Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-09-20
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starte not the honest, thinking masses, North or
South, not only those who oppose Mr. BELL, but |
even the honest and unsuspecting Of his own sup
porters We omit further comment until it is au-
thoritativey denied, simply remarkng that, If true,
must necessarily remove the last Yestlge of hope
for Mr. BELL to carry single State. A correspond
ent of the Marion Commonwealth, writing from Mont
gomery, says:
The National Bell Executive Committee at Wash
inuton have recently prepared and published anoth
er sRecord of Mr.. BelE' IAN entirely different docu
ment-INTENDED ONLY FOR NORTHERN CIR
CULATIONll and It is only sent out to the citizens Of
the Nnrth!-and intended only for N0rtherR eyes!
Bell is made out, by extracts from his speeches. by
his vote in Congress, and by his letters &c, TO be
OPPOSED TO SLAVERY, and opposed to its pro-
lection in the common Territories. All this, and
more proven by the record of his Congressional
career"-the whole object of the pamphlet being
TO PROVE MR. BELL TO BE AN ANTI-SLAVER1
MAN; and say to you that it is done very effeetd
ally. l have seen the document, and write what
do know. There is at present only one or two c9
pies in this city. shall not say how they were OBJ
tanned Suffice it to say, the document is gotten up
in Washington city, is sent out North by TIE Bell
and Everett Executive Cammittee. and is recon-
mended by Alex. r. Boteler, NJ. G. va and chair
man of said Bell committee. can ind no language
sufficiently strOAg to express my condemnation OF
such political infamy, degeheracy, and lncarnate
villainy. They who aid in practicing this deception
ought to be branded with the mark of CAIN as muir
derers of the Constitutional rights of the Southern
people as traitors to a Constitutional Union, and
forever scorned and execrated by every honest man
in the land. If the Southern people vote for Bell
now, they must submit in 1864 to the running of a
Black Republican ticket in this State. What say
/ YOU n0lo to the political degradation and abolition
afinities of John Bel His friends have the audac-
| ity to put forward a BLACK ANTl-SLAVER1
| RECORD FOR THE NORTH, and PR0-SLAVE-
| RY. PROTECTION RECORD TO GULL THE
| SOUTH. Black and white; which do you prefer?
WATTS FOR SECESSION ON LNcoLN's ELEcrIox.-
Thomas H. Watts, Esq, of this city, by all odds the
leading and commanding spirit of the Bell and Ev-
| erett forces in our State took the position in his
! speech at Tuskegee on Friday, that the election Of
Lincoln is sufficient cause for secession. We would
like to hear what the other Beeveries in this State
have to say in reference to the opinion of Mr. Watts
that important question. The truth is, they are
all, as far as know, including Mr.. Joe Taylor,
their elec.or for the State committed to submit to
Lncons Montgomery Advertiser, Sept l6.
Mr.. WATTS is the gentleman to whom Mr.. BELL
wrote referring him to his ''past record connected
with the public service for his position on the
questions of the day. Wonder if Mr.. Warts posi-
ton is in accordance with his reading of that re-
cord
Further Expoundings of Black RepabIi.
canismS by Seward---War on slavery in
Senator Seward, in his late speech at Lansing,
Michigan, throws off all disguise and procaims that
the true issue sustained Dy the Olack IepCOllCan
! party is the destruction of slavery in every Stale
in the Union.
Here is the issue stated by Vim. H. Seward
at has always been my policy to take care that
every State should be free State, and lciH ia
uOT as Iona as cIH lcitn the limits Of constitutional
action the decrease and dninuiOn of african slavery
in all the States.n This is the whole question.
What is this constitutional action " by which il
is proposed to carry out the decrease and dlmnu-
tion of African slavery in al the StBtes. Mr.
II, - loit, 10
handful of madmen, with fl w pixies and spears
carrying 1.-The oldest, the proujest, and one of the
greatest leading federal State in the UnlOn to the
verge of serve war; to the excitement in Kentucky
and Tennessee caused by few a6OlitiOnists; and
the incendiary teachings aud murderous promptings
now going on among the slaves in TexBs, which he
characterizes by the mild appelation Of slavery
being brought into debate among portion Of her
citizens" Here he paints how much may be done
By few citizens if not iuterfered with. But, says
Mr.. Seward the army and navy of the United States
are brought, unconstitutionally, to bear against
them. What do maintain this army and navy
for asks Mr. Seward; and here is his answer in his
own words. Let every citizen read tEem and pom
der:
ain order that slaves may not escape from ths
slave States into the free and that free and emanc
pated negroes in the free States may not enter and
introduce civil war into the slave States, and be-
cause that if we provoke a foreign enemy, the
Southern frontier is exposed to invasion from Eng
land, France and SpSn. That is the whole object
of our army and navy"
Entertaining these views, he declares that the
first Constitutional act which should be performed
to diminish slavery in all the Southern States, and
that it is his duty patriot" is to do away with
the army and navy of the United States, in order
that it shall not prevent freed slaves from ntrOduc
Ing civil war into the slave States resist invasion
from England, France Spain, the Southern
| frontier This is the Hartford Convention doctrine
of "the Massachusetts, SCHOOL,: it is Of the
blacklist dye it is thOroughgOing open-faced, Black
Republcansm This is what Mr.. SEWARD says
! " ONE SINGLE ADMINISTRATION WILL SET
TIE FINALLY AND FOREVER" if Abraham
Lincoln is elected President.-SdU NeIoS.