Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-04-21
The Border states.

The Cincinnati Gazstte, one Of the peace organs Of
the present peace Administration, proposes as its
plan for restoring peace 70 the country. that the
border slave States, if they will no: fight for Lin
unmolested, to invade, with his Black Republican
armies. sister States Of the Southern Confede
rsey, to devastate their territory with the ravages
Of war, to involve them in the horrors Of servile
nsurrectlon TO surrender their wives and children
to the pitiless cruelties Of demons IN human shape
TO the unrestrzined license OF lust and murder. and
70 crush out beneath the conqGering tread Of the
fanatical cohorts Of the North the liberties Of gall
laht people.
The Gassts assures the border States that if they
viii but consent to this arrangement the rebels win
soon be crushed and peace restored and to induce
them to assent, il effers them both a threat and
bribe-if they refuse, they must fight the adjoining
free States II they consent then the = North viii
generously and magnanimOusly eoncede 20 thsm all
We tell the peace loving Gazette. which proposed
not long since az another peace plan, to cut away
the levees Of the Mississippi, and inundate our
fruitful valley, that we despse its threat and spurn
its bribe
Deprecating war and earnestly desiring peace,
and having labored and borne much in the hope Of
preserving harmony, the border States are now
united in the resolve 60 resist TO the last
tremity and with all their power the attempt Of
Lincoln either TO eoerce the Confederate States or
TO invade their own territory. Not single Black
Republican soldier viii be permitted to set his
foot upon their soil NithOut fight; and they viii
make common cause ith their Southern brethren,
in this war waged against them by a common en-
emy-they will share their fortunes and their fate,
whether for veal or woe. From heneeforth the
fifteen slave States of the South and indi-
visible. bound together in an inseparable Union in
war and in peace
As to the bribe offered by the Gasess to the bor-
der States as the price Of their abAndoumsnt Of
their Southern brethren-the concession by the
North of their rghts-it Will be received with de-
rision and contempt. This Black Republican or
gan inadvertently admits that the North Is now
Withholding our rights, but assures Us she viii
most generously and magnzT imOusly give rs our
own, if we will but help her to plunder and des-
troy sister States of the South IL is the free
booter, the highway robber. who talks aOeut gen
erosity and msgnanimity when he restores 20 bis
victim portion of the booty Of which he has rob
bed him. An honest man makes no such boast
when he simply gives to his neghbor his own; bat
these Black Republicans have become go stepped in
rascality, so accustomed to plunder the South. 10
trample upon their ghts, that they have come
TO regard it as most meritorOus act their part,
to concede to as any Of cur rights, and they now
want u.s. Of the border States 70 pay them tor doing
so. But if the border States base and treaeh-
erous enough to form such unnatural and unhOly
alliance with the enemies OF the South, they know too
well what black republican promises and professions
are worth The present lying and treaensr0us Ad-
has sufficiently entertained and gulled
the border States, with ts hOnied words OF deceit;
u mas only kept tne WOru Oi PrOlniSe W tHe sN "
break il TO the hope' taey no longer to be de-
ceived by its lying professions
The border States sor the sake Of the Union and
Of peace have petiti0ned and entreated the North
10 cOncede to them their constitutional rights; but
he day for such humii1ng entreaty is past forever.
We have now resolved TO tdts our rights and 70 be-
come the sole guardians of them ourselves. We
ask no concessions from the North. The tardy and
Ieceitful offer Of such concessions at This late hour
from the Black Republicans, with contempt and
corn Henceforth, if they despoi US Of our rights,
{ will be by open force. not under cover Of the
,rosttuted forms OF violated ConstitunOn.-Menl-
his AreLdache.