Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-22

strength. You must pass Isws at home, con-
| demniag and snhjecsing to the hands OF JUS
tice the men who advise and the men VINO
plot and the men who engage in these Insur-
rectiouary attempts You must do for us
what we do for foreign nations, and what
they do for every country with which they
are at peace. Unless you do pass such laws,
unless you do put down this spirit of aboli-
| tionisn, the Union will be short"
Mr.. PRYOR. I'VE have threatened and
| resolved and resolved and threatened, and
| backed out from our threats aud recanted
our resolutions, until, SO help me God, will
| never utter another threat or another reso-
| luton: bat, as the stroke folloxs the light
ming flash, SO, with me, acts shall be coin
cideRt and Commensurate with words
| Mr. DEJAKSEITE. You may elect him
| President of the North /; but of the South.
never. Whatever the event may be, others
| may differ; but Virginia, in view OF her an
| cient renown, in view of her illustTious dead,
in view of her SIC seznper tyTanHis, will resist
| his authority
Mr. MOORE, of Ala. 81 do not concur with
| the declaration m .de yesterday by the gen.
tieman IRON Tennessee, that the election of a
| Black Republican to the Presidency was not
| cause for q dissolution Of the Union. When
ever President Is elected by fanaiical ma
| jOrity at the North, those whom / repre- sent,
! a. believe, aud the gallant State which L in
part represent, are ready. let the conseqnen-
ces be what they may, to fall back on their
reserved rights and say: AS to this Un. OF,
We have no longer any lot or part in it."
Mr.. PUGH of Ala. IF, with the character
of the Government well defined, and the
rights and privileges OF the parties to the
compact clearly asserted by the Democratic
party, the black Republicans get possession
of the Government, then the question is fully
presented, whether the Southern States will
remain in the Union. as subject and degraded
colonies, or will they withdraw, and establish
a southern confederacy OF coequal homOgene-
Gus sovereigns2
I'm my Judgment, the latter is the only
course compatible with the honor, equality,
and safety of the South; aud the soOner 1t l.
known and acted upon the better Tor all
parties to the compact.
The trueSt conservatism and wisest states
manship demand a speedy termination OF all
association with such cOnfedeI ates, aud the
formation of another union of States, homo
geneous in population, institutions, interests
and pursuits"
Mr.. CURRY. "However distastefnl it may
be 10 my friend from New York, MIR.
Clark. however much it may revolt the pub
lie sentiment or conscience of this country,
/ am not ashamed or afraid publicly to
ayow that the eli ction of VIM. II. Seward
OF Samuel Z. Chase, or any such representa-
tive OF the Republican party, upon section
al platform, ought 10 he resisted to the dis
ruption of every tie that binds this Confedera-
cy together. Applause on the Democratic
side of the House. ~
Mr.. GARTRELL II need not tell what i,
as southern man, will dol think may
safely speak for the masses OF the people OF
Georgia--that when that event happens,
they. in my Judgment, will consider 1t an
overt act, declaration of war, aud meet
Immediately in convention, to take into
H., f1tF
dress. That is my position; and if that be
treason TO the Government, make the most of
it,"
Mr.. CRAWFORD. 81 want the question
tested between you and US. | want it settled.
| want 10 know whether we are to be con-
trOlled, whether we are to be limited to
where slavery now exists, or whether we are
to have liberty to go beyond. We have now
four million slaves. In some twenty-five
years hence We will have eight million. We
demand expansion. We will have expansion
in spite of the Republican party, and all the
ADolitionisls OF the Old and of the New
World. Applause from the Democratic
branches aud the galleries u
Now, in regard TO the election of Black
Republican President, l have this to say,
and | speak the sentiment of every Democrat
on this floor from the State OF Georgia: we
will never submit TO the Inauguration of
from the Democratic branches, and misses
from the Republcans.l Irepeat it, strand
/ have authority to say-that no Democratic
Representative from Georgia on this floor
will ever submit To the inauguration of Il
Black Republican President. [Renewed APP
plause and hiSse>l.
1.-The most cOnfding of them all are, sir, for
equality in the Union or independence out
OF it, having lost all hope of the former,
am for independence nOU and Independence for
eperr'
Mr. BoNHAM "As to disunion, upon the
FL ction of Black Republican. can speak
for no one but myself and those have here
the honor TO represent; and L say. without
hesitation. that upon the election of Mr.. Sc
WARD, or any other man who indOrses and
proclaims the doctrines held by him and his
party-call him by what name you please
am in favor of an immediate dissolution OF
the Union. And. sir think speak the SEN
tImenis of my own constituents, aud the State
of South Carolina, when say So"
Mr.. BoYCE. SHOULD this party acquire the
ascendauey in the + deral Government. the
Southern States will have presented TO them
the gravest question that can be- forced on
the consideration of political communities.
For my own part, think they will be blind
not TO perceive the purposes of this party,
and infatuated not to act accordingly"
hT. NETT. EoHouiu tue
succeed in the next presidential election, my
advice to the South is to snap the cords OF
the Union at once and forever"
Mr.. MCRAE. 81 said to my constituents.
and to the people at the capital of my State.
on my way here, that If such an event did
occur, while il would be their duty To deter
mine the course which the State would pur-
sue. it wOuld be my privilege 10 counsel with
them as to what | believed 10 be the proper
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and will always say in such an event, that
my counsel would be to take independence
out of the Union in preference to the loss of
constitutional rights, and consequent degra-
dation aud dishonor. in it. That j. my posi-
lion. aud il is the position which | know the
Democratic party OF the State OF Mississippi
will maintain"
Mr.. SINGLETON. "YOu ask me when will
the time come; when will the South be uni
tedf IL will be when you elect a Black Re
publican-HAIE, SEWARD, or CHAsE-Psesi-
dent of the United States. Whenever you
undertake to elect such man to preside over
the dpstinies of the South. you may expect IT,
see us undivided and iadivisible friends. and
see all parties of the South arrayed TO resist
his inauguration
awe can never quietly stand by and per-
nit the control of the Army and Navy TO go
into the hands OF a Black Republican Presi-
dent -
Mr.. DAVIS. "Gentlemen of the Republican
party. | warn you. Present your sectional
Candidate for 1860; elect him as The represenfa-
tire Of yOaT systems Of labor; take possession OF
the Government, as the instrument of your
pow'r in this contest OF 'irrepressibie con-
tiict.' and we of the South will feIr The CbnSti-
fafioa IA riecss, and look TO our guns for JUS
tice AID right against aggression aud wrong"
Mr.. HAMILTON. much has been said OF
the Union. aud love for the Union on one
hand. aud much OF the Ueiou. and dissolu-
ton OF the Union. on the other. l AN not
about 10 proceed to give my views upon The
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