Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-21


| which. coming from the greatest Intellect and
most subtle leader of the party, the leader
who will be the ''power behind the throne
| greater than the throne iiself,'' is even more
noteworthy and alarming than the outgiv-
ings of the nominee for the Presidency. Mr.
SEWARD has recently made the tour of the
Eastern States, and was frequently called
| upon to speak. At Boston, on the 18th inst,
he made speech in which, after stating that
he had received his inspiration from the Sage
of Quincy. he said
| What commentary upon the wisdom Of
| man is given in this single fact that fifteen
| years only after the death of John Qaiuey
| Adams the people of the United States. who
| hurled him from power and from place. are
| calling to the head OF the nation, to the very
| seat from which he WIS expelled. Abraham
| Lincoln, whose claim to that seat Is that he
/ cOntesscs the obligation of that higher law
| which the Sage of Quincey proclaimed, and
| that he avOws himself, for veal or woe. for
| life or death, a soldier on the side OF freedom
| in the irrepressiblc conflict between freedom
| and slavery. This, gentlemen, Is rny simple
| confession. desire now only to say 10 you
\ that you have arrived at the last stage of this
| conflict before yOu reach the triumph which
| Is to lnaugurate this great policy into the
/ government of the United States. You Will
/ bear yourselves manlnlly. IL behOOves you,
| solid men Of Boston, if you are here, and If
| the solid men not here, then the lighter
| men OF Massachusetts, to bear onward aud
| forward, first in the ranks, the flag of free
| dom, | am somewhat turned about, confess
to you, by the strange languages and dia-
| lects TO which | listen hcre-but | believe i
| shall speak accurately if | say have been
'down East" and | bring you the assurance
| from that quarter that the whole East is COM
| ing up to this conflict with the resolution,
| the determination. and the confidence of vic
| tory. should not ailude TO my own State if
| 1t were not that some democrats have heard
| make strong claims upon the popular vote in
| the State of New York. have not often
| been mistaken, and | therefore venture to
| correct these remarks of others by saying to
| you what | said to the republicans Of Maine,
/ when they told me it was moderate enough
| to say that they have twenty thousand maj r.
| ity for Lincoln aud Hamlin, but that they
had some uDeasincss about the State OF New
| York that they might set down their major
! ity in Maine at their own figure, and then
multiply it by four and they would approx
| mate the majority in the State OF New ork.
| But have the same testimony to give you
substantially in relation TO all the free States
together. with the assurance that, Tor the liz
time, this banner tciH BE- HntlTted N safety IN
! NAM Of The stare States. Bat let not your
thoughts or expectations be confined to the
present hour tell y0u, teLtOJc-ctze5is that ruth
Lijs rictoJy canes the and Of he Po1csr Of si2rey
IN tie United .Stqts.
Here we have the whole game disclosed,
and by the Arch Fanatic himself. LINCOLN,
We are told. coniesses the obligation OF ''high-
er law and .avOws himself, for veal or woe,
for life or death, soldier on the side OF free
dom in the iTrepressiJIe conflict between free
dom and slavery" His election will sin
augurate this great policy into the govern
ment of the United States - and with this
victory comes the end of the power of slavery
in the United States"
What do these indications portend? What
arc the Southern people to expect Of ABEA-
HAM LINCOLN. elected with such views and
purposes 1t is folly, it is madness, it is
almost criminal, to expect anything but con-
slant and unreIenting hostility to slavery. If
the Union survives his inauguration ii can |
not survive an administration conducted with |
the shirt and upon the doctrines OF the |
higher law" and ..irrepressible conflict"
With the danger of the election of LINCOLN
so imminent as 70 make SEWARD exultant,
why viii the people OF the South hesitate as
to their duty Why do they not rally, as
one man. around the standard of the COnsti-
tutiOnaI Union Party, and call upon the con-
servatfve men Of the North to follow their
example. and thus crush the monster Of Re- |
publicanism Pride Of consistency, party |
preiudices, hatred of men, desire to see the |
Union broken to atoms, may prevent party |
leaders and conSpiratoTs against the govern |
ment. from lending their aid TO a union of |
the whole South upon BELL and EVERETT, |
but let the honest masses act independently, |
and lOrsakIng all obligations bat those they
owe to patriotism, stand forth for their coun-
Try. With the prospect Of united South to
cheer them, the national men OF the North
could 20 on in the contest assured of victory.
The glorious revolution iu Kentucky inspires
us with the belief that the great masses of the
South will not prove recrcant,-th they
will. Oh the contrary, in November next, give
the sublimest exhibition of patriotism which
has occurred since the adoption Of the Con
stitutiOn.
but. Wlat Will the uElbu Vi tHc toOutiI
what the patriotism of her MASSES avail, Un-
less the North respond and do her duty? In
tue South, boast though SEWARD may that the
black banner OF rcpublicanism will DC un-
furled in safety in many of the slaves States,
LINCOLN is entirely pOwerless. Under no |
circumstances will he receive one Southern |
vote The result, therefore, depends upon |
the North There the great battle is 30 he |
fought. II there be not conservative, Union |
loving men enough in that section to arrest |
the onward sweep of republicanism, all will |
be lost In the name of the Constitution and |
the Union, we call upon the conservative |
elements of the North to come forth into the |
field; concentrate your strength and prccipi- |
tate il upon the lines of the enemy, pierce !
his ranks, and break up his legions. The /
issue is most momentOus one. The fate of |
the Union is at stake-it is in your hands. |
Let this fact be your incentive to actiOn-let |
it inspire your zeal and fire your courage.
And when you shall have triumphed, as tri- |
umph you must and will, if you but strike as
men who know their quarrel just you will |
reap the highest reward, the gratitude OF |
free people saved from anarchy, and OF pos !
terity inheriting liberties re-cOnquered for |
them.
Virginia.