Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-10-23
PreRnnnt Admissions.

The DOUGLAS organs in the Northern States are
beginning dcscry danger in the distance since the
late returns. They are beginning now to tell us
that the South will be subjugated to Black Repub-
can rule in the event of LNcoLNs election, or she
must act for herself to prevent that catastrophe.
Such language as that quoted the other day from
the indianapolis Sentinel, and as we now quote from
the Cincinnati Enquirer and Pittsburg Post, would
be denounced rs disuniOnsm and treason if found
in a BRECKNRIDGE journal. We are glad, however.
30 see our contemporaries coming to their senses. 1t
may lead them to pluck the flower, safety, out Of
the nctIIe, danger"
And the Cincinnati Enquirer, so rampant at first
indicates now, in the following paragraph its oppo-
Iton to the coersion doctrine of its master for of
course, it docs not wish to see all the Southern
States fired and general and disastrous civil
war" inaugurated which, it ays. would result
from an attempt" to force the seeding States back
into the Union:
In South Carolina there is but one sentiment, and
that is for disuniOn. In that State. and in Alabama,
laws have already been passed, providing the way
for a secession in case Lincoln is elected. In those
States. together with Mississippi and Florida,
shall see within ten days after the November cleo
ton, if the hostile party 10 the South succeeds calls
issued by the Governors for election OF delegates
themselves independent Of the Government at
Washington If it is done, what will be the remedy
Can then be brought back into the Union by force?
Would not attempt to do 50 fire all the Stare States,
and range them as q init the side Of the diSafected,
nj bring on at once u general and disastrous cUa
JrGr2
And the pittsburg Post, an able and influential
DoyGIAs organ thus on the 18th inst speaks Of 1.-The
danger ahead :"
II - 81, IA hot ir1r
can discern, there Is danger ahead TO the Ship of
State. The cOtmty is threatened lrih the election of
President Dd ice President pledged to sustain priS
cipeS ant promote measures 1rLich Inconsistent
IcM and uHjcI' 10 the Ioug continuance of our present
taratjre system The result of the elections which
have JUS taken place in Pennsylvania and Indiana
show that the danger Is no taucied one 1t Is mni-
nent and pressing. If the Democracy fail to obtain
4 victory in November over the irrcprcssible CON
hict-if the people Of the country fail To maintain
the vital principles Of the Constitution and the
Uuion-THERE WILL Re A SECTIONAL TRIUMPH WHICH
MAS FOR ITS OBJECT TO REDUCE FIFTEEN SOVEREIGN
STATES OF THE CONFEDERATION To TIE LEVEL CON
.of-FrFD PROVINCES viii the South submit to such
po,itions VIII not the political necessity OF the
cnmpcl them to resist, and as matter of sclt-pre
s,rvation assert their rights at ali hazards II Mr.
Lincoln De elected, and endeaYOrs 10 carry out the
principles of his party as expressed IN AL hePuDA
can documents and speeches. II Will De LOT
the minority of States to preserve their equality IN
the Union We are no alarmst. We have always
favored a conservative policy, and laugh at the pa
mic cries of demagOgues but 1t appears PLAIN 20 US
that the triumph of sectionalism in the election OF
Lincoln, will be the first step towards disntegra-
ton Of the United States. In order to avert TINS
calamity. the entire vote of all the UnOn-ovlng
men Of the country must be cast on the side OF pa
trjotC conservatism. The vast interests of great
nation are at stake in this contest. The great COM
mercial cities Of the East will pronounce in thunder
tones against the irrepressible conflict. Wealth is
always conservative, and intelligence will be slow
10 risk the danger OF civil war