Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-01-13


that to day and in all comiDg days it lhall be re-
luke and siumbling-block TO the hatbingers Of
reappesring tyranny and oppression.
On the 17th May, 1885, be wrote tc Dr. CANIsIus:
at is well known that deplore the expressed ean
diti9n ofthe blacks" 1t was in that letter he used
the expression, " shall never consent to the low
ering Of the Republican standard heirs breadth
In July, 1858. Mr.. LINCOLN said: M
sI should like to know if taking the old Declara-
zion Of Independence which declares that all men
are equal upon principle, and making exceptions to
it, where will II stop? If enc says it does not
mean a n sgrc Why not smother say it docs not mean
another mar: II that declaration is not The truth,
let us &c. she siatute-book in which We find it, and
tear it out Who is so bold as to doi? Ii it is no.
true let us tear Il out fCries Of no. nor Let us
stick to it taen-leI us stand firmly By it lheb Let
Discard all this quibbliDg about this man and the
other man. this race and that race and the other
race being irfericr, and therefore, they must be
placed in an inferior position, discarding The sasd
ard that we have left u.s.. Let ss discard all these
things, and unite people throughout tbs land
until we shall once more stand up declaring that all
men are created equal ledDe you hoping that the
lamp Of liberty -ariU burn IN your bosoms until here
shall no longer be doU6t that all men are created
free and equal"
1t is needless to refer 10 TIE platforms Of the
Black Republican party and 10 Mr.. LINorLN' de-
clsratien that he considered himself ''bound as
party man, by the platforms of tae party" and
that he would be most happy to cooperate fer the
practical success of the principles declared by the
(Chieago) Convention
Mr. LINCOLN not only refuses 10 yield obedience
to the decision of the Supreme Court. but says be
viii disregard it. In his Chicago epeeoh, July 10
1858, he says: ~
.sIf we're in Congress, and q vote should come
UP on the question whether slavery should be pro-
hbted in Territory, in spite Of The bred Scott
decision I sOonld role that IL should"
Again Mr.. LINCOLN boosted that he voted in favor
of the Wilmot Proviso forty-tvo times
Mr. LINCOLN was member Of the Illinois Legis-
lature in 1887 On the 9Th of january Of that
year, the Special Committee Of the Legislature. 10
whom had been referred the memorials of the
General Assemblies CT the States of Virginia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, New York and Connecticut rela-
tive 10 The existence Of domestic slavery" and the
works OF tAe Aboitionists, &c.. reported the follow
ing resolutions: a
.tEssofoed, By the General Assembly CT the State
of Illinois, Ths. we highly disspprOve of the for
masion Of Abolition Societies. and Of the doctrines
promulgated by them. .--. ~ .rs
.PesolOed That the right of prOpertyi in slaves is
sacred to the slaveholding States by the Federal
Constitution. and that they cannot be deprived of
that right without their consent. .i.,
Resolred That the General Government cannot
abolish slavery in the District of COlumbia against
the consent Of the citizens Of said District without
a m anifest breach Of good faith" sa
On the Goth January, 1887, vote was taken on
these resolutions Mr.. LincO1a vOted against each
and epery one of The rssolrtiOns, thus committing
himself to the doctrine that the South can be &c
privsd Ct their slave property without their consent,
and thus endorsing the abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia. ~
We make the following extracts from speeches
made by Mr.. SEWARD, the head and front Of the
Black Republicans, whom Mr.. LINCOLN has s. lcted
as his chief adviser In a speech at Cleveland, o
in 1S48, he said:
sfWe, of New York, are guilty Of slavery, | y not
allowing the negroes have emencipatej TO vote.
1t is written the Constitu ion Of the United States,
ia uolatiOn Of Divine lGw that we shall surrender
the fugitive slave who takes refuge at our resides
from his pursuers. =
In the Senate, 1850, Mr.. SEWARD said:
"The law Of nature written in the hearts Of free
men, repudiates the fugitive slave cause We can
not be true Christians if we Impose on another the
ehsiu."
At Chicago, since The nomination of Mr. LINCOLN,
SEWARD said: ..E
All men shall have the ballot or none, all men
shall have the bullet none erery man shall own
the soil he tls and the head and hands he work."
