Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-12-22
Public Meeting in Cincinnati.

Congress from one O4 tue Ctuclnuatt CleElCtS,
followed the Mayor. in well-considered and
conciliatory speech. He commenced with an
allusion 10 the fact that the meeting was
called to consider the great danger which
now threatens the country. at is DO foreign
danger that threatens us"-said he-.,aIl
abroad is peace and quietness-" The danger
that threatens is in our very midst--a quarrel,
strife and a discord which has broken out
among our own States, which places our
Union in peril. We need not name the eause.
1t fills the press, the pulpit, tie lecture rooms,
the legislative halls. The question of slave
~, belonging to a class of subjects most cal
culated to agitste aud stir up the public
mind. has been discussed throughout the
land, till it has almost put aside all others.
This warfare has become so acrimonious and
so aggravated as to drive the opposing for
ces wider and wider asunder. Intensity and
extravagance of demand on one side, has be-
gotten equal extravaganza on the other.
Zeal in the attack has called forth equal
zeal in the defence crialination has pro-
dnccd recrimination, and hatred has brought
forth hatred. There is no peaceful victory,
said he, for this controversy, and Il am for
stopping it. In the name of the Union
and the CONSTITUTIONAL the name of the
best government in the world,-I am
for stopping it, He urged the duty OF
obeying constitutional obligations, declaring
that the "higher law at the North. no matter
in what garments it may clothe itself, or
what name it may assume, is no better than
notification a! the South" He commented
upon the provision of the Constitution re-
curing the return of fugitives from labor.
and rebuked the States which had enacted
personal liberty laws interfering with the
execution of the fugitive slave law, and
couuselled their repeal.
The speaker next proceeded to consider
the question of slavery in IFS various aspects,
and said that after the matter of the Fugitive
Slave Law was disposed OF, which we of the
North had it in our power to settle rightly in
one month. there remained just one question
and no more-the question of slavery IN the
Territories. And is it so, that this great con-
federacy. founded as it has been, and contin-
ued as it has been. can not march up to the
question and settle it equitably?
Mr. GrOesbeek here digressed to say that
some Union meetings held in the Northern
cities, had passed resolutions in favor OF
Welding to the Southern STAKEHOLDER the
right of transit anu sCjourn. He 1couid make
no such recommendation. This was not right |
to be yielded, for there is not man in the |
free States who has any such right himself, |
and it is unreasonable 10 ask it for others |
loud applause.) 1t was not legal right. |
1t might be yielded as matter Of courtesy, |
if we had not become so estrarged by mutu- |
al ordinations and recriminations, but be |
considered it extremely unWise to make any |
such recommendation
Now as to the only remaining question |
of slavery in the Territories, there was no |
reason whatever, in his opinion. why it could |
not be settled. He believed that the South |
demanded too much, and further, be believed |
that the North on her part attempted entire |
Iy too much. He cared not to suggest
particular mode Of settlement,-whether by
a geographical line, or by complete and alb |
soIute nOn-inteTventiOn. All he asked was
that we approach each other in spirit of
amity and concord, and settle it.
He did not hesitate to make the recon-
mendations he had done, nor did he feel that
he had suggested to the North any humilia-
tion-not a bit of it. He asks of the North
no concessions which the South should not be
ready to meet in full, by equal concessions
on her pat. He would tell the audience
plainly, that if they attempted to pass reso-
iutious by which they were to do everything,
they would Just do nothing. The true policy
of the North is not TO see how strong yon
can make your resolutions, for the people of
the South will then laugh at aud despise
them They know what may be done in to.
North, and what can't be done, too. If we
waste ourselves in extrayagant and high
sounding professions, we shall commit great
error.
Mr.. Groesbeek went on to say that he con-
fessed be had been startled and shocked by
the suddenness of this public calamity. What
was it all about? 1t might not be palatable
to some present but he would express his
honest opinion, that there was no sufficient
cause for the great injury which had been
done to our glorious Confederacy. Immense
apDlause) Far be it from me to stand up
here and condemn the NOrth-as l do-and
seal nv lips to the mad and foolish and de-
structiye policy of some at the South.
(Cheers) / have no disposition to indulge
in any denunciation of States by name, but
take it upon myself to say, as a citizen of
this great COnfederacy. yes, as democrat,
always associated in part politically with
these very States, and understanding them
better than you Republicans do, and with
an eye single to the int rests OF the Union
Il condemn without measure this basty
aad inconsistent action on the part OF the
Seceders.
He confessed it accorded but lily with bis
convictions OF good craftsmanship that
great and powerful government should stop
to parley and make treaties with any part OF
its people. be it here or there. who threatened
to go out of the niOn. But he would oppose
moderation to their extravaganza, wisdom 10
their folly. It was the part of wisdom to be
cool, aud in snch spirit should this question
be taken up, and considered in this spirit
alone.
He utterly rspudiated the idea that any
State in this Confederacy could destroy its
harmony and break up the Union by leaving
the bond. Far--Gtss.s
After Mr. GROEsBEcK concluded, Mr..
WRIGHT. chairman of the COMMITTEES, reported
the following resolutions:
Resolued, LIST. That we earnestly cherish the
Federal Constitution, the integrity of the
Union, and the peace and security of all its
citizens.
End. That we hold secession by State
or resistance by any State to the Federal
laws, to be unconstitutional and revolutiona-
~, to be met with frmness, yet in spirit of
fOrbearance and Cancellation.
81. That we hold all S ate laws opposing
the just execution of the slave law, not only
unconstitutional and void, but m.schievous
in their influence on the feelings of the peo-
pie. both North and South; and that all good
citizens VIII unite 10 ehect the iePeal vi
such laws.
4th. That the clause in the Constitution
which guarantees the rendition OF fugitive
slaves was indispensable to the formation,
and is Indispensable TO the existence of the
Union, right in itself aud necessary to the
South, aud every good citizen will faithfully
sustain the execution OF the laws made IN
pursuance OF that provision.
5th. That We most earnestly disapprove of
and condemn the uncandid aud unjust denun-
Citations in each section of the country against
the people of the other, which have for so
many years been prevalent, and which,