Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-09
what Will the south do IL Abrahum Linz
coin is eIecIed PEeSidenL

We answer intefrog tory BY spply stating that the South
will never permit A5rah Lncon to 10 inaugusted President
the determination Of all parties Of the south and let the con
sequences VII they maywheher the Potomac enmsoned
in huma1 gUre and PeLnsyvan Avenue psved ten athoms
IN depth with manged bodies whether The last vese Of lib
erty swept face OF the Amercn contnen toe South
the loyal south-hs constitutional South, viii submit II
ouch fumat and degradation as the Inauguration Ct Aura
ham ncjl
would deeply regret the necessity Il such step We
saoul1 lament aud depore SO terrible misfortune but tns
dshnnor has yielded much for the sake Of
njon Tor the axe Of The SAGE Of haronyard for The
sake perpeuAng this Republic Of equal rights to a citizens
and ecl privileges to nome But orbeAranes has oesd with
The lection q Lincoln is an ooe7 ITSELF the
that elected viii be for the express and avoued
purpae Of d-s-r ying slavery. His admin
istrston would doubtless at inception, SAVIOR
servatSm- 1t ui present the soPos'fc charm Of the
srpert slowly by degrees, like the cOnstric
tor he usud entEiue dAnnable heresies around
and whea Oncsin his the last spark Il vitality
uoald be extinguhed the south place her heel
the ack serpent Of tee North aud crush him
before he gets his Shiny coil about rs
Brecknrdge party the South desire the election Of
Lincoln because they well that it will dissolve this union
They deny hat this is their Object yet they counsel
support Mr. Breckenridge for the purpose Of dividing the
Democratic party and nsuring tn election o. lincoln 1t
the Dsunonis, and unless arrested will
Gnrelg destroy the non as tine Ia t. Evsry vote given
strongest cOmpeitOr.-ARGnsq COafedroey.
The foregoing, with a good deal more of the same
sort, which makes up leading editorial IN the At
lanta COafederdcy of Friday last, will be severe
dose-an awful purgstive to the Northern Douglas
Party. They stand on the indissolubility Of the
Federal Union, and denounce the Breckinrigde men
disunionsts; bg there is no dspnlon print IN the
entire South which has taken stronger ground than
this oe the COnfederdcy. None have said more than
that they were in favor of disunOn when Lincoln is
elected.
And cow for the ConfeIeracys application; Let
US take facts as they exist How can Lincoln be de
feated2 There is but one wayne must be defeated
in the Northern States by combination of all the
N W % he
Douglas Central Committee issuing bulletin after
bulletin fOrbidding all such combinations, and de-
mandng that the vote shall be so cast that they,
(the Committed will be able to see just how many
Douglas men there are in each State 1t IS an in
terestng statistical inquiry which they are deler-
mined Ia push at the imminent hazard Gas learn
Tom the Confederdcy,) of crimsoning the Potomac
with gOre-paving Pennsylvania Avenue sixty feet
deep with mangled bodies, and sweeping away the
last vestige of liberty! Mr. Douglas is a remarka-
bic man, but whether the people desire to take
list of his personal friends at that expense is pro-
bematical. He will carry no Northern State except
upon combination of the entire Democratic vote
upon him, and he forbids the combination.
But looking at matters rs they exist SOuth-dOes
anybody pretend that Douglas is as strong as Brock
inridge? and why then sh Juld we abandon stron-
ger for a weaker candidate
Considering the secession ITSELF now thing of the
past and remedies The COnfedsraeu charges that
it was the work of a iiisaRoa Sqoldd.' No man can
deny that il alhave been avoided on the simple
condition either of Mr.. Douglas retirement the
adoption of an antiSquatter Sovereignty resolution
Both were refused sternly, persistenty, in the face
of an inevitable division of the party. The Douglas
men had ample time to weigh all consequences and
make an election. They were not taken by sur
prise and it was matter OF deliberate choice with
them whether by just and reasonable concession in
candidate, or platform, to conrOlidate the party
and lead il to certain victory over the Black Repub
LEANS or by persisting in a selfish demand for sin
gle man and platform TO suit him, to consgn all to
inevitable defeat and ruin. They had six weeks to
choose which alternative to take and they chose the
latter; and now in the same spirit they reject the
only means by which the country may possibly be
saved the consequences of the election OF an gno-
rant and besOtted fanatic.
And do they now make those elected consequences
the ground of an appeal against Breckenridge Nd
con (Ga) Telegraph