Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-28
MISUNDERSTANDING Legislation of the No

Observation-Disclosures Legislation of the North.
The Black Republican party was the first to take
up the cry of dlsunion in this canvass and attempt
to it as a weapon of destruction against the
Democracy. 1t has since fallen into the hands Of the
BELL and DOUGLAS Opposition, and they are now
hurting it with all their puny might. The Black Re-
publicans in their platform declare:
I'VE hold in adherence all schemes for disunion,
come from whatever source they may; and we con-
graduate the country that no Black Republican
member of Congress has uttered or cOuntenanced
threat of dsunOn, so often made by the Democratic
members CT Congress without rebuke, and with ap-
pisuSe from their political associates; and we de.
nOunce these threats of disUnion in case of popu
lar overthrow of their ascendancy, denying the
vital principles of a free Government, and as an
ayOwal Of contemplated treason, which it is the
imperative duty Of an indignant people strongly to
rebuke and forever silence
The BELL and DoUGTAs men. instead of hurting
back this charge in the teeth of the Black Reppbli-
cans and showing their tendencies, have picked up
the Black Republican cry and are echoing and
re-echoing it throughout the entire South. We ap-
PEEL to Southern men to know when and where they
have seen or heard the DOUGLAS and BELL papers or
speakers charging disunion upon cur Black Repub-
lican foes, and forcibly illustrating the dsunon
tendencies of their teaching and practices No. the
delunciatohs of tire professional Union savers of
the South have been reserved entirely for their
Southern brethren. 1t will continue to be our task
to show to the people of the South the dangers that
await the success of our Northern enemies under
the lead of SEWARD and LINCOLN. Mr.. WEBsTER
stated that the failure by the North to observe the
Fugitive Slave Law would be ground for dIsrup-
ton Of the Union by the South. Without comment
H,bip at rs he de
nounced as YANCEY-ism by the friends of BELL and
DoUGIAs propose to expose little of tine hostile
legislation of the North We shall not content our
selves with reference to the declarations Of promi
nent Black Republicans in the halls of Congress and
elsewhere, but shall 90 to the book to show what
State Legislatures have done to nullify law Of
Congress passed for the protection of the South
against the wiles of the Northern abotionists Our
aim is TO show that notwithstanding notification
stands prominently forth on the statute books Of
nearly every Northern State, all of the walls of
wrath of the BELL and DOUGLAS men are poured
upon the heads of those Southern men whom they
term Nullifers Secessionists and Disunionists Is
there no wrong committed save by the Southern De-
mocracy? Let the reeofd speak:
TvMUxE: When the county attorney is inform
ed that any person has been arrested IN his equity
and is claimed as fugitive Stare under the prOvi-
sionS Of any act of Congress, he shall Immediately
PAIR to the place of his custody render him all
necessary legal assistance in his defence and
mons such witnesses as he deems Necessary there
for and their fee and all other necessary legal
penses therein shall be paid by the State x Revised
StrHsS Of 1857, p. 4S0, ch. 70, S2O)
In oh. so, S 81. The keepers of the several
jas in the State required TO keep all prisoners
committed under the authority of the United States
except persons claimed as t,tyitiUe SlareS."
by 50 No officer Of the State shall arrest
dctam aid in so doing in any building belong
ing to the State any county or town, any person
claimed as a fugitive alave." Any person violating
this section shall pay fine mot exceeding Loco
for each offence to the of the county where It
is committed, or be imprisoned less than one year in
the county Jail"
BY Oh. lis, 10. Whoever unlawfully con-
fines fugitive slave forcibly carries him out of
the State or from place to place within it. shall be
punished by Imprisonment not more than five wears.
or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars"
BY 5 20. Any slave voluntarily brought into
the State by his master or by his consent is thereby
free. II any person attempt TO restrain him or ex-
ercise the authority of master over him such per-
son shall be punished by fine not exceeding 81 600
or by Imprisonment less than one year.
The Maine Legislature of 1857 passed preamble
and resolutions approved April Is, 1857 in which
they say that the Supreme Court in the DRIED ScoTT
subordinate the political power and interests of
the American people to the cupidity and ambition
Of a few thousand slave holders and that said de-
cision is conclusive pooof of the determination of
the slave holding States Ito degrade the Union
into an snonp for tho extension and perpetuation
Of the barbarous and detestabIe system of chattel
slavery. They therefore resolved that the decision
" is not binding in law or conscience" and demands
the instant and emphatic Reproduction of the country
That Che Supreme Court should be reconstructed so
to relieve 1t from the domination of sectional fac
ton - that each State has the right 10 determine
who shall be admitted to political franchise and
citizenship within its limits A" and persons adj
mitted TO the rights Of citizenship by any State are
under the Constitution of the L. s entitled d. 70 all
the n7ivieges and immuntes Of citizens of the sew
oval S+atesn In 1859 resolutions were passed still
more denunciatory of slavery, the DRED SCo1r de-
cison and the Supreme Court.
NEW HAMPSHIRE BY an act passed in 1857,
0s76. S2) slaves entering the State by con
sent or involuntarily are to be free. by 49,
an attempt to hold slave in the State Is declared
20 he \ felony. The 10Th of a series OF reso-
lutions lapproved July q, 1867 declares among
other things. that the people of the free States
strong il; The irresistible force q majority of num-
bors have the power . TO prevent the extension
.,f slavery over any Territory now free and 70 re-
Establish freedom as the controlling power OF the
,ovsrnment.r and the State pledges herself to CO.
onerate with any and ali of her sister States IN al