Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-06-01

Mr.. He'll on Slavery.

It il with pride and pleasure that we poiu
vi GINA rs and SOutherners. OF all parties
and pei susSions, to the recorded opnIour OF
John Bell. ON the subject of slavery. NJ
charge of unsoundness. on the ''vilal issue
can b laid a; his door. He is not only
sound, bat he occupies ground. in relation
to the moral. economical, and political as
poets OF African slavery. a. il exists III the
Southern States in this Union. which places
him Tar above and beyond even the breath
Of suspicion. Nor his opinions on Thu
tubj-ct. of recent Formations; but they are the
identical opinions. which be has held. and
boldly proclaimed. throughout the whole
Course OF biz political life. which has extend
ed through . period ut upwards OF thirty
years.
He haa never held. q. the present Demo
cratic Governor of Virginia held. only eight
or Sen years ago, thst slavery IL "a great so
cial and political evil'-a "ycllnw lever
and black vOmii''-which il attacking the
y"rv viials OF VIRGINIA. aud the other Sonth-
eru Staler, and degrading and destroying
them ALL Nothing oil this sort On the con
Irary he has always maintained, and It'll
rnaintaEE. that slavery In a moral, social, and
political tlessIng-that iO ia benign iuau-
.nce. IN a great measure, il due the wonder
fui growth and abound.ng prosperity al the
United STATES aud tine cIviiIZ tIIOn and ad
,auceuenI of nearly all ornsr nations, an
slavery. ia some form. has ala aye existed
will always exist, and ought always to eIisI
90 shat IL u sanctioned by the Bible, that IL II
T.cognIzed Ia the Constitution. aud thai il
,.lust lie Sustained and prutrcts d. IL Exists
in the Southern States, by all the CUnstitu-
tionHl power, aud all the energies of the
FEDERAL Government. In word. no man in
the Sub a. any p1Ttv, not excepting even
Mr.. Calhoun himself, has ever approved and
endors ed the institution of slavery Ia strong
err more. explicit, aud more emphatic Iau-
guage than John Bell, OF Tennessce. the can
didate of the Constitutional UhiOn party, for
the Presidency OF the United SIate-.-We
confess TO some surprise Ourselves at hnding
his record on this vital question 20 cleaf, so
bright. so entirely satisfactory, and 70 pei
fectly in accordance with the advanced views
now very generally held Oh this subject in
she Southern States-for. without any Inti-
mate familiarity with his agtec-dents, We
have heretofore cnI -TtBined a. vague aud in-
definite impFessio that his opinions Of slave
~ conceded, ia good degree, with ihosr
held by nearly ali Southern StaIesmvn some
twenty-five o. ID riy years agO--thai Is, We
were und-. le impT. ssion that he believed
sIAyery Oh e. IL TO lee tolerated. and not =
blessing TO be cherished, sustained, protected
nd perpet ed. bu. We rtjolcI 10 hnd thai
r oh an iulp- sion is ala getlI-T and radical
ly erroneous GA this question OF slavery.
no South-rn nLn Of any party occupies
rountier, higher. more commanding, and
mOr. impregnAble grOuLd, than john Bell
q ground winch d, frs all manner OF assault,
aud challenges unqualified admiration. 20
fine, tue .kirts Ut our able. patriotic. aud dis
t.nguished candidai. for the Presidency. are
free from even the slightest faint of unsound-
ness on the great question of Southern in>il-
tptions and Southern rights. Their friend,
admIrer and offender. he stands erect before
the people OF the South, and shrinks from no
scrutiny into his record and no discussion OF
mis- opiaIons. There he is, people Of Virgin
Ia, "a lie, reliable, honest, able man. aud In
the name of The South aud OF our common
country. we asx for him your SURFACES. and
yu,g warm, earl rst, ell hd-iastlc SUPPORT
DESTROYS OF impr.ss>ing upon the minds OF
our Virgins aud Southern readers. of all
parties, toe thoroughly round and orthodox
views of Mr. Bsii on the vital question vi
slavery, We make no apology for re-produc-
ing one or two extracts from his speech bn
the ComprU mise measures III 1890, WHICH We
published, IA part, week ago. la TINT
speech he took the very highest Southern
groual, avowiag not .,uiy his cordial appTO-
baiion OF the institution OF slavery, but ex-
pressing desire Io e il extended into such
Territories a. might tie adapted tn IL. Take
the following extract, read is attentlyely, lay
u by, and then READ u again AID again, and
tell us frankly, Whether any Southern man
has ever .nderad slavery. or portrayed its
beneficial effects IN stronger ar clearer srTms
It Ii Us whether ANY Seushsrn man has re-
pudiaied aud rep-li,d she drz that slavery
- n wrong aud sia, with IN re force aud
distiletn as Read the extract:
As TO the l,wiutness OF siuiulness OF the
Institution OF slavery -WheIher freLzissl or
frantic priests, or more learned and rational |
disines ma. preach. whatever they may al
nfin "f Christian precei.ts. OF moral AMI ~
hgious duties aud responsibilities; whatever
thtef pr tatioa 81 Iise ias # uaIdge or OF Al
mighty God ihsy may aHnouuee. wbat.-ssr
ooesrines or iheurics OF the sqdaliIy Of hu-
man ri2ais, and oi tie various crs ~ man
kiisc, disefslh d as they are by eompiexio
By physical fofms,iou, assd nenIHi develop
msiii, the dsscipies Oi tFaiisc,- lid ntal erred
oil any kihd mHy hold OF teach; however
they may dogmas T. upon this BY Dol h-si-,
anu declare it ~ DC Violate Of the i2s al
nature by any Ole sace, With xhaleyer 10
perivr.t, OF ntal or PHI &c al f.euisis. thew
may b. end ed. ts saijuk.l- th1ss II an Il-
terror race, anu ni-k. The Iu-irumesssa
81 lln pfy,. lnsnt aud ansElDEsiion la Ii n
O.n coud.J GA, aud la siaas VI ins ns.el.ss
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