Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-10-13

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States nearly all in position of practical dtSiOH
that is they have refused to sustain the Constitution
which their fathers adopted In June, 1851, Daniel
Webster, in speech at Capon Springs Virginia, re
marked:
Il do not hesitate to say and repeat, that if the
Northern States refuse wilfuly and deliberately to
carry into effect that part of the Constitution which
respects the restoration of fugitive slaves, the South
would no longer be bound to observe the compact.
| A bargain broken on one side Is broken on all
sides
Now according to Daniel Webster, and lie is gene
rally regarded as good authority at the North the
South justified in presumng that this contederi-
ton of States, framed for mutual protection and
benefit, is at an end. We suppose that there are
some who yep so loud for the Union" that they
would ask the South to be quiet and submissive,
under John Brown fOrays and Texas burnings. No
calamity, with such people, not even universal black
and white amalgamatiOn is half much to be de-
plOred the breaking up Of q government which
has Outlved its uses. and If any person be bold
enough to ask that this government shall be restored
to its original functions that it shall restore runa-
ways negroes and protect Southern citizens equally
with Northern citizens, why forthwith. from - the
sQuatter organs am from the Bel-EVerett Journals
he is denounced as dIsunionist , and ' fire
eater" The truth is. the only way to presesVe the
Union AMI the only way II ought TO be preserved Is
for the North to simply try how 1t viii seem to be
honest. Let us perform our agreements Tie work
of preserving the Union is TO be done here, The
North is Overlooking with disunionsts, for every
is a disuniOnist. who refuses TO abide by the obi
CATIONS Of the Constitution to return fugitive slaves
or denies Southern men an equsl protection in the
common territories, which tie Supreme Court says
they are entitled to. Those who SOlde by the Con-
stitutiOn are Umonists and hence the entire South
so far rs we know. are "Unionists,' at least the
majority, while at the North in the present
ent state of public opinion, 1t Is probable that the
majority .'disuni0nists" For proof of this. try
to pass in any so-caled Union Meeting at the North
a SNIP resolution taken word for word from the
decision of the United States Supreme Court. and it
would be hOoted down-Belltes, Dougasites and
LncOnics all assisting in the camor. 1t gives no
pleasure to state these facts but they facts
crtheless, that some time or other. unless altered,
will bring on a terrible collision between the North
and the South. Our people ought to look them in
the face, for the Union cannot forever be saved
der an unmeaning form OF words which deceive the
people and blind them to the real questions in issue.
The good physician is the bold one who, despite
pain and writing, probes the sore to its seat so
in the present Uncture he is the true friend of the
Union who bravely calls the public attention to the
old landmarks of the Constitution, and shows that
the only safety is to cling TO that instrument not as
falsely interpreted by the Black Republicans. or
loosely construed by the followers Of Douglas or
Bell but as boldly presented by the friends of Brock
inridqe and Lane. They are the only candidates |
now standing squarely on the Constitution, and |
hence the only ones to whom every Union man can |
safely look for preservation of all that every patriot
holds dear-N 7. Ddy-Book