Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-12-14
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compact, what contained In those resolutions 70
which Hon gentlemen upon the other side Of the
chamber can Object Is it the desire contained In
them that our representatives should not affiliate
with the Black Republican party in the organization
of the House, in your next National Assembly LIS
it the desire contained in them that We depreoste
tue principles of that party who has called into
vice the murderous hand Of John Brown aud his
cenfederstes for DEEM sir that those the only
two issues rendered in the resolutions upon which
any one can hang objection 10 which the Oppo-
sition members of this House can stand opposed,
eye sir thai the Representatives of the home Of
jackson should not ooslece with the enemies of the
South, with those vampires of the North who have
been preyiDg upon the rights Of the Southern halt
Of this conederacy for the last fifty years; yea, sir,
that they should not unite with those fanatics IN the
distribution Of the honors and emoluments OF your
next Federal Congress Opposition members upon
this AOOr charge that these resolutions were intro
duced for party purposes and to manufacture poll
teal capital. 1 DO not know sir, and nelther do
care what motive the author might have had IN their
introduction.
sI seize on truth where eer its found,
On christian on aeaihen ground"
I had though tue neral Assembly Of the great
State of Tennessee, you'd tbIoG aside local party
prejudces and up and present unbrOken
front upon the resolutions under discussion.
For sir, unless this done, they their moral
force and effect, and rad better never had been
troduced 81 all.
But Low, sir, if the Opp ostion on this floor wish
10 say 70 their brothers of Virginia. 10 your hour
Of trouble We have turneI from you; IN the day OF
your calamity We have our faces nor Inward
they wish TO say 10 ta6se no tEern aaatlcs: 10 n
with your treason, vita your murder and arson,
say let them efase endorse he sentImCnts Con
tanned in the resolutions; iOr, sir, cell hem here
to-day that their ufse upon the resolutions will
be hailed with joy b. ohm Brown, miserable tool
in this Wild ioray, aud BY has aIder- aud sbe,ters,
Seward, Greeley, GsdiIHgs, Smi n, aud company
care nothing for Browa aud MS corp Jrss guard #
insane toos; care hing for this nToAd ineo the
Commonwealth OF FrgIBla; care nothing for this
treason; deem those matters # trivial import.
esteem John Bro En ms tne freedOm-shritksr aId
9 .hrOat hireisLg a-d murderer, with whom the
laws Of NHgIDIa are able 20 cope, and to whom will
be swiftly oealt the penal y Of ms act.
Bat, sir DO for the higher law doctrine; for
the p'iuc pies to which the act of this
I'd otto tcoli nee ,ssary corroiary and inevitable
result. John Browns nurderOus hand is the ne
cesssry sequence Of the that called into play
the fen Iish purposes Of joan Browns heart.
/ an sorry, sir, my honorable friend, The MEM
Der from Henry (Mr. Porter in MS jealous OppO-
sition to these resolutions tells that the member of
Congress from tue san district will "scoIn" any
opinion tais assembly upon this subject under
discussion; that he VIII 'scoln" any expression
from the assembled represent aives Of IA mil ion
freemen Of Tennessee Yes, SIR, in his esgerness,
he tells that tots public servsnt shat tbIs repre-
senatives Of the Taricis of the 9Th district, will
'scorn" any manifestation of opinion from aay
quarter. | hope, for the VrideOf his constituents;
hope for the hon OF his q tTICi; hope fur The
patriotism OF Tennessee, that he Is misTepresenied.
If the hOnorab member IRON Henry, Mr. POr
ter for whom have the CHEST esteem IS correct,
we have indeed, cir fallen upon evil times. aye
Gods upon what meats has this, our Elheridge fed,
that he has grown great Is he prince, pO-
tentste or king that be 'ScorHS" the opinions Of
those whose public servant he is?
Sir, do not wish TO evaie the issue rendered in
the amendment offered by the gentleman IRON Bed
ford, Mr.. Wisener.) l, sir, for one, am willing to
tell him that stand opposed TO his amendment, be-
cause have not that confidence in of the Op-
position delegation to Congress that warm-hesrted
southern man begets and refer particularly
TO the gentleman from the 9th district AR Ether
idge.)
My young and talented friend from Jefferson, (Mr.
BraIelton, has thought this fit occasion to pro-
nounee lengthy eulOgy upon the Hon John Bell.
