Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-02-06

then you cA{3ss withdraw yourself from under his
hands! AseXSseen already well said, the speech
Of Mr.. SewGsAE (and which presents the argument
upon whieli 9TRlslay is asked) reminds one OF his
speech Of thszEl archangel to the damned hosts
can IVES ~ and hollow, tho his tongue
Fl. s.S s ss s''i' make The ''''' appear
If the ara Hents proposed in Congress to be adj
ded to the z ri atution, and which have been pro-
perly conssfyssA by our Legislature, at its called
session, arc ySgven, all hopes are gone. In the
language of aSNoriiliant Henry, whose name, with
all parties III &c ssee, is a synonym of eloquence
and pr0bty mis- is not done and this angry con-
test about thA ole question Of slaverys not settled
before theE1N Tstry, the Union cannot stand the
shock. Rocsg bed and strong it IN the affection
of the peopltAL% will go down before the Storm
or float wrs before our eyes. Nothing can save
but cordiala% sincere reunion Of hearts, brought
about by constitutional amendments, guaranteeing
to us ali ou,e rtts and that shall stife forever the
evils of this angry discord. If this harmony and
fraternal love cannot be restored let US face the
Consequences: let us know the worst and provide
for it."
Let Tennessee and the border slave States keep
quiet and the9 will ell accommodation or promise
of settlement pass 10 the winds. Let these Black
Republicans commence running over u.s. with the
sword and treasury in hand, backed by the North
ern legions and none of the Southern States need
dare think Of going out Promises will be held out
only to be broken, and while constitutional in
fraction is going on secret mail agents and others
will be permeatng, the country ready to report up
any disloyalty; and he who then lifts his voice
for convention. no matter Whatever yranneal
acts may be committed, will only receive traitors
doom. If q few brave spirits were to think Of as
sembling in convention to interchange sentiments
only, special agents and spies would have those
contemplating such things arrested and tried for
treason. Does not the public sentiment as mani
tested in Northern meetings, in recently assembling
Northern Legislatures, and in the late speeches Of
Messrs. Wade, Sherman, Seward and others, fore
tell, with unerring certainty, such result
To go out of the Union now Is to make our peace;
to stay in If is to invite aggression and civil war
If the border slave States stay in the Union, the
next step attempted it seems, all can readily see
from the preparations making for it. and the
speeches and editorials indicating it. will be the sub
jugation of the seeding States and holding them
as provinces" Such an idea is monstrous. In
the language of Edward Everett
at comes loaded with the death-smel from the
| fields wet with brothers blood"
What will wp, in Tennessee, do then? Our Legis-
| lature says-we will resist coercion-so say l.
The effect of such a measure would be civil war
throughout all the land; the end of which no one
| could divine If all the slave States were to go
out prior to te 4th of March, it is certain that such
a thing wouldslsver be attempted.
There are slnpr who say they have no negro pro-
perry and eas othing for the question of its pre-
servation. I'd such commend the language of Mr..
Bell his great speech in the Senate of the United
States
"Sir, makiw all due allowance for American ell
terprise and fwenergies of free labor under such
system of gov ament we enjoy, doubt whether
| the powers asE; resources of the country would
have attained than half their present extraor-
binary propot| IS, but for this so much reviied in
stitution of slSZa4y Sir, your rich and varied COM
merce, exterE and internal your naviga-
ton your 4samereial marine, the nursery
of the militia "a our ample revenues; the public
credit; your - ufactories; your RICH populous and
splendid cite ~ H. all may trace to this institution
as to their W, Rprng, their present gigantic pro-
portions no, e; he'd and built up to their present
amazing heie a3f nd grandeur by the great staples
| of the South :&te products of slave labor"
And to the ,r men, and particularly the me-
chanics, the 4Sowing valuable truths, condensed
from late m Sdical of high repute, are submit
ted: M
al The pc$uen of the South are the holders of
one to five s, and it would be equally consistent
with truth K ustice to say that they represent, in
reality its ~ III holdng interest
2. The MOI, u tyeholder of the South is assured
that the reu a ration afforded by his labor, over
and above III Is pense of living, is larger than that
which is a;lM d by the same labor in the free
States; prizes E york say $25 to So in Nashvllle in
Northern az 81 to 81; board cheaper in Nashville
81 81 week : Suston 81 III week
3. The observation-disclosures, as a class, are not re-
duced by thei2esslty Of our condition, as Is the
case in the fl States, to find employment in crowd
ed cities and M,me into competition in close and
sickly werk-,s and factories, with remorseless
and untiring Mschinery.
