Brownlow's weekly Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1861-1861, 1861-08-31


yeaience VII Incline slfnl tn ~ iffh1s tsteaa.
IL ana fantnal bsneheia ihtaFebuesa Ths
slavery aeliaItaa vii seaee, and etlek teo-
zion win haa FApese End seeatity 4 i teiss-
Rat yoaF leaders tell yoa thai Tehasasee
iaust walt ~ the Barber safes fifYshia
and EentuHlf mnst net D. len y struggle
aiane with tie eenssnan eHemys De yoa wish
10 aid Eisnsnsa and kvhtaeky II soa &c,
threw or lhe shaekies thar viii bind feA 10
tho uianphaI car Of the Neftheru atuFpef.
Tennessee Il nov pressing like niKhtmare
aBen Virginia aAd Kentucky. II TeAnfetse
viii awake 70 q consciousness Of her poneF
snd just appreciates OF hef.rights, her an.
ties, aud her dignity ns asoYerelgn, iedepead.
eht State, she viii wait 90 longer for the &c.
ton Of the Border States II Tepnesses H.
prepared 10 aeqalesce In The aholitloa and
consolidation doctrines Of the Northern Gov.
ernment, she has right 10 de 50; but If she
intends to maintaln the Institution Of slavery,
she masa separate herself frosl lis onetntees
AID strengthen the hands Of It's friends la the
present crisis. Have we q common enemy
Why was the Peace Congress assembled
Way was the Congressional COMMITTEES Of
Thirty-three, aRd the Senate Uommittee Of
Thirteen appointed7 Why have they all
failed to settle The quarrel between the North
and the South Il il because the Soath de-
manded more than she vas entitled 10 CT
is il because there Is an irrecoaetlable differ
enee between the two sectionsi
Whatever may be the cause, we must unite
against our common enemy. We may think
cur friends hare acted too hastily IN sesesing
the boad that hoahd Us to cur eaemiesi bat
they have an equal right TO think thai We
have been teo slow. Fer thirty yeeFs and
more shis sectional conflict has been pIain-
tsinsd With constantly ineressing violence.
The Soath has demonstrated, year after year,
against the injustice Of the North, and have
time after time, threatened 20 resist their
destructive and Insulting violations Of the
Constitution Of the Union, ahtil they have
convinced the people OF the North that they
would endure any and every insult they might
choose 70 heap upon them, rather than seeede
from the Unien.
Ia Sentemberlast Twas in Worcester, Mass,
and witnessed the proceedings of Black Re-
publican Convention Of that State. ! listeHed
10 their resolutions and speeches in the Con-
yeniion, aad conversed freely with their
leading editers and politicians, their mer-
chants and eottonspin3ers, and thay III agreed
that the organization Of the Republicans par
II was necessity; that il was demanded by
the laws of God, the rights OF man, and the
ancient principles ef the GoFerRnent.-
When told them that the election of Mr..
Lincoln would dissolve the Union, they
smiled, and quietly replied that " if Dir. Lin
coin should be elected they gssesseG that the
sun woald continue 10 rise aud set as nsual.'
The Convention numbered over thousa4d
memhers-substaHtia meH, who fairly rep.
resent she opinions and purposes Of the ma
iority of the people Of the non-slaye holding
States. They exhorted each other to more
Jealous effort IN the gFeas work Of emanejpa-
ton in which they were engaged. They
pointed to their past defeats, and tothe rapid
increase Of their party, which had always
followed the Temporary victories OF the pro-
slavery power. They had faith iutheir cause;
they beliered that God was on their side,
and even il they should suffer another defeat,
they were confident Of success in the next
election They succeeded. The
[ MON is dissolved. Has Tennessee nos
no interests ia the great questions which
have divided the country Ia times past she
united with her sister Southern States in
against the aggfessious Of the
North, and resolved 10 mAintain her conEti.
tutional rights, "At all hazards, and 10 the
last extremity,
On the 9Th day Of November last, ss event
occurred which twenty years ago, was thought |
o be impossible. A President Of the UniIed |
States WAS elected under the ferns Of the 4
by Northern seciional Farty,
upon the principles o. hostility 70 |
.he Southern section, without Eeceising one |
electoral vote from any Southern State.
Thus the contest in he Union, which had |
asted more than thirty years, was brought to |
close in the triumps Of the anti-siavery |
party, and the consequent dissolution of the |
Union. IN the midst Of the revolution thus |
forced upon the South, the Legislature Of |
Tennessee called upon the people to meet In /
Convention, TO determine what action she /
,ught 10 take in thepremises. What was our |
reply? We viii net meet in Convention, We |
We have nothing 10 complain Of. Dir. Lincoln I
ras elected under the forms OF tie Cosstita-
ion, aud we viii wait Until be commits some /
vert act; we viii submit TO tue Black Re- /
publican sectional Government; we will stand /
y Mr. Lincoln, and justify him in enforcing |
be laws against our rebellious Southern /
brethren, who have seeded from the Union,
md bid dsfiaEee TO the constitstioARlly eject
d President. This, my Union friends, is tbs
Interpretations Of your vote against the Con-
ibHIth' hAcH s0A NlO Aot AAtea4 70 HAhe 4
my such declaration. lam sure you did not /
intend % place Tennessee In this unnatural
position. Nov, the question Is, what can you
10 10 correct the Black Republican interpret.
ton of your vote against the ConyentioA7 |
You car instruct your Governor 10 convene
he Legislature to call Convection, and YOU
an elect delegates 70 that ConreniioB, CON-
'eteut 70 consider and determine what posi-
ion fsBhessee shall take 10 the new political
organization which must succeed the dissolu-
ion OF the Onion our fathers formed, and
bus put an end 70 Black Republican rejoicing
,ver the aFpaSeAi sabmissioA Of Tennessee 10
be iRsnltiHg, tyssonieal assumption Of sii the