Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-11-23

punieHueuti Of any muf0tr HHicu t1e s1ouio
commit on the inhabitants of these States:
For cutting of our trade with all parts of
the world: -
For imposing taxes on us without our
For depriving us, in many cases, of the
-beuehts of trial by jury
For transporting US beyond seas to be tried
for pretended offences
For aboiishiug the free system of English
laws in neighboring province, establishing
therein an arbitrary government and enlarg
ing its boundaries, so as to render it at once
an example and fit instrument for introdu
cling the same absolute rule into these colo
mics: ss ~ g
For taking away our charters. abolishing
our most valuable la VS., and altering funda-
mentally the forms of our forms of govern
ments:
For suspending our legislatures, and de-
claring themselves invested with power to
legislate for US in all cases whatsoever
He has abdicated government here, by de-
claring US QUITO his protection, and waging
war against u.s.
''Hs has pltnadered our seas, rapaged oar coasts,
burnt our tOrUns, and destroyed The Tires of our
people"
He is. at this time, transporting large
armies Of foreign mercenaries, 10 complete the
'Oorks Of death, dcsotoiiOn and tyranny, already
begun, acih circumstances Of cruelty and pefd,ly
scarcely porallelled IN the most barbarous ages and
totally unworthy the head Of ciuiLzed nation"
He has constrained our .tftlio.O-citizens, taken
c9ptiUe the high seas, to bear arms against hear
country. to become The ereeutiOneTs Of their friends
and brethren, or totaI themselves By their hands "
He has excited domestic Instructions amongst
as, and has eadedUored TO bring upon the inhabitants
Of our frontiers the mercless Indian sauages ,chose
kho~n rule Of warfare is an andistinguisted de-
str1ietiOn Of all ages, senes and conditions"
In every stage Of these expressions. haze pc
toned for redress in the most humble terms; our pc
t'tiOns haze been answered only By repeated injury.
prince whose character is thus marked, by erery
act S0hich may define a tyrant, is unfit TO be the
ruler Of a free people"
Now when we see the causes which led to
the Declaration of Independence, as set forth
in that instrument, AMI contrast them with
the reasons which South Carolina has for her
presnt course, all her complaints against our
government sink into insigniicance- aye,
into contempt. E -
In the Declaration of Independence, there
are some tweDty-seven grievances presented,
any one ofwhich is a thousand fold worsetban
all the just causes of complaint now exist
ing against our government. In truth,
take the liberty of saying that there is no
cause of complaint against the General Gov
eminent, and it is, from this government that
South Carolina proposes to secede, for its in
tolerablc expressions and wrongs. What in
jury to Southern rights or to the slav ,holder,
has our government ever done? None what
ever. On the contrary, it may be stated
with entire truth, that every thing the South
has ever asked of the General government
on the subject of slavery, has been granted.
The South asked for the Missouri Compro
mise, and it was granted. The South asked
for the defeat of the Wilmot Pr0Viso and it
was granted. The South asked for the repeal
Oit NC IL hde giant
ed And the South asked for decision by
the Supreme Court of the United States, in
favor OF their right to carry their slaves into
the common Territories, and that was grant
ed. And yet these South Carolina gentlemen,
including Elk Senator Chestnut, say that
they are sustained in their course, by more
powerful reasons than were our foIetathers
in the Revolution. There is no truth in the
position. The only grounds of complaint,
that 1 can perceive, is the fact, that Presi-
dent Buchanan who was elected by. the
South, has not enforced the Fugitive slave
| law. If this is true. it il the fault of the
man and not of the Constitution, or the laws
made under it. If he has failed to do his
duty-impeach him.