Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-09-26


nary circumstances, and the most serious
eo-ce The question never came up Win 80
o,cb iunnortance and consequence as now
are re prepared TO answer III am 1o'
a.,4izan. That day with ne has passea. l
vas /. partizan twenty years ago, Sneh w.
io,S, tvrsnty years older, and hope with tn /
,,,'.ri.nre and reflection that enables me
r m sneak in the character anu iankues,
,r,,riot I shall spend the remainder . I,
= life in that character. come not TO DC
ra.rca / come not to abuse any one "u' :
me 10 commend pace. ana 70 apPe
10 psopIe to discharge tneit uuues,
-, Or a. partie ans bat as cltizNn- ans
.r..r,.;gpz Of q r. public ahieh d=-erVes the'
.fsc,io1 and support. l. am one OF tn"ss
-. IN the integrity and csPacIIy
NJ 100 to govern themseteeS "ne
e PssSP..,a,d The issue b-for'- men, y,
-; 81 -:r,,,,-p,y heart snd soul on "
.Tba nn.sstion OF to-day IS one II U "1oi
.nntFT. involving TIE az " '11 coo I'D
er.tt'fgry. the deiGiis Of ts>5 ;. tTo-iol.
-, we're those upon when Dut!c OPP
p,nrr,.d All admitted the supremacy
= Cn,,sti,ution md he jaws- N"Ei, '''f
=, ,i,,s tt,a an,stion Of conii"uinS. and
,,oldipg and defending that Lnion' |iic
a.. ms one people, from which we deriFr
mr. nrosneri;v at home, and power abroad,
nd which Constitutes Us the ireest people Ga
he earth. The interest OF ali classes 10 Ia
y3Iyed in 1.-THE palace and the log CABIN
slite lam Of the latter class, by birth, 10y
affection and by choice. The iaisces VIII
toke care of themseIves-it is the log-cablns
that are most deeply interested in the uphold
ing and the preservation Of the institutions
If The lard. I disdain and despise the Ian
ruage of the demagogue. but speak
the ianguag. Of my heaei Inc poor
mans cabin is his palace ms Tor
/ tress. All are, therefore: interested IA
1 the nnestjOn Of who shall be president. L
/ cali npon all. whether rich OF poor. The
l sanction of the people is above ali power
| To their will all men bow 10 submission. The
,.artridce-box il nothing in these great CON
/ tests, The bsllot-box conqleFs All. lou,
/ the reoDIe are indeed, the very sovereIgns OF
/ the tne land. You are not the suolec'7 Of
yassaIs of parties, but instead the sofefei9hs
/ OF parties and OF the land--yon are lht ma 3
tiers of all. Fellow-citize5is, ne I'll
l WE are divided into various Parlie5- anu
| not arc thevf They rise and fall and iol-
/ ,orr each other like the wares OF the sea !;
1 hnt however multitudious they may pc
ho,cb they NAV chase e:ich other like the
,ilIoEs of The sea, there Is out one ocean
i They NAV fight and struggle togeiner ana
4 pursue each other like shadows over the itHa'
yet We have bhtone couhtiy DC 10
4 ,ov in issue, and you must failE hhuet ihe
honnar Of theCansiitution and the stand l!d
/ 81 tho ITnion. | cannot see hoT the man
na, olean we'll who will vote Tor party when
i the Union ia at stake
NJ ~. can doubt that The Union IS 10 Pc
I'll Where does the danger spring FoH.-
i On ono hand we have 'seot!oRaiism at the
NORTH, sectional party, via. . ',.A.
