Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-06-13
The Union Vote on the sth.

The Union vote in this S ate on Saturday
last, does not exceed our expectations a
small portion of the WeslerbDistrict under the
influence of Mr.. ErHERIDGE, and large por-
ton of East Tennessee accepting the teach
ings of Messrs. JOHNSON, Nelson and MAY
sARp have chosen to cling to and vote lot The
IInion after the essential provisions of the
Consultation have been CutrageOusly viola
ted. and all the material purposes for which
the Union was formed have been totally de-
feaied. A large proportion of this class of
voters we believe to have been honest and
fin,-re in their convictions of duty, and in
their action. They had a right TO their
opinions and to free expression of them at
the ballot box. We have no quarrel with
them on this score We only say they have
been the victims of monsirous delusion.
But the fatal nsequences of their great er-
ror, bad it been successful, are ayeritd from
the State and its people, by their Overwhelm-
ing defeat. The liberties We e. joyed und,r
the Constitution, WHEN We saw that instru-
ment subverted, we de'ermin. d to preserve to
ourselves by taking Them iuto our own keep
ing. by ihrowi"g 4, # The authority of tb'
goverun ri al Washington, and by initiating
measures 10 enter imto new Union, in
which our enemies and ,pprrssors have Ut
lot or parcel
This positive and iir verslble exercise OF
che o. pHlar will. so lar the State of Ten
nesse. is cue rned, cl' The b oks of the
hi-tory oil the Federal Uni'n. The past only
lives in memory and Can continue To liv"
only in history and tradition. From the
pr s-nI We look 10 the fuInre- We ent. r
upun a new career-with all it, cares, re-
sponsibiIiiies, tolls aud dangers. A new
volume is opened, and each day will fill its
own page. 1t is now the duly of every pa
triotic citizen to lay aside the prejudices OF
the past and 10 unite to sustain aud uphold
the State in its new attit. de. We are pursuad-
ed that the great mass OF those who voted foI
the Union on Saturday are prepared 10 dis
charge this duty as freely and cheerfully as
if they bad contributed to the result: thai
they will accept the popular decision a.
binding upon them. and that they will be as
ready and willing any other class of citi-
zeus to maintain and defend the position
which We have assumed. Any other course
would b. a denial OF the republican princi-
pie that majoiIies shall control the public
administration. 1t would lead to the most
calamitous results, and iDaugurate civil
strife which no patriot could contemplate
but with horror. We have too much conf |
dencein the good sense of the masses of those |
ba TToioo IN douht that thou 4
will prove true to Tennessee, and that they |
will fight her battles with all the energy and |
courage that are characteristic OF them.
But We have reason TO believe that there |
are few persons who voted for the Union in |
the State, who were born in the North, who |
are, still, more in sympathy with our enemies |
than with US, who are unfriendly to US and |
our institutions, and who would not hetitate
to play the part of spies and tories. OF course |
we do not include all persons of Northern |
birth in this catalogue. for there are many |
Northern born people in our midst, who alb |
nor as cordially as any the usurrations. ag-
gressions and expressions of the North upon |
the South. and who are ready to fight by our |
sides and die with US, if need be, in the sacred
cause of freedom. There is. We also have |
reason TO believe, persons ito the manor |
born.- who are by their constitution and hab- |
its of thought irrGconciably hostile to the |
action of the State, who prefer the military |
despotism already established over the North, |
to the freedom bequeathed to Us by our ia |
theirs of '76, who are traitors in their hearts, |
and sincerely wish for the triumph of LIN
COLIN and the overthrow of and our Con- |
federate brethren OF the South. They are
lust such people as were the friends of George |
III. and the enemies of the liberty of Aneri- |
ca in I776. They were ''tories' in that day,
and will be the same in this. Now, the ma
ture of Government is such that it cannot
cherish in its bosom its -nemirs, except at
the risk Of betrayal. All such should at once
s.-ttIs ND their affairs and emigrate 10 the
region of their friend. Th- y should not re-
main in our midst while they are actually
hostile to rs They Cannot rerer>s the afti-
tud- OF the Stat by stay ing hire, and if J
really beIiev. tn LINc In g.'vernm Mt i Ibr
cousumm iIion IF bdmaH wi-dOm and be
sum ct p ,Iirical pr ecIiOn. they should As a
matter Of Chic. go To il wi bout delay, thai
they may joy it, c"mf .rts snd blessings.
For whar would thy stay here. IDdo:ng IL
they eiiser injure themselves in their Own IS
sim,iion, or are determined to iIjIre u Th
form they ought not to do. and the Iair.r
they will not be PERMITTED to do = This is
Not threat. hut plain statement OF fact
and an appeal to our enemies 10 go away
from Us.