Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-01-11

Ne. 2lo--To sllor aefsndantas to indictments all
kinds Of pleas simultaneously With the plea Of aidsr
fois c0pcie Psssed
No 2ll-To psoride for the uHumeraliae cf the +
free white male uhebilaa;s of sheslaie on the lst
dsy Of January, 1861. Passed.
And then
On motion Of Ar. sTOvALL, the Senate adjourn
ed to nine O'clock tomorrow morning.
The following Is a correct report Of the rsmarks
81 Slr Stanton the resolution Of Mr.. Newman 10
regard 70 the contest for the Speakership Of the
House Of Rsprese natives IN Congress, on Thurs
dig llsi.
Mr Spsakei: / offered my Amendment 70 the reso-
luiions purpose Of more fully perfecting them.
The orignsl rssolutions introduced by the Senator
from FrapsIn lMr. NeEman) call Oh parties to
unite gsiust the Black Republican party, as to
preVeut the election Of any Black Republican to
the Speakership Of the House Of Representatives IN
Congress by amendment proposes to make such
instruction will defeat the election Of any section
al man. Or any man Of any sectional party. Now
The senator from Hamilton (Air, Minuis) seems TO
think that my amendment is a stab at some u,h-
ern party. Why does he consider it o slabf First
and foremost he says that there is sectional
bat he Black Republican psrty and then turns
and taetly confesses that there IS another party in
the South aside from the Republican party,
Which IS sectional, aud accuses Of stab6ing that
party. lie says tAa l an stabbing some party IN
the South, when l ofe- to condemn al sectional
parties do not know what party South tae Sena-
tor regards as sectional, bat suppose, he means
Southern seeCssionists Then does the Senator feel
sensitive because propose rebuke the secession
party Dies the Senator endorse the doctrine OF
the secession? believe WITT the Senator from
Hamilton, that there is sectional party South. We
find this eFiueed in the resolutions recently adopted
BY the South Carolina and Mississippi Legislatures
South Carolina has instructed her members 20 take
f4air hsf.s a.df. hrrr. 40
as 8 Black Republiesn shall have been elected,
without waiting see whether such officer should do
anything inconsistent with the constitution under
saad Mississippi 20 have expressed herselisimilaTly
Both OF those S ates are controlled By the Demo-
cratic party, and Democratic Legislatures passed
those reso utions OF di5union or secession That
may account for the sesiiiVeness Of the Senator
from .mitea Wheu l propose TO condemn ali
sectional parties, and that may be the sectional
party nth which he accuses me Of stab
bing a.. caRDot tell as to how far these
/ resolutions r2sJcd by those Legislatures may
have affected OF iBd fenced members OF Con-
! gress-more especially the representatives from
/ t os, Safes. 1Len there may be section8l mea 10
/ Congress, even FIRM he South, and we should not
compel repress natives 70 vote for such men OF
any party. We should rather proceed upon the idea
/ that there sre enough in Congress OF National
sentiment to elect Speaker. Or in other words.
that there can be geaDed from al parties enough
/ Uniol-loying OF national 10 elect Speaker Of
conservative feelings a ID when We, by resolutions,
speak to Congress a. all we should indicate that
course 70 them. But tae Senator from milton, as
before rem ark d. after accusing me OF stabbing at
some sectional party in the South recautl he charge
/ by Insisting that there IS no sectio AL elemsnt
/ South. l desire the Senator TO answer nc directly
whether he would consider a ma1 sectional who
would obey tas South Carolina resolutions referred
/ to- CT in other words, Whe.hor ne would consider
man as sectional or ohsrRise, who would be in IA
/ If = IN fha
bare election of Black Republican Speaker even
before such OH ;er shall violated the Consti
tItior?
Mr. MINIS said he would answer the gs.lemsn
! when he through.
! air STANTON Now sir, my doetrine is
tbst we should wait until sueh an tfieer does
something which viii conflict with TIE cons i
tuition; and then, if the laws that Le will not hold
/ him u account for sush misconduct, CT if We can
not get the Ia rs administered, thus holding him 10
acc lua:, then there would be to take radical
steps. But not dissolve the Union the mere eec-
ton OF man Of aoy party without waiting to sac
what his conduct might b. You proclaim Ibis doc
| true and the North might upon the election Of
SOuther man, take the sane eteP; either of which
would result in great loss 10 the PeoPge Of the UniOn
while political aspirsuts might be some little bene
/ fitted by the eslablishnent of tWJ sovereign les
their chances for on se b-ing thereby multiplied By
the figure two. But what objection eau the Seoa-
/ tor from Hamilton, or any ether Senator IN this
| chamber, have 10 my amendment, II they are SIN
eere in the belief that there is no other sectional
\ party? Win my amendment insult any party which
| is net sectional Will It sta1 a1y party watch Is
not sectional? Does it no. apply alone sectional
| parties? Audif there should be any other section
al party, either 10 its incipiency full strengh h,
should We not try TO shape our resolutions SO as 10
| embrace aud condemn II?
The Senator, although he insists that there is NJ
| other sectional party thaa h. Blsck republican,
/ hat n 10 II onn
are the Abolitonists, who also a sectional par
/ ty, and which is more dstestable than the Black
/ Republican party: for Fh.le the Republicans
only opposed to the further extension Of slavery or
its establishment in new States the A5Oitonisis
are for aboshing slavery where It already exists in
| the old States. Then, sir unless gou adopt my
| amendment the Abolitionists stand u-rcbuked
My doctrine is to condemn Black Republicans,
Abolitionists, secessonists, disuuieuists and fee
eaters and al who are sectional, for the doctrines
of all those sectional parties lead to the end
| a dissolution OF the Union. | am strong for the
Constitution aud the RICH Of he S)u.h as any
Senator in this chamber an VII 6ga', IL -ezsary.
| 10 defend them, bat let US stay II the UaiJn and
fight for those rightJ-if any Safe leaves the Union
let it be Northcra S.a.e--lst .O8tsnd fer our
! rights HlGnfgily and no. ras ojHArdiy GU Of the
| Union when ghts are only t1rca' e1ed-lst US
| stay ia Iad hold to tue Constitution # the Uni1n
| and the flag Of Washington, snd fight and contend
for our rights like b-Lve men, AMI not b. scared
| out Of tAe Uaioa by ihrea:s upon the at Of few
ultrsis.s Of the North Wbo, ia their extreme aud
| reckless declarations, nay not rehsc. the sentiment
| of one hundred rlsn or their section. Before we
! leave this Uni,n let make appeal TO the
mssses-ihe real vereiEn;y Of every section Of the
| Union-upou the question 70 whether this Uzion
sh Il be dissolved not, AMI e It be manifested in
acLs and 1t word, sad thu eats tAat The South will
not be protected in her constitutional rights aud
| then il is time TO Dissolve the Uaion. | think l
n.iSlt speak for Tennessee, at least that sac is
not willing to be blllied out Of the Union By the
! threats Of suol men as Seward or John Brown NOR
| will she be deIuded mi5lead b. the Whins ana
clprcss Of factions over-sens;tive and o7er-sus-
pieiOus politicians Of any State South. The Union
is my motto, until am satisfied that it cannot be
| preserved aAy longer. Mere threats will not thus
satisfy ns. Whenever any Of the laws which pro-
tect the rights Of the South shall have been vioIat-
ed or failed to be executed, or any material part
of the same abolished, then it is soon enough to
dissolve this Union.