Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-06-01

lightened by revelation from a higher source
| .hau Themselves mt claim the privilege
of interpreting the law OF nature by What
zee revealed in the history of nanhind rem
| the EARL, ST period OF recorded tislr, uneon-
| tradieied by Divine authority. Imusi lot. r
pref that Law according to the prominent
| facts connected sith this tubjrct. "a they
stand out before M at this day. Looking
| through the eyes of history. / have seen sla-
| very or involuntary seTvitude the Instrument
| and handmade of Hindoo. Egyptian, As
/ syrian. Jewish, Greek and Roman ciyllIZa-
| ton. have seen the Institution recognized
| By the thencrafic government of the Jews.
| the chosen depostaries of the Word of Life,
4 by Democratic Athens and Republican Rome.
| have seen, upon the overthrow of Roman
| civilization by the savage hordes of the
| North. that there new masters If Western
/ Europe, and their successors. adopted ani
1 continued to upheld The same Institution
under var'ou. notifications adapted TO the
changing condition of both slave and master.
and still under an advancing civilization, I'M
| I'll a comparatively recent period. / see the
| same Institution tolerated and maintained in
Eastern Europe n this day. / rec the nai.ve
race Of al British India at this moment bow
| ing the neck under a system of quasi slavery
| But. above all. have seen here on this c,n-
| finent. and in these United States, the orr gil
nal herds Of the sOii Suhducd some Of th6 m
| reduced TO slavery. others capitalization
| Oat-aud the remnant still in subOrdinaiiOn;
ard All this under an Interpretation of tie
| Jaw of nature which Ids good at this day
/ among our northern brethren: and | have v {
| IN reserve that great fact to which L have al
| ready alluded-three millions of the African
| race, whose labor Is subject 20 the will OF
masters. under such circumstances that tbci-
condition cannot be changed, though their
masters should will if, without destruction
alike TO the interests and welfare Of both
mssi-r ard slave. These are the lights by
which read and understand the law of ma
fure."
Having read that carefully, we desire you
to rad sill another extract still more care
fully. In the raue speech, Mr.. Bell -hn~ed
the beneficial effect " slavery on the society
in which IL exists. aud he carried his argu-
ment to such m extent, We have already
said. 10 decloTe that he belieued the property
and glory Of the United States TO be manly due
10 The msifatioa Of african SLaUeTy ia the South
an SfGt,s- Here l. the other XtTaci which
we desire you to peruse and ponder on:
'-Sir. making all the allowance for Amrri-
can enterprise and the energies of free labor
under snch system of free government as
We el.joy. i doubt tcheth,r The POacsr and re
soHrccs Of The country GrOuId haze ottdLaod more
h.dn hJLf Their present. enrdoTdu5GTy proportions
but for Uis much TeUiied IsStUidi0R Of Strrery
SIR yoST TTch and UaTifd commerce e1teTIfdt and
HteTTidi; y0tir ndrg1tsoa; yOIiT c0H'nIsTe'dt ma
TIHe, The nlgscry Of tie nniita,y; yoslr ample rec
th1cs, the pubic credT. your drufacfuTes. your
rich J.l1,tioas and splendid cIt,es all. al my
tTdce 10 tts t,lsfitutl5 10 their tcesJqIhg. teT
pTescst gtganfIc ropoyttons--HOaTtshed and b"sIH
up 10 heir prcse,f 0nsEziIg helyrt and grandeur III
the great sl0pies Of tie SOuih-the produces Of
sLdJt La6sr.
Yet slavery in every form in which it has
existed from the primitive period OF organ
- III
form to this time, in evcry quarter OF the
giobe-and all its results. euen The magnificent
results Of African SLrr.Ty m The United Suites
are declared to be against the law OF nature,
Though contributing in hundred various
form. and mods. through p Rod of ihou-
sands of years, to the ameliOration OF The
condition of msnkimd generally; though
sometimes abused, as all human Institutions
even those Of religion, are, still contributing
to advance the cause of civilizations; though,
if you please, having ite origin in individual
cupidiIy, still working out a general good;
yet slavery and all it, bcnefcent results are
pronounced against the will of God 10y til Sc
who claim ~ superior illumination upon ihc
subject. This may be so; but | must ia,
that this conclusion 80 confidently au-
nOunced. is not arrived in accordance " tn
the Baconian method Of reasoning. by wbIci
we are taught that from q great many par
ical economy. we may safely deduce "a gencr- /
al law OF physical nature, and so Of morals |
and Cove nment. II Seems TO my freak faculties |
that Is T0ther an arrogant ind pTesuDsptuOaS ar
rdsgnRlenf Of the tpqys Of Providence. BsySeTiOus
as tre knoac them 10 be, for feeble to decdre.
that that urLich has bern permitted 10 ezist and pros
rer from tie btginIilg among Dlen and naiioHs Is |
has tTtH.
We ak now, in AL candor and justice, what |
.kar nd Ina. narf IN Mt
either party, ever taken on the essential |
question OF Southern slavery? Who will now |
lIc desperate and INSCRIPTIONS enough cye.I |
In il>iauate that John Belt l. uusUund On |
the suffice; of slavery! Who will now have
the braZel cftrOnteTy TO intimate that Johu |
B-n IL not 10 be trusted 10y the Southern |
penFl-!
We Conclude with Que other brief ex-
tract from the same speech, which is III these
words
'.It H. contfnded that the South is secured |
IN the lull benefit OF the doctrine held 10y |
some Of the most inguishcG Champions OF
It's rights. who maintain that tine CUnstItu- |
liOn. propr,o rigore. that the fiIg at thr Union
protects the citizen in the enjoyment of hi |
rights OF pr"prty OF every i sCrIpIIon. rec !
OSuiz-d such, in any ct The States. on /
every sea. aud ia every Territory oi The |
Union. TIE sou"dness Of Gie general doctrine held
isprorcd and II ihe question Teiofed 70 territory
',tisaed Oregon ,rheH me United Sites |
rsns INTO possession Of a. property n -!Gues tro'itd
b. entitled 10 III. pr.toct.oa Of The Ldcs and Con
slifu'ioH ofhe UIifed States"
Did John L. Glib un himself ever take !
higher gr"uud than that?
But, while such are Mr.. Bells views on the
question of slavery, and the Constitutional |
ppwyr 81 Congress IN relation t,ereIO, he has |
yet never unnecessary Tor oiit HsiS'ly IhIHst |
those views in the inc.s OF his North IN /
brethren. lie il a nafiOHdi man, IA the Wild 1T !
aud nOblest sense of the term, oppns' d To all !
sectional agiI alton and strife, and in favor
OF lasting peace aud harmony between the |
States and among The people of The States. |
And, IL elected, he will know no North, 10 |
South. no East, no W,s:, Dut his country, aud !
nothing but his country. In his adminstra-
ton of the Government. h. will be neither |
nor AN anti-slavery man, but
National and CniOn-loviug man, locking tn !
the welfare of all portions Of the CInirderacy !
" I'll equal eye, aud In the preservation OF |
the Union. in the spirit of the Constitution. |
~ the paramount Object at all his hopes and |
efforts. VINO, then whether Wing ID mo- |
crai, or whether living ia the North or the |
SOnth. may not vote for such u mtu, with
hearty good will and ihauk God for the /
privileged
sS-In the PaTRnTr OF Tuesday. we repair |
lished the vote upon all of the resolutions |