Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-01-06


Bss0isl ghat the proceedings Of this Conven
ton be published in the Nashville USlOs AND AMER
IdAN and aieai.nnTille 3D.
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURES.
SENATE.
THURSDAY, Jsnaary s, 1860
The Senate was called TO order at Ten o'clock by
the Speaker.
PETITION.
Mr. sTOKELY presented petition from suudry
cilizsns Of Parrotlsyill in Cooke county in regard
70 tipeng within their limits which, on bis motion,
was referred 20 the Committee On Tipping and
Tipplng.HOu
qHg coSTasr FOR ePHAKER II coNaREss.
Mr.. NEWMAN fMr THoMPsoN in the ohair) Of
fered the following resolutions
Rssoipsd 5y he General assembly q The STATE Of
Tennessee, That we wish 10 assure che hspresents-
tiyes of this Stale in the Congress Of the United
States. ia the difficult circumstances in which they
sre placed Of the sympathy Of this General Assem-
Div 10 the struggle IN which they are now engaged
aud of cur cordial support Of every proper meae-
ure they may ad5ot protectthe just rights Of this
Slate end Of the South, The integrity OF the Ualon
aud the authori'y Of che Constituted
"
lie danger tae usl0h OF he elemsnis Of opposi-
ton TO Black Republicsnism and ils candidats fer
Speaker, on any man Of any party Who Is coHserva-
tive in opiuion and opposed to a sectional parties
Wheneser sueh uaion can be effected consistent
with farness and honor, and whereby the candidate
Of the Back Republican parry eau be defeated and
the org aviation Of the House Of Representatives
can he effected.
Rssoluea That the Secretary OF State furnish q
copy Of these resolutions to each member Of Con-
gress frnm This State.
Mr. BRADFORD moved 10 suspend the rule re-
quiring resolutions lie oVcr day, that the re-
solutions might be taken up aud acted upon.
Mr.. STANTON hoped Tiers would be no hurry in
acting upon the rgsoluEoas. He had hsd no time to
Examine hem. and from the reading, he though the
might desire 50 offer an amendment.
AR NEWMAN (Mt MOOD ia the ohsir) said there
was ngthing Of party character in the resolutions
that they were nearly litera Transcript Of the
resoIutisDs unanmously adopted by The Virginia
Legislsture-and he could not see Why any member
should object TO them, and he hoped they would be
unanimously adopted. They were plain and easily
understood, aad he thought every Senator would be
as fully prepared to vo:e upon them now as a an7
other time lie would be willing, if tae Legislature
had the power, to instruct our Representatives, in
Oaneress 10 vote for shy CONSERVATIVE man Of any
party to defeat the sectional Black Republican can
didAte.
/ Mr.. STANTON would be willing to vote for The
resolutions with a slight amendment BE would
like to see The resOlutOEs amended 50 as to IL
clude the Black Republicans or any other sectional
( party.
The question recurring upon the motion TO sus-
I pend the rule, it YES agreed to.
L The resolutions were then taken up.
/ Mr.. STANTON offered an amendment by insert
/ ing after the words BLACK Republicanism and
sBlaek Republican in the second sections ser any
/ other sectional party"
/ Mr. MINIS demanded the ayes and noes
/ upon the adoption Of the amendment, which
we're taken and resulted ayes Z, noes y, as fol
Xvss-Messrs. Bradford. Boyd Horn, Nash,
/ Richardson Stanton, and Stokely-7
! Noes-Messrs. Hildreth. JohnsOn, Lane, Mickey,
/ Minnis. MeClells3. McNeilly, Peters, stovall,
/ Thompson, Wood snd Speaker NewmsH-l2
| So she amendment was rejected.
/ Mr. RICHARDSON could not see why party
/ vote should have been given upon the amendment.
/ lie Eas satisfied there vas not member Of this
/ body who wanted Black Republican or sectional
| Speaker elected Wtile the sentiments OF the
resolutions met bis appreciation, he did not iket the
PHYSIOLOGY in which they oouehed, and be pre-
errsd that they be referred 70 the Comnitteeoa Fed
eral Relations so that committee could report such
resolutions as all could support. he did not be-
Iiuve that there was Representative in Congress
from Tennessee who would Vote for any one sPmpa'
thisinV with the Black Republicans
He repeated, he did not like The phraseOlogy Of
the resolutions They expressed the sympathy Of
the Legislature for Representatives in Congress,
when he thought their sympathy should Go extended
20 the people With the view to have such resolu-
tons as al could support, he moved to refer the
resolutions 10 the Committee on Federal Citations.
