Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06
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PssOIrfd. That we consider that.itIs the
sacred and bounden duty of cur Senators
and Representative 10 remain at their post
! in the Federal Legislature. 10 protect and
defend our political rights under The Consti-
tuition.
ResoLUed. That in the opinion of THE neet-a
ing Convention of all the Southern States
/ Should be called, to consider the present con-
dition of public affairs, SO menaclng TO all
the slaveholding States alike.
Resotre9 further, That the separate secession
of the State of Mississippi at this time, with
out consulting with her Southern sisters.
would be n,act of precipiiaucy not justified
by existing circumstances. as well as unjust
to the ether Southern States equally inter
ested with her, and whose Cooperation she
should not only desire, but solicit.
EesoLUed, fttrtler, That we recommend 10
the people of every county in this State to
elect delegates to the Convention upon the
issues we havefheFe proclaimed; and opposed
20 the separation of this State by herself
from the ConfadeFacy, such being in our
opinion, the only prevention of ruin to our
commercial, our agricultural, and our ND
chani3al interests, of oppressive taxation,
and OF the horrors of civil war. ,.ae.st.
The meeting was addressed by Gen. PAT
RICK HENRY, Hon. C. S. MoREHEAD, OF Ken
lucky. Hon. W. L. SHAEkEY, Hon. G. a.
HENRY, Of Tennessee, Col. C. u. HILLYER,
Col. RICHARD Cooper. and T. a. MARSHALL,
E=q.
IN regard to the character, tone, and spir-
it Of this meeting,.the ELig of the 1st inst,
says .r
The gatheriu. of the people on Thursday
last, was q magnificent and triumphant SUCCESS.
Notwithstanding the stair1ers which have
been circulated about il. that it was Sub
mission nesting, a. .Cnion-at-any-p price
gathering. DC, sthe people came TO 1t, and 1t
was the largest demonstration known in the
State since the memorable canvass OF '54- 1t
was a turnout Of the mssses-tbe honest yeO-
many we're there. the mechanics were there,
the merchants we're there, the planters were
iheEe-sthe rich man, who had aIpassed bis
property in our midst was there, and the en-
ergetic poor man, WHO is,eIabaTkiRg and bat
Ting ia the contest of life for fortune and
success, was shere, too, and their voices
united as that of one man In protesting
AGAINST the sudden and unpremeditated rev
olution and civil war which we have been
invited 10 encourage and hurry on. There
were 10 '.subrnissiOnists" there, nor were
there any "UHiOn-at-any- price" men, but
they were men who know their rights. know
how to maintain them and expressed de-
termination to 90 it. Old men, young men,
middle-aged men and single men, all avoWed
their determination TO eudeavOr, first. to OBJ
tain their rights in the Union, and if that
lust demand should be refused, then for the
whole South, 10 seek safety in separation
and independehec Wife all 'wsre firm,
they resolved to be calm, while they were
just, they determined to be cOneiliatory.
The resolutions, which expressed their faith,
we've passed by aeclamation, amid great ap
pIause.5 By them they ask to be judged, and
By them in their entirety, not in discOnnec-
Ted sections and deranged paragraphs
Thursday was a day long TO be remembered
by patriots. II alter all the e1ertiols which
patriotic men fave f1ldetb save1be Union.
it should finally go down, ihos4 who pariici-
pated in the meeting of Thursday will have
the satisfaction of knowing that they did all
which could be done With honor to save it.