Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-11-14
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
Opinions OF the Press.

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we hope the slave States will go further than we
have indicated-we trust they will but take prompt
measures to protect themselves against any attempt
to carry out the principles of the Black Republican
party-and we believe, that dong this, they will
| make one more attempt to maintain their equality
in the Union and to secure their just rights under
/ the Constitution, holding themselves in readiness
should the worst come to the worst, to take care Of
! themselves.
kentucky will not 90 out of TIE Union in in conse
quence of the election of Lincoln We do not sup
pose there is one in it who thinks she will take
such step. She will wait and hope until theres is
no room for hope. But she will not aid Lincoln or
Gen. Douglas IN hanging the citizens of any State
for obedience TO the Constitutional authorities OF
such State. She viii not become hangman of the
! Federal Government in such a case. She lcia aeUe5
permit army Of Northern Tercendries TO be marched
across her territory to force Of her Southern sisters
10 remain in Union, from 1oich IN proper manner
she has determined to lohdrGo. She will advise mod
Grafton counsel prudence, urge fOrbearance, use all
her influence to induce the Southern States to re
main in the Union until there is no hope for peace
or justice or safety in it; she will, and can, and
ought to do no more.
The Richmond Examiner (the HUNTER organ ii
Virginia) of the 8th has the following:
The denial of the right of any State to leave the
Union will at once prevent any reunion OF the states
The attempt to coerce one will lead to general civil
war and that once commenced, no man can pretend
to guess at its direction or results Let no think
that he his State lie idle and avoid this ap-
preaching conflict. Firm, wise, resolute and prompt
action alone avert the disastrous catastrophe OF
war. We entreat all Yirgnians to put an end to
these angry partisan conflicts, and to take counsel
as to the action they must pursue"
From the Washington Constitution.
We are not without hope that although the polit'
cal horizon is now apparently bounded on all sides
by dark and lowering Clouds portentOus of coming
tempest bright spot ,7g yet appear and the danger b.
dUerted.
The attempt to dstort our remarks into a recon-
mendatiOn OF disunion IS unjust as the effort to
hold others responsible for language is dsrepu-
table. In the silent hour Of the night gave eX-
preston to the honest impulses of heart full of
sympathy with a section o. our country threatened
with wrong and danger.
From the Philadelphia Penns vana BrcEnrdgs Democrat
The ultimate results of this election nustfnr some
time remain in allegiance 1t remains for the fifteen
slave States to say whether the Union shall continue,
or whether by secession tins COntederacy Of thirty
three States shall be reduced to eighteen. That &C
curing it will then have be determined whether
the Middle States will consent TO remain in association
with the New States, and whether the Empire Of
the Northwest will remain as 1t Is OF set up for
itself. Let disintegration once begin, and no man
can tell where it Will stop. Grave questions will
grow out of this rash experiment upon the endur-
ance of the fifteen Southern States, which will at
once engage the serious attention Of the whole coun
try What the issue will be remains to be seen.
Our trust is IN Him whose high prerogatlve IS 10
change curses into blessings and to extract good out
of evil The guilt of this mOastrous act IS confined
to one party, but its disastrous consequences may
extend to US all. and may painfully affect the
cause of human liberty throughout the earth.
From the Washington Herald Of Friday.
In this critical condition of affairs but thing
can be done Mr. Lincoln has been elected, and the
election cannot be undOne. He should, therefore,
at once recognize these great facts:
That no has hpeu elected by the votes of not more
than one-third of the people; that in the seeding
States he has single supporter; that the States
bordering those threatening TO secede are unanl-
nous against the party policy by which he has been
elected, and that these circumstances make 1t I'M
possible that an effort to cOerce the south can be
successful and will only involve both sections IN
a ruinous civil war. Recognizing these truths,
he should at qiUe to the lCJTd The programme q The
oEcy he lril pursue as President and that policy should
be one of cancellation and peace. He should fling aside
the revolutionary and destructive ideas oc tie fanatic
portion Of his pdrtiSdHS hare proclaimed. and gjUe sub
staltfiqI Evidence that he tcd be national and not
party President. TO make tins course on his part
effective the moderate and conservative portion of
the partv that has elected HIM should call public
meetings in every Northern State and declare their
intention to support him in such policy, and to
put down every attempt to coerce the South to Ylo
late its right of selfgOveInment If this is done at
once we may be saved from the impending disaster;
if it is not done, we must prepare for year of
commercial panic and industrial ruin for thousands
upon thousands of discharged and starving opera
tives in midst and for period of public agi-
tatOn such has never been witnessed in the world,
save when France got drunk with blood to vomt
crime
From the Cleveland Observation-Disclosures.
