Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-09-15


rgumentss If 50, the day s0iE come lchea tbs bond q
JnioR which has united us so long. WILL CEASE
.ONGER TO EAIST."-App. Cong Globe, LIST sess-
4th Cong. page Il66.
BENJAMIN h. HUI. OF GEORGIA,
8 the loading Bel advocate and the Bell elector e
arge in his State He delivered speech At Macon,
N the 30th June last After arguing ably in favor
# the right of the South to protection - the Terri
cries. Mr. Hill says
If the experiment is forced, the fact viii turn |
,ut to be, in ray humble Judgment, thas his Gouaa-
aea and Black RepltbhcaniSa CANNOf LIVE ~
SETHER At no period Of the worlds
history have four thousand millions Of property de-
bated whether it ought to submit to the rule CT an
enemy"
A. BURwELI, OF MISSISSIPPI
A prominent supporter of Mr.. Bell, has under date
Of August 10TH 1860, addressed letter to ex-GOv.
Foote. which we find published in the New York
Herald, preceded by most complimentary notice
and endorsement by Mr.. Foote. In this letter, Mr.
Bury5ell says, in the event that Mr.. Lincoln is
elected:
Il Ezao,0 no man IN de Soll. .slo ,ol in such an
event. take up and bear the standard of the UnioF nor
do before that any such eriSt."
A. R. BoTEIER, OF VIRGINIA
Is a member of the present Congress and chairman
of the Bell and Everett National Executive Commit
tee In the latter capacity he has recently issued an
address, in which he says that the selection of Lin
coin would expose the Union to peril" and then
adds:
"And further we do say that the attempt to govern
the country upon the distinctive and peculiar prin
eipes Of the Republican party would be FATALTO
THE UNION"
He closes by saying that any attempt to exclude
slavery from the national domain would BREAK
UP THE UNION.n
THE PHILADELPHIA JOURNAL,
A leading Bell and Everett paper in Pennsylvania,
says that as soon as Lincoln is elected the compact
of Confederation will be practically broken up"
1.-The fact of DIsUYIoN WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED before
single Southern State can take the first formal step
towards secession"
1t closes the article by charging that the Republic
can party 's making it impossible for the South to
remain in the Union consistently lsh honor and self
respect"
H. W. HILLLARD, OF ALABAMA,
Is still another exmember Of Congress- and the lead
ing advocate Of Mr.. Bell in that State. Let US hear
| from him.
1.-The time Is come not only to resist the measures
which thereafter the southern States, but to de-
mGnd guarantees for their future protection (Here If
Mr.. Calhoun's amendment to the Constitution again
For one, sir, / AN FOR OFFERING BAT
TIE AT ONCE. am for stalking everything 'lpon,
single ftd - You may alOmst hear the
tones in which the southern people announce their
solemn purpose not only to resist upon threatened en-
croaehments but to demand guarantees for their future
Sgey."-Cong. Globe, LIST Sess. 3lst Cong, page 359
Again, on page IS of the Appendix;
Il someny declare that If this legislation is to be
persisted in, THIS UNION CANNOT STAND.
brave, generous, high-spirited people, who compre
bend their rights, &c. viii u der the pressure of
| great necessity. BREAK OFF AN ALLIANCE which
employs the machinery of common government
against them, without pausng to cast up its value
1t is of no avail that you point to future o.
CONFUSION and blood which lies beyond the hour o.
our separation. Anything is to be preferred to al
ignominious submission TO tyranny"
JEREMIAH CLEMENS, OF TENNESSEE.
Mr. Clemens was formly United States Senator
from Alabama. but now lives in Tennessee, and i
one of the editors Of the Memphis Eagle and In
quira, the leading Bell paper in that State. HI
acquired notoriety in the Senate for having ros
one day in that body, and proclaimed that thu
Union was already dissolved! Hear him.
"You can deceive us no longer by the catch-word
Cancellation and harmony
The North will not save the Union and the South CAN
NOT unless indeed, we submit to indignites AM
wrong of so degrading character as would almos
make our fathers burst the cement of the tombs
and come among US once more to denounce and disow
the degenerate descendants who have degraced aglo
riOUs ancestry. When the Goveren
ment is so administered as to Cypress and grind dow
one pOrtionofthe COnfederacy It ceases to bean OeC
Of UeneTutio1 10 me- and 1 AN REAEY TO BURS'
ASUNDER ITS FIRMEST BONDS.
have no threats to make, but tell you, more in
row than in anger, not only that you must pause bu
the Constitution must be respected and its promise
held sacred or me most weak and tinid men n tn
State | in part represent, WOULD SCORN EOUl
ALLIANCE. and SKATER YOUR CONFEDE
RACY. Indeed, l do not know but what it is nov
TOO LATE, and that this Union, over which yO1
have preached so much, and about which so man.
eloquent sentences have been framed, Is ALREADY
AT AN END. Certainly you hare SerTed many Of Il
strongest ties and but little besides tina
FORMAL SEPARATION, which embittered feeling
must soon render a necessity"
LEANDER NJ. cox, OF KENTUCKY,
Is another ex-member of Congress and LEADING
supporter of Bell and Everett. Let US hear him
"When you tell me that you intend to put re
striction on the Territories say to you that upo
that subject the South is unit. and WILL NO
SUBMIT TO ANY SUCH THING."-App. to Cons
Globe, lst Sess. 3ith Cong. page 81.
Again, page lI43, Mr.. Cox said
But if The designs of parties purely sections
Of the Republic tOiHbe FOREVER SEALED, and tn
historic chapter of American independence closed i
the tragic scenes Of CIVIL WAR.
JEREMIAH NORTON OF VIRGINIA,
Another ex-member of Congress, and ardent sur
porter of Bell. Hear him
"They (the North) now believes that the South i
in earnest and means to resist THE aggression at eUer
hazard and to the last eTt5Tmity. TIL
States have the right to acquire such legislation
may be necessary to protect the property Of Its cit
ems who may choose to emigrate to the Territories
We claim no superiority, but with tn
blessing of God. with strong hearts and firm nerves
let I7haeuer lrH come, the South connO and luiU no
permit the brand of inferiority to be marked upo
her forehead.
If this Government, which was intended as a shield
should rampe under foot the rights of the South an
the provisions of the Constitutions if the North appes
TO the ballOtboX(fOr the ballot box has become SEE
tional on this question: and ask TO submit, we wi
appeal to violated charter will stand on the yer
foundation were our fathers stood we will stand O
the principles of &c and that spirit animate
them viii animate their decendents. Think not yor
can press TO the wall, end meet resistance. No
Greek loiH meet Greek Press tina
issue upon and loe aCH appeal TO THE GOD OF
BATTLES, with more faith and stronger confdenc
than fathers did when they pledged life fortune
and sacred hOnor.-App. LIST Sess. 3lst Cong page
49, lis
Up. CAMPBELL. OF KY.
Was also a member of the 34th Congress W,
quote from his speech delivered in the House:
1T is an interference with institutions when ou
citizens are denied the rightin the new Terrific
ries with the citizens from the North for that Terri
tory belongs to us as much as it does TO you.
We regard this Contederacy as secondary in impor
lance and when Government falters in carryin!
out Its guarantees fer the protection of life liberty
and property, 1T Is 10 LONGER ENTITLED THE FEALTl
Op Anli ,Il f,t IL,