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


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LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. s, 1860.
DEAR Union AND AMERICAN "After me, the deluge,p |
said Madame DE PoMPADSUR. heard distinguished |
BELL and EVERETT man say yesterday, in tones Of
peculiar emphasis, "the long agony is over and the
deluge has come Whether the distinguished gen
tleman meant that the deluge came as natural Sc
quence to the defeat of the South OF as the deserved
and decreed punishment of race whose virtue (of
selfprotectiOn) had not been sufficiently inculeated
and practieed, [ cannot state but the phrase is
pregnant with meaning. /. came from the lips of
the head and front of the party in this State a
man whose wonderful mind and genius has been
given to aid the cause, and given too in wonderfully
effective manner. But the phrase is not heard on
his lips alone. There are hundreds of men who
voted the BELL-EvERETT ticket on Tuesday and who
awoke or Wednesday dsunonists. There are hun
dreds in this city who voted the BELL ticket, who
now do not fear the deluge but desire it. They
claimed on Monday that Kentucky, Virginia, Mary
land and Tennessee would stand like a conservative
rainbow to encourage and promise peace, but today
it is discovered that the rainbow is not conserva
tive as was expected. Men who, on Tuesday morn
ing. counting on the States have named for BELL
and EvERErr, talked in spread-eagle and patriotic
| would hold, standing like the priest between the
people and the pestilence, now are most rabd in
| their EXPLANATIONS, and are ready to join YAM
/ cEY | have heard BELL and EVERETT man,
and city official here state that Louisville
should not allow a single boat from the opposite
shore to land here. / know of others who have
| gone over body and soul to disunionism-no cond-
| tions-but for disuniOn under any circumstances
and at all risks and any costs. The city is quiet
everything has of gone quietly and in its
usual style. There is no noise and confusion and
clashing Of opinions. But though quiet the feeling
| is intense-very and emphahcally intense. Indeed
| the election itself was Of that character. There
vas no drunkenness, no rioting, no hesitancy. The
vote was cast early and quietly. A serious aspect
was on the face of everything and men acted de-
| liberately and cateerly. And Today when the re
suit is known and the die is cast, each man like
| another CESAR, resolutely though calmly, marches
to the end They seem to feel that the deluge has
come and doubtless feel that the ark of their safety
is that the cotton States building. Shall we
ride safely through this deluge if each State seizes
q bale of cotton? kentucky is looking to the NoAHs
of South Carolina and Georgia to furnish her an
APARTMENT in the bark they building. This is
believe the truth. What BELL men have called
the moral of the election has failed They called
the vote of the border States east for their Union
ticket the great moral of the contest But the Dor
der States of the North saw morali the contest
and only the little State of New Jersey has proved
at all moral And now that they have gone for the
Union. Virginia and Kentucky see no particularly
great morality in the act and are resolving, they
have not resolved, to what virtue there is in
united South In any resistance to any overt act on
the part of LIOcoIN, am firmly persuaded Ken
lucky will join the cotton States She does not al
this moment endorse the action of the State Legis
lature of South Carolina as telegraphed here yes
tarday, but She does not frown upon it Informant
she is not asleep; if quiet, she is not idle. And
when resistance becomes the duty of the South as
in the event of any overt and tyranncal act on the
part Os the Republican party and its leaders, Ken
lucky will not be the last nor will she delay one
moment to obey the call to enforce her just rights
as one of the minority in this great government.
SAVAGE.