The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1861-03-30

Ut. ccwsru says ne supreme Court
also can revsrseiss jadgsnenss The people
Of the Unised States never can and sever
wiIl ascsps principles - Unconstitutional
and 20 ahharens. Never, never. Isl tho
coarss recede. Whether il recedss or nos,
we shall recognize she court aud thus re.
form is political sentiments and practices
T3lese are the aims ard Ohjests of this
psrsy. The question arises how arc they TO
effect il With Black Republican Pres
idens, . Black Republican Senate end House
Of Representatives,, nothing prevents its &C,
complishmeni al the next session Of Con.
grcss, and this they say they win and We
know they can do. But Whether they 70.
organize their ceurt or not upon the principle
Of the inaugural, the constitution Is what
the majariiy shall determine il to be. Whore
then is Onr hopes, much less our rights?
Nr. 4. said he did not expect this party
to pass any Ont,eSsoasly astounding laws;
bnt that Mr.. Seward had said that, "thc
interests Of the white race demand the ulti-
mate emancipation Of all men. Whether
that consunaation shall be allowed TO take
effect, with needful aud wisc precautions
against sudden change and disaster, or be
hurried on by violence, is all that remains
for you TO decide =
A few fanatics viii favor violence, but the
more wiley and artful win control aud pur.
sue different policy. By the patronage
of the government, they viii, as far as prac-
ticable, win and buy over the press and
Office holders, and make them first their
apologists, next TO approve the generaitit $
of the inaugural, and then the Chicago
platform; and when they have gone thus far,
the name of the Union party will be all that
separates, and as for that the loudest and
most unceasins clamorers for the Union in
all Congress, are the Black Republicans I,
Is the calculation of Mr.. Lincoln and his
party that many good, honest, patriotic citi-
zens of Tennessee are insensibly and .radu.
ally to glide into their party in this way,
and in this way an abolition party is to be
built up in the South This opinion was
greatly strengthened by the vote of Tonnes.
see, in refusing to call Convention. Mr.
T. said for himself, he had always repelled
such an idea, and that be relied upon the
intelligence and honesty Of the people Of
Tapnoccoa T., haar Iip,
!, That such was the hurried manner IL
which that election was gotten up that il.
Importance was not understood by the peo
pie, and that when well understood anC
considered, Tennessee would repudiate thi.
abolition government aud assert her ''cqual
ity in the Union or Independence out Of it. ;
That she (Tennessce) would never submit
/ to Lincoln's practical equality of all men.
That Tennessee was n white mans State
| whore the white man, however humble, wa
still white man, ard superior to a negro
that the God of Heaven had so created him
and that The history of the races from H.
most remote period to the present prove
this superiority. That if there was any on
man among us who believed the negro /
equal, such mln should 90 for Mr.. Lincol
\ and his government to have his opinion
sustained; but for those who hold themscIvc
= supcriors, they must look to those who hol
O like opinions, for mutual protection.
Holding such opinions of the people {
q Tennessee, Fir. T. had no fear of the future
e Tennessee would as surely come round rgl
V as the needle come to the pole. Ardcr
h love for the Union, and too confident b
r lief in the patriotism of the North had eau
n ed her to wait, But they who interpret h,
# waiting as a willingness to abide forey'
i under the rule of abolitiondom, will find Ct
~ a twelve months have passed, that they ha,
n ngcd her and misled themselves.
). In conclusion, Mr.. Thomas again returnt
- his thanks to bis constituents for the gene
n Gus confidence which they had repcsed
II him and for the patient attention whic
they had given him. lie had cndeavor,
a to detail the facts in the case and to su
m them up candidly and impartially; it is f
J. you, the people, to decide how. and wi
IL ycu will do.
m Such, in substance, was the speech
70 Mr.. Thomas. We have not pretended
,r give his exact words, but merely an outi
lie of his arguments. We repeat the wi
at made last week that every voter in t
O. county could have heard it.