Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-10-07

lOefty Like that roman Governor whom st. Paul /
had almost persuaded to be Christian the Ameri- /
IAN people were almost persuaded to be Republicans
out the national sense and judgment had been per- |
verified The effect of toleratng slavery had been to
produce want of moral courage. and that want
was the fault of the political representatives of the
people. The people would have to select men as
fearless as Owen LOvejOy. Although they might fill
the halls of Congress with men who seemed to be
as reliable Owen Loveoy vet on the first clangor
of the slavery drum they would waver and falter
would suffer themselves to be demOralized, and
would then return to demoraze the people. The
first agency put In use, said he to retain slavery is
the fear of commotion and civil war. The slave
holders have justly, and trutfully and rightfuily
assumed that slaves are the natural enemies OF their
masters, and Of that slaves insdious enc
mics of any State that requires them to be held in
bondage and therefore it is the settled policy in
slave States to suppress freedom of speech so far as
liberty may need advocates; while 1t extends the
largest license of debate to those who advocate the
interests of slavery. The necessary consequence is
that there is slave State in which ballot Is open
for freedom, or where free man is allowed in
safety to cast such ballot If only one side is al
lowed to vote in State it is very easy to see that
that side must prevail. (Laughter) All the slave
States appear thus to be in favor of slavery, and
then they tell you that Republcanlsm Is sectional
After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill IN
'54 there was but one man left that did despair
That man. in his zeal to make his prediction Just,
was betrayed so far by his belief that he became
ultimately monomaniac and suffered upon the gal
lows That man was John Brown. (Cheers.) The
first and only time that ever saw him was when
he called upon me after the abrogation of the Mis-
souri, compromise. He asked me what thought OF
the future? l said was saddened and Responding;
that | would persevere against hope. He said,
Cheer up, Brother Seward; Kansas will never be
slave State" (Cheers) | took then deliberate
survey of the broad field that freedom In the
future States of this continent the necessity of
this age and of this country.
saw then how it was that we could redeem all
that had been lost and redeem by appealing to the
very passions and interests that had lost all The
process easy. The slave states had demoralized
the free states by giving them PresidencIes and
secretaryships, and post Offices and said that here
in the Northwest We should build up more free
states than there slave states and that these free
states, having a common interest in favor of free
dom. would offer to Pennsylvania and New York,
and New Jersey and Connecticut and Massachusetts,
their support and their ambition. (Cheers.) To-
day see the very realization OF IT, and the adYo-
Gates of freedom now as bold. as outspoken, as
brave and as confident of the union IN the Northern
States as the advocates of slavery in the South
ern States. said that there should be in these new
States men who would say to the States of the East
1--WE will Duy your silks and your linens-buY more
and pay you better than the South does, provided
Won do not betray the Union. Slavery can pay no
longer and the democracy does not want anything
that does not pay Mr.. Douglas G procuring the re-
peal of the Missouri Compromise, shattered the
power Of all the parties, and disintegrated them.
No man ever rejoiced more over the birth OF the
first born than rejoced when l saw the folly, the
Madness of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
and of the rejection of Kansas. l raised song Of
Joy like the song of Miriam when announced that
| henceforth the battle was ended. (Cheers) The
battle is ended, and the victory is wen. Why, then,
we are asked, not withdraw from the field! For
the simple that the victOrs retire the van
pushed will come back, and the battle will not be
\ won. '(Cheers andlaughter) Therepublican party
will complete the great revolution. 1t clearly per
ceVes it. Daily it combines the needful forces. IL
has force in all the free States and force in reserve
at least in every slave State. 1t has the right line
of pOlcy-a policy of peace and moral suasion-a
policy of argument policy not of force, but OF
reason 1t leaves the subject of slavery in the slave
States to the and responsibility of the slave
States alone, abiding by the constitution of the
country, which makes the slave States on that sub
| ject sovereign. l know that the Republican party
will succeed, because it is positive and an active
party. 1t is the only party in the country that
| is or can be positive in its action. Abraham
Lincoln represents a party which Is resOlv.
