Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-11-24

because it has not, as we think, been fully appreei
ate6.
We hear much said about covert acts, . and there
are few who do not say that these must be resisted
even to a dissolution of the Union if need be-
But for covert acts; for acts of omission on the
part of the President or his appointees, and the
prostitution of his Office to the unholy purpose of
demoralizing public sentiment the perpetual recur-
renee in all time to Of the election of abolition
rulers, as surely as If it were recorded consttu-
tional right, unless per chance by temporary divi-
sion among themselves for that eternal agitation by
which our domestic peace and safety are efdanger
ed for these and other evils, which itharrows up
the very soul to speak Of, the offspring of the ire
pressible conflict, what remedy shall we provide?
We confess that to minds the difficulty is an
| appalling one. The future would be full of gloom
| if we had 10 hope but of resistance in the Union
Yet let us Lot utterly despair till we have exhausted
every expedent that affords even the fsintest hope
of success.
For four years at least must we hang our heads
in shame. For four long years must cease to
chant the glories of the Unon if sing, it mus
be only of the past. Already are we circum-
scribed hemuaed in by the invidious spirit of our
foe, that men scarce dare vindcate their rights
denounce the oppressor, without mourning the
charge of unnecessary and wicked agitation, de-
sire to dissolve the Union Once, indeed. Abolition
ism was invoked b. its love of the Union to be silent.
Then it was weak. Now, in the hey-day of its
power. when it has planted itself firmly in sixteen
States, and has at last possession of the General
Government itself, now that the enemy is at our
very doors, zoe are admonished to be still, lest we
wake the slumbering passions of our slaves or en-
danger this glorious Union, cemented by the blood
of our fathers.
Is not our humiliation complete Is not our cup
Of sorrow full Could our bitterest enemy find il
in his heart to rejoice at such triumph? Now, in
deed, may our enemies of the Old World cry aloud
and shout together for joy at our deep abasement
Derided scorned spit trampled under foot, not
by foreignfoe, not by one whom we had wronged
whose rights we had outraged, and who was wreak-
ing lust vengeance apon the vioIators of plighted
faith No We are at the feet of him to whom we have
done no wrong, of him who should have been our
brother, of one who has fed upon our bounty, and
lived by the sweat of our brow, and most humby
kiss his hand and beg forbearance bear all uncom-
plainingly, and await with patience and christian
resignation the slow death to which fanaticism has
doomed u.s.
We have said that Mr.. LINCOLN owed his election
to the solitary issue of hostility to slavery. We
quote again from the mouth of enemy, the great
expounder and authoritative exponent Of the doc
trines of the Black Republican party:
The secret of its assured success (the Black
Republican party lies il that very characteristic
which in the mouth Of scoters constitutes its great
and lasting imbecility and reproach 1t lies In the
tact that it is party of idea but that idea is
noble one an idea that fills and expands all gener
GUS souls the idea of equaiity-tle equality OF al
men before human tribunals and human ldos, as they
re ali equal before the Divine tribunal and Divine lal7S
Nay we ask the special attention of those who
think we take too gloomy view of the future thai
awaits us to the next sentence.
know and you know that a revolution has be
gan. l know and all the world knows that reYolu
! ton snever go backwards"
Have not subsequent events verified the truth o
this assertion.
We have much more to say on this subject. W.
might pile proofs mountain high, but prefer for tht
present TO leave the reader to the contemplation O
the extracts which we have copied from the speed
of Mr. SEWARD Q.