Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-01-06
Resolutions of the Minority Committee,
Presented by !. J. EIcCanE, at the ieet-
ing on THURSDAY Night.

WHEREAS Our country has been the scene Of a
sectional controversy for the last forty years there
by directing the attention o. our Representatives
from the great commercial. agricultural industrial
ard mechanical pursuits of the country and believ-
inc that the Representatives Of the Southern States
have acted generally upon the defensive, therefore
be it
Resolped. By the working people Of Davidson
county irrespective of party, that while we cherish
the utmost confidence in the Constitution of the
United States in all of its original purity we deem
it expedient under existing circumstances, that It
should be so altered amended as to give to each
State in language which cannot be mlsconstrued
equal rights and privileges in the Union.
Fesoired That while view with regret the
disdair and contempt with which the propositions
which have been made by Southern menln Congress
have been rejected and that when we have appealed
TO their common justice and magnanlmlty our de-
mands have not been needed or listened to. IN the
judgment OF this meeting our Representatives should
ask no further quarter.
EeS0Ued. That while we would regret to see the
Government divided. discovered and dscordant,
unless some proposition cmanates from the people
of the North. and that soon. emOOdyng such amend
Fneuts to the Constitution VIII restore our once
Harmonious Republic TO all of Its original purity
and confidence, thereby protecting the leading pur-
SUITS of the country, that this Government Will and
Curhr "a be dissolved, and that we Will hold or
brethren of the North do other foreign nations,
enemies in war, in peace friends.
EeSllred That we approve OF the the conference
f Southern States 10 be held in the city of Balti-
more but in the Judgment Of this meeting it should
he held on the first Monday in February. in lieu of
the seventeenth of the month has been heretofore
uqoested and that the delegates from Tennessee be
instructed 10 cooperate with her southern sisters,
for veal or for woe and unless our rights not
,reSnected and protected by the Northern States in
the Territories and District Of Columbia, that we
secede in n body. demanding peaceable and equit-
able division of the assets andllablues Of the Cow
eminent. .
Rssoluei. That we view the doctrine OF coercion
ss the foreruuner of civil war, repngnant to our
feelings. finding no sympathy with us, and that we
will defend the fame and valor CT tennessee by re
stinp il at the lannon's mouth, and TO the last eA-
tremity. ,..1;.;, =. , ++aol
PeSol,,ed That II is unwise and impohuc TO attach
o.sre tn South Carolina and other States that may
socoJe ;nasnuch as they have gone OF IN search OF
mai nesce and security which cannot az present be
found IN the Union and which Is so loudly demand
ed by the people of Tennessee -
RssolreE That we regard the institution OF slavery
NJ social moral and religious blessing and that we,
the working men of Davidson county viii never
submit 10 Black Republican rule to deprive US Of
ur rights I'm Inc States Territories or the District OF
Columbia
Another resolution relative to relief to be afford
ell by the Legislature and requesting the resigna-
ton of the Federal collecting officers was offered,