Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-03-22

M. NELSON. NJ. c. from the First Congressional
Distr;st has written letter touching upon the COZ
ditson and prospects Of the country. We knou
nal haw to account for the entire absence OF
ststesmsnship in the letter Of Mr. Nelson, except
by reason of his suffering under his sOd cenPlain''
bronchitis." Mr. n. begins By saying tns' 'h'
ceRwrr SEWARD amendment to the Constitution
s.to forever prevent any amendment Of that iIsru-
ment interfering with the relation Of slavery IN INC
etates' viii IL ratified, remOve the only real grouno
of apprehension In the slave States" II tns' DC
Mr.. NELsos's settled Judgment, he has MOI IN O4'
opipiou. sufficient comprehension CT the suo)ec''0
make legislator for the South simply be-
esuse Mr. NxIsox feared that the Black Republicans
would amend the Constitution 60 as to wan
slavery in the States that be reported ana presseo
as ane of the Committee Of Thirty-rhree' tne CHlI-
rrrprx proposition which had much Wioer scOPe'
Wa. n fom fear such as This that he and hia party
-. .rx;ous for Peace Conference' Is 1t from
such fear that they even now mist upon the adOp-
tim Of the Peace Conference proposition Ii So
and they have any confidence in the verscisy Of MI
T.,rcotx or the honor Of his party, and Mr. NELSON
n his latter gives evidence that he has, then they
,n.bt have ouieed their fears months ago by read
,pe the Chicago Platform built by Mr.. LIEcOLN's
party and upon which he stands. The fourth dec
zsrstion Of that Platform is;
that the maintenanes inviolste Of the rights Of
Che States and especially The right Of each STATE TO or
der end control It's oDH domestic iei'tlaons aoco'g
70 its oWn judgment ercluSiUey is essential to that
balance of powers on which the perfection and
endurance Of our political fabric depends; and We
denounce the awess invasion by armed force Of the
soil Of any State or territory no matter under Wha'
pretext, as among the greatest OF crimes.
If Mr.. NELSON had only rsed Che Chicago Plat
forns last summer, be wosld hs<e found, according
90 his present doctrine, that il removed the only
real sro1nd of apprehension in the slave StstAs.
He would have found thstit blew 'fhs irreprsssil'
conflict dOctrine moon high, and received The sane
ten OF Che author of that doctrine" He vOult
have learned that there was no necessity for Com
mittees of Thirteen snS Thirty-Three. He WOulC
not have favored the Peace Conference and its pro
eosition. But strange TO say. ewing to the "'Olt
complaint" it may be- Mr. NELSON never discovered
Ehst the Chicago Platform was as harmless as thi
dove
But We take issue with Mr.. NELSON. We den,
that the possible interference Of the Blsek Eep1b
licans by Constitutional amendment, with the Tsls
lion Of slavery in the States, is 'ths only real
ground Of apprehension in the slave States" The
.slaxe States may be Africanizsd and aboltiOnized
6yxhs exclusion of slavery from ths Territories AZ
completely and much more speedily THAI by any
Constitutional amendment to interfere with It in
the States. LzSG0LE and SEWARD know this sad
Mr.. NELSON ought to. There are over two hundred
and eighty-seven Thousand slaves in Tennessee.
The slave population doubles Stsek in thirty years
Let any man who understands tie sinpls rules Of
arithmetic determine for himself how long i will
tsks the slave population Of Tennessee. IL prohib-
ited from emigrating, to increase to such number
4kat they will underworld and drive cut the non
lsvehOldeF, and finally become PrOftlsss to tneir
owners as 70 lead to emancipation. How long will
it require thus to cOaEert Tennessee into free ne
gro cclonyf