Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-17
EE LEGISLATURES.
EXTRA SESSION.
SENATE.
WEDNESDAY. Jan. I6. 1861,
Senate met pursuant to aaiournmept.

3 Lincoln sufficient grounds for secession, and
condemning the doctrine of coercion.
The Senate Bill providing for the calling
OF State Convention was taken up on its
third reading, and
On motion of Mr.. Nash, the Bill was indef
niteiy postponed.
TIE Senate Bill regulating the Appraise-
ment Law was taken up on its third and
last reading. and passed.
Dir. Bradford entered a motion TO reconsid
er the vote passing the Bill.
} The HOusc Bill providing for the calling oil
State Convention Came up on It's third aud
last reading.
Mr.. StokrIy moved to amend so as to re-
qui.e the officers to give thirty days notice
of the election Tor voting upon such action
OF the Convention as may be submitted to
the people
MIR. Stokes urged the adoption of the
amendment on the grounds that the people
should have time to reflect upon the ques-
tons submitted to them, that they mi : bit
the more surely arrive at a wise and virtuous
dicisiou. II We can not, said Mr.. Stokes. pre-
serve the UHion-if we must tear down the
temple of our nationality. let not do it By
jumps and jerks and starts of pOpu-
lar sentiment, but rather by calm aid
| dispassionate action. There were those Who
would pull down in an hour this broad fabric
which required seventy years to upbuid.
| They are cTowding upon a single page OF
| history the events of halt century. When
| the people are called upon TO determine the
color OF these events, they should have time
| TO r, fleet; time to become familiar with the
questions submitted to them; time to enable
| all TO learn when and where they are called
upon to speak; and how it is best to speak
The masses may be maddened by the pa
| siuus of the hour, but when they have had
| time to reflect, they seldom act wrong. He
appealed 10 Senators in the name of their
| constituency To throw obstacle Ia the way
| Of submitting the action of the Convention
| TO the people and giving them ample time to
render their Judgment.
Mr.. Payne Jed amendment Uaking it
the duty of officers to give notice as in other
| elections.
Mr.. Trimble suggested that the Bill and
the gu stiou of It's amendment be submitted
To special committee composed of Messrs.
Stokes and Lane.
NJ .ssrs. Stokely and Payne withdrew their
amendments, when,
On motion OF Mr.. TrimbIe, the committee
was raised. aud tue Bill T, fcrred TO Ihem
Resolutions reported by the j tint Select
Committee On Fede. al Rel ons we've
taken up. and
Mr.. Payne moved an amendment declar-
ing that 10y the appointment of w. Ii. Srward
d. The Leading member Of LincuIn;s Cabinet,
all hope of Al settlement of the difficulties
'-AlStluS O~thGGA the NOEi anu tue OUutu
Was IUsl.
Pending his motion Mr.. Payne addressed
the ScuaIe at length on our Federal rela-
tons. After a few introductory remarks in
which he pronounced the Union dissolved |
he took up he subject OF anti-slaVery agita- |
ton. He said it did not begin with The Mis- |
sOuIi COmprOmiSe. He said it was coeVal |
with the Republic, and had been going on |
aud increasing aud spreading until now il /
ShahgWS Ire. whole u;4tIO1t tho
of DISSOLUTION. He read extracts from The.
Olive Branch 10 show that DIsuuiun foo |
was no new Ictrine. Here, be said W..
have the i-sUe of disunion on the slavery |
O iestiuu tendeTed us lar back as I779 |
The fist school geography ever printed in tue
United States, by JededIah Muss, Was tinct-
ure ed with AboIiiiUui-m. Thus The war upon
the South Was cODimrnced III The early bi>to-
ry IF the Coufede a;y. Aooltionism reared
IT'S Hydra h. ad when Missouri applied for
admission iuto the Union and drove consli- /
tutoual justice from the halls of Congress |
When she applied second time she came in |
reeking with the odor of free negroes and
with the brand of inieriority and shame upon
her brow. The question had at last bee n /
narrowed down uutS the great issue of sub
mission TO Abolition rule, or resistance and
separate Independence and nationality was |
upon Us. He spoke of the ISLANDERS that had
been heaped upon the South by all classes ut
the Morrill, from the minister TO the dema-
gOgue. They regarded the negro as the
equal of the white man. and SO long as that
was the case the Fugitive Slave Law never
would be executed. They had stepped their
souls in perjury and trampled upon the
rights of the South by their L berry Bill
We had waited in vain Tor them TO come to
the sober second thought. Finaticism knew
no sober second thought. Time and again
had they been appealed TO against their viii
famous outrages upon the South, but i'll
vain
The vice of Aboltionism, said Mr.. P, is
shown by the ballot box to BE- ingram in the
people of the North. They had abolished
slavery there and had 10 fear of it here.
They had no right to say we should not ira
vel with our servants among them. A voice
reverberates from their hills which tells us
there is no peace, and yet we are told that
we must bOw-must wait; must wait till Lin |
coin is converted. and orr rights are granted
us. He read from the Chicago platform, to |
show that Lincoln recognizes the equality oil |
the negro race, and asked, where is the
Southern man that is willing to live under
an administration holding that doctrine?
Dur ng MIR. Payne's r-marks a written
message was received from the Governor re-
a suspension of the Sinking |
Fund Law for the benefit Of the Railroads Oi |
tie State.
On motion of Mr.. Trimble IS copies of the
were ordered to b. printed, aud |
committee of five was raised to whom the |
message was referred.
Mr. Payne resumed. He said the first at
tempt at a Observation-Disclosures of the question
whether the South Is to have her ighIs und r |
he Constitution was had in 1856 and it Wa
lecided agains: her, and now the black fl ~ OF
be abOliIiOnist waves over the Federal Cap
tOl, and bis Nandal hand is laid upon the
acred emblems of cur nationality, the re-
ult OF his triumph in 1850. AbOitiOnsm
lad overruled the decisions of the Supreme
court. and trodden them in the dust. Lin
,Uln was nominated, not iIecaus-: he was a
statesman. bat because of his doctrine OF the d
Conflict Mr. P. read extracts t
rom Lincoln speech at Springfield in 1858.
wherein. said he. that doctrine Is enunciaIed
rhat conflict" of the President elect OF what
rds h. United SlaIes Was to be continued | ?
or he equality OF the negro. Mr~P. dWell f
Il length upon Lincoln's anti-slavery doc c
rines. He said every man at the South was il
practically ve-hUldpr-that The humblest | 5
vas interested in its perpetuation.
Before concluding his rema Ks, Mr.. PAYNE o
ave way TO motion to adjourn, pending Il
which
MIR. Hildreth offered resolution for the
elief OF john w. Adams, and
The Speaker announced as the Committee |
n :he Governors Message Messrs Trimble. 8
'radfOrd. Johnson. Peters aud Richardson 5
Aud The Senate adjourned till 10 clock
O-mOrIOW.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
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