Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-01-11
T1o rrrspres.tbls Conflict triumphant.

The dispatched published By US yesterday com
ruprioste the importGnt intelligence eosrdins 70
tNe aIbasy H. y, sscaing 5ous'sas, edited b. FnUR-
LOW wKsD-thst SEWARD has accepted from In
corx tbe position of Secretary of State. II has been
reported from Springfield for some time past, that
LISooIE would tender thapostiOn othe distinguish
cd New York Senator. This Settles beyond the pos
sibiy Of, doubt, that the Irrepressible Conflict
is to be carried inss practice BY the Black Repub
liesn adniaistraiiss. Mr.. LIECoLS is himself the
aathor Of lhe Irropressibls lCsrhioL NJ. sENARD
simply made il famous by repetition Mr.. SEwARD
made his Rochester speech in October, 1858. He
has never retrscted the sentiments that he there
expressed, sad which had been previously uttered
by Mr. LINCOLN in his csntes for the United States
Senate Bat few weeks before the Presidential
election Mr.. SEWARD, in bis speech at Lansing,
Michigan, said:
What is that man fit for as E citizen Of free
eogutrv who is willing that another man Should own
hims fYs,, taere isno man 90 base thAt.
en- sorry to say that there are great many; but
have such cobfding trust in human nature that ~
YOU bring the matter fairly home to any right MIND
ed mRn he would much rather say that you might
make slave Of him rather than fix your msnAcles
on any man within his protection and under his care
That's the talk II is therefore, matter of the
highest Consequence whether slavery is voted up or
vosed down BE SURF, sherefore, thai ysu dc net
give the isld TO the Shareholders and the slaves be-
fore freemen are at liberty and prepared to enter
it. You then, come 10 the great quesiion Of the
irrepressble conflict between freedom ard slavery.
Those who tkink that nsiSn can be Wise and pros
pereus and happy that retains slaves, will have an
other opportunity at the next Presidential election
to secure the machinery by which it can be dSne.
On the other hand, all of US NhO have enlisted in
L Al a.
Whole world are eel wilIs hen find that alive have
10 do Is to takr care that ars do 'ist sf dfereneef
among ourseoes or arg oiher cdtfse, 10 fvids Bs and
one single administration ,uH settle this question finally
and foreUer.
Fron these giYngs eui, as well as Eelllas the oft
repeated declarations Of Mr. LINCOLN, that the ne
gro is in the eye of the Declaration of Independ-
enee, the political equal CT the white man, We may
well determine what viii be the ruling passion OF
the Black Republican President aud his cabinet.
Mr.. LIKcoLH has taken the trouble to place in
black and white hie belief that the black and white
races aresscUidsnty equal In referring TO VII at Mr.
JEFFERSON lad said Che Declaration OF IndepeDd-
enee that Aluenere createdtqus be insisted II ct
ell such expressions denied that this meant black
as well as white men, weuld delight convoea-
ton Of crowned heads, plotting against the people
They the vanguard, the sappers and miners
Of returning despOtism. We must repulse them or
they will -subjugste us" What then, can the
South expect but ruin from a President ana Secre-
tary Of State entertaining views so deadly hostile
to our rights and most vital interests? South Car
DINA Mississippi ard Florida are out Of the Union
Alsbsma, Georgia, Bouisisns and Texas will be
with them before the end Of this month. What,
then, shall Tennessee do? As between the North
AMI the South che cannot hesitate 10 cast her lot
with her Southern sisters. Her trade, her material
interests and her sympathies all beckOn her south
ward
The step must be taken Let il be done witk cut
fear. Tennessee is second to none of Der sisters
in agriculture, manufacturing, mineral and intel
lectual resources There is bat one course that
She can now pursue consistently with the honor
and interests of her peeple-that is for her to
place herself where she rightfully belongs, at The
head Of the Southern column.