Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-11
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1AssSTS. htfsTf: Tire people OF the North are not
ssaging war for love Of the Negro, as some mag
inc; nor for the restoration Of the Union for the
bake OF the Union, as they hypocritieally publish
to the world; but to overthrow constitutional lib.
erty, and to establish the agrsrian doctrine, that
(thP rights OF property may be destroyed without
compensation. These are the objects that the
greater number of them, the Jewellers, have at
heart. Ths mobocrats and The monarehists
| joined forces in the accomplishment of these
designs, but with different Interior views
for while the one desires the rule without restraint
Of the many the other is in hopes that the anarchy
which must necessarily follow their aggressive acts
may afford the means Of overthrOWing Republican
ism in America, and of building up despotism in
its stead They seized upon the negro in the first
instance, as fit instrument with which to execute
their plans, for under pretense Of philanthropy,
and of promoting the cause of human freedom, they
thought to abolish slavery by numerical msjOrities
and thereby to set aside the Constitution and to de-
stroy the rights of property withsut compensation.
Therefore it is they raised the cry Of freedom to
the slave" and succeeded 10 forming party sufei-
ent to oveFwhelm all Others and in electng to the
Presidency q man pledged to carry out their
schemes. This caused the dissolution Of the Union,
and they were thereby deprived of the means of
arriving at their ends in the manner they had pro
posed to themselves for there being no negroes 10
the North to SET free, their argument was gone
But being determined not to be fooled, they refused
to recognize the right of secession, and resolved to
make war upon the South And now, under
the plea Of restoring the UniOn-they hope to &C
complish directly by the force of arms-what they
expected to effect indirectly and covertly, before
the separation of the Ststes-by numerical ma joTi
ties-for to restore the Union by force, not only
the Constitution, but every vestge of constitutional
freedom must be trampled in the dust. Read the
rallying cry, ''The Union must and shall be pre-
served"
Their pretexts have changed, but their pur
poses are the same Doubtless both parties
would still abolish slavery if they could
The red-republcsns, to degrade the people
of the South, politically and socially, and to
establish their Jacobinical and Agrarian ideas,
and to CRAFTY their malice for they hate the South
for the reason that vice is antsgOnistc TO virtue
falsehood to truth, and inferiority to superiority
The Monarchists, because they know that such ex-
eesses necessarily lead to despotsm and not for the
cake of the negro, nor to promote the cause Of
human freedom, as they would have us believe for
erything in the Yankee character and in the his,
tory of that nation, well all tie attendant cir>
cumstances of this contest forbid such conclusion
They would also restore the Union if they could,
but not on account Of any great affection they have
for it, as the records of the past sufficiently demon
srate, but because they wish to continue the South
e-n people in their state of commercial dependence
upon them. Let no one be deceived as to the obs
Jects Of the waged by the Lincolnites upon the
Confederate States. Il is essentially struggle on
one side to destroy consht ztional liberty and on
the other to preserve it, and while the people of the
South fighting for national freedom and for pro
lection to property, it is not for any of our
rights incident such freedom, but for ALL nor for
protection to any one kind Of property GoHs-but to
every species Of property Sir, if we suffer any one
of our rights to be njustly wrested from US, why
may we not by the same agency be deprived Of
them ALL and if we may be illegally despoiled of
one kind of property-why may We not by the |
same means be robbed of another? Suppose after |
the election of LncoLS, we had remained in the |
URon, and submitted to the doctrine that slave |
property could have been destroyed by the will Of
maj orty let it have been either by indireetiOn or
direction, what surity would we have had that our
rights in any other species Of property would have
been respected? Why might not property in lands, |
bank stock, etc have been destroyed well by the
same means? l see no reason 1t is true the North
ern people denied the right of property in slaves
and hence the futliy of any compromise that could
have been made with them. But this denial was
only mask, behind which to conceal their pur.
? Jsea, for it known of all the world that such
right did exist in the Southern States, and was
by the Constitution and courts
Of the Federal Government, 81 well as by
the Constitution and courts Of thess States.
Besides to destroy property without compensation,
is right which belongs to no Government Got even
the most despotie, and the power TO do So, can
not be exercised with immunity by any. For man
kind in forming the social compact, and in iasa
.uting Governments do not yield such rights. 80
shen, tie Confederate States waging war for all
The rights of Constitutional freedom-and for the
broad principle protection 70 all kinds of property
md for independence, PoiiEsE and commercial
let suppose them that he is under legs oblga-
IONS to bear the burdens of our war than 0the-e, !
"a the contrary, every man in the South, who de-
eryes to be free AID to FeceiTs the protection of
lac Government, should submit to its sacrifices and
contribute to its successful TERMINATION each one in
lis proper Sphsre according to his ability. Let
lin be stakeholder STAKEHOLDER, rich or poor