Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-13


~ 5S5sads: an not for var but ever f.e psaes.
Bat 80 an only measure for peace no1 an tor war
20 the bitter end Rather thaa ics-rs the standard
Of justice, would Be eashrepksd IL its folds Let
memories Of the past and the name Of freerlen % 20
more, rather than say the hAils6sd incentives Of
eighty five long years have passed away and the
aufnciencT Of life become extinct where With man
clothes himself In right divine to loo 70 Heaven
10 ooeisenee 70 The condition that is and kiss mother
Esth In alteration to the good she hears. protect
from pollution the home made sacred By he worth
Of It's fathers Mol rather let your mountains
moulaeF away and these riVulets become seas of
| blood, than allow such unworthy currents Of
thought to trespass upon your feelings and ignore
your loyalty TO truth and reason. Let justice be
no more, and shame write her insignia upon her
/ b oE, wherewith the tyrant and the slave may en-
snsFe for the capture aad the good, chan so belle
our origin and destiny
There is but issue, one question M friends and
eountrymen. and that ia. Will we bare our necks
as slaves or resist as freemen Whatever may be
the merits pecuarities OF people or the cUndi-
ton of country where diverse interests and antsg
Onisms exist that may prompt their action, Il mat
teFs not There IS one thing most clear and must
come hume to the mind of every one before me-
That is We have desired peace and sought it in
every honorable way. And what Is our condition
to day. and the history Of the past q result We
have made overtures for peace and have esked re-
dress for grievances that could not be bourne. We
have sought protection from the threatening storm
in every conceivable form that the Constitution and
Law could devise. We have asked equal protection
for our lives and property; nothing more. When
this could not be had have desired, sought
and pursued every conceivable way by which
peacable and amicable separation might
be had. We have done this after repeated
appeals for redress from existing sgressions and
accumulatiBg dangers. Our Representatives, eur
Senators. while holding the olive branch in one
hand and just and equitable balance in the other,
have been tainted and jeeTed with the fall Of the
Nation. While this has become inef ctual, and the
result has only proved how little was 70 be gained
by such course, we have been forced to assume,
to say the least the attitude Of men desiring be
protected by common hand. to sustain a National
Power of which we form part, may say the
greater part-fOP the revenues OF the Government
have been mostly derived IRON the exports It the
Snuthern States. Driven away from our common
u Ternment we could but stand with the people
whose rights in common we hold IN the sacrt dness
OF solemn obligation and kindred ties. But
event follows event, what comes next! We fad
Commissioners were appointed by the Southern
States to adjust all matters of difference upon
honorable and equitable terms let the balance be
wherever it might for US or against US. The
treatment Of this effort was in keeping with all
that ha gone before far as any manif station on
tAerr part to do US justice was concerned
L ssk every sane man. what more could
have been done to spare the shedding Of
blood and TO save US from the horrors of
war! With whom, then. does the responsl bity
rest? We have done no man harm. We have in
lSflSTeu WIN NJ man FISlI, property or freedom.
They have invaded our homes desolated our land
burnt our dwellings. devastated our fields and be
it not told and let the crimson blush Of shame not
only mantle their cheek but deaden their souls in
view of the fact-they have violated Southern wo-
men, and that in the name Of Freedom In the
name of God, then let US have more. In view
of such undenisble facts and results can we not
be one people, inspired by one hope actual by
one unalterable VOW and determination to succeed
or perish: Can we suffer insOlence 10 90 un
rewarded, with our homes deseerated and
our honor blighted FREsHEN OF TENNESSEE. |
arouse from yodr slumber and let the
clarion notes Of be attuned TO every praise that
shall ascend rom your family affairs! Let truth,
virtue and mOdesty wave in triumph DER fer
tile tclts, sni let this happy land once more regain
its wont5d Jubi Of peace and the of DESC
lstion be hear more Let our tOmbs il need be,
become treasury 70 our ancestry from which they
may draw in deeds OF emulation DER all time 70
come. With it Hope will shed her munidcenI rays |
er the darkest cloud that could eer arise 10 I'M
pede the ship Of State in her onward way, where |
With generations yet to come may course the IN
seen path Of empire Ger our happy land and coun-
try. Then let US be as One thought one
feeling one hope one end with grave to entOmb
Us all, or by Gods help hold still CoUNTRY SAvED!