Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-10

ing and non-slaveholding states. ana tel
him 1t is executed eBuy dag, or nearly every
day. It is so common an occurrence tnat IL
does not even collect mob OF six men to
look at IL. II lie in constant operation.
Then. we are told that there are mobs.
How manyf There never was but one mob
in the State which have the honor to rep
resent. and that was in the northern portion
of Ii. and those very men were indicted and
fined and imprisoned; and when they were
brought before five Republican judges, claim
ing that their imprisonment was illegal,
those judges remandsd them to prison.
know It is extremely distasteful to those
who are run mad after disunionism, for any
Southern man to defend the North against
any charge, however false and atrocious.
We are the apologists of the Black Republi-
cans, in their estimation, if we shall have the
honesty to take up and repel any Islander
which may be set afoat by designing men,
with view of alternating one section OF the
Union from the other. Another passage in
the same debate: JEFF Davis had something to
say of the Governor of Ohio, thus:
The newspapers have brought Us from time
to time, the declarations of men whs are
| seeking popular favor by declarations most
| hostile to the constitutional rights OF the
South, in relation to their property in slaves
| The very Governor who has been drawn into
/ this controversy has been represented as
| proclaiming that not one fugitive should be
| delivered from his State until the whole mil.
/ itary mower of the State had been exhausted
| in protecting him.
| Mr.. Wade-He has denied that over and
/ over again.
| Mr.. Davis-Then I hope he is not guilty
| The charge / have seen repeated so often
that took it to be true. l am glad to kno"
nov, that there is - doubt as TO III
truth 1 had, myself, Mr.. President, desire
might almost say hope. that Senators repre-
| senting constituencies holding opinions pfi'cf
had led certain of the States to look 10 e1 cor'd,
ton, as one ,cioh necessory implied them to seen
their safety o.e of the Union, would here inform
US if we are mistaken.
Are We about to secede from the Union
to break up the best governmental the world
lon a uuistaks7 The digni6ed, might al
most say patriotic, Senator from Mississippi
had desire-he could almost say hope
"that Senators representing constituencies
holding OPINIONS lrhich had led certain States t.
look 10 their condition, as one srhieh NECESSARILY
npELLEp THEM. TO SEEK THEIR SAFETY
OFT OF THE UNION. .could here INFORM c:
IF WE ARE MISTAKEN" This is exceeding
ly interesting. do most truly and earnestly
ioip the Senator in the desire which he had
even If it should assume the nature OF
hope, that if in the contemplation OF the In
tolerable oppressionswhich are about to drive
us into revolution, we have been mistaken
some kind mediator may 'infOrm u.s. o
the fact. Suppose our fathers had wound
m the Declaration of Independence
after detailing the many wrongs ane
expressions which the Government o
George the Third had heaped upoI
the colonies, thus: "These charges we have
seen and heard repeated so often, that W.
take them to be true. We are glad to know
however, that there is some doubt as to theil
truth, and We may say, that we have al
along had desire, we might almost say
hone. that those who are authorized to speaE
for the present King of Great Britain, see
ing that he holds certain opinions which
have led the colonies to look to their condi
ton as one which necessarily impelled then
to seek their safety outside of his dominion
to inform us if we were mistaken"
But l forbear, cannot do Justice to tht
subject. As none of us who live in TENNESSEE
and Kentucky can obtain credence with tn
people of the Cotton States, 1 suggest tina
the convention which is soon to assemble IL
Milledgeville, shall appoint commission
men whom your people can all believe, t.
visit the border, and if possible to End on
the truth, and how far,if at all, we have beef
mistaken The unvaecinated convention
of the Palmetto State will not stop to max
any ing liries; bat we expect better things Q
your people. Respectfully 81 L.
NASHVILLE, Dec. 1860.
P. S.@Sinee the above was written lint
the following paragraph in the Louisviil
| Journal:
FuGTTIyE SLAyES.-The United States au
| thorities the Southern District OF ONO
state that every fugitive slave arrested, dun
ing the past three years. has been remande.
into servitude; not one has been discharged
That is no startling announcement to u
who have opportunities of knowing. Bu
your people will not believe it. Your news
| papers will not let them believe 1t. Agar
then 1 call, in the name of common decencJ
| for tho Investigating commission. J. l..