Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-03-17

not for coercing the State. say that that propo-
sit;on is not only absurd, but 1t IS cruel. II the
Deorie Of South Carolina have not the right Of
self.rovernnen. if they have not the right to es-
tablish such government as they see it to live
under; If such government is established there
Illegally and Hrongfuily snd ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
aud this Government intends TO enforce its laws
in derogatiOn Of their rights, and in contempt Of
their asserted sovereignty, the first thing this Gov
eminent must do, and the only thing il can do is
to send its fleets their harbors and its armies to
their fields, to subVert that wrongful that revoln
tionary, that illegal governments. When they have
removed the coercion; when they have crushed
out that revolutionary power which ia coercing
the people, whether they will or not, to obey its
behssts; when they have done that, and left every
individual in South Carolina to obey the laws Of
this Government OF not IS he sees fit, then tney
may punish him if he dis5beys. But ssy ~ Is
monstrous cruelty to allow government tnse
you call wrongful, and revolutionary and Illegal
which government is now dealing as It pleases
with the lives, with the liberties, with the prop
erty Of every nan, woman, and chiid Nilnln ' 'se
limits Of that S;ste--to leave that government IN
full power and then ssy, If the individuals there
| that are under that power do not obey your laws,
Won will hang draw, and quarter them remove
| the coercion; give them the right Of voiuon; aud
when YOU have done that, then you may, with
propriety and without crneliy' attempt 70 ENFORCE
YOUR laws; but to say that you viii not use co.
erciou against State-that you will leave this
oovarpment there in full power to confscate every
xan,s uroperty, deprive him Of his liberty, PIT
him into the pillory Of the penitentiary, or exc
cute him under the gibbet if he does not obey that
form of governmens--io leave the government in
full force to deal thus with every man in the State;
and vet say you will confscste, you viii deprive of
liberty you will deprive Of life every individual
who does not obey your laws, il, as said before,
monsirOus cruelty and an outrage. Call things
by their right names Say you are going to cOerce
if you intend to do it; say thas you are going to
stop that government, soy that you going 10
ablish another government there, and do it in the
only way you can-by force Of arms.
Let the Senator from Tennessee go and follow the
bloody banner il he desires It. But he tells us he
is man Of peace; he never had any intention to
invade South Carolina. never believed be had.
alluded TO Esops fables yesterday There is anoth-
er fable of 4Esops that ne possibly hssresd There
was a certain man who, after the fighting over,
was taken prisoner. he asked to betreated with
mercy. He said he had done nothing They ask
ed him what hewss doing there? He said he had
been blowing horB he was trumpeter; and
| they took him out and executed him. He had cIe-
ated all the confusion; he had been egging others
| Cd; but hal taken part in it himself Thus the
Senator from Tennessee is egging on the Black Re-
pubcans, declaring that the people of Tennessee
will submit to THERON rule Of despotism; urging and
advising that the cotton States shall te crushed
that blood shall fow, that eur fields shall be en-
| TlClea Win uuIneu 1c6u duO HIlbeueu Win nuudu
bones. That is what he advises; and yet he is a
peace man!
1t is very easy for bystanders to make observa.
tions Il Is very easy to get up here in the Senate
and talk about enforcing the laws. 1t is quite a
different thing to undertake the enforcement your
self; work that spprehend the Senator from
Tennessee speaks truly when he will never under
| take.
! He alluded to Shakespeare yesterday. There
was another paragraph or scene that ne might well
have quoted, had he been disposed. / recollect
that the gsliant Hstspur, speaking to his king as
to the delivery of his prisoners, said he
/ indiferently he knew not what for he was mad to
see pOpipjay discourse
OF guns, and drums and wounds tGOs save the narED
'ADd that it was great pity, soft was,
That yillainous saltretre should be dgg'd
Out Of the bowels Of the harmless earth.
Which many good tall fellow had destroyed
| So covardly and but for these vile guns,
He would himself have been soldier"
| have been led into depression, sir. l was
speaking of a different man altogether l was
speaking of the immortal jackson; Of what were his
/ political ana what were his political opinions.
| was attempting to remove the Islander which ma
tionalism now attempts to put upon his character.