Il o-Ora-i,stior ,pou a sulieSt OF tue greatest
1af;.a-g and infamability: and on the other
/ ho-,J ~, ;,sva disuuionists in the South. All
L r. 1,r,,+ natriots. from Washing on COVE,
L ba-S .cIi Won 10 beware of the alienation oil
rr.eee,;an ci the Union from the other; mat
1 n,r ,yonld be found in one secti"i u tIi9
l ,tbsr. who, for one cause OF anOt,ieI' "o-iu
/ seek to array one pofuoH Vi -
/ sgs;nsf the other: who would seek 10 gfauiy
.bsir barrow ambition il. little hooks and
,rner, of the country, and who would oe
] otror, a great government 10 set up on IT'S
-, q Tot of little ouss. Nobody nov
donb,e nobody can doubt, that there Is {: DIS
] MIN sentiment in the South. -FOUR STATES,
1 at least. have. declared that Lincoln ; eiGe-
tiun wonId be sufficient cause loc h nissuiuc
/ lion Of the government Inns l. pu1 '"c "a
be pretexts. There have pee4 i - u
leaders of nubIjc opinion In the S0uthI WaicH-
mo for opportunities TO break up Tue ChlOi
for tF, last twenty years-eyef sluce JACK
sos. by his terrific energy, brought the Soutn
Iarolinia nulliiierS 10 terms anu 10 auniiis-
sion. They have met in conVentoas-oiicc
ra~.. in yonr own city. and elsewh re- IheY
have sent ministers from State TO Statc--it'st
inter. L believe, under the modest Htih'c VI
/ commissioners, Under whatever name anu
-,r whatever ostensible purpose, the enc has
| sru disuniun and Gisnembcrineht VI tne
] ont, dpracy. II has been their policy To Keep
n their relations with the democratic party
| cIl.EIv. supqrfcialIy, disSuisediy, TO en"ci
| Ieir oti-ets They all b':long to that pa.
1 yb,ra can You find IL di-unioni-t t..r Mt
| i.Ii: Where one for Mr., DouRia~: "heIt
~ :t.r Mr Lincoln? They axe al Tot pa
,cuIar candidate Here, then, We h"Fs 10
| ;o-tbsrn ssciiuaalisis on one Aand ana -
l Sontbern disuaiOuists on the other ---c.ii.
) md Charyblis Where il sate'y! bet"rei
| the twoi-thera l. tire gold-n "a \ oi al y
/ .,.y,.rI I.,.n. tiIe CONSTITUTIONS IHi"" p
] = was formed. BEFORE the nomination. ''i'-
| -for,. Tue split IN The dem cratic party "
" ibr .trUlijioaisis aud Republicans ca IL
IL hand and ii" ceIn"cFlr! WIN ~ u
son elplnru.s on tTe otner--noth ittp'4'
1 no for the contest Vita, could he Sop
for from Ich a -lIu.g'! No peace. MOI te
DOSE not freedom from agitation and strife
In,z5,, we've to d. found IN neither cahi', h"I
c,uId they result from the success OF eitheri
mt increased alienation and bitterness rath
or. The Union party was then
formed; the patriotic conservative men Hon
all narts of the country came TO Its ranks ana
to lis aid 1t held a convention. l WAS at
that convention, though not member, ana
saw The material out of which 1t was com
posetl. / s;N not the Gemagogue ana the IN
triguinc palitician there; but men who were
the pride and boast of the land. 1t was mol
managed by intrigue and by the combination
of factions; hut these meii, men Of properly
and priyatf. character met and delIperated
onieiIy and with dignity, and made their no.
limitations. 1t was not done TO rule parties,
but TO induce the people to rule the country,
and take the federal administration out OF the
hands OF such rs would destroy II. Ibey
made platform that embraced the Constr
tuition. the Union and the enforcement OF the
laws. There are demagogues who tell rs
that is no platform. But II the Constitution
is sustained, the Union preserved, anu Inc
laws of the country enforced, who
shall complain? To do this will re-
store peace and give US quiet. 1t
vas for this purpose the Union party was
formed. Its very nature and existence re-
ouires this of it. What more Dc you want? |
What more can you ask? Yet these politi- |
clans, who stand With one foot on 81 platform |
without knowing where to pat the other, !
tell us We have no platform. Dir. @. here |
described the nature, character and purpose |
of the party platforms of the day, and con- |
tiuued:i The Union platform is not one in |
the sense they use the term. The Union men |
wanted no such platform, and the President !
who goes to the White House with such a |
platform around his neck, goes with an un- |
worthy and disgraceful yoke. You must sus- |
tain the party of the Union and the Consti- |
ton, as against all who would cause the |
overthrow OF either or both. If you shall |
not triumph, you will. at least, show that the |
sovereign people are not ready TO give up |
the ReDublic without 4 struggle.
Who, let me ask, are the disunionists?- |
Some tell US they are not disutionisis PER Sc
They have TO bring little Latin to their aid |
to obscure and cover up theirmeaning. But 1t |
means simply thatin acertaiu contingency |
tbeyare for disunion. The contingency may be |
one thing or it may be another. Ny opin-
ion il that every one Of these contingent