Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-13
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round our lsno and country are such IS never have
oeen slnce we became people. feetit pleasure
and Immediate ah0pes--aad l. atsrssts- sueI
\ as are usually referred to- 10 awake
| and Secure the SURFACES of a people il
the elevation Of their taTorites to Office and honor
have been called to this attitude before ynzgitIl
out thought, wish or hope, either as felt or ex
pressed. The spontaneous action of free peonIr
ask at my hands the acceptance Of position which
At present brings to me only renewed sense o,
duty to cause az sacred SIS life IN the advocacy q
those principles that must ever live as the Tuidins
sta 81 safety and prosperity 10 "a az people The
same feeling trust will attend and inspire nv sc
tlon as the representative of your interests in the
honorable body OF which you propose to consttute
me member. | shall study those interests. shall
eonseerate myself to their promotion under such
| light as my measure of ability will enabla me n
disctr IN from the age, time and Conditions l1ndeT
| which we live. What may be the necessity of the
hour or the policy demanded to meet the events
thatso rapidly accumulate around u.s. it were pre-.
sumption for man now to determine. We have sepa.
rated from Government that has prastituted its
power. We are allied to one whose wisdom policy
and uses are yet to be demonstrated Like re wiz
married pair, we cannotd decide how we will furnish
and equip our house and ZONE till the one is safely
i-estabIIshed and the other tremendously ordered
Promises often vain In this case nianifesty so
All an In thought, experience. purpose, aim aud
| hope have given TO the cause Of Southern indie
pendence, and know no duty, no obligation no in
tarest that does not gather It's divinest sanctions
aud hottest endesvOrs from such freeborn conse
Grafton. do not ask your consideration or your
charity, for my position before you is the glad uroOf
tn It have these in their most free and full meas
ure. If prove faithess to your unbought trust
aud confidence, il would be charity to hold me in
It, II faithful and worthy your approval will be
the only earthly reward shall desire to seek.
With these expressions, need not tell you that it
is peculiarly gratifying for me to meet you on this
OCCASION under auspices think such as never be-
fel united people, Marshalled armies and steel
clad hosts line boz ders arrayed in deadly strife
This is not new in the worlds history but eircum-
stance and condition wave to and fro like the surc-
ipgs of mighty ocean, whose tempestuous roar
and sway bury all, regardless of the sacred herit
age and common bounty that Nature and Time have
bestowed as the result OF united action for good
in times gone by.
The days of the Revolution should be as fresh
with Us as the morning We should all be but one
people. inspired by one thought united in one una-
tersbe determination - succeed or perish II is a
talacy. msconception of the right a lack in the
acknowledgement of the universal law of Necessi-
ty that Overrules all obstacles for good to say that
we the Southern People have not within and around
all the essential elements of Administrative poll
cy to guard, guide and direct the ship of state to
that haven to which the human heart and the unsl>
tePable purpose of Divine will that has been so sig
nay recognized, and in some degree realized in the
united action of Freemen to govern themselves
must conduct it. We will often dwell with empha-
sis and with some degree of pride I'd ensure Look
back TO the early days of tn Republic When we
burst the bonds that bound US to the mother coun>
try, England, with pride, pOmp, and glory
which had been acknowledged upon a thousand
fields had to succumb to the inherent instincts of q
common nature. that mans freedom is the bright
spot on the hemisphere of time, whose revolutions
only tend on and upward If we as the children sep
arated from the mother only in common with that
great thought and eternal hJW whose fountains are
dry hold ~,
to the mighty will where with the great and glori-
oIs end may be attained for the good of man. Such
is the worlds history, and suea the force of reyou
ton, and such the memories of time, whenever
cbrOnicled for good not TO be subverted by the
mere chimera of policy but to live the life of each
age whose era developes as man is prepared to re-
ceive.