The Richmond Enquirer Of the 18th of March, 1882,
says:
ssNuLITcLTIox--Ax ERROR CoRREcrEs We baEs porne
before the public to correct into which haze
betrayed them. Some Of the politicians Of South Car
olina had maintained the opinion that Mr.. Jefferson
acaou pri3cpaI argument was,
Of Kentucky resolutions of l9g we'll those Of 79 aud
that in those to be found the memorable passage that
ave had curiosity to ascertain the truth Of tie Opn-
conviction that were wrong, the soEth CAronans rs
Mr.. JeGersohs opinions small msnFserEt book hss
two copies his handwriting that to have been The
original Of the kentucky resolutions"
Now, il the Senator wishes to denounce secession
aad notification 60 somiae let him 20 back
| a IafF'ar LAT
Jackson, il he dare, and 60 back sad look
| that Tennessee Democracy in the face, and see
whether they viii content themselves with Kidding
his ef6gy. General Jackson approved Of the doc
trine Of nullifcstion in 1898. Was be Republican
| in those days? Let see will read the record.
| DR.. William Dickson, September l, 1901, was can
didste for Congress- in the district in which Gen
ersl jackson lived. l have gone into detail TO
show what was the doctrine of the Republican party
The Kentucky resolutions Of 1893 and 1893, we're
the doctrines Of the Republican party, apd the Yir-
gniG resolutions Of 1898 and the Vrgnie report Of
| 1899, were also the doctrines of that party Mr.
Jefferson was its great head. Upon those doctrines
he had been voted for. As the exponent and the
author of those doctrines he had been ELECTED. On
the lst day of September, of 1901, Dr. Dickson was
the candidate for Congress in Tennessee, General
| Andrew Jackson says TO him that he believes that
| any citizen who does obtain the eufraEes of the
| fr6emen Of Tennessee, must be Republican, Snd
in politics, like Caesars wife, not only ohSste, but
unsupported; and therefore he propounds these in
terrogatOries to this candidate:
Have you always been sdmrr OF State authorities 2?
| Not Of the Union. but of the State authorities:
roy no4rs bare you always been an sdmer q the
agreeable to the true LITERAL meaning Of the instrument and
bspisbing the dangerous doctrines Of Implication r.
Hsv always been and you now opposed rnaaE
armies in tine Of peace ?"
Or would you like to cooperate with Mr.. Joseph
| Holt and the eomaander-iu-chief, the lieutenant
general, in collecting standing arms and planting
frowning batteries upon the Capitol Of the eoqn-
| try:
and, aty, you Republican principle, will
you be a Republican In practice ~
These were the searching questions which Andrew
| Jackson, on the lst day of September, 1901, pro-
pounded TO q candidate who offered his services to
! the Democracy Of Tennessee, and sn explicit an
| swer to which he demanded. l have shown that
! General jackson voted against an address approx
| ing of General Hashinston's administration, and
| hoping that General Washingtons example would
| be followed by his successors. ] have shown that
in few years afterwards, il 1901, he ehjested to
| Mr.. Dickson, because be doubted whetbeE he yes
Republican. have shown what the Republican
doctrine was. that it was not only secession, but
notification. 90 on. In 1881 General Jackson
entertained the same views, not &c explicitly ex-
pressed; bat those who will listsn to will see.
The Senate of the United States had inquired
! for information as TO whether the provis.
! ions Of the act "to regulate the inter-
course with the Indian tribes and TO preserve peace
on the frontiers" had been complied with, and if
they do sOt. asking the reasons for the non-com>
piianee, and to tais, President jackson answered;
'Ths Indians situated, caspO he regarded IN any other
light than members Of foreign Government o. ih9 Of STATE
within whose chartered limits they reside II in ht forper
ordinary legislation Faation hem is pot warranted bS e
Constitution, which estabsei for the benefit OF our own
foreign people. the latter, then like other citizens
people resident within the limits Of the statG e ere sub
jet to their jurisdiction and control. To maintain contrary
doctrine and require the Executive TO maintain il by the en-
ymen military force would be to place in his hands pow
r make the rights OF the States and the liberties OF
the county, power which should placed the bands Of
| Individual
Pretty good, strong Republican, State-rights
doctrine, sRcb a. W&s adopted and Endorsed ct
Baltimore, in 1859, and a. GineiaHsti, in 1856,
such sc the Senator from TennessSe pas been
protesting to live Up to from that day 10 this. it
is well known 10 the Senate, IL not to the ssnstor,
that in 1880 great debate sprung up on some reso
lulions introduced by Mr.. Foot, OF Connecticut,
and shich is alluded to generally as the debate
! upon Foots resolutions. lie who has been called
tho COd-lka - and hu pnma s+ho -..at Nv