Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-04-24

bodimeRt Of Black RepubhcanisIn- slavery must
be abolished not limited, ''and Won and can and
viii do it. You viii soon bring tie parties OF the
country into an effective aggression on it" The
avowed object of Mr.. Seward then was, and stll is
continued aggressive war upon the constitutional
guarantees of slavery, which be and his satelltes
backed by the diseased public sentiment OF the
Northern people, urging on, with the most reck
less pertinacity and resoute determination, to It's
final result-the dissolution of the Union.
In 1851, few months after the compromise meas
ures were adopted. we hear she honorable Senator,
Henri yWilson, from Massachusetts,. at abolition
festival in the city Of Boston, thus speak;
Sir, ausiOn has been made, to night to the small
beginning Of the great anti-slavery movement,
twenty years ago, when the LberatoF was launch
ed upon the tide. These years have been years Of
devotion and Of struggles. unsurpassed in any age
% or in any cause. But notwithstanding the treach-
ervlof public men, notwithstanding the apostacyfcr
which the year 1850 was distinguished, venture
to say that the cause Oflbert spreading through
out the whole land and that the day is not far dis
tant when brilliant victories for freedom viii be
won We shall arrest the extension of slavery
/" and rescue the Government from the grasp of the
" slave power We shall blot out slavery in the ma
tional capital We shall then appeal to hearts and
consciences Of men, and in a few years, notwith-
" standing the iInmease interest combined in the
| " cause of oppression we shall gvle liberty to the
! " millions in bondage. (Hear, hear.) trust that
many of US will live to see the chain strokes from
/ 90 the limbs of the last boHdman in the Republic
:" But sir, whenever the day shall come living or
" dead, no name connected with the anti-slavery
/ movement will be dearer to the enfranchised
millions than the name OF your guest William
! Lloyd Garrison. prolonged applause. y
Thus your perceive that this slavery agitation and
excitement still kept up by the distinguished
men OF the North, Notwithstanding the compromise
measures Of 1850; and you hear one of the great
| leaders Of the Black Republican party, second only
IN command to William II. Seward, eulogzing in the
most eloquent and enthusiast terms, William Lloyd
Garrison the advocate of doctrines and principles
that lead to the commission of treason. murders,
and instruction in the South. You hear this Sena-
tor in the city of Boston the great metropolis of
Massachusetts, once, not now. renowned for her pa
triOtism her devotion to the Union and Constitution
announcing to the people Of that ancient Common
wealth
Z" We shall arrest the extension of slavery and
rescue the Government from the grasp Of the slave
power; we shall blot out slavery in the national
capital; shall surround the slave States with
" a Gordon of free States shall then appeal to
the hearts and cOnsciences of men and in a few
''years, Notwithstanding the immense interest COM
bined in the cause Of oppression, we shall give
liberty to Millions
And yet we, who lift our voices in defence and
vindicatiOn of our lust and constitutional rights
yea, our homes and fresides-are denounced by
those who call themselves the conservative men OF
the North and the South, as "agitators yes, we
must fold our arms and wrap ourselves up IN the
cloak of conservative dignity" and wait until the
, lnCenuldIy loren applied NIOu save NE anu
constituents from such conservatism If the PEG
pie of the North will attend to their own Legitimate
business, and let us and ours Alone the troubled wa
tiers viii soon subside, and peace and tranquility
fraternal feeling and happiness, reign Throughout
this mighty empire. Sir if this Union is lost, the
responsibility. in time and eternity will rest with
ali It's crushing weight upon the heads of the north
ern people
Sir l should have remarked IN order of time
faT back lS46 the great leader and representa-
] aoftg RInph~D
t ter:
Shall tell you what this collision means? They
"whO think that it is accidental unnecessary, the
work of interested fanatcal agitatOrs and there
fore ephemeral mistake the altogether. 1t il
ian Trepressible conflict between opposing and en-
during forces it means that the United State,
nllst and will, either or later, become eth
ser entirely a slaveholdng nation, OF entirely
'free-labor nation. Either the cotton and rice
fields of South Carolina and the sugar plantations
'vf Louisiana will ultimately be titled by free la
"bOr, and Charleston and New Orleans become
''marts for legitimate merchandise alone, else
1.-The rye and wheat fields of Massachusetts, anC
New York must again be surrendered by tieil
farmers to slave culture and to the production Of
slaves, and Boston and New York become once
''nOre markets for trade in the bodies and souls o.
: 'men.n
Sir, does not every man know that William H
Seward never believed that the United States would
ever become an entirely slaveholding nation! Dc
he not know that the people of the slaveholdine
States had never intimated desire to Introduce
slavery into any of the free States of the Union; tina
they attended to their affairs, and did not med
die with the internal concerns of other States Die
he not know that slavery would never exist in any
country or climate where it was not profitable
What, them did he mean by the "irrepressble con
iict between enduring and opposing forces? - H,
simply meant that there to be an unceasin!
war waged by the people Of the North against the
South. and that it can never be repressed. III
meant it appeal to the North to unite he
forces for a mighty onset upon the institution 0
slavery-an enduring and deadly conflict, il
which he expected that victory would percl
upon the black and blood-stained banner of tn
North. And yet with the voice of TIE command
2 er ringing in our ears, and the gathering storm
in sight, we are told that if we warn the people
Of the South of approaching danger, we are 'ag
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