Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-11-17
The Tennsssee Press on the All aD-
sOrbin@ Topic.

sfstanee or secession in the event Of LincOln's
election, in answer 90 the question. What
position shall Tennessee assume in the pre-
sent crisis:' says:
s.The crisis Is upon u. and it must be met
Right OF wrong, Lincoln is elected and
norton at least Of the South are unwilling TO
snbrnit to his eI-cIiOn The North will sus-
tain him. What will Tennessee dOz Will she
stand by the Snutb- or sustain the NOrtbZ Ii
any norton Of the Southern States seceds,
will <be oppO-e the secession and unite with
the North and sex to cOeree the sec"dIng
States II Southern C,nfederscy is fOrmed-
will she enter 1t, or will attach herself to the
North? If zar results. will the bayOnets Of
her gallant sons he pointed North or SOuth3
These are the solemn and mOmentOus CUES
tiOns you are called upon to answer Ten
nessee cannot remain neutral or inactive
COOPERATION l. desired by
all the Southern States Tennessee as We
have said cannot be neutral. The respoa-i-
bilify Is upon her-sbe must meet It, Wis
dom dictates prompt action Delay will be
dangerous If not fatal. 1t Is our desire 10
SEE her assume that position. which her duty
and Interests demand. In our judgment,
these. require her to make common cause and
stand with the South. She eannOt-wIll not
do otherwise Paleied be the of her
son, who would strike a-blO- at Southern
State in such a contest They will never do
IL. Such suspicion would be a base Islander
on their character.
1t i her duty and policy to have the Legs
Iature in session at the same time of the 9th
er Southern States. To counsel and advise
with them. and il secession cannot be avert
ed to call a State Convention and submit
the question to the people Of the State. We
have no tear of the result The people OF
Tennessee are sounder than her politicians
hrR-r
tuition. They have no prtjudces against the
North, but feel and know the South is their
home They are for Peace, but will not sacTi-
fee honor and right to secure IT. Their tlTst
drop of blood might be split TO preserve the
Union, the last will be shed in defence of
their homes and fiTesIdes"
From the Chattanooga Advertiser of the
18th (Breckinridge), We extract as follows:
"The bare election of a sectional candidate
is to be deprecated, but the election of such
a candidate. hostile to the interests of any
section of our country l. truly alarming.
The result of so unfortunate an election no
man can fOTetell. All depends upon the ac-
ton Of the aggrieVed Southern States. 1t il
our desire rather 10 avert than TO invite
threatened evils upon our country. MOdeTd-
ton and wisdom shOUld even at this late
hour Of our calamity mark our every step
our every action. All sbOnid be done that
can be- consistent with the honor of our sec
ton. II quality Is denied Us. are we to live
in the Union for the sake of those glorious
memories that cluster around il as bUndmen
and slaves We answer emphatically no
We now d-maud- as we have ever demand d,
a Union without concession and COpstitu-
tiOH without mutilatIUn- For this We have
battIsd. We only ask that the slaveholding
State Of Tennessee be treated and considered
as tie proud political equal of iree-soIl Mas
sac us-ttS. Tbs equality We ask for our
State in the Union aud he that would ask
less, or take less at ne hands OF the Federal
government. should either be piiisd for lis
ignorance. or ScOrued for his t-stiIorOus base
ness. We have ever b en- Sat Ti,kts d. mo-
Gratis. In entering into the F,d-rII compact
the States did MT convey themselves to the
general government in fee siHlpls. They re-
served certain rights and puweTS. and among
the rights reserved We hold secession to b.
one We do no. feel inclined to join issue
with tn citizens OF any State who feel that
their gTieyauc. ar 20 great as t. leave them
no other remedy than That vi PEACEFULLY sece-
ding from "a union that GPpT-s>e~ Instead of
extending prot elton. Should any Stat. feel
heT>elf thus aggFieyed, let her withdraw IN
peace 1t nv Federal gun be fired 80 force
her back into the Union 1t h-I go in pace
iOr We predict that the fir-I E drral gun thus
fired Will awake the ) ,IIhern States to arms.
gladly preserve tn Union id its purity. yet
W. i-el no reluctance in saying that will
never shoulder a mu-k-t under Bi-ck Re
publican orders to cDeTce a Sou GeTn Safe
The threat of coercion made by Northern
Journals l. Olly calculated 70 Uncdp he slum
heTiug vcIcauOe- Of Southern Indignation
EIcH ) at must d-t-Tmine for itself til ex-
pediency or iurxPedicnrv of secession from
the Union However humiiiatiug the fact.
still il l. stubborn one, that Abe Lincoln
has been cOnstitutiOnally elected. When
Tennessee feels that her honor requires her TO
withdraw from a cOniederacy, IN which she
can only remain in disgrace, then We feel
confident our gallant little State will go out
or perish in the attempt. We are willing to
abide the action of our Sta,e. whatever that
action may be. With her interests we are
identified and with her we are willing to stand
or fall
The GAINESVILLE Chronicle of Is recent date.
copied approviugly by the Lebanon HraId
of the 14th.-both Bell-remarks
I'VE claim to be as good Southern man
as anvil body. but we do not believe that fi1el-
ity 10 the South consists in secession or dis
union simply because Lincoln Is elected
President. He has been legally elected. in
the manner prescribed by the constitution,
and until some greater offence shall be given
the South than his simple election. it is our
duty to acquisce in it however much we may
depioTe it. We believe that Mr.. Lincoln |
will endeavOr TO administer the government /
on principles Of strict justice to all sections; |
and, II evil come To the nation out of his sec
ton, IL will be the result, we believe, more |
of the acts others than of his own agency. |
Our ground for believing this is what we |
have recently seen stated by Mr.. Lincoln |
friends, of bis feelings and purposes in this |
regard. He has never been a man of very /
extreme views. More than this: Mr.. Lincoln |
knows that the southern people if they shall |
peaceably submit to his government. yet they |
will not brook any act of aggression upon |
their constitutional rights. He knows that,
to say nothing of the ire-eaters the most |
moderate and temperate OF the southern peo-
pie would rise as one man 10 resist any I'M
Just or unconstitutional Invasion of their |
privileges as members the confederacy:a nd |
knowing this, he has. We believe. the GOOD
seHse, the prudence, aud the patriotism. to re-
frain. himself aud SO far as he can, to re- /
strain Others, from acts OF aggression upon
southern rights.
Believing thus we hope our people will /
qnietly submit to the verdict Of the people. |
sectional as it Is. and hope and do for the |
best clustering will do no good it only |
brings ridicule upon US. \ calm. firm, dig |
nihed acauiescence in the verdict of the peo- |
pie until some wrong l. inflicted upon us will |
90 more t1WAFu> Ch"-iehSi1S the respect ci
the northern people than all the clustering
about secession can ever eff-ct.
Should the Republican party, or Mr.. Lin
coin. u.s. their newly acquired power to the
injury OF the South, should they attempt any
invasion or subversion of our rights, thea
let Is. as aue man. rise 10 resent it-by every
possible lawful and constitutional means,
first, and in the UHion, as long as that is
possible aud when it shall have been found
impossible to obtain our rights in that way,
then and only then. let us obtain them in
any other way. we can"
The Gallatin Examiner, (BreckinridgeD
having said: