Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-01-27
REMARKS OF
HON. r.. G. PAYNE
fooscsUDED.1
IN THE SENATE, JAxuAnY II, 1861.

In The SENATE, JANUARY III toei'
IeoscsUDED.l
Il urged, too, that we must not be peremPtory
in our demands nor expect justice 70 DO done US st
once. When did any people amidst the throes
and commissions Of revolution, take counsel from
the teachings of procrsstination, or even expect
justice from those who had driven taem INTO revo-
luton. Are we, ask, to risk another panic, ana
see trade ana commerce laid once more in ruin in
the vain hope Of justice from men who mock at our
complaints denounce us as traitors and answer our
demands for redress by contemptuously throwing |
down the gauntlet of defancel Mast We welt ior
The political conversion Of fanatical tyrants IKE
Seward and Lincoln, and permit the peaa 1au:l
south. on all its bor6ers, to be invaded by their
worse than pratorian basas, bent upon the ae-
sfruotion of its property and It's rights ss Tree
country? Shall we hesitate, like crsuchlng slaves,
to assert our rights before God and the Esric ioek
for help from those who hate the master ana sseal
the slave? Must we agree upon the time Tor action
after our ensInies shall have spread over our aSp
their lessons of instruction, and the blazing dwell
ins of our people form the beacon lights that gulae
the steps of serye forces on totne work OF destn
by abolition leaders, Let the South delay II
she dare and in a few years ehe VIII DC as pow
erless for resistance as the dying lawn, II sue
crushing folds of the anaconda. This noble, but
outraged section may attempt resistance a. some
fnturs dav Int 1t will find the reward Tor us
Motley, that its rights gone the door sls OF lts
-peopie are stepped in the blood OF Its women anu
Children while the bodies Of the unfortunate mas
ter and his misguided slave lie rotting arouho ls
deserted and grass grown helds:
Good men among us talk Of the remedies OF the
country fear sir there is no remedy that can DC CD
tanned save that which lies in the streng arms ana
brave hearts of Southern freemen 1t promises no
ooodto make more stringent the provisions OF tae
slave law; that law good enough as 1t is
find me a remedy against mobs and Underground
railroads that will defeat its operation IL VIII DOT
answer mainly tc repeal personal liberty bls' uhoer
the pressure of famine among The free laoorers OF
| the North; these men forced BY staryanon 10 MAKE
! concessions would upon return of plenty, be more
hostile than ever The Constitution as 1t nov STANDS,
would be q sufficient protection among people Will
inc TO do right; only a change IN the Instrument
that would give the South the control OF lis own
domestic institutions or place IN It's hsnos an un,
| qualified negative upon sectlonGt ieSislsnon, VIII
sver Guard II from Northern aggressiOns. The re-
forms contemplated by our resolves II granted wiz
not can not reach the evils complained OF any more
than the healing application Of plaster; when
| the whole system is q mass OF dlsease, We must
have Constitutional protection against Vltlated
NorIhern sentiment or that sentiment must itself
hpscbanped This latter is impossible, and The Tor
mer is scarcely to be hoped for or expected Some
NJ our people we're even hopeful enough to think
Seward would tender concessions to the South. we
have seen his speech, it IS full Of generaItes ana
If hypocritieal professions do any good, we have
tben. we are comforted too with the assurance
from the champion of the higher law, that he IS
ready and willing TO concede airy thing, but : MS
PRIECIPLEs."
NAV not inouire sir, why is it that the South
has met with so much of unklndness from peopie
whose honor she has defended whose fortunes sie
has helped to build up and with whom she mas trleo
: 40 long to live in relations OF fraternal KIND
nessf Cuba and Brazil are foreign countries; When
inquire did a Northern vessel ever bear slaVs
from their shores to the dear embraces OF freedom
| NorthprD found upOl
the sugar plantations Of Cuba, or the coffee estate
of Brazil melting the slave TO insurrecon or decoy
| ING HIM from the control OF his master! NO soone
however, does Yankee schooner land IN one OF GU
Southern ports than the argus eyes OF the police ar
| fixed upon the Captain and his crew. II Enghsh
men, by the sanction and approval OF their govern
rnen were to commit one tenth part OF the outrages
that have been perpetrated by the Moth, the re
II right hand of war would long since have been II
= yoked in our defense. But when Northerners ASA
e Ms and wrest from us the protecting shield OF IN
Constitution the craven cry OF SUBMISSION s fSSee
and the assertors of violated rights are denounced
D. traitors and rebels. ask SIR II II Is unreasonapi
IL that the people of the South shall demand the sam
measure of Justice from their brethren that IS give
to foreigners and strangers? Shall they quietly SUI
NIT to treatment the part sister States that
n form lust grounds of against any other peop
Ifso If submission be duty. then the Consttuuo
* a mere deluslon and the Union, cheat and
"a swindle. ~,
ir The head of the serpent abolitionism is Ne,
8. England and Boston, which claims to be the GRAD
ID of American Independence, has beer the nursln
to mother of this insatiate monster.