My Friends: You may abhor Revolution as it
caerIshes within the seeds of discomfort and bids
def ince to loyalty and established power But
this spirit that now broOds DER your land and
aarzhals mighty best to destroy each kindred
thought that has held together links two eras,
claspIng even in sad embrace higher and holier
in strict adherence to power, act and !
form. Had it not been tor this same monster that
now beclouds your brow and with apparent ruin
shrOuds cur happy country. we never would have
been people! 'IioIs Rebellion that GAGE us TX,
Nationality! Twas the name of REBEL. that we
have deified in our WAsHINGT0N and sanctfpd with
the blood of our fathersl The name Of REBsL. has
been sung IN every cline and aLtuneQ to every
thought whose pulsations beat for mans freedom
This name, 10 day, my friends, is sacred heri-
tage-can we preserve it Will we do il | KNOW
WE WILL! What We, people, have enshrined in
our hearts and woven into the fabric of our exis-
tence, can never pass away. If our nation
was a nation Of Freemen; if our fathers
deeds and actions are worthy to be perpetu-
ated if their lessons of wisdom and devO
ton to God and country have commended
themselves to future generations. both in the old
as well in the new world, shall we not prove
ourselves at least able to be benefited by worthy
al example?
d ference in feeling, thought, inclination not to
say interest and paramount happiness our social
and even religions, form diversity as
wide and comprehensive as the thought Of man; all
that tends to characterize and distinguish peo
pie from another. separates US from the people of
the Northern States. There is no Disgusting this
fact. lJls fact in nature in climate and has most
become one in culture, institutions and
destiny. You may as well expect to tie a large
family Of grown up children to the old homestead,
expecting them to live in harmony and pace. and
never take wider circuit, and arrsgn the parental
roof from whence they sprang while thus confined
1t is not possible and the madness of is the
inevitable result of the hypOcriucsl policy which,
in the holy name of brotherhood, attempts the
coercion of the unfolding life and power of
the several members OF this family. Nay |
more. You may as well expect them to egt, drink |
eel and thibk all one, as to expect to eEchain
inch diversity of interests together in unity and
l4rmeny But even If this were possible, would it !
Dc right to do so? To chain End dwarf the giant |
tri les of any form of thought nations bOasted
,lory which perpetuates itself IN freedom for
he good of man. Would not the name of Freedom |
become a sacrilege to be Lntwined aud envirOned by
he graphing hand of Policy? We're not the es
en.ial elements of good. for mans good in this our
and, foreign to those of England? Are not the IN
ttutiOns and social tendencies of the South antag
,nisuc to those Of the North? And who so capable
# Judging of the wants and neCe ssites of his own
ZONE as the man who dwells therein! Whe so well
prepared TO Judge, nay, fashion for good the insti
utiOnG peculiar to our country and climate, Rs We
he Southern people: Yea, that very institution hal
owed by Heaven and cOnsecrated by TIME! That
that has cOnsecrated peace and been
he very wool of our existence as q nation! That !
which has built the mammoth cities of
bis great land! That institution which of all others
las done more to enable US people and cOnsum-
nate all that tends to enthrOne one of the
mighty empires of the earth 1t has been the treas
ire house from which every need has been supplied.
has been the source from which large ornaments
ave been drawn to walk the mystic waters of for
ign climes, 1t has been the indirect means and man
er of life to which all nations have made Obeisance.
l have said it has consecrated your peace, and
epeat it, though marshalled hosts tread this fair
AID and brother to brother stand in deadly array.
say It has given yOu power. Power has added re-
pert from all the nations Of the earth Your majes
? and strength have grown IN day from infancy
emo nifty and that through the very instrument
.llies that appear TO be 80 sad and threatening to
mis- our day and country. l contend, then, that
Divine Right that inspired the spirit of the
'youtiOn inherited by our sires has fallen tn US
lrir sons. They separated from the mother. We at
ST may initiate their worthy example when
auses similar and just require our &C
On When grievances that cannot be |