Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-12-12
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Iin-chlefin the Geld and Of biz principal as.
sociates IN command to surrender their
| swords rather than link them with the infa-
my of such measures. The first of these
three modes is for the most part beyond the
reach of the people. We have faith in il, but
it should not be relied on bliadly. The last
msde is our last hope. When every thing else
fails this must save as. If it does not, we
are irretiievably lost as a nation. This mode.
though hardly beyond the reach of the PEG
pie, is still not directly within their inf Ience.
The second mode is especially the peoples
own, and through this mode we invoke the
people to pour their awakened energies with
a spirit of lofty resolve that will not be put
down or put aside. Here is the sphere
wherein the loyal masses of our people In
this crisis of the nations fate can work eff
fectually for the national preservation. We
call them to the sublime task.
The task can be performed successfully.
Let it be performed at every cost of energy
and of sacrifice. We would have the Gene
raj Assembly of Kentucky inaugurate the
imperative work, by at once protesting in
loyal terms, but explicitly and emphafically
against the adoption of the measures In Con-
temptation. Let this be done and let the
example be followed as promptly as possible
by Missouri and Delaware and Western Vir-
ginia, and every other Southern commu nifty,
whether large or small, that still owns the
banner of our country. Furthermore, let
these solemn protestations be carried to
Washington by delegations of the most emil
nent and influential citizens of the respective
communities, and be urged upon the Presi-
dent with all the weight of exalted character
and intelligence seconded by the power Of
personal presence. Let the loyal men eff the
South rise up as one man, and tell the Presi
dent he knows not what he does, Nor must
the loyal men of the North sit inactive. Let
the enlightened journalists and speakers of
the North set forth in a strong light the facts,
first, that slavery is not the cause, but the
mere pretext of the rebellion, and, secondly,
that the policy of emancipation, if adopted
by the administration, would render the bare
physical suppression of the. rebellion more
difficult infinitely, while it would make the
re-establishment of the Government wholly
impossible. q e@~sr~sA % -,az 4
Let them point ent the transparent folly
which lies at the bottom of this cry for ex-
treme measures. and bold up to view the i'm
measurable folly and enormity of the cry
itself. Let the finer Intelligence and nobler
impulses of the northern masses be awakened
into triumphant action by just and determin-
ed and universal appeals; and let the better
views and sentiments that come of this awak-
ening and timely expression in public meet
ings, in private letters, in petitions in dele.
cations popular and official, and in every
other practicable form. In word. let the
conservative men of the North rise also as
one man, and unite with the loyal men of the
South in protesting against the destructive
and monstrous policy toward which the ad-
ministration is drifting night and day. Let
the virtue and enlightenment of the whole |
loyal section of the Union lift up. their min
gled voices in one loud and lofty and pro- |
longed demand for moderate cOunsels In the
administration. Such demand SO put forth,
the President could mot withstand. He
would not attempt to Withstand il. He
would hail it as the strong and all sustain |
ing echo of his own better but feeble pur-
pose.
We call on the loyal men Of the country
to begin this work forthwith, aud to prose
cute it without tagging until the end is Sc
cured. Not day should be lost. The lon
ger the work is deferred the harder will be |
its accomplishment. If deferred long it's &C
may come unattainable, 1t
is now plain to every candid observer that |
the President must either break with |
the extreme men of his party or sacri
fee the country to their fanatical meas.
ures. One or the other is inevitable. The
shows that the President is not dis
posed 10 break with the extreme men of bis
party. He wants, perhaps, both the sagacity
aud the nerve. Something be certainly
wants. Whatever it may be, the firm, full,
healthful, assuring, ogerruling voice of the
people will supply it. 1t it should be hush
I'd in silence at such juncture the blood of
the MODEST government the world has seen
would not rest on the hands OF a frail execu-
i've and his hair Drained counselors alone.
We have spoken openly and plainly on this
subject because we feel that he great hope
If The country lies in fully re-organizing The
actual peril and in resolutely graphing with
It. Our sense OF the actual peril is most
ieep and vivid. IT we suppressed or dis
,uised it we should be false to ourselves and
alse to our country. We know not how it
nay be withoihers, but we confess the effect
Produced in'us by the mourniul repulse and
,anic of Bull Ron was citation compared
With the feeling we experienced on reading
he passage of the message which forms the
ext of these remarks. Unless the President
S speedily braced up by the conservative
entimen. of the nation, there is serious dam
,er that although the rebellion be put down
he nation will be extinguished.
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