Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-11-27


us begin with Mr.. Buchanan. a few days
ago. and perhsps new, q tueiiiFe is sr1uding
Eurotecked BIZ q Soffhern mob IN q Northern
State, in defiance of the g. s. Marshal. Let
us demand ne~-that Mr.Buchanan enforcel
the law against that rebel and against that
Ssate which protects him, or suffers him to
be protected on her soil. Let as have out
/ the army and thesnayy, and il they are not
/ safsicient, let here be call far volunteers.
t-dany Of US say we are ready to fight. anxious
to fight. Here is a chance Let US tender
our services.
II the laws now existing are not sufficient,
let US have them sufficient 1t is our ri ght.
We are entitled to a force bill forzeEery
elsuse in the Consultation necessary to our
rights. What have ouF, statesmen been after
| that these laws are not sufficient? Some of
isthese Hullifyfng grievances have existed since
| 1843, and is it possible that our statesmen
have been all asleep or lost and forgetfuf in
wrangling about slayery?s Let Us begin now.
We can yet have all needed laws under Mr..
| Buchanan We have all the departments of
Government. It is three months from the
meeting of Congress to the fourth OF March.
Let us begin now and perfect cur laws for
the enforcement of every constitutional II ght,
| and against every-Te5el enemy. Let the
Convention add 10 the contingencies of dis
ruption in the Georgia Platform. Let the
refusal to enforce the laws granted for our
protection and defence be one contingency,
| and refusal to grant the laws needed for
| that protection and defence be another con-
| tingency.
a Yoiee--How lengswiilsyou waltz
| : Mr.. Hll-Untii the experiment is tried and
] both the demands enumerated may be tested,
and the contingencies may transpire before
| the fourth of March next. IF they do not, if
| a longer time shall be needed, Mr. Lincoln
| can not do, US damage.s As you heard last
night, he can not even form his Cabinet I'M
less he make Unacceptable to "a democratic
Senate. And I go further aud say that he
cannot get even his salary-not dime to
| pay for his breakfaste-withont the consent OF
| Congress- se4aa-F -.ss -.-.e
Nor would 1 have the Southern States nor
even Georgia, to hesitate to demand the en-
| forcement of the laws at the hands of Mr..
| Lincoln, if we cannot test it before. The
North demanded of Southern President the
| execution OF the law against Southern State
| in 1888. Now let the South compel North
ern President. to execute the laws against a
Northern people; yea, the very rebels that
! elected him. - -s7 -sa. is .@tz
| A Voice-Do you believe Lincoln would
issue his proclamation = ets- =,
; MIR. Hin.-We can make him do it, 1t is
| his oath. He will be a traitor to refnse, and
| we shall have the right to hang him. He
| dare not refuse. He would be on Southern
| territory and for his life he darenot refuse.
| a Voice.-The "Wide-AWakes" will be
| there.
| Mr.. Hin-Very well, if we are afraid of
| the Wide Awakes'' we had better surrender
| without further debate. The s.Wide Awakes2
| viii be there If we succeed, and il they are
| to be dreaded our only remedy is to hide. No,
my friends, we are not afraid of any body.
Arm as with the laws of our country and
| the Constitution of our fathers, and we fear
| no enemy. Let US make war upon that Con-
| stitution and against those laws and we will
be afraid of every noise in the bushes. He
who feels and knows he is right is afraid of
nothing and be who feels and knows he is
wrong, is afraid of nothing too.
| We were told the other night by gentle
man urging immediate secession, that we had
| newer had member in Congress but who
was afraid to demand the laws for the en-
forcement of these Constitutional rights
And this is true, but whose fault is that?
Shame upon US that we have been afraid to
demand our rights at the hands of our own
government, administered TO this hour by
men of our own choice, and vet insist on
our courage to sustain US in seeding from
that government in defiance of its power.
No. we have right to go out, but let US
! know wefnnst exercise that right before we
go, and how can we know it unless we ask
which you invoke for an example, says de-
cent respect for the opinions of mankind re-
quires US to declare the causes which impel
| US to the separation When we separate and
aliege our grievances as our causes, and man
| kind shall ask if we attempted, even demand
ed a redress of those grievances in the Union
before we went out, shall we hang our
heads and say no? a people who are afraid
to demand respect for their rights, can have
rfr Is hxy-f no Tod Inn ia
theirs demanded, yea, petitioned, and warned
aud conjured, and not until the Government
was deaf to the voice of justice and cOnsan-
guinity, did, they .aequiesce in the necessity
which denounced their separation. 1t is not
| the cowardice of fear,- but the courage OF
| right and duty to demand redress at the
hands OF Our-Government.
confess am anxious to see the strength
| of this government now tested The crisis is
onius, not of our seeking, but in spite of our
| opposition, and now let US meet it.
believe we can make Lincoln enforce the
| laws. If fifteen Southern States will take
| that Constitution and the laws and his oath,
and shake them in the face of the President,
| and demand their observance and enforce
ment, he cannot refuse. Better make him do
| it than any one else, 1T will be a vlndlca-
| ton that will strike terror 10 the hearts OF
evil doors for a century To come. Why, Lin
| coin is not a monarch He has no power
| outside of the law, and none inside Of the
law except to enforce it,. BE is as much sub
| jjeet to the law as you or myself The law is
cur king over all. From the President to the
hunblest citizen we are the equal subjects OF
| this only ruler. We have no cause for fear
| except when we offend this only sovereign
of the republican citizen, and have no occa-
sion. for despair until his protection is denied
us. ass -. u $3.50 sa-Fssi g
am also willing, asayou heard last night
that our Convention or State should demand
of the multiplying States the repeal of their
obnoxious laws. / know this idea has been
vcharacterized as ridiculous. 1 cannot see
| wherein. You would make such demands OF
any foreign power interfering with your
| rights, and why do less towards a confeder-
/ ate State? 1900 -,..-r.-. s,-Er oss
But in my humble opiaion, the wisest pol
icy, the most natural remedy, and the surest
way to vIndicate our honor and self respect
| is todemand the unconditional observance
of the Constitution by. every State and PEG.
] pie, and to enforce that demand. And if il
| be necessary, cali out for this purpose the
| whole power of the Government even to war
1 on the, rebellious State. And when a State
| shall allow a fugitive to be rescued in her
| jurisdiction and crrried beyond the reach o.
| the owner, require her to indemnify the own.
er, aad make the Government compel that
Indemnity, even to the seizure OF the proper
ty of the offending State,a and her, people
! One such rigid enforcement of the law will
/ secure UNIVERSAL obedience. sEet the law be
executed though the Heavens fall, for there
| can be no government without law. and law
/ is but sand, if not enforced. Ii need be, let
the State in continuing in rebellion
/ against the Constitution be driven from