Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-09-21
Object of the Secession Breck-
inridge Convention.


to the citizens of HENDERSON county, Ky. 1t over
flows with scathing facts, inexorable logic and pa
trietic eequenee. We beseech the large slave-hol-
ders of this county, who support Brcckinridge-
although, thank Heaven, they are few and far be-
tween--to put Mr.. Dixon's ulqueston to them
selves; "What is to become os my slaves in the
event of disunion2" But read the extract;
And now the question forces itself upon us, upon
the whole nation, what could have been the object
of the scceders from the Democratic Convention,
and who nominated Breckenridge and Lane2 Was
il to preserve the Democratic party2 The idea is
madness. They have ruined the party. Was il to
preserve the Constitution and the Government
They have built up sectional party in the South,
not less dangerous to the Government than the
tional Republican party of the North. Was 1t to
get law passed by Congress to protect slavery in
the Territories, whether the people of such Terri
tories require such protection or not? They know
that such law would never be passed. Was it TO
defeat Lincoln and Hamlin, the candidates of the
Republican party for President and Vice-Presdent2
They knew that If Douglas was out of the fight, ev-
cry free State would go for Lincoln and Hamlin,
with perhaps the single exception OF California
And this would elect them by the people, by an
overwhelming majority
! / have said that the Breckinridge party was
disunion party, and in my Judgment il is so. 1t
hope of electng its candidates. and for practical
purpose but to defeat Judge Douglas and to estab-
! lish Southern sectional party. Knowing that it
can never get Congress TO pass law protecting
slavery in the Territories. why should they makeit
an issue in the Presidential campaign, unless it be
to break up the National Democratic party and es-
tablish in the South purely sectional one2 and as
they stake everything the passage of such
law, even the safety of the Government itself, if
Congress should refuse to pass such law, as she
unquestionably will, what can they do2 Nay,
what will they do2 They themselves have an
swered the question and through some of the abest
men of their party have said that if Congress refu
ses to pass such law, the Southern States ought
to secede from the Union And some of them have
declared their purpose to secede, whether such
law is passed or not; while others have averred that
if Republican is elected President of the United
States, this of itself is sufficient cause to with
daw from the Union. Mr.. Yancey, who is the Gre
ator Of the party, who formed it. and fashioned it.
and breathed into it the breath of life openly pro-
claims his desire to form Southern Confederacy;
and even Major Breckinridge, in his speech at Bal
timore, delivered since his nomination, (if the pa
pers report him correctly admitted that if the rights
of the South were not protected a change would
take place in the Government And thousands of
others belonging TO the party have declared the
same thing, whilst every circumstance shows that
the contingencies, on the happening of which they
advise the disruption of the Government and the
forming of Il Southern Confederacy, they them
selves doing everything in their power to hasten
Did they not pass resolution in their Convention,
that Breckinridge and Lane ticket should be run
in every free State where Douglas alone had a
chance to beat the Republican candidate? And
what was it for but to defeat Douglas and secure tie
election of Lincoln They knew moreover, that
Breckenridge could not carry any of the free States
and that every vote given TO him would beso many
taken from Douglas; and with this knowledge and
Al.
now doing all they can, either unntentenally or
through design to elect Lincoln, the Black Repub-
lican candidate And when this is accomplished
the event will have happened, upon the occurring
of which Mississippi South Carolina Alabama and
other Southern States are TO withdraw from the
, Union.
Here are the resolutions adopted by the secession
party of some of the Southern States. And first
win read those adopted by South Carolina and Al
ALBANIA. They are as follows;
: : ResolVed, That the election of a President o.
/" the United States by sectional party with views
adverse to the institution of domestic slavery a.
" it exists in the slave-holding States and Terrific
"res, Of one who is opposed to the grant of pro
lection claimed in the foregoing resolution
! would so threaten destruction of the euds fol
"which the Constitution formed, as to justif,
"the save-holding States in taking counsel togeth
: :" "er for their separate protection and safety"
That Of Alabama, after also endorsing fully thu
South Carolina programme, added the following
o "2d. BE IL further Resolved That in the absenc,
s " of any preparation for systematic cooperation
of the Southern States in resisting the aggression
II Of their enemies, Alabama acting for herself ha
e solemnly declared that under no circumstance
"will she submit to the foul domination of sec
tional Northern party, has provided for the call 0
"a Convention in the event of the triumph of sucl
faction in the approaching Presidential election
0 "a and TO maintain the position thus deliberately as
Z sumed, has appropriated the sum of 5000 900 fo
y " the military contingencies which such cours
e Z" may involve"
Those of Mississippi come next and after full,
;s concurrng with Alabama and South Carolina,
tResolpsd That the election of a President of tn
,e United States by a sectional Northern party wit
9 views adverse to the institution of domestic sa
s. very, it exists in the saye-holding States an
f. Territories of one who is opposed TO the gran
10 of protection claimed in the foregoing resolution
t. "would so threaten destruction of the ends 70
in (which the Constitution was formed, as to justif
the slave-holdng States in taking counsel ogethe
a " for their separate protection and safety"
a viii those States do what they threatened to do
Il And then when they have withdrawn, the fearfr
o. struggle between the Northern and Southern State
CT is to be precipiated upon the country then Ken
g tucky is TO become the theater once more, of bal
II ties and conflicts, and which, in former times fror
IN their fierce and terrible character gave to her tn
name OF lue 'DdIh DlOOuy OTOunu ONt
ne her Territories hostile armies TO march and
IN ter-march; here within her limits and upon her so
K the battles of the contending armies will be fougl
d, and her people subjected to all the horrors of civ
ne war. The bones of her slaughtered citizens wi
ut bleach upon the hills and in the valleys and h,
or streams run red with the blood Of her murdere
ip people-and when all this has been done and III
C. best Government ever vouchsafed by Heaven
r. man has been broken up and destroyed, and tina
ne too for the meres abstraction Of protecting SLAYER
e in the Territories, what will you have gained P
s. Will you have succeeded in accomplishing that fC
ly which this greatest of all sacrifices is TO be made
be Will slavery in the Territories be then protected
at aud how, aud by whom will il be protected2 Al
e. swer the question We seoeders, ye disunionist
ut you who are in favor Of a separate Southern Coz
to federacy But if it could be protected in d
Territories what is to become of il in Kentucky an
IL in the other border slave States Of the Union2-
ly Can you demand of the Brit sh Government Il