Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-03-15

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saia sonssa,ion shah provide ordinance evoea
haosing he said Tessry do and declare that hsy for
ever dscnsn air'-
the rights hereinafter enumerated Now. air that
being the condition of the admission when the in
naDlt2nfs OF the Territory were about to become
people, when Alabama was about to be admitted
into the Union, they met in convention and. after
drafting constitution for their own government
they 60 on to say:
rs convention fer and in behalf Of the people nhabinx
this State the propositions BY the act Of Con
under which they asssmbIea convsntlon for
and in behalf OF the people nhabng this State, do osn
70 the waste unapproprated lands lying within this State and
and the same shall be and remain At the sole DISPOSE
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"Done in convention at Hunsve this day Of August
forty fourth" - =
Nov, Mr.. President, how shall I characterize .
peryersion suen INDUCED in By the Senator
yesterday This convention for and in behalf OF the
people inhaoiling this State, do scoept the PROPOSE
tons offered SC, as to their lands, the night Of
taxing them, and Of dsposing Of them What is the
language The Senator usedg he reads only Sc much
Of this ordinance as shalI now read He says:
Here i the osdnsn.e Of sssa accepting the terms Of the
Leaving out all that portion ofshe act which 1
have re a. II vas truly the play Of Hamlst with the
part Of Hamlet lett out:
Th convention for and hehafof the people inhahitng
this state scospt the Propositions offered BY h Com
gress under which they are asseAhled.r
Leaving out the propositions alluded 10:
The conventions in behalf the people inhabur this
State, do ordain, agree, and declare"
Then come number Of stars
Sand this ordinance hereby declared rrevOcabs without
the consent OF the United states"
"Sbsmel where is thy hlush?'' Why, sir, my
cheeks would burn to cioders if we're to attempt to
palm off fraud Of this sort on the people that /
other shot
He goes on and says:
his declared reyocsbe They axreed "a TIE eona,
lions offered to them in the Of Congress- with reference to The
public lands subjects and then the act Of coming ins
the Union declared rrevocab without the consent Of he
United States.
Where and when was the act Of coming into the
Union declared irrevooabe without the consent Of
the United States? So far from that being true the
very FIRST clause of the act of Congress which au-
thorized the inhabitants ty become people de-
cares:
hs the inhabitants of the Territory Alabama be- and they
State government, and such they may
proper and that the said Territory whea formed into State
shall be admitted into the Union upon the footing the
original States, in all respects whatever"
The act of Congress declares that they shall be
admitted into the Union upon the same footing with
the original States; and yet he asserts that they
came into the Union With distinct declaration that
they never should leave it with the consent of the
Unithd States l DISLIKE 10 waste the time Of the
Senste-and consider il waste Of tims-but
csnnot permit such things IS these TO pass unno-
tieed or unrebuked Previously to this pretended
quotation from the act Of Congress and the ordi-
nance, the Senator: from Tennessee uses this Ian
guage:
"New States may be admitted into this Union not upon an
equality, all; but States may Union.
Il being express grant to siu the exercise Of power
and proper carry the admission Of States into existence upon
such basis as they believe Of s ooysnmsn. demands
am not SO sure but the admission Of new State placed
d6erea gro9ndto what the admission Of States coming
be SO familiar with things of this SORT will refer to the ad
hitting the State Of Alabama" Z
Then, here is the clear, undisguissd doctrine Of
the Black Republican party, that the right to admit
new States into the Union gives to this Federal
Government the discretion of saying what State
shall be admitted and what shall not, and imposing
any terms upon the Inhabitants Of Territory when
they come 10 farm their State Consttotion. The
Constitution of The United States declares that Con-
gress may admit new States into the Union, repub-
lcan in their form Of government. That is the
only quahcationl and We of the South and the De-
mocracy of the North have, from time beyond
which the memory Of man runneth not to the con-
trary, advocated the clear constitutional doctrine
that the only questio which could be asked by this
Federal Government was is the Constitution repub-
licsn, Is it slaveholding non-slsyeholdiug, 10
not the question. But The Senator from Tennessee
(who, sorry to see, has eft for tLere is much
| more that wanted him to bear. has now planted
| himself upon the Black Republican platform and
asserts that the Federal Government has the right
to dictate the terms, and, in allowing Inhabitants
of Territory To become State, 10 dictate TO that
people what eert Of government they are TO live IN
! der Although the platform upon which our candi.
oates ran at the last election declares the equality
Of the States cardinal doctrine Of our creed he
denies the equality Of the States and asserts that
| it ia not contained in the Constitution.