!" The people OF our generation Mr. Speaker, are 10
a. messed by the peculiar characteristics OF tho>
ie which preceded them. The people OF South Gar
ne lima in their bold and decided course OF acuon ON
" exhibit the spirit of their Hugenot ancestors The
II founders of that State struggled for liberty OF COZ
IL science upon the battle fields of France ard VINE
y borne down. joyfuily encountered the hardshps
i'll exile and poverty rather than submit TO oppressio
/ rr -4E hr,A
b ready TO repel the upon the
~ own always paid marked respect to the rights
- Others These noble and high-born impulses, ma
sometimes have led them into precipltancy but Inc
nc never descended TO acts of meanness. Tbs d
scendants of the present descendants Of this mob
hand are the exact representatives OF their ance
10 tors II is foolish to imagine, as some would ha
us do that John c. Calhoun hs1 any hand IN toru
Ie ing the character giving tone to the people
Ei' South Carolina. Such thing never was aeco1
eF plished bv any man. The Saviour Of the Wori
IN with agencies and influences welded only By hlI
w self but still appealing 10 man as man, could
re- nould single village or city, or even the Iwel
ey Apostles, into che perfect Christian character
IN Calhoun, be, it said, was Carohnlan amor
sn Carolinians; he partook of the impulses that an
~ mated his countrymen he LED because he was III
est them and vas possessed of superior intellect, u
laS furnished morals, and lofty patriotism.
-se Again sir, in illustration Of the idea just q
CO. vanced, remark that the cavalier settlers OF Il
Old Dominion we're sdashing, high-tonei gener
ey ton of men, proud of their blood and fond OF go
III | living The children of these "6rst families q
q faithful reflex Of their sires.
ny So too of New England. The Pilgrim Eathe
~ fed from persecution, as did the French Hugeno
;, but they landed on Plymouth Rock singing psalm
y T. making Icing prayers and with peculiar unctl
~, TS thanking God they were not as other men, .
were ths chosen few whose practices and doctrin
81 formed The STANDARD of christian life, while all "
1e differed herewith were heretics and infdels, wort
.sS of the fagot and the fame. The hrst frame Wo
of ths:r government, was attempted to be eonstFu
sue ed out Of the i'll adapted machinery o! the Bib
~ that looked to another and totally different orga
er cation Their code of laws vas but their Own p
eH yerted construction of Biblical teachings and ID
NC sedulously labored TO bend the human conscler
~ and Judgment TO their own contracted rules Of
Iginn ard politics. Their government sought
= each both human actions and conscience, as leg
mate objects If control This fsnatical and restl
On jnterference vita other peoples business IS
ms characteristic of the New Ehgiander to day, al
ks was of his ancestors when they arst 4a,.ded
the Plvmoth Rock. 1t will and must continue, IN sp
of al that can be accomplished by the arts Q
scienees,
ktope time nc are Informed that the colony
Massachusetts yes Mortified at the heresies 0
Baptist minister, and forTith he and ms no
including men, woman, ana chilGIea, SeTe arn
into the wilderness, to suffer or d!e frog expos
TO the rjpors of New England winter. Agaln g.
an,onr the faithful and from the invigorsting
erciee of chasing and whipping the Baptists Il
sapstimonieusly dedicate their labOrs to the ca
of true sesi sion by burning the hereticai Quake
raj This fanadcal spirit exhibits itself in ano
ar generation. in the siersue task OF
Mr. Iiavnr the cslony from the spells of wit
en- o-aft. This terrible infection being upon. tn
ling We find at once, that governors, legislat
leS and preachers, are theoretically engaged in cat
has ing and hanging a.! the decrepit, and ugly old
eta men thu. lived among them
lsti- r. ronpined however for the present general
sign NJ nurans to oustrip their ancestors, and to
to higher degrees Of fauaticism than their qua
Ell burning and witch hanging prOgeritors had b
It's able to attain It true, tbst the psalm sing
any saints at later period, had displayed their sg
tied or,;rort degree nv stealing negroes upon
not - - hfrica and selling them into slavery;
Sc i - less true that when that occupation was GO
'ow that they Evidenced their sincere repentance bef
ates God, By ste cling taeE again from their owners