Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-11-15
The MULTIPLYING States.

The Tribune says this morning, we must ever
resist the asserted right OF any state to remain IN ttt
Tnioa and nullify OF defy the laws thereof to Nth
dr1,o from the Union Is quite another matter" Now
if the Tribune denies the right of any State to re-
main in the Union and nulfy the laws thereof it ad
| mits in effect that Maine New Hampshire, Vermont
Massachusetts, Connecticut. Rhode Island, New Iork
Pennsylvania Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin are not
IN the Union, for all these states nave passed laws
nnIlifving the act in relation to fugitive slaves.
sncb he the case land the Tribune says they have INC
ri0bt to remain then it follows, of course that
their vote for Lincoln ought not to be counted, and
hence though nominally elected President he IS not
| Justly or constituuonally SO;
| IT, i tba result of the Iriblms'S argument
Rut tbn Tribune goes further; It holds to the Ttgd
| of secession and we quote 1uily
IF the cotton States consider the value OF the
Union debatable we maintain their perfect right TO
discnss II Nav we hold with Jefferson TO the in
at;sabIo rirbf of communities TO alter abolish
forms of government that have become oppressive
Nv Ii,,yio1s snd if the cotton States shall become
satisfied that they can do better out OF the Unlon
than in it. lvs insist teuHJ mem go W peace Inc
RIGHT To secede NAV be revolutionary one, but 1t
aiss navertbeIeSs and we do not see how one party
can have a right TO do what another party has
riCbt tn Drevent We must ever resist the asserted
right of any State to remain IN NE Ohon ana laIyy
or defy the alcS thereof; to Withdraw from liS Union
;s o,;ie another matter And whenever considerable
.ton of ON, Tnion shall deliberately resolve to go
orr we shall resist all coercUe measures designed 10
l,aen II in We hone never to live in republic
whereof one section is pinned to the residue Oy pay
onets -..1 1;t. =
'But while we thus uphold the pracucal IOery II
o+ tho abstract right of secession, we must insist
that the stem he taken if it ever shall be, with the
deliberation and gravity BETTING so momentous an
issue Let ample time be given for rehecuon; Jet
the subject he fully canvassed before the people, ana
let ponular vote be taken in every case before Sc
cessi6n is decreed Let the people be tod JUST why
they are urged to break up the confederation let
them have both sides of thequestion fully presented
let them reflect deliberate then vote and et the act
of secession be the echo Of unnrlstakaDie popu-
lar fat A Judgment thus rendered, demand LOT
sanaration so backed would either be acquesceo IN
without the effusion of blood, or those VINO ruSleu
upon carnage to defy and defeat would place. lei
selves clearly in the lcrong."
In reading the above we were lnYolentarliy Ied 10
these reflections Have the "Republicans" urged
their irrenressibe conflict" for the purpose of drv-
inc the South out of the Union? Do they desire to
breaIl nm this government sin order to establish
Northern Confederacy? 1t would seem as l. they
were willing to sacrifice all the glorious associations
of the past all the benefits the Union has conferred
TO this one idea of forcing upon the South system
which threatens its very existence. But II state
that nullifies the laws of Congress has mo right to
remain in the Union7 why, ask, should 1t not be
turned out? Why should those who are faithful go
out and those who are unfaithful remain! Evident
y the partners to compact, who violate II, are the
ones to be excluded from It, and Is there no way to
bring this about? Are the North going TO see
Northern Confederacv of which Seward Matterson,
Sumner Wilson, Garrison, Phillips ct ID oIane genus,
shall be the ruling spirits ?-Ne1o I0rt; Day BOOK.