Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-26

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who import African slaves into this.country:
10 put into the penitentiary all who buy such
when imported: and, also to seize the slaves
andreturn them tosAfrica, 10 be supported
ana educated for Que year by our Govern
nent- | am opposed to The whole system,
IN lis details and as a whole believe these
laws to be unconstitutional. and in violation
OF the reserved rights sofhhe States, and hos
tile to the true policy of the South. Con-
gress bas no power to enact them. There is
In the Constitution no express grant of such
power, and there is no express power there
which cannot be executed without implying
the power to prohibit that trade. 1t is
settled rule of construction that Congress
has no power unless it is necessary to be i'm
piled IN order to carry out some express
power. -
'.The power TO prohibit that trade lies
alone with each State. ard is a reserved right
of each State An exercise of it by Con-
gresS is an invasion of that right. No one
will contend that Congress had the power
under the Constitution 10 declare the slave
trade piracy before the year 1903. But yet
the power to define piracy, under which
these laws are enacted, existed before the
year 1903. How then, can Congress declare
that to. be piracy after the year 1908 which
It did not have the power so TO declare before
that year, under The same identical clause?r
In a speech at Columbia, South Carolina,
July 8, 1859, be is reported to have said :
'1f we remain in the Union, sre must de-
n,dnd repeal Of er,y unconstitutional act against
the institution Of sLarry. We MUST DEMAND A
REPEAL OF THE ACTS OF 1907, 1919, 1851. We
MUST DEMAND, THAT IT SHALL BE A SETTLED
POLICY OF THIS @ GOVERNMENT, THAT WHERE
EVER SLAVERY SHALL Exist UNDER THE FLAG
OF THE UNION, IT SHALL RECEIVE FULL AND
ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. s--..
The first Thing TO do in the Union is to en-
desvor to indoctrinate all parties in our
midst with these constitutional views. The
great power in the South IS the Democratic
party, ii is of the highest importance that
the South should have that party its ally in
this contest.
To obtain the aid of the Democracy in this
contest. it is necessary to make a contest in
its Charleston Convention In that body,
Douglass adherents will press his doctrine
to decision. If the State Rights men keep
out OF that Convention, that decision must
Inevitably be against the South, and that,
either in direct favor of the Douglas doctrine
or by The endorsement of the Cincinnati
platform, under which DougaS claims shelter
for his principles. The State Rights men
should present in the Convention their de-
mands for approval and they will obtain an
endorsement Of their demands, or a denial.
If endorsed, we shall have greater hope of
triumph within the Union. II denied, in my
opinion, the States Rights men should secede
from the Convention, and appeal TO the
whole people of the South without distinc-
ton of parties, and organize another Con
vention upon the basis of their principles
and go into the election with a candidate
nominated by il, as a grand Constitutional
party. But in the Presidential contest, a
Black Republican may be elected. If this
dire event should happen. in my opinion,
the only hope of safety for the South is a
withdrawal from the Union before he shall
be inaugurated, and the sword and the
| Treasury of the Federal Government shall
be placed in the keeping OF that party. |
would suggest that the several State Legis-
latures should, by law, require their govern
Ors, when it shall be made manifest that
the Black Republican candidate for the Pres
idency will receive a majority of the elector-
al votes. to call convention of the people of
each State to assemble in ample time to pro-
vice for their safety before the 4th of March,
1861. If, however, a Black Republican
should not be elected, then in pursuance of
the policy of making this contest within the
CulOI. we SnOulu lullidLe measures, IN COQ-
gress, which should lead TO repeal OF all
the unconstitutional acts against slavery
If we should fail to obtain so just system of
legislation, then the South should seek her
Independence out of the Union
On the night of the secession at Charles
ton, 3O,h April last, Mr YANCEY is reported
as follows: q - p
''Mr. Yancey appeared and was proud and
happy to see the South taking so proud a DO
sition in favor of her Constitutional rights.
he spoke of the seeding delegates as abont
to form the constitutional Democratic Con-
ventiOn," and of the delegates who remained
as composing the ''Rump Convention" He
said this Rump Convention would speedily
be in fact Sectional Convention, and would
represent only faction of the free-soil SEN
timent Of the North. He said the South must
come up as unit. and vindicate its Consti-
tutional rights. Every ultra sentiment was
applauded with mad enthusiasm. Yancev
said that, perhaps even now the pen of the
historian was nibbed to write the story of a
new revolution. At this, some one in the
crowd cried ''Three cheers for the Independ-
ent Southern Republic!" They were given
with a wilt
/ In speech at Greenville, South Carolina,
on the I'd of July last, he is reported by the
Columbia Souh Carozinian thus: . 3D..
These and several other potent arguments
prove most conclusiVely that the bond of
union has been snapped asunder, and the only
ligament that holds the mighty and cumbrous
mass together is commerce. 1t is only now
for the first time the South presents an I'M
broken front-now for the first time she has
told the North, in actions not o-be mistaken,
that she will concede no more-that the days
of our compromises are past-that she must
have her few remaining rights respected =
confederation, or independence outside it.
The South, holding the Constitution in one
hand and the sword of Justice in the other, is
prepared to resist the overwhelming, illegal
herdes of Northern aggression"
Whether these various utterances will
place Mr.. YANcEY in the ranks of the dis
unionists, we leave the reader to determine.