4. TIE non. esveholder is not subjected 70 that
competition We foreign pauper labor which has
degraded the E4s labor of the North, and democrat
lied to an extt<s which, perhaps. never be estI
mated. ::
l. The non-5&yeholder of the South preserves the
status Of the 4Se man. and is not regarded as an in.
ferior or depeI ant. How would it be if the doc
trine claimed So the Declaration of Independence,
that 'all men, alack as well as white 'are created
free and esua-ss Lincoln and Seward propose uni
versal suffraE.= One of the practical results of
this is the am 3sAmatOn of ; and mingling to-
gether in schc l0use In churches, and in Legisla-
tive assembli Neif the two races.)
6. The ron gSs5eholder knows that as his
savings viii 81. i, he can become a Shareholder,
and thus rel u, his wife from the necessities of
the kitchen al he laundry, and his children from
the labors of S fieA.
!. The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and proprietors of the
South begin lHS IN a great part, non-slavehOld-
ers. "
s. But sho 1n>such a fortune not be in reserve
for the non 81 &older, he will under tand that by
honesty and 5try it may be realized to his chill
dren. ~
g. The sons Ss+he non-slaveholder are, and have
always been, aesng the leading and ruling spirits
of the South, W9ldustry well as in policy.
Without the Intuition of slavery the great staple
product of tn N nth would cease to be grown, and
the immense ax.lal results WHICH are distributed
among every - Of the community, and which
give life to evN branch of industry, would cease.
In Hayti the Awe labor exports were in 1879,
S27 S29O,OO0, ~ in 1860 it was reduced to
S5,000QO0 orM 100000. In Jamaica in 1908,
$50 352 hhds. 3 Ear were raised-in 1857 it re-
duced to 80 45H Ids; rum in 1906, $3.50 hhds.,
in 1857 Is 69i Tsffee in 1885, "a 1877 1894 lbs, in
1857, 1905, 623 ~. Reduction consequent upon the
abolition of Il &c labor in these Islands, in the
United States Aorts were as follows:
In 1853 .. Spa, los ,457 Southern.
A 24,501 ,096 Northern.
If emancipaSXl be brought about as will I'M
doubtedly be tIXcase unless the encrsachments of
the fanatcal sorities of the North and resistance
now the SLAVE "a lers. in the main, Will escape the
degrading cqG.Aty which must result by emigra-
ton for whiclsHey have the means by dsposing of
their person ! sattels while the nonslaveholders,
without the ',Lources, would be compelled to re-
main and endU a. he degradation"
1t seems to - that we are all bound up in the in
lstitution of slg Ay Believing it to be, as sincere
ly do moral W Scially, politically and regIOpsly
right and er$se blessing to the master end the
slave-to the so man as well the poor nal-ts
the farmer as 1: ~ as to the Northumberland upon
this point neCrfswn should quit raising up negro
mechanics ~ unwilling to see its speed retard
ed or its abciiJsa worked out among US. The me-
chanic should s4.iember that if slavery were abol-
ished in Tennesl@s there would be for negro me-
chanic ten VIII yaborers in his way. Upon the
subject of &C * then If, we go out alone with
those Identical 'rsnterest with u.s. if Kentucky
and the other ieler slave States do not CO. we will
at once enter ;s4 confederacy of az leasv seven
slave States; 8t,NE Arkansas there would be nine.
We will be- bA.ve then, in a better condition for
ultimate safety:7 IN by remaining in. 1t is now
certain that Yi. ia, and exceedingly probable that
North Car5lrd+. 4 be in the Southern Confederacy
before we get Ce,e ourselves and If Gov, Campbell
be right that tk calling of Convention is tanta-
mount to going ~ of the Union, may say that
Kentucky will s With US. 1t is quite evident that
she will call - vention
Perhaps all & Southern States will be out with
us before the i!S1f March, unless it be Delaware
Maryland and "a uri, and should serons con1plfca
tion5 ariRe the ~ be out too Excepting the lat |
ter however ~ would be such an array of inde
pendent confe ty4+ed States in the South as that
only questions 80 appearing for settement-dvi- |
sion Of public ~ division of common territories |
and of public As erty-could be easily settled. | |
use the teom an ederated States" because after |
the 4th of Febr5Sy each State as it goes out would
doubtless gomfMEe Southern League or Confeder- |
acy on the basiTSo posed by the seeding States !
to wit the Cof&futon of the United States with |
additional .es Then reconstruction of the |
Constitution m - be commenced. If the Northern |
States desired M good faith; and new Union, if |
formed, woulG ~ thousand years. But should it |
not be aggresd SSsthe Southern States could go in
#2N mont lie tho old ono nposnar. |