Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-24

/ 2. It demanded The abolition of fI:c Slave
trade in the District of Columbia.
1 We Welded that.
j 3. 1t then demanded the abolition of the
/ interstate slave trade. That is yet ani open
question. "a
L. Itdoes not scruple to demand the aboli-
tion of slavery Itself liz he-sFse8aIs.slthe
| dock-yards, aud in the District of Columbia.
/ q 1t demands our exclusion from newly
saeqaired territory.
E 6sIt demands orr from alkterfi-
I t9EF3
Y : {.s4tHtlemands that We shall not reclaim
| cas- IA sitiye slaves.
SAT- demands that no more slave tStates
| Shall be admitted into the Union. II i = II
L It demands that we shall bear dispro-
frSftfoh of the burthens of taxation.
| 40. 1t demands extravagant governmental
expenditures tt iacrease eur. burthens: ? = =
IL. And finally, it demands the utter aud
| total overthrow of slavery in the United
States. - 80
| No prophets ken is needed toyforesee the
| terrible events of the future which will fol-
low, as certain as the night follows the day,
| unless this fatal compromise policy is aban-
| doned henceforth aud forever. First, the Su-
preme Court will be ''reorganizedn so as to
| present no check to the unconstitutional ac-
| ton of a numerical maJOrity-then slavery
will be abolished in the. sarsenals. the dock
! yards, and the District of Celumbia-to be
succeeded by prohibition of the Interstate
slave trade. As we near the vortex of ruin,
events will hasten. The insatiate cupidifysof
| the North viii brook no restraint, and we
! shall become the victims of a grinding taxa
| ton; or, percbance, an edict of mancipation
will thunder from the central government
should fanaticism get the better of avarice
and the lust of dominion!
Let us resolve then TO fling all suggestions
of submission and compromise to the winds,
and meet the issue as becomes Intelligent
freemen. The League proposes Relo policy
to the South; new in point of action, though
often recommended, in effect, by her wisest
sons; the policy of firm, united, ORGANIZED
defence; policy which should never be sac
riiced to the base behess of party expedien-
cy, or the Gelusive promise of temporary
advantage. Organization is indispensable.
Men, separate and single-handed, can achieve
but little; it is only by associated and we'll
directed effort that great objects are accom-
plished. And we solemnly believe that it is
only by union of the true men of the South
in one shape or another that we can avert
fate, the most ignominious that ever befeIl
people.
As subsidiary to our main object, and as
esBnsential at all times under all circum-
stances to the preservation Of our Institutions.
we propose by discussion, by the diffusion of
information in regard to our condition, and
by all other legitimate means to elevate
Southern sentiment upon the subject of sla-
very to still higher standard We know
that the people Of the South as a body, are
sound upon this question. yet we need SEN
timent that will regard the invasion OF our
constitutional rights as the invasion of our
! househOlds-and will recognize the necessity
OF sustaining slavery not only where its eX
istence is put directly in issue, but where it
is remotely concerned. We need a sentiment
that, scorning all compromises, will not toll
Cr.o.o 49, f..
to save an administration or political party
and, above all, we need a sentiment that
will cheer and sustain our statesmen when
they strike boldly for our rights. Had pub
lie opinion in the South been thus elevated
and enlightened, the policy of the League
would long since have been her policy-all
her rights would have been secured-and all
organization in their defence idle and super
fluous.
In furtheranee of these objects, we have
pledged ourselves to make the maintenance
of the rights Of the South paramount to all
party obligations. To confied those ri ghts to
the exclusive keeping of any national party
is, in our judgment, to betray confidence
bordering on folly. The South nusE rely on
herself-she cannot safely build her castles on
the shifting sands of party. Admit that
party may advocate principles which, if car
ricd out in good faith, would insure equal
and exact justice to all the States-yet that
party may be defeated, or, if triumphant in
the elections, 1t may experience OBJECTIONS
fatal TO the successful carrying out of its
principles. What then? Are we of the South
in view of the mighty dangers by which we
are begirt, to stand with folded arms unpre-
pared tor such emergencies? Such is not the
part OF wisdom. The League, planting it.
self upon the constitution and demanding
the equality of the South, ntcrfercs with no
party which comedies and upholds that
equality. 1t is only party ignores or fails
in this, that we are in antagOnism with it, and
in that event, we hold it to he the bounden
duty of every Southern man to trampIe all
party obligations in the dust, when they are
sought to be weighed in the balance with the
rights aud interests and honor of these South
ern States.
Men of The South, if you would preserve
your institutions
ssFare and beautiful, and far
AiooI "a vrn desolation.' W
and transmit them unimpaired to YOUR DOS
terlty, you must prepare-and prepare noao--
to defend them. Repose not in false security
till you are shorn OF your strength-bound
| hand and foot and rendered powerless for
resistance. few years more of irresolu-
| ton, concession, and delay, will in our judg-
| u.ent prove inevitably fatal. Hence. we an
peal TO you, as you love the South and her
memories. as you prize those sacred rights
purchased by the blood of your fathers and
guaranteed by the Federal constitution to
organize--to form associations--to put those
associations into communication-to hold
conventions of delegates appointed by them
and to do all else in your power as peo-
pie to meet and repel the inroads of an inso-
lent foe who already vaunts his triumph and
claims your native South as conquered
provinceH A wise and extended plan of
defence can result only from free and patriotic
counsel. The idea which the League embod-
| les and which it has flung forth on its ban
ners must prevail. or we perish as people.
You are still advised to wait. Infatuated
| partizan leaders whose narrow aspirations
know no higher object than party success
| no nObler reward than official spoils, would
| lull the sense of your wrongs, and repress all
Efforts for resistance lest they may be foiled in
i their petty schemes for personal and party
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Snail we give ear to their
selfish counsel? Shall we longer delay pre-
| paration? Shall we wait till Black Repub-
licaH administration is installed at the Federal
Capital, till the army, the navy, the treasury,
and the immense patronage of the govern
ment are in the hands of our enemies? 1t
may, then, be too late. The very revenue
paid by us into the Federal treasury will be
used to purchase mercenaries to train the
| arms OF the Union to. awe US into submits
sioni
The South, if true to herself, is amply able
10 MAINTAIN her rights. IL driven to the
necessity, she has the physical resources, the
courage and the craftsmanship TO take her
stand among the nations of the earth. And
while the League of United Southcrners
seeks to preserve the rights of the South in
the Union, and seriously deprecate5 the
causes which are tending to its dissolution,
get ace belieOe and are free to declare that the election
Of man 10 the Presidency ofatese United States.
because Of his hostility to us and our institutions.
Icoud euiace such st1ts of opinion and fesI1o ON
the part of the NortheTn States, asad acould Mace
as IN sch condition in this government as aco,lld
render any further alliance scdh them rui,ous and
QisionOrdbe In flnf elenf I'm MEM of he arrn,,e