Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-03-15

May you long enjey that liberty which yeu and
tues and Baon obtain the happes sunshine fer tic
decline 81 your days and the choicest Of future blessings FOR
earnest wish that example may be- guide OF your sue
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journal. 7Afsd qnd Fourth Cong,ess, I7a21. p. Ga
Mark the words, sir 8" is our earnest wish that
your example msy BE the guide Of your SUCCESSORS
This was voted for by sxty-ssyen members. Twelve
voted against it, Against this address to General
Washington, endorsing the policy and politics Of
his Administration, and trusting his example would
be followed by his SUCCESSORS are to be found the
names of NAthanisl Macon, of North Corolina; of
William B. Giles, Of Virginia, and Of Andrew Jack
son, of Tennessee. A Republican at that time ne
could not vote an endorsement Of the lolicY and
politics Of the AdNnisIFatioH of the Father Of his
Country. because that policy had nat been of the
Republican senool.
What was the policy Of the Republican SCHOOL,
The year after that Mr. Jefferson became its great
exponent. II ia contained in the platform upon
which the Senator from Tennessee processes to
stand 1t ia contained In the Kentucky and Yir-
gnis resolutions asserting the sovereignty Of the
States, and their right TO judge, at all times for
themselves as to the infractions, and Of the mode
and measure of redress The third Virginia resc-
luton, which is now part Of the platform Of tia
Democratic party, adopted in 1859 q. Baltimore in
dorsed in 1856 at Cipcinpsti -the platform upon I
WHICH the present incumbent vas elected, the |
platform upon which the Senator from Teunessee |
Processes 10 stand--that resolution Is In these /
words:
That this Assembly doth explicitly and
that 1t vews the powers OF the Federal Government resulting
compact which the States pateF, limited By
the planned and intention OF tbs instrument constituting
compac. further valid than they authorized By the
grants enumerated in that compact aAd ths in OF dslb
crate papabe, dangerous exercise Of other powers not
granted BY the said compact, the states"-
Not the people of the United States, nor tie peo-
pie Of kmerea, but the States as sovereign parties
% the compact
tWho parties thereto have the right and are duty bound,
uepcse the progress Of the evil and for main
aiming within limits the authorities rights and
iberties appertaining to Them"
That was the republicauism Of thst day. 1t was
he republcanism of Jefferson. Of Jackson, Of Ma
,on, Of Giles, and of the great men Whs rescued
he States at that time from destruction by mis-
construction Of the Federal compact The first
is in these words:
Rssolrsd That the composing hs United sates
msriea are not united principle OF unlimited submis
on III their General Government but that by compact under
Se and title Of Confon for the United States, and Of
thereto they eons tnted General Government fer
delegated that Government certain definite
reservng each Stats to ITSELF the resduxy ofrgh
) their selfgoverhment-
To their own selfgovernment was the residgary
mass reseryed-s right which il denied BY the Sem
tor f.oun Tennessee; denied by the Republican
arty; denied by nationalisn from the organization
the Government to the present time, under what
YER name it may have made its appearance
ted unaubortvs, void and Of force,
at to this compact each State asded as State and In
grail party /.
That is the ioctriae that the Tennessee Senator
as avowed in his pretended support of the Demo-
rase party