1t seems passing strange that the OPPOSE
ton drop quickly into the defence of their favor
lite champions when those resolutions were intro
duced Ii seems sir, if they imagined that their
Scion and Lycurgus had not kept their skirts clear
Of this abolition leprosy. / mean nothing disre-
spectful towards those honorable gentlemen; and,
sir, am not here to-day to perform the office of
the resurreetOnist for the purpose of disintering
John Bell from his political grave am willing,
sir TO leave him where The tbunders of The ballot
box have left him-Where the indignant freemen of
Tennessee, by their suffrage, have placed him. The
issue Of mis- course fairly made and fairly met,
anu We nave lnG result IN IuuHueT-tOutS bob1 An6
people Of Tennessee will have none of him.
am sorry, sir, that the honorable member from
Wilson (Mr. Davis arTsigns the Hon. Jefferson
Davis, and places him in the same category with
Wade and Wilson, Fred Douglass and Wendell Phil
lips, and their Northern cOutederates. IL seems to
me- sir that a true charity, even if those men were
disunonists, (which / deuy,) would take by the
hand those who had erred in friendship for the
South and hurled back those who had been our life
long enemies. had imagined, sir, that the day
los, han Q radh nf RuR
eoud be forgotten. had imagined that the name
Of Davis was engraved every Oble teart that
pulssied with the blood Of freeman Sir, when
the Stars and strips upon that guIne Fl Id were
rert and torn, the baJ Uurts Of foreign foe had
borne back our gallant boys. twas this chivslr0us
of the South, this brave Ms, ssIppiaR, VINO
bore alOft his coUntTy's banner, and with his gal
lsRt regiment beat back the base invaders Of our
country's liberty, aud with his mighty arm restOr-
cd the fortunes of Inc day. Sir, If there is
in the South / reverence more than another, tits
thst Of this noble MississIppIan; aud sir, it must
be q morbid feeling IN he breast If any who
can place that warm-hesrted Sou bern stesmsu ia
the same category WITH those Northern traitors
But, sir, jeff Davis needs no eulpgy from me. Mis-
sissippi has him IN her care snd will shield him
from all base attacks. and he will be sustained and
remembered with thr Of Ps'ri t'sm, when the
names of those who rrai luce him wall have been bu
ried in oblivion.
Aud, sir, the eloquent grnTemaD from Suith Mr..
Pickett for whom Grain lee ings OF the h,g p
est respect. AID the learned Rent.emar from Will
Hanson (Alr. Ewl a. wh.m l aiy1ire, l regret TO
say IL, have 10 ught this suitable occasion 10
bring he Of the great metaphy sician Of South
Carolina into this debate. ermiug him the Father
If dIsuui advoCat -. s r., history has done the
ilu tIOus Cath az .mple justice, and his chsrac-
ter t-isY hi E. al ihy ps'rIot, the statesman
a d toe va pra tet lu,brou, who warned the
S uh Of The dagger that is nov upon US; who stood
the WardrT o. tar mil and sounded the alarm TO
the SOU bern half OF this Uoion; who stood al the
helm of Southe,n rights and Southern privileges
as long lite lasted and who now sleeps in the
bosom Of the STATE he loved Weu-iD the b,som
of the ate that worsbipped him South Carolina
has his in her Keeping and little she recks of
the opinions entertained If her favo,ite She
endorsed him while living, and reveres his memo
ry; aud the name Of Calhoun Ia now the watch |
word Of Southern rights Of Southern equality, and
Southern privileges under the common compact.
But, sir, have wandered in my Imagination and
in my remarks tout Of adm raji foI those exalted
men) from the sub jet under discussion, and now
come TO what deem TO re the pith ef The whole |
mstter-this sectional treasonous, Northern Black |
Republican organization, the members of which |
leagued together 10 destroy the constitution of
our fathers, TO overthrow the rights of The South,
to destroy the equilibrium in the political power of
the two sections, and 10 strike down the rights Of
life liberty and properly and it is against the con-
tsminstion CT this poisonous organization that we |
now wish 10 warn our delegation in Congress, as /
thing sir, from which we wish them TO stand aloof |
from unceRn birds; WhlCh we wish them to shun /
as they would the deadly Upas tree and in this |
discussion is alone necessarily involved the assaults
upon the constitution and the wrongs perpetrated /
by this party of the North sgaiust the South, her
rights and her privileges part ofthis great con-
fsderacy. The time has arrived when il behOOves
every Southern man to look well at the past, TO
scan closely the present, and to prepare for the
coming future.
But just here the Opposition have again and again
challenged Democratic members on this floor 10 an
sWer whether no they are in favor Of Mr.. Doug
las for the Presidency. And now, sir. once for all,
answer for myself alone, aud upon my own respon-
sibility, that between Mr.. Douglas (although ne
has upon one occasion preached new heresies) and
any member Of the Black Republican party, /
would prefer him quick as J would the sweetest
concord Of sounds that rises from the harps of
heaven and floats around the eternal throne in pre-
ference 70 the widest howl that floats up from Pan
demonium Aud, sir. as between him and mem
bers Of the Southern Opposition Of the Bell, Bates
and Bolts school, would prefer him as quick as /
would the brightest luminsry in the galaxy Of
heaven in preference to the dull chickering's Of eel
lar rush light
But, sir, our Opposition friends upon the opposite
side of the chamber tell there is great con- |
Eervstive element in this Black Republican oreapi-
zation Of the North; but, sir say this assertion
he lie IN ba mast and The |