Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-19

NrW PROVIDENCE, Tenn, may II, AoOl. 3
Fn,rc,s lTS1oS AND AxEEScAN AS this is q time |
when ali should De candid, ana osaa e1ciusi s
sing onestions lst If the people of Tennessee
20 not the right TO express their opinion and 10
,ake speeches for and against the Union. until tne
Sth of June I'd, If Tennessee votes IN the union'
ell Won Weld 10 the voice Of the people OF Ten
Ieseee. and espouse the cause of the Union
Aes'''' A Voter.
We liSTe received the above communication from
an unknown individual who very properly refuses
20 give mis- name. He is undoubtedly friend Of
LINCOLN at heart and we thank God that the day is
not distant, when such men viii be replied TO in
Tennessee, in manner that will relieve the country
OF any further annoyance from their mischieyous
schemes. In reply to his first inquiry we say that no
man can now make Union speech in which he will
not take ground in favor Of the iniamocs Govern
ment at Washington against the Soatk. and thereby
encourage the invasion and conquest OF or people
which is now the arowed object Of the vast
military preparations a. the North. Disguise IL Is
we may, he who in the name of the Union' OF un0eF
any ether pretext opposes the Unon OF me o"u'n y
resist and drive back the legions OF WEI
are now swarming along our poroer' Ann VINO
threaten our destruction, Is against US ID 'Aeee
times a man must be for the North orfor the ooutn
There is no middle ground. Mr.. LINCOLN VIII re-
cooniza M neutrality. He and his cohorts insist
sho. ovo-, man vomsn and child from the lakes to
tho Gulf must take sides way or the
o,bo- For once we agree with them. This
4. contest between the sections. Any man
living in the State of Tennessee must stand by Ten
,essee or give aid and encouragement to her enc
mics. The Black Republican usurpors claim that
A.
Narylsud and Strengthening defenceless women and
children in st. Louis ia the name of the Union.
Their ally at New Providence proposes TO encour-
age them in the work by showing that there is 8
Union party in this State. There is no Union
The Constitution is torn in tatters and scat
tered to the four winds of heaven, and the mil
itary dctators at Washington know authority
in their operations except the authority of
brute force. They raise armies, equip navies,
borrow money, and assume all the war-making
powers of Congress without word or question. We
repeat there is no Union. The very cream Of the
old United States is happily and powerfully organ
ICED under a new Confederacy, which moves on
orosperously. To make Union speech How is to
speak for LINCOLN to speak for the stirring up of
.ervie rebellion the burning of houses, the out
rage of our wives and daughters, and the murder
If our people SThe New Providence Unionst asks if
we will submit to the verdict of the ballot box on
he sth of June. We WILL. We recognize the right
IF the people to decide their own destiny. We
have no fear of the result The State will vote by
arge majortles for g Separation" and Reprcsen-
.aton,' and we will not Only submit to the verdict
put the people will see that traitors among US do
The same thing
While however, we will submit to the will of the
| people of Tennessee, and bow our head in shame
,hould that will saceumb to the LINCOLN dynasty,
We will never espouse the cause of Union that has
)een converted and prosttuted into military die
| atorship, whose organs declare that one of itE
i irst acts was to Z" SUSPEND THE CONSTITUTION.
Never! nevcr!! Exercising the inalienahle pre-
-ogative of free speech, we will denounce and op
nose such usurpation with all the powers that
| Tod has given u.s. But we have no fear of such q
result Tennessees heart beats true, and her voice
1 will soon be spoken in such tones that will make
| he tyrants at the North tremble.
We cannot close this without warning our friends
to be on their guard. Mr.. LINCOLN has some friends
in the State. 1t is announced that they are to be
sustained by troops sent here under Federal au.
.hority We are living in times Of trial. Let every
man face the music, and on the sth of June come
up openly and manfully to the ballot box with AN
| OPEN TICKET.