There is enc matter, and one other, possibly
the only one that shall sllude to; and regret to
do in he al If hat b,,fI
| postpone my remarks to smother day. He is now
| here. There is another doctrine that l shall now
discuss, and it is the monstrous perverson that has
been made of the political doctrines of distin-
| gushed man whose name is dear to every enc
who calls himself Democrat Differing with his
party, and differing wish himself one only time
during his long political career, the ess of dema-
goguisD and of treason has been sesdfasty cast on
the only spot that brightldminary, and has been
closed TO the rays of light which emanaie from it.
sllude to Andrew Jackson. He has been held up
as an exemplsr to us by the Black Republican par
| ty. He las been held up exemplar by the
| Tennessee Senator Nslionslism has been charged
upon him; and it is to remove that stain from his
character that propose to spsak,
General Jackson, . soldier during the Revolu-
| ton, IasR who upon the soil Of South Carolina
| shed his blood in defense of the rights of the
States and Of the right of the people TO sef-goy-
eminent removed at an early day to Tennessee He
was sent from that State to the American Congress
rs soon as she was admitted into the Union, and
was member Of Congress at the terminaticn Of
the second term Of General Washington, when an
address was made to the President, Q portion of
which shall read. Mr.. President it is veil to 90
hack. 1t is sometimes veil to open the volume Of
history and see What it 10 that our ancestors have
done. Weems wrote life of Washington, have
often thought 1t great pity that any other was
written. He was the Father Of his Country; he
was great man; he was o good man; but
khA-A -
with him as to the character Of this Gov
ernmeRt, and the proper mode Of administer
ing it As TO the mere abstract authority Of Gov.
eminent, this powerful party differed with him.
John Adams succeeded him, and in carrying oct
the policy Of Alexander Hamilton, which had been
adopted by Washington, ne wGs crushed I: is
known 10 every man at all familiar with our history
that the difference which grew up ia the Cabinet
between MIR. jefferson on the one side, and Alexan-
der Hamilton on the other, caused Mr.. Jefferson to
withdraw from the government. When his SECOND
term had expired the Congress of the pnited States
presented an addFess to General Washington 1t is
very lengthy, and / shall resd but sentence or
tao:
Sand while entertain grateful conviction thatyeur WISE
r and patriotic administration has been ssnally
forbesr 3 eSps. the deep sensations 81 r@re NTH bc
contemplate your intended retirement from sfRcs
other suitable occasion suffer the
present to without attempting disclose the
which it cannot fail to awaken"
May you long enjey liberty which is 50 dear to you and
to which will May your own vE
tues and saton obtain the hspp sunshine fer the
decline Of days and the choicest future beanrs o
our cOuuy sake for the sake Of republican fytis eur
earnest wish that your example may be- guide Of your
eessos and THUS after beng the ornament and safeguard .he
present age become the parmony Of
soHTnds' 2Af'd qHd Fourth Congress- I7a2-s1. p 6Ia
Mark the words, sir SIT is our earnest wish that
your example may BE the guide Of your SUCCESSORS"
This was voted for by sixty seven members. Twelve
voted against it, Against this address to General
Washington, endorsing the policy and politics Of /
his Administration, and trusting his example would /
be followed by his successors, are to be found the
names of NAthanisl Macon, of North Corolina; of /
William d. Giles, Of Virginia, and Of Andrew Jack
son, of Tennessee. Republican at that tine, hs /
could not vote an endorsement of the policy and /
politics Of the AdTnisEFstoH of the Father Of his
Country, because that policy had nat been of the
Republican senool.
What was the policy Of the Republican SCHOOL,
The year afLer that Mr. Jefferson became its great
exponent II ia contained in the platform upon
which the Senator from Tennessee processes 10