Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-11-08
The Result of the Electton--what
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AT this moment, Wednesday morning
there seems scarcely any room to doubt thai
LINCOLN has carried almost the entire body
on the non-slaveholding States of the Union
and is the President elect, under the forms o
the Constitution OF the United States.
We have warned our readers of the dan
ger of this result from day to day through
out the canvass; but our warnings have moi
effected the desired result We baVe warned
them likewise against the dangers that threat
en- TO follow the result of the election, iDfin-
itely greater than any which have heretofore
waited upon us as a peOple-the dangers OF
being precipitated into revolution and war
We now think if Mr.. BRECKENRIDGE has re-
ceived a large majority of the popular vote
in the '.Cotton States" there will be an ef-
fort on their part, of the most serious and
determined character 10 seeede from the
Uniou--a step which we regard, with the pre-
sent lights before u, as SYNONYMOUS with
revolution and war. The question as ie
what we of Tennessee and the other slave
holding States lying over against the South
ern frontier Of the noL-slaveboiding States
should do, in that event, is of the very high
est magnitude. None such has ever been be
fore presented for our consideration. To our
miud it is an exceedingly perplexing one
and upon it we do not propose to offer an
opinion hastily formed.
We feel that the-e is need for deliberatiOn,
and the exercise Of the greatest circumspec-
ton. Reason and Judgment should BE- Ia
voked to lend their best light and counsel
We should do every thing consistent Wi'E
honor and right TO preserve and perpe'aa'e
the Union We have believed that the Coa-
stitutiou and laws. rightly interpreted ard
enforced. would afford ample protection
against ali evils likely to arise audrr the
government. In an honest and faithful pub
lie administration upon the basis OF the Ed
er5I Constitution a. il Is lies The safely If
the South and the North alike, and Of the
rights Of all sections
We did not desire 10 trust that administTa-
ton to the hands of cJiOnal man. backed
and supported and elevated to power by .
sectional msjOriiy- We have our fears that
the infu, nees which prem. ted his nomina
ton may be used to inlugurate liue of poi
icy, which, II sustained and carried out
would result in injustice and wrong TO pOr
tiOn OF the American people For our OwI.
part we ar, content to await the sOluiution
of those fears by the actual '-IOgic OF events
If they prove well-grounded, then we shall
resist that policy with just enough and just
such force a. will suffice to viudicate our hon
or and our rights.
Since writing the above we have received
a special message delivered by the Governor
of South Carolina TO the legislature Of that
State. recommending the calling a cOGven
ton of the people and immediate secession
To-day the Legislature is probably engaged
in discussing the ''next best step" We have
very little doubt as to what will be the result
1t sounds upon our ear as the tocsin of war
We shall hear from other States in the cotton
region in a day or two.
We appeal to the people of Tennessee not
to give themselves up to passiOn-we invoke
them to come TO no hasty or rash conclusion
The day that tries mems souls is coming
around again. Pause and reflect, weigh and
consider.