Mr. Seward says TO the South: You car have
Union. and the gradual emancipation of slaves-o-
you shall have disunion, civil war, and immediate
emancipation. " ..
Mr.. SEWARD in The Senate, said: lam
"You say the Constitution recognizes properly in
slaves IT'S sufficient 10 reply that this Constitution
al obligation must Be void because Ills rrpugaGHt 10 the
Iap Of natare and nations u
Hear how the DreG Scott decision ia ass2ilel
How Republicanism proposes to work. Mr. Seward
in the Senate, 1858, said:
:" The people of the United States never eau, and
they never piH, accept principles so aJhorTeHt Let
the court reecde If not, shall organize the
court, and reform its sentiments"
Ia speech in Boston, he said:
'The people have for their aadard bsarer
Abraham Lipcoln, coafessiHg the obligations of the
Higher Law and con.ending for veal. or woe, for
life or death in the irrepressibie conflict, between
freedom and slavery-we in the list stage Of the
conflict"
We make these further extracts from various
other speeches made By Mr.. SEwAsD:
Thus these GntGgonistic sysezas are continually
coming lLt0 ctOe6F COsttSOH On
tell you what this collision means? They who
think il is accidental, unnecessary, the work OF ia
terested fanatical agiao-s. and therefore epheme-
raj mistake the altogether. 1t is an IRREP2Es-
sIBLE CONFLICT between opposing and enduring
forces and Il means that the United States MUST AND
WILL sooner or later, bec1me entirely slsveholding
nation, or entirely free-a6or nation Either the
cotton or rice fields of South Caroliaa and the sugar
plants atoms of Louisians, will uitimaely be titled
b. free labor and Charleston aud New Orlen's be-
come marls of Legitimate merchandise alone, or else
the rye fields and wheat fields of Msssschusetts and
New York must again be surrendered by their FAR
mers 10 slave culture and to the production OF slaves,
and Boston and New York become once more mar
ket for trade in the bodies and souls of men, IL is
the failure to spprehend this great truth that indu
cea SO many ,eEsful attempts at hnat compro-
mise between the slave and free States, audit is the
existence of this great fact that renders ell such
pretended com Srcmise, when made, VAIN AND EPHE-
NERAL
s.The interest Of the white race demand the ULTI-
MATE EMASCIPATIoN Of all men. Whether that con-
summation shall DE allowed TO take effect with need
ful aud wise precautions against sudden change and
disaster, be hurried by VIOLENCE, is all that
remains fer you 20 decide"
"Slavery can be limited 10 its present bounds; Il
can be ameIiorated. IT CAN BE, AND 1T MUST BE
ABOLISHED, and YOU and CAN and must do it. The
task is as simple and easy its consummation will
be benefcent, and its rewards glowing. Il only
requires to fellow this simple rule OF action TO DO
everything and On every occasion what we can, and
not to neglect or refuse to do what we eau. at any
tIme because at that precise time aud on that par
ticular occasion, we cannot do more Circumstan-
ces determine possibilities" "Extend a
cordial welcome to the fugitive who lays his weary
limbs at your door, and DEFEND HIM as you would
your psternsl gods" ~.
Correct your own that slavery has any Con-
sttutionsl guarantees which may not be RELEASED
and ought not 10 be relinquished." ''You
will soon bring the parties Of the country into an
effective aggression upon slavery"
"What a commentary upon the history of man is
the fact that eighteen years after the death Of John
Quincy Adams, the people have for their standard
bearer Abraham Lincoln, co2fessing the obligations
of the HIGHER Law, which the Sage of Quincy pre-
claimed. and contending, for veal CT woe, for life
OF death, in the IRREPREssIBLE CONFLICT between
freedom and slavery. 1 desire only TO say that we
are in The LAST stage of the conflict before the great
lrumpbal Inauguration of this policy into the Gov
eminent Of the United States"
'If all men created equal, no one can right
fully acquire or hold dominion over property in
another man, without his consent. If all men are
created equal, one man cannot righfully exact the
service or the labor Of another without his con-
sent. The subjuga,iou of one man to another by