Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-10-18

alone; that government not a school for ethical
Vagarles and theories Of morals. Ny idea was that
we nave right to worship God we see proper;
TO regulate our morals for ourselves to act as we
please except we must act decently for sometimes
we have law against indecency All these things
are lett to individual conduct and to the character
and conscience of the individual which will pro
duce an effect upon individual conduct that must
govern these things. My idea was that government
was instituted to take of the material interests
of life for the sake of the protection of our own cit
zens against anybody else and for the protection of
our property against invasion from abroad and
crime within: and that when government got
through with these three Objects It stopped and set
up no school of ethics and morals or of the right of
one man to bold another N bondage Our fathers
settled all that, Our fathers did not allow us 10
nave property in a man and we do not hold prop
erty N men do not hoi property IN a man as
man. lie belongs TOT state As uiau: H. is 40
tec'ea ny ny sa.e y slate say t saail uut give
wa" d'y unusual 'r ciu-. t'pping>; AMI II / TO.
o' Tue ecu O. Jui. sre >-yS Eau
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TO tHs ia
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my IA '"~ e. ~ ex ct fr'ih bm
a pr = a O. Co.. b tn. , uay not
z furth afr.r .t.t.-.,. ., aitt.
90 81" sun IL, sdle res.a y tor il as II t.k he
lite or limb of whilc mar
a Volce-Supposy rs a Hlai, he rms av,zy AN
plause and nj, ses.)
Mr. 1aneey-As a man. if he runs away then (
we recover nm. D. The Constitution saws he
shalt be delivered up (t;Is.t cheerng) Gentle /
men, the negro has got legs. you may be certain Of
II (laughter), and when Guy OF these speculative
philosophers get down there In the South they talk
10 the negro. ana make him think h is the worst
used individual in the world and then he Door fell
low, runs away and wan1ers about for time and
is scratched by the briars and brambes and half
starved in the woods and swamps and then he
comes back again. ragged and Starving, but humble
and willing to labor and be good negro afterwards
applause and laughter.) So too, we have horses
that have legs, and th1y away sometimes,
but that does not deprive them of the character of
property, any more than it does the negroes when
they cut sticks Now If my horse runs away and any
man takes him up, knowing him to be my property,
and keeps him sells him. the laws it is stealing
and makes him suffer for it. wish you would put
the same doctrine in force here whenever my negro
runs away. (Applause) say this institution is as
sailed shall give you the position occupy as de-
PENDANTS here, and what conceive to the position
Of our assailants. They say there shall be no more
slave States IN this country, and they tell that is
their right under the Constitution and that il is in
accordance with the spirit of the Constitution and
the teachings of fathers, and. therefore, in all
the vast Territory which belongs to this government
and which the Supreme Court of the United States
he's said in the government hold in trust for the peO
pie of the several States and which, therefore, the
! government holds in trust for the people Of
Alabama will as for the people Of New York
this party, which now seeks to get POSSESSION
1
opportunity whatever of extending this institution of
! yours into this Territory; there shall be more
| slave States There is Territories enough belonging
to the United States FORM believe twenty States
! equal in size to the States Of New Jersey Mary
land or perhaps South Carolina. Twenty such States
as these yet in, and the South Is to have
share whatever in settling that Territory with its
! property. The South 10 not have the advantage of
| having community of young sister States sur
rounding her, sympathZng with sustaining her in the
conflicts and collisions forced upon her and sustain
ing her against the passions of sections. And you
not 10 have the advantage of the spread of this
| institution, which, as the figures show you, has
largely contributed TO build up your prosperity as
much as it has our prosperity. In other words, if
there Is to be slave States, the general pros
perity of the whole country is TO be curtailed iE
precisely that proportion. (Appause.) L will con-
slider the question by and-by to what the teach
| ings of our fathers were; am now only making
statement of what conceive be the point of as
| ssilment upon the South.
