Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-09-18
TUESDAY, 3NoRNING. SEPT as. 1850
More Disunionisnr.


In ahe <eoIasnbfa South 2Cd5elassi1. Of the
18th inst, we find extracts from letter writ
ten by Hon j FosTER MARSHALL in reply to
the \. Y. Tins. Mr.. MARSHALL represented
The AbbevilIe District in de Senate of South
CaroIina. Ssses last ses-ies. and IS casdidste
for reelection. By reference TO the follow
ing passages from his 1etter The reader will
see that, be Is for disupi6a in The event Of
LISCoLs 5 election. Read
But, say the f1iterrogSatoriss-. "iu The event
of the election of a Black RepHIlicaAIo the
Presidency, VIII yOu decide at once for a
Southern Co4federscy- OF will ypu submit tec
The victorious dOr1inatfOn?' i unheSitaiing-
" answer that in The event of the election Of
4 Black Republican,, am in favor Of South
ern ConfederaeE atsall and every hazard, and
for the following reasons: 1t is NOS the cleo
tion OF EaHc0fH or any Other man that | would
oppose but il is the placing in power. by the
election of Lincoln, party which is purely
aed entirely sectional in its political PFin-
Ciples, its morals and religion. and which
principles. morals and religion, al anfago-
nistic to the principles, morals and religion
Of the section of this Union in which we live.
.Ss<s "a = 81 i ' 49, a7-.s44' ~-'''-
The coBfiict. then. must come sooner or Ia
ter; tbeftf Is no power that can avert it, short
Oi OmnipOtence. 1t then becomes Il grave
question with the slavehelding States. whetE-
er they will be betterAprepared TO meet the
issue next March, if cOrue it mnst? Or will
the cotton States be more united. and strong
er four years hence2 i-,t
l am satisfied that there is more unanimity
in the eight seeding States upon this ques-
ton OF resistance 10 the aggression OF the
North, than there has been since The ReyOlu-
ton of ZIG. The masses in these States are
thoroughly aroused, and are better prepared
IN mind and resources to meet the crisis, than
they ever nave or ever will be. l. for one
am in favor of striking the blow, upon the
election Of a Black Republican to the Presi-
dency. This blow | desire above all things
to be stricken 10y all the slavebolding States
in concert. If not by all then by the EIGHT
secediDg States, with Alabama leading. But
if we cannot get the cotton States to gowith
us on this vital question, before will submit
70 loss of property and political degrade
ton, /, IN God = strength, will espouse the
secession of South Carolina separate and
alone" The contest is slavery or no slave
Ty." and it is between the North and South
1t Is one of life or death to the political ex-
istence of the slavehOIding States. Then let
every man ace the. issue ahd- answer the
question for himself, and not throw off the
respOnsibilt 81 upon posferity L then. am in
OF this State, iu the event of the election of a
Black Republican; that the people in their
sovereign capacity may then and there con-
slider ''theihfractTons ofthe Constitution, and
the mode and manner of redress
Mr.. MARSHALL not only favors disunion
but he is satisfied that -ihere is more unani-
nifty in the eight seeding States upon this
question of resistance to the aggressions of
the North than there has been since the revo-
luton in 1776''-that the " masses in these
State are thofoushly aroused. and are better
prepared in mind and resources to meet the
crisis, than they ever have or will be- This
being the case, we see to what an issue Mr.
CRezIER pledged himself when he declared
his readiness TO do what The Cotton States
might ask. z.-=.5 -
The Yazoo (Miss.J DsyaoeTqt publishes a
correspondence between Messrs. VS.. ErPER-
SON, S VI. PRnLPs, and S. NJ. ARxIsTEAD and
Hon. B. R. HOLMES, of Benton. The former
gentlemen sought Mr.. HOLMES views Of sthe
principles and wants of the several political
parties, and their respective candidates for
the Presidency and Vice Presidency +; and
in the present exigencies of political affairs
which one of these tickets, in your opin-
ion, is most verify qflsbel cOnfitIeset land.
support Of the Southern people.
Under date of Benton" Aug. c. 1860:
Mr.. HOLMES replies He is member of the
Opposition, bqt he recommends .the EREekN-
RIDGE-YANcEY ticket, closing his letter as
follows IL
To answer your question in plain language.
fed and 6tlieUe Il to Je the dify. and tie oaIV
safety for tie South, To- cast an undecided code for
the cIHdid1fes If the S0utJ.eT5i DeRlocracy. be-
lieve, however, shat the. Republicans will
elect the President. What then !? Once in
authority. the Republicans have vowed they
would acknowledge no Constitution that
shields the institution of African Slavery, and
having openly sworn thus, They shenid never
be permitted 10 stain, by their touch. the
public Institutions of the country, the keys
of the Federal Treasury To lour Forts and
arsenals, to violate the Federal court or
pollute the Federal chair, by placing in ii ihe
representative of party who openly swears
there is a law ll9ka- than itbe Constitution OF
their country. This should be prevented in
the Union, 1T We can. out of il il we must.
The inauguration of Black Republican as
President OF these States, would be an overt
act Tor the overthrow and utter destruction
OF the Southern States, to prevent which,
self-protection-tba first law of nature
bids US resist resist'f if to the cost of the
Union itself; though it should involve the
Republic in civil war. Yes. sirs, rather than
submit to a disgrace so Black and damning,
we should graphic the pillars that support
this totteripg fabric called. the Union, and
drag it down about their heads, b0rying
those hell-imps beReath its Minis. "a =
Respectfully yours,
b. X. HOLMES.
:. To Nessrs. AImistead, Eppersoh and Phil
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