Brownlow's weekly Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1861-1861, 1861-08-31

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a reeonsfrEeilon.0
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neither possible OF deslFabls. II Il not pes
sihls, because CenfedeFacy OF seeded Staiss
Is pirrady organiEed--a new uufon OF hauo-
kenous elements has bees formed. Il Is not
desirable, because the old Union had si1t.
riYed the common interests, common dMns
gers and fraternal Sympathiss upon which Is
was founded and because the prineipleu Of
self.presefvAtion which Induced the thiFtsen
original States 20 confederate, should Shite
all the sleyeboldiRg States and because IL II
not possible for the State Rights theories OF
the South to harmoniEe with the cousoIida-
ton theories Of the North and Il ID not pos
sible for the free-soil theories Of the North 10
hsrmoaiEe with the slATeFy-eftensiOn the
cries Of the South and because It Is not pes
sible for the representatives Of the two sec
tions to iegislate, tremendously, In the same
hall and because il is not possible 90 prevent
the agitation Of the slavery question, 50 lehF
as the institution Is embraced in the jnrisdice
tion Of government chiefly controlled by
sectional majority, unfriendly TO its protee-
ton and extension. But IL the causes Of sep
aratiou, TO which have briefly alluded, were
only Imaginary, the fact of separation Is not
n mere fancy and whether il WAS the result
of folly OF Of wisdom, Il is a reality, aud as
such we are compelled to deal with Il. We
must make our election. We must join our
friends of the South, or we must unite with
the North, or we must set up for ourselves.
Some Of your leaders--for you have leaders
as well as the Secessionsts--have made yoG
believe that you can fold your arms as mere
spectators Of the political drama, They tell
you that you must not make war upon your
Southern brethren, who, they tell you, have
been innocent, passive automatons IN the
hands of ambitious politicians, WAC we're de-
termiued to rule or ruin the country. They
simply advise you TO denounee the politicians,
who, they say, have dragged or driven the
people of seven States out OF the Uaion, and
forced them 10 commit the crime Of high
treason against the greatest Government and
the most glorious Union the world ever saw.
They tell you that South Carolina had the
audacity TO secede without asking leave Of
anybody that she Was fatally beat on mis-
chief-that she has dragged other States after
her, and that she expects TO drag Tennessee
out of the Union-"the glorious Union our
fathers formed" They tell yeu South Caro-.
lima is pest Of traitors, aud has beea so
from the first. They tell you of her nalliiea-
ton and try to amuse you with the absurd
story about General Jackson frightt ming them
into submission. This, my Union friends, is
a great mistake. Soath Carolina, armed
with the Constitution and the Declaration Of
Independence, under the lead Of the great
Calhoun, frightened the Congress Of the Uni
ted States into submission and the gallant
Clay, the champion Of the unconstitutional
protective policy, made a glorious display Of
bis generalship in his memorable retreat and
final capitulation with South Carolina, upon
terms honorable to both parties, and satisfac-
tory 10 South Carolina and her Southern sis.
ter States. Thus the vital principle of our
American idea Of political liberty-the abso-
lutte sovereignty Of the States--was practical.
ly illustrated; and when time, and truth, and
reason, shall have dispelled the illusion erea--
ted by false views OF the wonderful az nion
our fathers formed, you will be ashamed Of
the prejudires Of those who have taught you
10 abuse South Carolinans as traitors, for as
serting and maintaining her rights as n SOW
ereign State in the Enion, so long as the In
ion could be endured and for seeding from
i. after the principles and conditions upon
which IL was founded had been perverted and
violated 10y other parties to the compact IL
all the Southern States had been &s EigilRnt
as South Carolina, in guarding the Consiitu-
ton against the false interpretations aud
forced constructions of the North, the Union
might possibly have been preserved; bat they
have compromised with error, and given i'm
punity TO aggressions, by patient endurance,
until they have reached the point of abject
submission to lAwiess sectional majority, or
a manly vindioatiOn of their rights and prin-
ciples by sstering the political bond by which
that sectional majority claims the right TO
hold and govern them forever.
Il is a fact we'll known TO every one famir-
lar with the history of political parties in
has country, that one Of the cardinal princi-
pies upon which the Democratic party Was
oFganized by General Jackson, and upon
which be was re- elected to the Presidency,
was the principle upon which South CaroIi-
pa nullihed the protective tariff laws of Con-
gress.
have never belonged to the Democratic
party or to any other political party, but am
pound to aeknowsledge that the principles Of
he Democratic party, since the period OF
South Carolina notification, have been more
N harmony with the Constitution Of the
5nited States than any other political party
n the country. The protective tariff .Jhe !
United States bank, and the system Of Infer |
lai improvements by the General Govern |
nent, which the North bad inauguFated and !
maintained as tine settled policy Of the Gov !
rnment, were denounced by General jack I
ION rs unconstitutional and oppressive to the !
south and, unpalataLie as this doctrine was |
o the North, striking IS Il did. a. their |
ehemes Of sectional aggrapdizement, General !
Jackson, by the extraordinary influence Of |
lis name, and all the Influences Of perfect |
'arty Organization, changed the policy Of the
government, aud, Theoretically, a. least,
'rought II back TO the principles Of the Con-
titutioa. And thus jackson and the Demo-
patio party, from that day 10 this, have prae-
ieAlly vindifated the notifications ordinance I