Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-11-23
Doe. renne,.ee sleep.

We Relieve that an overwhelming MAORI
~ of the people of the State of Tennessee
are IN favor OF upbolding the Union in all
Us fepeth and breadth, and In all Its magnih-
cent and glorious proportions but tha' ose.-
rbelming majority seem to be asleep
tr;.5I our hest six mouths ago, to convince
them that the present occurrences "ou''
go. nnon them. and were not altogether
,,,.uecess.ul. as the result of the recent Ere
.;deptisI election in this State shows. but
ve now warn them that the voting Tor Union
candidates for the Presidency, is not all they
have to do to preserve the Union. Ihey 'o-
ted manfully, nobly- Unfortunately lhe'r
voting was -unayailing. Mr. LINCOLN thF
..rsil-sniitter.n is the President elect 1t
NAV turn out that his election will prove
splitting of the Union. We were wiling
that he should ssplit rails" all bis iiie' Out
50. mayer contracted that he should split the
limited States of America into two or toree
or halt dozen shapeless fragments. and
80 far as we are concerned, he shall not 10
II We can tolerate rail-splitting; Tor, since
Il has become fashionable, we can ailege
sound experience in that business ourse'es'
and that, too, on a Mississippi cotton IGrm- Ii
necessary. we could bring good trophies as
any of the "Wide Awakes," in the shape g
some chestnut and red-oak rails, and per-
hans, we could also stir up some delapldated
hickory "mauls," with well-worn grooves
around them, and, mayhap, some dogwood
"pluts." But we cannot, as yet, tolerate the
new business of Union-splitting. We never
had any experience in it, and we had rather
have spell of the cholera or an attack oil
the diptherfa, than to take lessons IN 1t. III
would agree as little with our constitution
az it promises TO do with that of the United
States.
However, there are some who are taking
those lessons, aud seem amazingly Delighted
with the course of instruction. Our onJect
is TO presently dismiss those teachers ana
substitute in their stead wholesome lessons
MAINLY written out by Gen. WASHINGTON
and Others of the ..fathers of the Republic. u
Our people under-rate the dangers that sur
round them. They cry, a little more sleep,
a little more slumber, little more folding
of the arms together" We tell them, the
day il come, and they must act.
Some of our contemporaries want primary
public meetings, come plead for State Con-
veniion-some want the Legislature called
together. We care not which, except tina!
we want something practical, and something
speedily. We are welded to nothing. so that
whatever is done may be done wisely and
prudently and effectively
We have suggested the calling of The Legs
laturc. and the holding as many primary
public meetings as may be desired by the
people. Primary meetings may instruct the
representatives 10 the Legislature and the
Legislature may take steps in accordance
Herewith. We have not yet seen the neces-
sity for State Convention. The members
of the Legislature are sworn 10 support The
Constitution of the United States, and, there
fore the Legislature cannot dissOlUe the connection
of Tennessee 1ciih the Union. But it can do a
great deal for the maintenance of the Union.
4 convention en- dissolve connection nth
the Union, but we do not believe it would.
There ia that difference, however, and. for the
present, we prefer the former A conven
tion might pass resolutions and issue an adj
dress for the Union, and that is all. The
Legislature might send commissioners, and
enter into conferences with other States by
authority. if it chose 10 prOlong and preserve
the Union. II the Legislature should be-
lieve the time had come for dissolution, il
could only refer the question to the people,
and Convention. IL could do more ua that
dfrection Those in brief are our reasons