Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-04-24

The Meeting Last Nt9ht-SPeeches Dy
Hon. John Bell and others-Enant-
NOUS feeling of Resistance to Mr..
Lincoln,s War Of Snbjugation.
It having been made known that Hon. JOIN
BELL would address the people at the Court
House last night on the condition of public
spoke for about three quarters of an hour,
stating in effect that so far as present duties
and responsibilities are concerned the past is
sealed book. The time for action and
unity of action in the South had arrived, and
he was for standing by the South and defend
ing the South. ali the South, against the un-
necessary, aggressive, cruel, unjust and wan
ton war which is being forced upon US. He
recounted at some length the efforts which
he had made in the past and especially with
the present administration to avert this war,
and the hopes he had cherished for the pres
ervation of peace but those hopes had now
vanished and our duty was to defend our
selves, and to make common cause with all
our sister slave-holding States of the South
against common invading foe. He advo-
coted strong and effective military league
or union among all the slaveholding States
for the successful prosecution of the war !;
but declined to ditcuss the question relating
to the time and manner and character of q
political connection, which he considered
more appropriate for future time. He was
for arming the State and organizing and
equipping the militia in the amplest and most
effective way possible under the circumstan-
ces.
Mr.. BELL was followed by Hon. EDWIN IL.
EWING, who declared that in his opinion the
Union between the North and the South was
at an end forever, and he had no hope Of its
restoration. He regarded this as war of
subjugatIon, and he would never consent to
such a domination as was attempted to be
established over US. He was for q most Wig
orous prosecution of the war. He denied
that the Federal Administration is the United
States of America, or that Washington was
their rightful seat of Government. The Dis
trict of Columbia was carved out of Southern
territory, and they ought not to be permitted
to hold an island in our own country. He was
ton among all the States of the South under
any military leader who was best qualified to
lead them. He said that though Mr.. JEFFER-
son DAVIS had not been a favorite with him
as a politician, he believed him to be as able
and competent a military commander as
there is in the South, and he was for march
ing under him or any other man against the
invaders OF Southern soil. His cry was "to
armsI to arms.p not only to resist the inva-
sion of our own soil but that of any of the
Southern States. He had no thought of ac-
cepting the poor privilege of being swallow
ed up last.
Hon. ANDREW EWING followed, declaring
in the strongest and most emphatic terms
for resistance to the attempted subjugation
of the South. He was for the whole South
standing as unit.
Hon. p. G. PAYNE, of Memphis, was next
called upon and delivered a glowing appeal
for earnest and prompt resistance in the pre-
sent war He spoke at some length of the
unanimity of sentiment pervading all classes
in West Tennessee We were compelled to
leave before he concluded.
The speeches were all spplauded to the
echo, and the sentiment of this Division of
the State may be regarded as unanimous for
resistance The excitement and enthusiasm
are undated and all-pervading.