Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-27
To the Voters of the FIftk Congregational
District.


LEBANON, Sept 18th, 1861
At the instance of many friends, have announced
myself candidate for Congress- and it is right and
proper that the people should know, in these peril
Qua times, the direction of the sympathy of those
who aspire to represent them. l am Southern
man, heart and soul, and have ever heeu such, and
my fathers before me. 1 have read with care for
many years the leading journals of both sections
and have for long time been satisfied that dis
ruption of the Union was inevitable. The public
mind of the North has been so corrupted and de-
moralized that it has been giving birth, for many
years, to sllithe fungi of polluted mass
AID must result in amalgamatiop, complete ruin and
degradation. The South has steadily advanced in
developing ali those noble attributes which elevate
the character Of man and secure his prosperity
and happiness. Consequently an antsgonism has
grown up between them which is irreconcilable,
and can never be settled.
. Hence, when South Carolina appeared in the East,
I regarded her a signal light, and turned to her
and saluted her with every impulse of my heart,
as the land of the brave and the free, a. the bold
champion of the rights of the Anglo Saxon race, a
race distinguished in all ages, and countries for the
development of its moral and intellectual nature
believe that this contest is but struggle for the
superiority and supremacy fthe Anglo Saxon race,
aud upon the result depends the success of Con-
stltutional liberty. Ihave great confidence ia our
success, we are battling for liberty religion and
law, and if nothing ese the force of the great Trn
ciples involved would insure us'G triumph. There
is no more chance for the North to subjugate the
South than there for the Evil Spirit to win em>
pire in the dominion Of Heaven. The Great Ruler
who stood by our fathers in the days Of the Revo-
luton and enabled them to raise shout of victory
st Kings Mountain, and Yorktown il standing bylus
aud will not permit US to be overcome. If am
elected, shall devote what ability have, and all
the energy Of my nature, to the advancement of
the interest of cause, to the development of the
general interest Of country, and to the uphold
ing of the arms of those brave boys who are fight
ing our battles, having for a basis of action
the sovereignty of the States, the equaI-
ty of the States, and the equality of the people
of the States. will vote the last dollar and the
last man, if necessary, for had rather the Om-
nipotent wave the hand Of desolation and utter
woe over happy land, and sink it beneath lakes
Of devouring fame than to see its sacred soil desc
Grated by the foul tread of the ting Hessans
of the North have been twice. member of the Lee
gislature, and editor of public journal, my po-
itical opinions are matters of record and 1 invite
examination. So soon the Legislature defines the
limits Of the district shall make number of ap-
pointments in the respective counties for the pur
pose of meeting you and giving my views frankly
and freely upon all questions that may be deemed
of interest r. Z. Thomson.