Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-03-30
Address Of Hon. VISA. II. Avery 70 his Con
stIeuentS.


EtIeuents.
To nv FslIOv Citssns Of The Tenth C0ngTe''iOSGl Dis
triet of TsnneSsee:
lam daily solicited by many partial friends from
different portions Of the district, again to be can
didate for Congress. As had some time since de-
termined under no sort Of circumstances TO be
candidate for reelection, ] deem it my duty to
make some public expression of this liked purpose,
in order that y0u may seek another servant.
Keenly alive % l am and will ever be to the hon
or and interests Of my native State, and especially
that portion Of it in which my life has been spent
and fortunes cast, trust will be pardoned for ad-
dressing you few words. Since lett you, but ut
tie more than three months ago to take my seat as
your representative in the Congress of the United
States Of America events have transplreo more mo-
mentous than any which have ever happened to our
history since the foundation Of oar Government.
Seven Of the sovereign States Of this Union have
seen St 10 sever their connection from the Federal
Government, and to Get up for themselves sepa-
rate, distinct, and in my opinion, permanent ma
tionality As to the causes which impelled them TO
this separatiou il Is not necessary now TO speak. IL
is enough 70 know that this Union 10 absolutely and
upcouditionally dissolved, and that there are noW
in actual existence with full functions and powers,
as such TIVE complete confedersoies, Northern
and Southern. The history OF the world, fromits
foundation 10 the present time, furnishes 10 It no
parallel. without the shedding Of one drop Of
eut people, another and powerful Republic, as II
by magic, has been peacefully spoken into being,
seen to take its place full p!snophed among she ma
tionalitiss Of the earth.
Suserior ststesmapship has stamped it's impress
upon every act Of the Congress of the Confederate
States. Their Constitution stands out to all the
civilized world the acknowledged work Of consum-
mate wisdom. Had the provisions it contained
been implanted in the old one, this Government
might, and doubtless would have been perpetual
That these States intend msiDtsin their position
at all peril AMONG the prinopalies and powers OF
the world, no sane man can now for moment doubt.
The thirteen colonies, when they parted from Brit
/ ain and sealed their solemn separation with the
blood Of . seven years war, meditated much the
ides of "re-construction," as do these seceding
States These are no longer matters Of speculation
and cAvil for the timid and doubtful but great,
existing startling facts and such il 10 our duty
| to deal with them.
In letter TO my constituents, written from ash
ton, some some two months or more ago, because
these occurrences, 90 rapidly trsnspiring, had 50
developed themsslves-While they were yet 10 pros
| uective-I ventured sn opinion as to the position
Tennessee should take, with some reason therefor.
| | shall not now recapitulste them.
The events Of each succeeding day only serve tc
| confirm zoe in that most sincere and solemn judg'
| neut Her true position is immediate and unqusi
fled union with the Southern States Il is her right
ful and proper place Her every interest," sgricultu
raj. commercial, aud mechanical, demand IT, Agri
cultural b, cause the surplus products OF every farm
find market in the South. In the South alone d.
The farmers and stock raisers Of Tennessee sell the
corn, wheat. oats. hay, horses, mules, cattle sn'
hogs Commercial because the chief trade Of hel
hesyy merchants is TO the South. Mechsnical
because every mechanic and manufacturer, by beini
a member OF the Southern Confederscy, make
himself thereby monOPolst in his branch ef indus
try: whereby, By remaining In 'he OLD ualon, q
is forced 70 Be competitor Of the cheaper labor 9
the North in ell The avenues Of art. The me
ehanics ana manufacturers, Of ell people, are mos
immedistely ami directly interested IN uniting viii
The Southern Confsdersey. Il We Of the South