Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-01-19

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they falsely and fFaudulenliy assert CHS doutrina
ana then held on 2 their slaves. and leave then to
their descendants Forever? That is what Washing
ton did. and he had nsarly hundred Of then
more Than l ever has. He kept them as long IS he
Ived' ana men ielt them to bis wife. So did nearly
son and Msdison-Ihey were base enough 10 hold
On TO them. to rob them Of their wages and 90 pau-
der ITEM till the day Of their deaths You NAV
think we'll Of them The world viii give YOU credit
for IL, no doubt. Lincoln won't You want to
break down all our constitutional rights Your
people not only steal our slaves. and make them
vote against us, but you seek TO amslpanate mon
grel race with your own people. The question of
slavery moves the people OF Georgia not half so
mach sc does your insult. Every fash of the iipht-
ming that is thrown over those mountain tops
briags ne voices Of cheering and encouragement Is
defend and strike for their liberties Thew saw
This is cur questions" and the emancipationists Of
Georgia viii meet you With sword ia one hand and
torch n the other, and be win say, 81 abolish
slavery, | viii do it OF myself" Thatlis waat YOU
will have to meet Sixty-eight of your party nave
signed document in order to excite insure cti on
against ycur fellow citizens. Aud yet that is tse
party that says-"We are not abolitionisls" Take
away the sbolitiOnists.- and you will not have
enough TO fill your Offices. We understand that
proposition. All the abolition republicans with the
exception Of small class an honest class-they
say" We win not take the oaths to the Constitu-
ton, because We won't break them" Youltaks
these oaths and then break them That is the diff
ference between you and them. come now to the
last peiut-that Of aiding and abeting insurrecsion
These are offences Recognised BY the laws Of nations
IS inmical 10 society. assert that you have aided
and sbeited insurrection. John Brown invaded
Virginia. John Browns sympathizsrs have not
done that. Two of the accomplioes Of John Brown
fed one to Ohio and the other 10 Iowa. and the
Governors of both States refused to give them up
and yeur party maintained fiese decisons-of
course not without pretexts. Il was their duty 10
have delivered them up. EveR # the call 81 the
papers were defective, it sasfbe duty Of friendly
nations to have delivered them up without a call
He thSn read from Vatel to show the necessity #
delivering up oFimfnsls by friendly states But
we have this principle also in the constitution If
we had no constitution this would be binding or
friendly States. But instead Of that, they refuse
TO deliver them up, and if comrl sin they threa-
ten as. Yet these are our beloved brethren. Then
this man had sympsthizers, and one Of them is
elected Governor Of Massachusetts. Other officials
of that Sta'e applaud his hersisu1, magnify his
courage, and, no doubt, lament his i'll success a
Throughout the whole North, public feeling is
against the capture of neendiaries and assassins Is
that cause of war? And when the Senator from Il
linois (Mr. Douglas proposes to punish Lincoln and
his party you come before the world aud say here
is q sedition faW-s sedition Law to carry out the
CsnstiIution-to protect US, and 10 prevent invasion
This is ''sedition law and Is treated with con-
tempt. Under that very same clause Of the Consti-
tuition you hsVe detained cur citizens and punished
some of them. We protect wesx countries under
that law alone. We are bound TO prevent our peo-
pie conspiring together 10 give armies and mshey to
make an assault on fereign EstiOa We are in the
Union, but have gotto 90 out of it il would have
protection. Now, nan may come and put the in
cendiarys torch to our dwellings, as you did last
summer for miles along the Texas frontier You will
not protect MS, and you will not deliver them up
wa t md dof n.
from the accursed bond of this DEATH before we set
the benefit Of the laws of nations. Hence We are |
armed. Hence we will stay armed until our rights !
are respected and justice done. We must take up |
arms to get our rights under the laws Of nations
which the Constitution gives to US. But if you get
hold Of those rights, you will have to wrench them
from the iron grasp of freemsB. You claim right /
to speak, ssd form societies, aud become nest Of
lncendiaries, In order TO assault your neighDorr |
You shall not have any such right by your own /
power. We will have the sedition law enasted, |
and we will not stop until we get you where we
n'ld the rest OF mankind-ensmies in war, friends
in peace.
But yeu won't do it. You break your osths and |
vsnt give Us our rights These are ther sasons for
which the Soath has taken up arms. We have de-
nonstrstsd that the party nov about to come iA,o
power have declared outaHed four billions Of prop
sray from the territories They have declared us
Under the ban Of the empire They have refused
% protect US frem Invasion and from instruction By
he Federal power. And the Constitution denies to
u.s. in the Union. the right to raise armiss in our
,wn defence. All these charges have proved from
he record and put them before the civilized world
hat they may receive the judgment of to-day, or
o-morrow Of distant ages. and of heaven ITSELF
Upon the justice Of these causes. l an content,
whatever is my fate, to enlist in so noble so holy
'ause. We have appealed from time to time to you
o give US our constitutional rights, and you have
refused them We appeal TO you again to restore
hese rights Restore them and restore D saee fra
ernity and unity to all of us. Refuse these, and
We viii ask you to let US depart in peace. Refuse
hat, and then you present US. as you must, with
var. We accept that We wiz nail our colors to
he mast, inserbe upon them "Liberty and Equal
ty," and we will trust to the sword and The God of
'sttles for security, tranquility and peace
Loud applause broke forth in the galleries at the
conclusion Of Toomb's speech.