Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-02-04

RE mosher ana Dsnehfer.
The following article from the Louisville
Journal is worthy Of The attention Of all patri-
otic men:
posing demonstration on hehaif OF the Union,
now taking place in the Valley of the Ohio.
too obvious to elude attention aud too erik
ing TO escape remark We desire to touch
upon 1t in no vain spirit of exultatinn, and
in no. naughty tone of Teproacb. bat purely
in relation TO the peace and welfare and per-
mancncy of the Republic.
One day last week an ambassador extranr-
binary, charged publicly with a message of
Disunion from the State of South Carolina,
arrived at the capital IF Virginia and was
received with the highest honnrs by the au-
thorities OF that ncient Commonwealth The
following day this ambassador of the Disun-
ionists was escorted to the Capitol by the mil
itary. and addressed the Legislature of the
Old Dominion OH the subject OF this treason
able mission According to .he telegraph.
be spoke for four hours to an immense assem-
blage. He described in exciting terms what
he termed the steady inroads of the North
upon the rights of the South and the rise aud
progress OF AbOlitionism. which he represent
ed as having swept substantially the entire
North within It's vortex. He drew a dreary
and disheartening and aggravaripp picture
of the present relations between the two sec
lions of tie Union. and sought to show that
the guarantees of the Constitution are inter-
iy poweri'ss 10 protect the South. He de-
ciared that the South must make a demand
for new guarantees If the Union is to be pre-
serv' d. or else make concession after conees-
sion until II loses all influence and all rights
in tie Cont, deracy. Finally he urged
Convention OF the Southern States TO consid-
ct the prUpriety of instituing this formal step
or stride toward dissolution of the Union;
and appealed. with all the force which great
abilities and impasSioned eloquence, combin-
ed with unsulied personal character. could
lend to the sanction Of sovereign Stat, for
the eo0peration of Virginia in the teditious
and incendlary scheme. He invoked Virginia
with every charm of authority, of intellect,
OF association, and OF manner, TO adopt the
plan OF the DisunioDists "a her own. and join
them forthwith in executing it. He was lis
tened to, the telegraph announces, with in
tense inter st throughout his long and sol
emn yet deeply infi mmIatory discourse
Virginia hearkrned with sympathy and re-
spect to the lraitorous counsels Of South Car
"lIna flowing II ON his lips. 1t remains to be
seen whether or no. she has not hearkened to
them with approval and consent.
WBiie in the pending juncture, Virginia,
the mother OF Presidents and of States thus
discharges Der obligations to the Union. we
ned not say how Kentucky, Virginia's
dughtcr. is fulfilling her duty Ia the common
family. The Union far and wide is now ring
ing with the glorious tidings. Instead of
giving audience, respectful or otherwise, to
Minister EXtTao dinaIy of the Di-unionsts,
kentucky summons tie representatives, of
THE heart ot the Confederacy to her board
and amidst inspiring manifestations of patri-
otto enthusiasm. pledges the Union anew with
Il fervor and energy of devotion uudiminished
aud undiminislable. Kentucky. in this hour
OF dang T, calls thetried friends of the Union
10 h side; no others. She asks she permits
no ambassador of disuniou to approach her
with his Infamous political nostrum She
uocs not, She 1ru not, helrken 10 the coun-
Sells oil treason, no matter whence they come
or what shape they take. She distrusts the
policy as profoundly as she scorns the princi-
pies OF the DisuniCuiStS. Kentucky cuusults
la this grave exig,ncy with patriots alone,
and with them only to renew Tie surance
OF common constcratiOn 10 the Union =
Loving the Union always, in time of error
and OF p ri she loves it better than ever, and
Is more firmly resolved to cling 10 il, for it is
then she perculvvs mostly clearly that ii is
the true, the only safeguard of her liberty
and her rights.
As little willing or inclined to submit pa
uently to the Intulorahle oppression of
reckless sectional majority. as Virginia or
South Carolina or any other State j., Ken
lucky intends to make all her resistance ard
do all her lighting inside the Union, and 80
far a. possible, through Its matchless machine
ry. Her determination in this respect is fix
Ell. Her mind l. made up. She is for the
Union: ''pcaceably, if pos>ible--forcibly, if
necessary but, at any rate, for The Union.
Regarding disuniun ~ the rum of all evils,
hot excepting pubic shame and dishonor,
she jecIs 1t as remedy for even the worst.
In an emergency sufficiently extreme, Ken
lucky would Readily pr, cIpitate civil war i'll
deieLce OF Der honor aud her rights, but dis
union never. She holds disunion To be for
the American people the lowest possible deep
OF political wretcheduess and iniamy. Ii IL,
in her estimation. the most guilty aud terrific
form of national suicide.
Actuated by these sentiments. Kentucky,
SO far from d, srrtIng or entertaining a
thought Oideserling the Union in the present
strait, has, as We have said, and as tie whole
nation knows, invited the neighborins States
10 unite with her around The festive board
in pi dying the Union at esh. not merely in
full view OF the evil. that beset US. but as the
true and statesmanlike, as well as the pat
rioiic. mode Of removing them. With what
completeness, heartin' - and transporting
Zral, this high act of wisdom aud of public
spirit bad been performed, we need not re
peat. Tennessee and Indiana were met at
cur board by Ohio, and under circumstances
p rhapS the most commanding and enkiud-
ling that have stirred the hearts OF men and
States in this country since the organlza-
ton uf the Government. their voices mingled
with The voice OF Kentucky in lofty, heart
iclt aud thrilling expressions of devotion to
the American Union. Not only Thu, but
Ohio, III The handsumest and most pressing
terms, invited Tennessee and Indiana and
Kentucky to visit her Capital, aud renew
these noble prolestaiious of patriot IN around
her own board, In compliance with which
Tennessee, Indiana aud Kentucky are at his
moment drinking to the Union and the CON-
stiiution in tue hall OF the Buckeye State
Meanwhile, the country cOntemplates the un-
equaled demonSl ration with grateful joy,
and catches inSensiby the spirit which II
admiies. The flame of patiio ism, relumed
Dy Kentucky, promises to spread unul IL
enwrapS the nation i'll its healing spiendors
While Virginia the parent Commonwealth
Is entertaining with every mark OF honor
Commissioner from the disunionists OF South
Carolina, and is hanging charmed upon has
Inns. Kentucky. the daughter thus bravely
aud wisely rrtrcshes her own loyalty TO the
Union. aud kibdles into new ardor the hdell-
" ofhor sister States. AT the time Virginia
j. taking feyeri council with The enemies
of the Union, Kentucky is in this magnlfi-
cent manner exchanging VOWS of eternal de-
voiion with lis friends, aud swearing, IN the
m morable words OF the great Disunion-
killer. that il "nust aud shall be preserved"
Kentucky. TO he SURF, IN all this only fnlnls
her simple duty. Less would BE- downright
recreancv. We Clam no especial praise for
the daughter; but We respectfully aud deli
cately submit TO tn. maternal State that she
ought To be ashamed of herself We com
mend at least ia her consideration the ex-
ample OF her enlightened aud patriotic OH
spring.
raa- The Cincinnati Commercial referring