Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-06-06

Saturday, reader. if you are a voter in
Tennessee. you will be called upon to ex.r
else the right of suffrage in the most impur
tsst election ever held in the State. The
Government, under whose protection you
have lived and prospered. has been converted
into an instrnment of oppression and tyran-
nv. and like the men of revolutionary mrmo
ry-ihe heroes of 76-you are to determine
whether you will submit to its degr ding au-
thCrity, or throw of it's " ke. and assert your
independence and fire, dom Y"u are not
now engaged 10 pArfiztn contest, for the
elevation or tue ovsrIhrow of parties and
party mrn-you are to decide whether yOr
will be fre-men or slavrs-freemsn. enjoying
your rights. under such government "a you
may prefer: or slaves to sectional fanati-
cism which respects neither constitutional
legal.nor moral obligations. bat grasps at all
authority. and seeks to establish despoiism
upon the ruins of the free institutions be-
qu~ath"d 10 you by your forefaihers. In
crisis of this natare-so momentnus in it's
consequence pray you to be cool, calm.
resnlnt-, and determined The day for ex
element has passed-the time foe deliberate
there should be no division of sentiment, if
we could all stand together and exhibit to
the world such a spectacle of union and in
vincible courage and determination as has
never yet been seen. But, We do not hope
for this. There are those in our midst. who
either from ignorance. passion, prejudice, or
desire to aid our enemies, still pre-
fess to believe that our troubles will
pass away and our rights be secured
and protected in the Union. The voice of
the ballot-box will make known The will Of
the msjority. and that will must be enforced
All must acquiesce. But why should there
be any opposition 10 what must be known by
every man of ordinary sense to be the deter
mination of the great body of the people,
Revolutions. we are told, never go back
wards; neither caa they be checked. when
fairly, as ours is. In progress. Those who
throw themselves in the say are sure to be
crushed The mfsfCrtune here il, that al
though the opposition will be overwhelmed.
their course makes them 9 bzFiy against ihe
majority and in favor of the FEDERAL Gov
eminent which drnounces us as insurseerion-
isis and traitors liable to the penalties of
treason. In this view they become our enc
mics, whether they wish TO be SO considered
or not, and their action an inv tation to the
Government to invade and subdue us. They
may not, the greater portion Of them, mean
Us any harm,-we do not believe they do
but the result of their action cannot bs 9TH
erwise than harmful. unless, when beaten at
the polls, they submit and stand by and de-
fend the determination of the State. In the
midst of revolution and war, no people can be
safe. that tolerate an enemy in their midst.
whether that enemy be open or disguised, real
OF only seeming. II follows therefore, that
when Tennessee has spoken. her wishes must
prevail; hef people must be united as ore
man. But sby can We not avoid all future
unplsssant feelings, all tFoubles amongst
ourselves. by q thorough, hearty cooperation
of ssssy voter 10 behalf Of IndsPendepcs,