Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-10
The Tennc~see y elegarIon at Charles
IOn-Mr. iancey.

The Louisville Democrat asks who authorized
the delegates from Kentucky to pledge them
selves 20 secede from the Charleston Con-
vention. if they failed to -cOerce the majority
into yielding them the declaration of princi-
pies embraced in the resolution offered by
Mr.. Howard. Of Tennessee. as an ultima
tum." The int, rrogatOEy is pertinent. But
it is not less pei tineut in Tennessee. Where
did the Tenno ssee delegation obtain authori-
~ for demanding an .mltimatum," or to
pledge themselves to aid in breaking up the
Convention in case the demand should be re-
cted q? Surely not from the State COnven-
ton. We see nothing in the proceedings OF
that body TO warrant such steps. 1t was
clearly an assumption of authority. They
took the responsibility of pursuing course
which tended to disruption of the COnven-
ton, and a union of the Southern delegations
under the lead of YANCEY. And what
leader for Tennesseans The delegates could
not have been ignorant of the man. He has
been disOrganizer since 1S4S. and of late
years, prominent amongst those Southern
maIcuntents who seek to- revolutionize the
government II is true that in the Charles
ton Convention he bridl,d his tongue and
yelled hi. motives, bit nevertheless in
street speech TO mi~c, llaneous crowd he
dropped remark that exposed his ultcrior
designs. Said he. 'Perh,ps eren nonp the pen Of
the Historian niJJed TO tife the story Of nel0
rerolHIoa.'' To show how this idea of a rev.
olution dwells in his mind We call attention
TO the following letter:
MONTGOMERY, June Is, 1858.
DEAR SIR Y,ur kind f ,vnr Of the Is b is
received. hardly agree with you that a
general movement can he mace that will
CHAR out the AugcHn stable. If the D~mOc-
Tscy were overihrOwn. IL wonld result i'm
giving place tO a greater aud hungTier swarm
Of flies. The remedy 81 the South j. not in
such process; it is in diig"nt oFganiza-
ton of her true men Tor prompt resistance TO
the next aggression. IL must come in the
nature If things. No national party can save
Us; No sectional party can ever do il; but if
we would do IA our fathers did, organic
committees of safety all over The cpiton
Stairs--and it is nhiy IN them that we can
| hope for any Elective moy' ment-we shall
IRE the Southern heart, instruct the Southern
/ mind. give courage to each other and at the
| proper mDInent. by one organized. concerted
action. JTryIpfafs The cotton States INTO a
/ TsuoiutIOH. The idea has been Swallowed forth
/ ia the South by Mr.. Ruiiin. and has been tn
ken up and recommended in he AdreJfIser,
| (ihe Montgomery organ o, Mr.. lancey,) under
the name of TIN. League Of United South
erners." Who. Keeping mp their old party re-
lations on all Other questions, will hold the
Southern isSurs paramount. and will infiI
| e@ce parti,s. legislatures aud statesmen.
| have no time 10 enlarg-, but To suggest
merely. Ia baste. yours, 81.
| Signed. W. L. YANCEY.
To jas. 5. SLAUGHTER, E-q.
| No Que can read these facts without com
pretending the designs of Mr.. YANcEY. lie
desires to ''precipiiate the cotton States into
n revolution" For that purpose he went 10
Charleston, aud FOR that purpose Le seeded
| from the Convention. Are The democracy o:
Tennessee prepared TO justify the pledge Of
their delegates % join him and his fellow
disorganz-rs of the Cotton Stats. Are
they willing TO lead their aid to ''precipitat-
| a Tvyoiutioufn