Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-12-29

81 In the early part va NV P'
month, in an article commencing the sound
conservative views of the A. I. Courier and
E.1,,,rer touching the abolition of slavery,
we contrasted its position with that of Mr.
SEWARD, and remarked that, with its views
of the treason and wickedness of abOlitiOnism.
ve do not see how the Courier and Enquirer
can support Mr.. SEWARD" In giving Mr..
SxwARp's position, we referred to the "irre-
pressible conflict" doctrines of his Rochester
.peecb. and cited passages from his speech at
Cleveland in l84S. In its impression Of the
10th inst, the Courier and Enquirer republshes
the greater portion Of our remarks, and re-
plies as follows:
Several weeks confinement to a sick room,
has prevented an earlier answer to the enquiry
nronoupded us, and which was entitled to
nrompt reply If Mr.. Seward in his ROcbes-
ter Sneech. had charged that the irrepressible
conflict which il said 10 exist between Free
dom and Slavery, and which he believed must
resuit in rendering all the States free or ell
.lava states demanded from the People of
tba free States efforts TO produce such a re-
.nIt we should have denounced him as
Traitor and PRAYED that he might be hung
nv the same halter which they who preach
sf,sun,on, deserve for themselves; but when
n, added an the uery same paragraph, and as part
of the some sentence, that much as he desired
40 see all the Slave States free, he neither eX-
pected nor desired any such triumph fcr The
cause of human freedom, "oTHERwIsE' than
by Ge action Of the people Of the Save Sfotes' ana
IN conformity ,oh their respectiUe STATE Consfitu-
non, :, We could not but concede that he
had a perfect right to entertain and advance
what we hold to be an abstraction, 80 long n
he had NO desire to make his abstrac Ion
override the Constitution. We do not belye
one word about this ''irrepr'ssihle con-
fict," although il dates back to Washing
ton aud jefferson, aud was uttered edito-
rally by the Richmond Enquirer, two
years before Mr.. Seward referred tn 1t.
Nor do we believe in Mr.. Toombs' harmless
version OF it, precisely the reverse 4 Mr..
Stewards, viz: that the day il not far distant
when the STAKEHOLDER will call the roll OF his
negroes beneath the shadow Of Bunker Hull
Monument! But both Mr.. Seward and Mr..
Toombs, are entitled to their pet abstractions,
90 long IS they do not make them offensive
20 the public Mr.. Seward desires the ab"li-
ton of Slavery in the Southern States, aud
believes il certain TO come, through the &C
ton Of the People and in conformity with
btate rights. Otherwise" he dos not de-
sire it, What harm is here in this? We
musket tomorrow ia defence of the Constitu-
tional rights of any and every State OF this
Union and If we did not ki,oso this, We
should not support him for the Presidency.
What care We then, for his harmless abstrac-
tion. born and 70 tered in the School of Vir-
GINA, ever so prolific in distractions! Be
aides il il the right Of all friends, TO differ
upon essentials and We know that no
BODY lives who is more in need of the liberal
4. al. Il. fNar
selves. Even upon this question of slavery.
there is one point in relation 10 which we
are la q miserable minority. While as Re-
publicans, we all think alike in regard to the
Constitutional rights of the Slave States and
would resist 60 the death, any interference
with their local institutions by outsiders I'M
doIbtedly a majority of the Party, Mr.. Sew
ard included. believe that the States might
sately manumit their negI ocs. We differ. We
believe il woLid be madness 10 To- do; and
fearlessly proclaim, that IL we possess such
q pawer we would not exercise i'll Well. do
our friends quarrel with us, and denounce,
and repudiate us for thus differing and boldly
prLclaimng our diff renee ot opinion? Far
from il. They honor for having always
been alike true to ourselves aud To our prin-
ciples ; aud they are quite content 10 see us
stand by them SHOULDER 10 shoulder, 10 r.
sisling Slavery /; aud permit Mr.
may our harmless distractions.
Viii not our Nashville friend and Others
who hare put to US this same question per
ceive in all tsis. a good aud sufficient rrason
why we should not abandon MIR. Seward BE-
cause Of his Rochester speech, any more han
that he should abandon us because We bold.
that no greater cruel 10 the slave can he
msgned by the MUD Of man than to manu-
NIT him in ire Slave States without hfst pro-
and OF speech. are not only tolerated bat en-
coaraged al the North aud therefore II is,
that we find the whole people, with the ex-
ceptiou OF the Abolilionisis ard Doughfaces,
equally oppost 4 to the t1lension oi Slavery
and TO ali interference with IL ia the Stat
where il Constitutionally exist. .iLzirscflsas
pass tor nothing with Us. whether they come
from Toombs OF Georgia. or Se~srd u New
York. Let them bat sxow their faith la the
Constitution and their determination 70 kind
~ @ as Il Is, and nof as u.ry Eussd Asts Il, and
the people will siasd by them il they have
claims to their support. But Sys the Mash
Vile Patriot, IL not Mr.. Seward feleetsd Pre-
sid Mt, bound TO carry out the pytsesskss of his
Rochester Spe.chi We answer yes uudoubt-
IL be H. bat net It's abssraasons. his SIRE
prrssible conflict" IL Virginia abstraction,
which be Ia not called upon TO carry out; bGs-
thr principle enunclaied, that while lac be-
lIeved Ia the abstraction. he did not expect
ever to see it triumph. "okAsrirsss liass uroassA
conformity eith p<Y rsspeaips STATE Cdasilafsoas,
be b bound to carry o'it 10 the very letter,
snd will do 20 alter the Alb Of March, 1861. ~
faithfully as any other man who ever hlltd
tIs Executive Chair.
Tns Courier ard ES7rra Is apparently