Mr.. MINIS thought the resolutions should Be
sdopted at once ifIt vas desired that they have any
effect upon the struggle now going on at Washing
ton He was opposed to the amtRdm mt OF the
Senstor from Jackson, (Sir. Stanton,) because the
original r utions were sufficiently exphoit he
regarded the proposed Amendments SO &c tndireet
stab az those men IN the South who had expressed
themselves as il favor Of taking extTems measures
in regard to this contest In orisis like the pre-
sent he deemed It uuHise to do any thing 70 create
division among Southern men. The Southern pee
pie were patriots and be was EnWillng to cast
reflections upon any portion OF them Althoagh ne
thought the Southern Convention which met IN this
city In 1850 unwise a. the time it was held he nos
Beloved its effect upon tde Northern people had
been favorable I'M restraining them from ihe com
mission Of acts tsndiug ALLEVIATE the two sections
of the Union He considered the resolutions a.
broad enough There WAS no party in the Union,
but the Black Republican party, that was willing
TO violste the constitution, and therefore, be had
voted against the amendment. BE could see no
necessity for referring the resolutions to the Com
nittee on Federal Relations, as they we're 80 plain
svery one could understand their meaning and OBJ
ject.
,
the Senator from Rutherford, mfr. Riohsrdson,) in
regard 20 the sympathy expressed in the resolutions
Our Represents ives we're struggling maninlly for
cur rights against the sectional Black Republican
patty, sJd under snch circumstances, ne thou hi
The Legislature oug1t to sympathize vii them They
deserved the symusthy Of every Union man IN the
country, aud in offer ng the resolutions he desired
to assure them Of the sympathy Of the people OF
Tennessee
Mr.. STANTON should vote for the resolutions
The hjset he had in proposing tho amendment be
had was 70 more fully perfect them. He Sisclaimed
a-y intention as intimaied by the Senator from Ham
ilton (Mr MInuig,) to make thrust at any South
ern psTty He did no; know but there were dis
unionists in Congress who we're not Black Republic
cans and if there were, he desired 10 include them
in the resolutions. He desired the Senator from
Hamilton, M Minis, no ssy whetherhe approved
Of the resolutions adopted by the Legislatures Of
South Carolina and Missssppiin regard to the pres
ent crisis. II these resolutions had had any iufu
enes upon the Representatives from States, he
thought il quite likely there were dis1nionsts in
Congress who were not Black Republicans, and
hence the propriely Of the amendment be had pro-
posed. He deprecated any action any where that
EOud tend to disuniOn, and the resolutions should
be made broad enough to embrace al disunionists
OF any shade or from any portion Of the Union.
Mr. MINIS had not examined the resolutions
adopted by the Legislatures Of South Carolina sad
Mississippi and he was not, therefore, prepared to
answer the question OF the cenator from jackson,
Mr. Stanton he would say however, that he
was not prepared ts 60 far some Of the ssding
men il those States. He repeated that theirs was
no disunion party in the South A few men may
have expressed themselves in favor Of disunion, but
there was no party that favored such = step while
the constitution was preserved inviolste.
Mr. LANE saidI the resolutions should be taken
up By a1y one who did not know, he could not tell
by reading them whether they came from the Dem
ocratic or Opposition side of the Senate. There
was nothing Of s partisan character in them, and
al this discussion was, therefore, unnecessary
He demanded the previous question.
Tbs call for the previous question having been
sustained. the question required upon the adoption
Of the original resolutions.
Mr. STOKELT demanded the ayes aud noes,
which were taken, and resulted ayes 49, noes 0, IS
follows
zyss- Mss5srs, Boyd, Bradford Hildreth, Horn,
johnson. Lane, Mickey, MINUS Mcclellan. Nc
Nelly, Nash, Peters Richardson, Stanton, stekely,
stovall, Thompson, Wood, and Speaker Neanan-
10
Noss-Noue.
50 the resolutions we're adopted.
Mr.. ST0KELY, when his name Wss called, (by
leave read FROM his desk the following explains
ton Of his vote:
Mr.. Speaker; ] shall vote for the resolutions, lsi.
-, i. th,kt he Gar