The next point is, that they say the slave trade be-
tween the States shall be abolished. They say that
they have, under the Constitution, right to regulate
the trade between the States, and that under that
authority of the Constitution, they will abolish the
slave trade between the States, which trade is an
element of the life and vitality and prosperity of
| the institution. Confne shoemaker to spot,
! and say to him. "I You make shoes here and nowhere
ese' and will he prosper and shine and be benefit
| to the community? You know he will not. Trade
must be allowed to seek its market and its own
level ana SO must industry, OtherWlse you are IN
| terfering uncOnstitutiOnally and with bad policy
against the freedom of trade. Trade needs be en-
tirely unshackled free from all restraints and hence
the great idea Of the times is free ira e which the
| best trade IN the world. (Applause) But these
peOple-these philOspphers-do not believe in
free trade, and mean that trade in slaves
shall be stopped If you take away the right
! to sell, do not you destroy your property to
| that extent? Take away. here in New York
| the right - sell your house and how much
full And
be with anything else. do not care whatt is. The
right 10 sell property Is one Of the most valuable and
vital OF the rights 81 property. Snd, therefore when
they destroy the slave trar bet wen the states. tn
ghy to tax saves trcm STATE 10 SAFE, III, destroy
| the most v''u,tl part 0. ropery IN .LRv,s A:d
not o. ~ tina bu' tney ~ tie fugitive slave isw
! shall ut N cNrcut'd lat ,tT rr~,',y uui' Il j
/ IN tN I've '''H''> - IL 20 fs'rta. y i",.y
! SJateS have r"s,'i if"s .g'Iy-re u nj IN no
! Sta - viii u II III --.....'.- ..t'. g..
! d" th' dl-u ''~- 3. q! 3D." D.. :. sc. GOES ..,'"
( nave a'r ai1 ..- e .n- GO e. ~ tie .Nt q, vt
/ nuiI;SIrE .-sa ~ 50 L.ii"1 ,s-oui ,n.rls
Then ag.ii he. -"- 'i.e, Wi aHoE-t. slavery
IN Inc Distic' OF % o. ma u a. Ihcy "iI aHoA.h %
| II thu "r-eras aid DICK !aids amt that they viii
/ abolish 81 very 81 aii our SHIPS
\ NuICs- ." A. says that (uIsses and cries
! CT put MN out.
Mr. fANCEY-ILc ABB I!lnnlsts say so the Black
Repuohcaiss say 81 ca .ieiI ab3..ilon!Ss (Cheers)
tell you my nltECs that know no distinction be
tween aoo:iuoosts ana DIacK hefuoucans, Tor they
Doth assam me ana my section AND say that Mr. Sc
"aTu says SO, ana Abraham Lincoln says So he
| IS the man VINO was the author OF the idea that
there Is an lrrePrcsslbe conflict between the labor
OF the North and the labor OF south say Mr.
! seward says So loI ne says that the time
Is coming "heh NOT lOO'steP OF single
slAte shau press tue SOIL Oh ms American
continent anu mat IS part Vi inc narch OF
Ilils hFepresSIoIe GoHl!lc' louay' ana as the
t District ot oUllnloia Is Sinau mite expect
tneh 70 s"SioW 'nat AZ tne very hrst Dream
tlTy u!Sm III pam; HOheerS anu iaugnler) not
o{ VIM aey S'oiSl al'Ioeli IN te district OF Col,
out u tne als5leIs Geu arus anu
C"e'e oates nav aITeauy huIngu tre Ie''er OF the
Oorstilu1i0h ana maue II pehal ouense: ana even
pGsheu tnel cI'iIgs N sou'e Stances IcF uhIer
taxing 70 eh!orce Jaw InIe[ Ihe Coast1'utea' men
nave oeen IiHpFlsoneu' pe!4e!g, Ia one OF these
States slPiy |or nGlhe luJaI " 'le colon Cons'l-
tuIon OF Tue Tnule country; (aPPAuse.) now
theh, NlHt "oH Oe 'iI Ie VI Pg'sinS Lincoln
INTO power why, gentlemen II "oGlu Dulld up an
edduonal party IN every southern olate, ana there |
IS no doubt Oh u. lAere are men IN the southern |
states VINO "oulu take ONCE under Lincoln and |
they Wouiu OF course De Ie nearest 10 sympathzlng
with nm IN MS rum tell you II would not take |
long Tor them TO sympathize entlrely with hIm-at |
least SO entirely as TO be able 10 Keep the ONCE he
Will thus Dulld up an aOohton party AZ Inc SOUTH |
corrupung anu dlsfegardng ule tone Ol our people,
putting into all ms oices THESE ms victims, and the
Ot1ces would De IN the hands OF men VINO would |