Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-18
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We have had the pleasure of examining prom u
sheets of the above book now being printed q
at the METgoDIsr PUBLISHING HoUsE in this d
CITY. The author enjoys widespread ana q
well-earued reputation as writer OF uncom- !.
mon yigor and ability. In these iettefs' 1
ubicb IT has been deemed advisable to lay @
before the public in an enduring form, we Il
have all the advantages of his elegant and =
lncid STYLE, his extensive information, and :
philosophical investigation. He has closely 6
studied the subject of slavery, in all its bear
inos and while defending the peculiar IN
st;tut;onv of bis native South, successfully,
6,ss the responsibility of its existence here :
,,,on tbase who are the noisiest advocates OF
lis abolition. He refutes the idea OF the SIN
fitness of slavery, pOrtrays the advantages
which flows from it, and the necessity OF Its
continuation. Correctly experimenting the
policy of the opponents Of slavery, ana the
dangers which would follow the success OF
the Republican party in the Presidential cleo
ton. from his post in the Old World, far re-
moved from the embittered contest, ne warn-
ed his fellow countrymen against the break
| ers which surrounded the Ship of State. But
| Epbraim was Joined to his idols voice
from Heaven could not have moved the pur-
nose of the aggressive majority OF the non
sIaveholdinc States The hand of destiny
bore Them on: and the Union is no more.
The result which ne apPrehended and fore
told is upon US. Driven to assert her lnde-
nendepce and to maintain her freedom, by
the aggressions of anti-slavery fanatleism,
the South has accepted the issue OF separate
and ependent government or Destruction.
That she will achieve her independence, no
man of Intelligence and ordinary foresight
. can doubt. In the past she has been the
: source of the wealth, power and renown OF
the Union: aud In the future, all OF her re-
: sources concentrated upon her own develop
: ment. she will attain higher rank as nation
: than was ever allotted to the Union.
We close this brief and imperfect notice of
4 Mr.. WrIIIAxs' able work, with the following
: extract, which will be read with deep interest:
Il The history of the past teaches us that at
S Zines nations are seized with madness which
4 II were even a worse madness to attempt 10
. | combat by an appeal to reason. ms lnsan-
itv If NAV so deuominate it, though 1t
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+ ment of philanthropy. or even love. terminates
, | nv merging every other feeling into the SIN
| ole nassiou of haired! 1t Is vain 10 atlempl
| to deny the startling truth-sucn Is tne pres
"a | ent ssDect of that madness which seems ~
Of pervade the people of America! Ii ever ~
| the inception or progress OF this contest, one
| siraIa element of love or consideration for
II the slave entered into the thoughts or hearts
= | of the principal assailants in this sectional
d | struggle. il has been supplanted, buried De-
If meath the passion of hatred, which that con,
tool has engenderedi We who are removed
E. f,r from the scene of this struggle-far from
1t | a Knowledge of the under-currents, and per-
n | SonaI iaaIousies of the mere political contest
>. | for Mace and power-see and know 1ull wen
- that il il not iore, but hatred, on which the
D. sectional politician relies for success; ana IL
N | is that feeling or passion which gives 70 lnt
| nresent unfortunate contest Its vitality: Iner'
ia no practical issue but that OF hatred. Int
success or defeat of aspirants for ofhce de
n nend altogether upon the degree OF hatret
e. | which their appeals may produce IN the pop
in | Mar mind! There is no single element
success, and no appeal which canlsecure sue
IL cess for the Republican party but that
II, hatred! Americans should not Tor a mohen
nd | disguise this fact
" IF The Republic when the adherents OF de'
on notism in the Old Word, regarded win Oil
ere trust and dread, and the lovers OF 1reedon
ned with hone and satisfaction and pride, the pr(
"A | Dress of the great experiment ln democrat
government. Now how changed! Poth loo
forward with confidence, inspired by mol
npon the one hand, and by despair upon u
Y. | other. To a speedy disruption OF the COME
ro | eraey-civiI -exhaustlon--anarcny-
then the repose of despotlsm.
rs For myself, while l. as an American CT
ges zen. will never admit to be true, the decid
i, of zion of even moderate monarchlsts or I
Il .kat
e' democratic principles, bears within Itself
sue germ of its own dissolution-that the turn
t to Ience of universal freedom, and the tyrau
1t | of mere numbers, or dominant geograph''
400 | sections must end sooner or later III tue
struction of the liberties OF the minority
VICE be followed by the despotlc rule vi sah
The tyrant-yet confess that the events oi
IN, | 1t few wears. and the unnatural strug
| which they have engendered, involving
Il its progress no practical issue oil good
that either. except that OF mere sectional DOM
nge | finn. and in the future nothing out dlsas
ions to beth, has made me at least hopeiui oi
| result. -.
and | nation have we evidence of so rapid ma
,osi- from the weakness of infancy to the luii
veIopment of a hardy manhood, as mas
u.s. illustrated by the brief career OF the Am
ners can Contederacy. 1t is the Pride OF Am
nent cans, al home and abroad, to direct spe'
iealt attention to this unaenlaoie T.. cbscs
that growth in greatness Is to De cnech
tue DESTROYED. or continued, is certainly .
laws considerable extent involved In the maj
'ede- suit of the present controversy. liz ma.
,tion | may not be, that the present struggle pet"
men for political power, will terminate
Oh contest tor sectional supremacy, but WI
Gov over il is decided that geographical DIR,
be- of he RepasbI,e, owing its cohesion to seen
,t Gn;,.osif,, ONLY and its success to mere nun
shall triumph over its numerically wea
crate inf combined confederates and equals
hem, wore idiotcy to suppose, that with uniett'
,iIty. Iimbs and the liberty of free action on
con- mart of the depressed, they would n0t .
| The political bonds which uhi'eu 'nen'
their oppressors- ,oaoof,I
not oI,,,io6 Of those constitutional bonds OF IN
and the establishment of smaller ana
sio" bomoueneous nations would not OF itsei
Il be roasts the pripciple of liberty upon W
n in | onT free Institutions are founded but
knog a separation, accomplished under AUS
which would leave so mucn mutuai VI
aioh' ness in the hearts of the people, which by
n the s,roving our unity, would leave us comp
, mil tiveiv defeuceiess against foreign asi
e. sions all involving the necessity oil
standing armies, make the probability 81
{ an that our present form OF freedom couid
Outeu long survive.
uadman NAV answer, 'sBy crushing our
erson- MaoIeu uaJ o.. Ill -, Rnt if is to be
n the II hat majority of the citizens of tht
ion of public are not thus held in bondage oy
ion to angry passions, anu .uss IA. .I Of humber
whilst may yes psar,,,;dshla tn arrest the on
Citing march to such catastrophe. Let us no
|, pre- render until to hope would be madness
,-rset- If the will exists, the means are at
' mand to avert such calamity, wlthou
refcre, snrrsnder of political rights, and withou
o the abandonment of matured CONVICTIONS