Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-06-01
For the Daily Nashville Patriot
Voting for "The Unions

Every man who votes against the Ordi-
nance of our State Legislature, declaring
Tennessee's Independence of Lincoln's despo-
tism, gives laid and comfort" to the aboli-
tionists of the North, and is so far an enemy
to the South. Some men may do this through
ignorance, prejudice, or pride of opinion,
who are not themselves abolitionists, but
avowed friends of the South. They are for
1.-The Union" and say, ''the Union is for the
South ~ svas for ''the Union" so long as it
existed, and even after it was dissolved (;
hoping that it might be restored from death.
Now, it is a thorough and everlasting ex-
fiction; and all who vote for "the Union"
will vote for Union with those who boast
that they will desolate our homes, violate our
women and murder our children, destroying
TRAITORS and their seed" in order to subdiIe
the South and govern it as conquered province.
They will vote for s.this Union" from pure
love for the South, they being better friends
to the South, than those who go for separation
from vandal plunderers that propose to in
wade and ''wipe out the South" But they
will vote for "the Union," not to aid and en-
courage atolitionists in their "irrepressible
conflict for the subjugation of the South,
but to support the Government of the
United States"
What was once "tbe United States Govern
ment," has been broken to pieces, never to
be cemented by all the blood which Lincoln
can shed in his fratricidal war; nor by all the
blood which any other savage butcherer of
the American people, that may follow him,
can shed, in attempting to carry out his in
sane and brutal policy. The former Omitted
States Government" like the former Union"
Ia an utter nonentity. The present Omitted
States Government is military despotism.
Its President disregards its Constitution and
laws; declares war, levies armies, and block
AIDES ports, without the authority of its Con-
gress; his military officers suspend the writ
of hGba1s cOrpus-the last safeguard of person
and stars" shoot down innocent men, women
and children; capture, imprison and plumber
private citizens without warrant of law or
forms of legal trial. This is the Government
which lovers of Liberty and Life will vote to
sustain; and vote as friends of the South.
They say that they are intelligent, honest
and Conscientious, and hate abolitionists,
Lincoln and his usurpations. It would seem,
that any well informed man who agrees to
submit tamely to the usurpations of Lin
coln;s United States Government, has OBJ
tanned his own consent to become slave.
Men may possibly vote for "Union" with
that despotism, and foriupholding it, in igno-
rance and delusion, who, nevertheless hate
oppression and wish to be free. Others may
probably vote for it against their own indie
pendenee, with clear knowledge and malig-
nant intent, caring nothing for consequences.
There are now two governments in Ameri-
ca; Lincoln's Omitted States Government"
and the provisional Government of the
Confederate States of America" There iOiH
be two Governments, as long as Lineoln's
lasts, and but two. We must belong to one
or the other; let every man take bis choice
and vote accordingly. No matter what pro-
duced this state of things, or who is to blame,
it is q fact and we must deal with it as such.
If the people of the North wish to submit to
Lincoln's Government, for the purpose of
subduing the South, abolishing slavery. or
any other purpose, and choose to be ruled by it,
let them have it and support it without him
dranee; but do not let it be forced upon the
people of the South who do not consent to be
ruled by it, and viii not submit 20 il; and
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