.
But as the Democrats have embodied theiy
views in the preamble and resolutions and
forced them into the General Assembly, ii
will be expected that the Opposition also
will embody their views in some form. Con
demning, as we do, the Harper's Ferry riot
and all those engaged in it, their aiders and
ahetters, most unqualifiedly, yet We do not
think the Democratic view of the subject
should be presented by the General Assem-
bly, to the country. Therefore, we prefer the
following resolutions, and offer til. m in lieu,
a. expressing our opinions in our own Ian
guage. Therefore
''Resoired. That the members of this Gen
eral Assembly look upon the recent silly and
| wicked attempt of John Brown and his
seventeen misguided followers, to excite an
Instruction among the slaves at Harper's
Ferry, as mainly the result of the gross de-
fusion (goiten up and foslered by ianatical
agltators) which prevails at the North in
ton III the South. Assuming it to he so
gricvOus as TO inspire constant discomfort
among the slaves and disposing them to
eagerly embrace any project which may be
held out 10 them 10 effect their escape from
bondagc-a delusiOn which it would be I'M
wise and of mischievous consequences on
The part of the South to confirm or strength
Ell, Int exaggeratiOn for party effect, or for
any other purpose, the danger To b. appre-
h,n mol th.a,, L.. a.. a
Brown and his followers at Harper's Ferry:
in which they utterly failed to excite an in
surrectonary spirit in u single slave so far as
we are informed.
g ResOtref, That while il is manifest from
the number aud The cost of the arms collect
ed 10y Brown and his followers, that they
must have received direct aid and encourage
henl In their wicked enterprise, fro m many
abolition leaders, besides such monomaniacs
as Gerrit Smith and DR.. Howe; and whilst it
is further manifest that they acted in perfect
harmony OF purpose with the teachings and
s. mpatbles OF the whole abolition faction at
the North; nevertheless we do not believe the
great bod7 OF the Republican party encour-
age or sympathiZe with such wickt dnesS
aud folly. But it must be conceded by all
reasonable men, that the existence of such a
party at the North, no matter under what
circumstances of provocation it had its
oil hostility to slavery, powerful in the num-
Der oil Its members and in the ability of its
ieadcrs-a party upheld by numerous public
journals, daily ie,ming with exaggerated
pictures of the oppression endured by the
slaves, with luflammatory invectives against
the South. against slavery and the slavehol-
ders-lnevitably tends to incite the weak
minded and fanAtical Ia engage in such
desperate and prepOsterous schemes; ana that
II such party shall be long upheld at the
North. 1t must IN the end engendpr such a
degree of alienation and bitter hatred be-
tN cen the people of the North and South as
will prove 10 be incompatible with the ex-
isience or continuance Ut "a common govern
ment.
"ResolUed, That the idea or theory that the
existence of slavery in some States or com
munities. and the absence of it in other and
adjoining States or communities, is incom-
patible with The existence Of union of such
States and communities under one Federal
h ad or General Government. was refuted by
the judgment and conclusions of The founders
of the Republic, and the trainers of the Feds
eral Consultation, and has been clearly dis
proved by the experience of more than halt a
century of successful, harmonious and
prosperous career of the whole country under
the present confederatrd Union.
'Res0ired. That, in the opinion of the mem
necessary conflict between free and slave
labor in any well regulated community and
least of all in a country like the United
States, embracing such variety anG extent
OF soil. climate and production; that in this
country, so far from being in conflict, free
and slave labor may co-exist in perfect har-
mony, and to the mutual advantage aud
convenience OF both-the African race being
by nature endowed with powers of epdur-
"A e. n itv lab nj
IN climrs which soon impair the energies Of
the white race, may be appropriately and
probably employed in the culture of such
staples az rice. sugar and cotton products So
nt necessary to the comforts of the white race
while the latter. in clmcs more congenial
TO their physical constitution, may find pro-
htable employment on the farm and in the
workshop, in supplying products adapted to
the consumption and wants of both races, of
the slave n well as of the free white race.
'he'oiref. That the theory Of an ''irrepress-
iblc conflict" is IA startling and mischievous
Invention and is well calculated if held TO
be true, 90 reconcile the minds at men, both
North and South, % separation OF the
Union, under The apprehension that in no
other way can the multiplied mschieiS of
perpetual strife on the subject of slavery.
between the two sections, b. Nv oided.
Resotroi. That in the opinion of this Gcner-
~ EsSe"tp'l' MI 'ne eNtis growing out OF me
present intense slavery agitation-all the
discard, alienation, and bitter hatred now
growing mp aud extending between the North
aud the South, are the Legitimate fruit not If
any necessary and ''irrrpressile conflict"
between free and slavc labor. but a conf ct
between rival aspirants in the race of am
bt,ion North aud South. urged on by an in
ordinate greed # official power and plnnder
IA conflict which can only be depressed by a
powerful aud successful effort by the friends
of the Union. To rouse ihs people to con
vieii"n OF the reality and magnitude OF the
impending dangers tn it, existence
''ResUieal, That the declaration of VIM. II.