WAR WILL TIE SECEDERs DO THAT is the question
now We who were at Charleston, who met, min
gled fought bled and fed that GOdforsaken city,
know that the SecessOnsts are in dead earnest when
they talk about going out of the Union. We found
for as
against it They have much stronger iaducement
TO be fanatical than the Oberinsts With them 1t IS
the Almighty Dollar on which all their necessities |
and luxures depend. 1t is not only their bread and
nutter an interest that rules the world but II IS
their brOCades. Whereas, Oberlln has no monled |
interests at ali in the domestic institutions of the
SOuth-she has nothing to make out of the slavery |
question but q reputation for extreme plety and |
great love for the cOored race. With "God and |
Liberty" As their cry-they do not hesitate to rush
to the rescue of fugitive, running the guantet of
fines, impusonments, penitentiary and death. to as
sert mere principle and that in violation of long
established Law. If fanatics North will risk their
necks where they have nothing but an opinion at
stake and that fallacOus one whss will not fanat
les South do, not only for principle rs they claim
but for their personal safety their homes and their
tiresides?
The Lincolnitcs need not hatter themselves that
the South are not going to seccde. They are We
tell them so now and they have got to prepare for
the worst.
From the Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
some REMARKS ON TIE ELECTON-The nation has
had its frOhc-an expensive one, fear it will |
it is to be hoped that the excitement
and commoton which have been every where pre- |
valent, will now be quoted down. and that men will
return to their ordinary business and pursuits The
victory achieved by the Black Republicans is des-
tined to turn TO ashes in their grasp Another sucb
victory and we Snail be undone. 1t is a victory of
the free States over the Southern States of error |
over truth, of radicasm over the Constitution and
Disguise it rs they NAV the election
IF Lincoln and Hamlin is the first great tborongb
triumph OF secuonalism and ant-slayery over the
Constitution.
The free states are now arravcd in serried ranks
against the slave States. Geography has been in
,Orporated with politics; the imaginary lines he
wcon North and South have been formed into solid
barriers and ignorant descendants of African saw
lgeS have proved TO be the most potential element in
American politics.
We shall not undertake 20 predict the ultimate
results of this election That much DISASTER will h.,
all the country. we have too much reason to he
ieve. 1t may come at once. or It may be DELAYED
or tine. Sufficient unto the day is the evil
hereof
TINS week will be the saturnaia of the success-
MI partv. Lincolnism and rum will have things
heir own way.
Ti,con-s Electoral majority will not be oyewhem
nglv arge-only decisive. But he will have against
inn reliable and controlling majOrites in both
ouses of Congress. He will only have the negative
AYR conferred by the veto. From active agrees
i've mischief he will be restrained by these major
ties. 49, !
Mr.. Lincoln will be beset in the beginning of his
should he indeed he destined to have
m administration BY three formidable difficulties.
THE first will be to satisfy the South.
The second viii be to retain his popularity and IN
luence with the two divisions Of his party-the
ampant Aboitionists, and the more moderate Anti
slavery men.
The third will he the distribution OF the patron
re and the spoils. A million of hungry, half-fam-
shed men, with mouths stretched will be clamor
nc for peace and plumber. All expect something,
while few get anything
On these last two rocks he is destined TO split, and
hat in a short time afterf his Inauguration,