Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-10-25
The Dutv Of Southern Men, to Vote

1t is considered most probable by those who keep
themselves well-informed that the North will vote
sodly excepting or two small States,) for the
abolition candidate There is however, a bare pos
sibiity that the ZEAL energy and money of the New
York merchants may give the Union ticket a small
majority in that State. This would render the cleo
ton of Mr.. Breckenridge almost certain for the
New York fusion ticket, if elected, will vote for
whOmsOever its vote will elect The entire South
and California (and perhaps. Oregon,) voting for
Breckenridge, will secure to him the thirty-fve bal
lots of New ork, If the conservatives triumph there
This, then, is a reason why every Breckenridge man.
in the South, should 60 to the polls at all hazards
the 9th of November
But there is another, better, and higher motive,
which should impel every Southern man to vote
at the Presidential eectiOn-and vote for Breckin-
ridge and Lane 1t is this: all parties concede that
the platform of the Breckinrld9e party contains A
far of the right of the slave States under
the Constitution in respect to the institution of sa-
very. Then, as the North seems determined in its
relentless hatred to negative those rights by its en-
tire UOte what can be the further use of the COM
promising policy Of our Bell friends? Every one
now understand, that the North distinctly refuses to
compromise! Surely, them the office and mission of
a compromise party, ike the Bell party of the South,
are gone tOreUer. 1t requires two parties to make
compromises; in this case, it is patent to all, that
the North refuses to be one of those parties and
more for the concessions of the Bell men,
than for the strict constitutional demands of the
friends Of Breckenridge.
Is 1t not clear then, If our premises correct,
(and think no will be found to doubt that
Lincoln will get fourfths of the votes of the free
States that the true Southern Of the Bell par
ty should abandon policy which they themselves
practically admit will avail nOthiag And if that
policy is to be abandOned-and the North to whom
you offer it. in 4 spirit of Cancellation and brOtherly
love, hOut it back c0RtemtuOusly in your faces-s it
not true, a corollary, that you should 90 to the
election and deposie your ballot, squarey for all
yo1T rights?
What are the advantages to be derived from vot-
ing, as suggest: They are very great. The
result will show to the world that at the last,
section simply asked its clear rights under the writ
ten compact between it and the North; that the
very last, our people stood by and adhered TO the
Constitution Before all fairmindcd men, We shall
be justified and the North will be condemned. Our
| attitude Will be, when vote for Breckenridge
that Of demanding what the Constitution gives Us;
If vote fOr Bell, we shall be offering terms OF
amity, concessions of right, people who tell us
TO our teeth. we shall have no terms. and that as
for our concessions" they viii take what they
wish. without asking our leave.
Let IS all 90 to the polls then. on the 9Th Novem-
Der and for the Constitution and constitution
al Union. If the frantic North choose to make our
efforts unavaiIing, and with their unhoy hands de
stroy the articles OF union fathers agreed to- let
| them take the responsibility. We shall have done
| our lutv.-NYi.