The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-06-26
Imon. Edward Ercretrs Lecture.

Bryan Hall last evening upon the " Pre-
texts Of the War; was attended by
large and apPteciative audience.
Atabout eight o'clock Mr.. Everett was
introduced. He commenced by saying
that a short time previous he addressed a
Chicago audience upon the causes of
the War; he now proposed TO speak up
on the " PreteNts of the Rebellion With
a brief review of the position of the
| South in the administration of affairs
| since the formation Of the Government,
/ be said they were now revolving against
| what even the Vice President Of the
Southern Coniederacy pronounced one of
| the most benilicent Governments in the
/ world, and one they have always monOp-
olized. Are there any good reasons for
| this South Carolina sets first in her
list the passage of personal liberty bills
| by the Northern States. At a debate in
Milledgeyillc, Georgia, Just before the
commencement Of the war; between Rob-
ert Toombs and A. II. Stephens--pres-
ent Nicc-Prcsident of the Confcderacy,
but then opposed to secession, upon tho
the right, cXpedicncy and duty Of
secession, the very first in the list
Of grievances urged by Mr.. Toombs,
was the payment of fishing boun-
ties to the New England States for
! the encouragement of the dccp-sca fish
cries Posterity could hardly believe
| that measure favored by every admin
istration, and considered one Of the
means for the growth of the Government
the payment of the paltry sum of $780,
| 600 per year, should be charged as an act
| Of tyranny and oppression by the North,
and seized upon as the first preteXt for
| revolt. They say il is not the amount
but the principle, as our revolutionary
/ fathers rcbelled against a thrce-penny
tax. twas not parallel case. They
! rcbelled against a tax by a Parliament
in which they had no representation;
the South against a Government in which
! they had an equal share. And more than
ten times the amount were annually
paid the South for the carrying on of
postal arrangements.
Another pretext of the rebellion were
the navigation laws, combining to Ameri-
can vessels the cOastwiso trade of the
country -cncouraging our own CONNER
cial marine. Arc not these national at
fairs? Can the South be insensible TO
the importance of building up our com
mercial and military marine? The South
can never become a naval power, and in
the hour of danger she is dependent up
on n Northern navy for protection, and
yet from narrow minded jealousy they
are willing TO give up that protection and
abdicate their right TO be called one of
the greatest naval powers.
The tariff was another reason alleged
by South Carolina. To demonstrate the
extreme injustice of representing a pro-
tective tariff as an act of oppression
against the South, Mr. Everett showed
that the foundation of the measure was
laid by the Southern representatives
who had always been its warmest advO-
Gates. The culture of cotton was intro
duced under the influence of a protective
tariff, opposed by Northern manufac-
turers. Called into existence by it, and
fostcred from its BIRTH il had always fed
upon the pap Of the treasury. lie spoke
of the invention of the cotton gin, of the
advantages the South had derived from
its introduction said that when happier
days shall return and the South shall
awaken from her delusion, and remember
whose hand it was that sowed her fields,
she will denounce the ambitious dema-
gogues who have led her into this rebel
lion and rear a lasting monument TO the
memory Of Eli Whitney.
! He referred briefly to the effects of the
I Fugitive Slave Law. The South requires
r a greater liberation Of Slavery on one
part than they exercise themselves. No
one is more despised than the profession
% al slave hunter, yet they would make
n such of us. He charged the antagonism
r between the two sections upon the South
70 If the North had ever erred in bringing
G the subject OF slavery into the political
vortex, it had only done what the South
had been doing from the beginning. HC
spoke at considerable length Of the slave
trade, and early legislation in regard 10 H.
IS the denunciation of the traffic by all IN,
n leading men in the early administration
e Of our affairs; of the late adoption Of q
Il free constitution for California by mcr
o mostly from Southern States; and Of th,
p rapidly increasing demands Of the slav,
r. power upon the Government lie referred
c to the means used by the leaders 10 in,
It flame the Southern mind, of the imagin
n ary grievance invented by them, and tht
]
d sentiments and expressions. They haI
j. received constitutional guarantees tina
" slavery should not be touched, and ever
y after the rebellion Of some Of the State
they had required the repeal of the per
f. sonal liberty bills in the Northern States
lo and il had been done. They had recciy
ed every guarantee and concession, Onll
in one instance had they been defeated
re and that was in the election Of Abraham
l. Lincoln by the Northern people.
l. Mr. Everett also alluded 10 the enor
al nous pretcnsions Of the South, in dc
d handing a division Of Federal property
ID Should we give up, 10 what would thu
We become foreign power the public build
l. ings, forts arsenals, dock yards etc
ID which have cost ms so many millions O.
r. dollars, and nineteenth of which hay
De been paid by the North The grca
al Northwest never would be content with
p out the control Of the Mississippi 10 Il
o. mouth. II was ours by the law If Goo
b. and wc would preserve a.
g. The question now was whether th
ID glorious work Of our constitutional faith
S. ems should endure or perish We wag
10 no war OF subIugation on conquest W
or engage in II with reluctance; II has bee
r. forced upon as Every right minded ma
Of 10 The world is with us, and the God
ts battles will crown our arms with sue
ld ess.-Cholg9 Tribune.
TO On Thursday two hundred and eigl