| ed that more slaves shall be imported FROM
Africa, or carried from any slave State to the com
| mon soil of the United States. (Cheers) Take the
case of John Bell. He is statesman, patriotic and
| learned; one whom respect and honor. But what
do John Bell and the constitutional Union propose or
this great question! They propose to ignore alto
gether not to know that there is any such question
| The question will not stay ignored. Kansas will
| come and ask admission, and the Indian Territory
| South of Kansas must be vacated by the Indian
These will present the question: and the Shareholders
| in New Mexico will present it. The question will
! not stay ignored-will not rest What then? You
only postpone the decision four years longer, and
pOstpOnement does not settle 1t. Breckenridge rep
| resents party that proposes to extend slavery
| Well. suppose that party could possibly succeed
would that satisfy the American people? Shouts OF
"no.') Is that going to settle the question! Ono
| nO.'O That is only what Mr. Buchanan has already
done. l am sure could get from this audience nc
| vote of confidence in Mr.. Buchanan. CNo nor
| That is of course. QLaughter) If | were to &c
into Bell and Everett meeting vast as this and
| propose vote of confidence in James Buchanan
| they would say mo, just as emphatically you
do; If in the great demonstration that takes place
here in favor of Mr.. Douglas one were to propose
vote Of confidence in James Buchanan, he would get
! the same negative response, only little louder
| (Laughter.) Then you are not going to elect Mr.
| Breckenridge because he is only following in the
| footsteps Of James Buchanan. But suppose Rreck
| inridge were elected, what then? You would have
! a combination of the Republicans, the const
| tutional party and the Douglas party TO drive
him out again-(cheers and laughter)--and YOU
| would only postpone the question four years
| longer. The Douglas party also proposes &c
ignore the question in Congress Douglas says the
question belongs to the people of the Territories,
| and they can settle it for themselves. What will
they do: If they settle il in favor of slavery. are
| the free States going to consent to that? If so
why did they not consent to the proposition of the
President that Kansas should be admitted under the
LecOmpOn constitution? If the people of the Terri
| tories should decide in favor Of freedom the
| slave States going to acquiesce: No; they have
| their ticket in the field in the person of Mr..
| Breckenridge, to continue the war till they re-
| gain the lost battle. But Mr. Douglas propO-
| sition NAV result in a different wav. The
people may vote slavery up in some Territories and
| may vote slavery down in other Territories. That
| will be a compromise. Well, are you going to be
| satisfied with a compromise? You tried them all
and found they were never kept, and the whole
you are very sorry that any made Is a
| compromise in that way going to satisfy the Slave
States? Why they repudiate Mr. Douglas, an excel
| lent Democrat and the most able man among them.
| They repudiate him altogether, because they will
not be satisfied with squatteF sovereignty TO give
any Territory whatever to the free States | have
thus demonstrated that the Republican party is the
| only positive party There is time when nations
require the settlement of subjects of contention. The
time has at last. The slaveholding States and
free States require the settlement of this quarrel
| 1t must be repressed The people will have it re-
pressed We are not to be forever disputng upon
old controversies. New subjects of political action
will come up. This contest must be put end to.
There is only one way and that is the success of the
| Republican party. (CheeTs) The fact that it Is
| necessary to be done is the reason why it will be
done Il cannot be settled otherwise. because it in
wolves question of justice, of conscience. ltis for
us rot question of pOlity, but question Of moral
right and duty. In judgment 1t Is wrong to per-
petuate by our votes or by our sanction or to eX-
tend slavery. Therefore we shall maintain the is
sue to the last 1t cannot be matter of conscience
for a stakeholder TO extend slavery. 1t is only q
question of merchandise Men, of whatever race
or nation are in eur estimation men, According to
our faith they all have natural right to be men;
but IN the estimation of the other party, African
slaves are not men, but merchandise. 1t is with
them therefore, nothing more, nothing less, than
tariff question, question Of protecting commerce
in slaves. For US it is question of human rights.
Therefore when it is settled in favor of right will
stay settled. We are building now great empire
The catacOmbs of Rome, Paris, and Naples are filled
with prisoners and implements of human iii and
bondage, showing the ignorance and barbarity OF
their former occupants. Let US build up an empire
that shall leave no such monuments, that among our
graves shall be found traces, in our history no
remembrance, that we were ever false to the great
interests of humanity. loud applause)
The Herald and Douglas.
The n Y. Herald of the lst, speaking of the high
hopes of the Black Republicans that they will carry
New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania by the
anti. Republican vote being frittered away between
BRECKENRIDGE, BELL. and DOUGLAS, says
In slInnort of thiS anticnatiOn il mist be conceded