Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-11-01
The Secession Spirit.
Hon. B. H. HILL the leading BELL of Georgia
! in his letter of October 18th says:

Hon. B. H. HILL the leading BELL man of Georgia
in his letter of October 18th says:
Is possible that the masses of the North will not
reason? Do they believe that will accept terms
| of Union now which even our patriotic fathers re-
! jected! To crafty a mere party feeling and pro-
mote men who excite their passions, VIII they endan
| ger the COafederacy? How can the union live by
| force? How can 1t prosper by sectional quarrels
How can man administer this nation in peace who
says its parts are irrepressibly conflicting!
The North can save this Union or she can destroy
it, The poluer is all with her. We in minority
| We can elect no man. We can't say who shall be
President But our people can and a0A say whom
they will obey,
1t is no use to deceive ourselves 1t is folly to
shut our eyes. 1t is destructive to mistake the real
| issue of this canvass.
know the North is under the impression there is
no danger. They have been taught to believe so.
Southern speakers have often vapOred fOOlishy and
they think it is now, repeat they are mistaken
A Union man warns against it, because he the
danger Passion is up. Safety is in Nationalism
alone. Danger is in Lincoln most certainly.
Would that our Northern friends, and enemies too,
could see as have seen during the last week, and
hear none but Union men speak of the result Of the
recent elections.
If there is a Union man in the North voting for
Lincoln, he IS mad.
As Southern man shall meet the army, and go
with my State
Gov. H. v JOHNSON, DOUGLAS candidate for Vice
President, said in his speech in New York on the
oath:
Ia the eUoat Of the success Of the party sustaining
these principles BLACK Republican, 1cdS It rash as
submit to I! BEFORE GOD AND HIS COUNTRY
HE SAID THEY OUGHT NOT, AND WOU Id
NOT. [Applause.l
Gov. WISE in his Norfolk Speech SAID:
If Virginia shall not meet the issue, and come up
TO the mark OF self-respect WILL LOOK TO NORTH
CAROLINA, To GEORGIA, TO EACH SOUTHERN STATE IN
SUCCESSION, AND APPEAL TO EACH FOR PERMISSION TO
FIGHT UNDER THE gfsGIs OF HER SOVEREIGNTY. And
will advise each State not TO wait for the example
or cooperatiOn of other States. Such waiting viii
only produce alterng, and all the delay and confu-
sion of uncertainty No! Let each State leap at
once for herself and by herself into the contest and
struggle for precedence and preeminence IN the
work of defense. ANY ONE STATE, EvENTIIE SMALL
EST. CAN MAKE THE BATTLE AND WIN THE VICTORY. AND
IF THE SMALLEST STATE WILL MAKE THE BATTLE ALONE
AND UNAIDED; II GALLANT LITTLE FLORIDA ALONE WILL
TAKE Up THE GAUNTLET OF WAR AND LEVY AN ARMY, 1
WILL ENLIST IN THAT ARMY wherever it shall be rails
ed, and we will see then whether the "Black Doug
las can execute his threat Of coercion.
Col JAMES GARDNER the leading Douglas man in
Georgia said last week in his published address to
the people of Georgia
THE CONVICTION Is NOT LESS UNIVERSAL
THAT THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA SHOULD
HAVE NO DIVIDED COUNSELS AS TO THEPOL-
ICY OF THE STATE IN THE EVENT OF LIN
COINS ELECTION THE INSTINCT OF SELF
PRESERV ATION DICTATES THAT THE PEOPLE
OF GEORGIA-AYE THE PEOPLE DE THE
SOUTH-SHOULDB BE ONE PEOPLE. IN FEELING,
IN PURPOSE AND IN ACTION, SHOULD THAT
DISASTROUS RESULT BE FORCED UPON US By
NORTHERN FANATICISM.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says
| have seen a letter from Gov Letcher, of Va
(DOugas) stating substantially that in view OF I'M
minent danger Of secession at the extreme South,
which result he depOres he is putting Virginia in
state Of preparation to prevent anything like force
being brought to bear against seeding States, by
marching Government troops through Virginia, ETC.