Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-02-07
Gov. Harris Message.

TIE New York Herald speaking
Of the progress Of the feeling in the
South, says:
We have now to consider the
case Of the important State of Ten
nsssee, the last Of theSoulhern States.
Up to the present juncture. that
State has been regarded as the most
State in the Union
MIR. Cell, the embodiment of the
Union sentiment at the South in the
late Presidential election, halls ITO m
Tennessee. Bot what is the con-
dition Of that State now? The an.
swer will be found in the calm, dig
nified and powerful message Of her
Governor to the Legislature now
10 extra session, which we print in
another part of this days Herald.
In this srgumentatiye but determ-
ined document, which We commend
to the perusal of every Northern
man, the republican party. unless
they are struck with what the Puri-
tans would call judicial blindness, :"
must see in large and legible charac.
tiers the doom of the Union, unless
the most ample concessions are
made to the demands Of justice.
For il Tennessee fails the North, as
q iallying poin! for the Union,
where else in the South is she to
look for help or hope? Let any dis.
passionate Nor. hern man read the In
dictmeEt against the Northern States
by the Governor Of Tennessee, and
then say whether the South is not
wronged and aggrieved and whether,
if her wrongs are not redressed, she
ought to Iemaln ia Union which
is blu: 1.-The union Of the shark with
its prey?" AS 10 the course Ten.
nessee means 10 pursue if We are to
take the message Of her Governor
rs an indication, there cannot be a
shadow Of doubt. Hesays ito evade
the issue forced upon them at this
time, without the fullest security to
their rights, would be fatal TO the
institution of slavery forever" lie
''has no doubt as to the necessity
and proprlety of calling State
Convenlicn;" and Convention will
be called, and the chances IRE one
hundred to one that that Conven.
ton will declare Tennessee out of
the Union. He enumerates some ex-
cellent amendments to the cons,ilu-
tion AS absolutely necessary for the
restoration of amicable relations, and
Oh the part Of the STATE confidently
expresses its determination to "as.
sert and maintain its equality in
the Union, or its independence out
Of it," He likewise declares that
Tennessee will never submit to CO.
ercion by the Fedora! power Of any
seeding State, for that would be
'Union mol of consent, but of force;
a Union not Of equals; but of the
victors and the vanquished.' And
this is the unanimous resolve of all
the Southern States. The militia
force of Tennessee is 10000 men,
Hnd the Governor recommends the
purchase of more arms and thor.
ough and Efficient aiming Of the State. I
This message is The most decisive .
and significant sign of the times
we have yet observed at the South.
II shows that whatever Union senti>
ment existed in the Southern States
heretofore Is now extinguished, and
hat the secession movement is
weeping Ill before it like An ava.
anche. The North woul! not be- 1
1--we the South Was 10 earnest till I
Tow 1t is almost too lale to arrest the +
OF the revolution. 1t con. |
ented itself with denouncing the Sc
esSionisis IS traitors and rebels. i
Which only accelerated their action.
ieorge III. and his ministers called {
be people Of these States, when q
hey we're colonies. rebels and trai. |
DIS; but The denunciation did not t
top their career. Had he Welded t
their just demands and shed no I
loco, be might have preserved his o
rovinces. II, before the end of the G
ext month the rights of the South p
70 not conceded. fifteen States will o
, lost 10 the Confederacy before the p
III OF March, and any attempt at o
'ercion will only hasten the Ca al
sIrophe. Full justice to the South W
'omptly rendered, or the peaceable Fl
paration Of the fifteen States, and A
OF a Southern Confeder. CT
Y, or the dread alternative of m