Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-06-04

resistance to an attack by the Govern
ment upon the property of the South and
for the subjugation of our people. Thus
were enlisted, in this wicked and unnat-
ural war, the people Of a State, who but
two months before had voted against the
right or the necessity Of Secession, by
majority of sixty-four thousand
Through the mockery of vote of "sepa-
ration" forced upon an unwilling people,
desolation has been brought upon our
household. And you have been grossly
deceived in every representation made to
you by the originators and leaders in
this mischief.
1. You were told in the outset, that if
you would unite with the South, there
would be no war--that you would have
"peaceable secession" notwithstanding
the solemn warnings to the contrary, by
the best men and wisest statesmen of our
country and in contradiction to all the
teachings of history, which has failed to
record solitary instance where gov
ernment, from the most powerful to the
smallest and most insignificant, has sub
mitted to its own dissolution, without a
death struggle to preserve its existence.
This is as inevitable with governments
as it is with man himself 1t is common
to all governments, whether christian or
heather savage or civilized; and why
should this model government of the
universe--this last hope of civil liberty
among men, be an exception to the uni
versal rule It has resisted this ruthless
war upon its integrity, and if need be, it
will put forth its whole power, in war,
the most persistent and the most obsti-
nate ever witnessed in the whole earth.
Under the influence of blind passion,
and led on by intelligent and conscious
treason" we forgot the farewell warning
of the "Sage of Ashland" in his last
great speech in the Senate of the United
States in 1850. Said he: Mr.. Presi-
dent, have said what / solemly believe
that the dissolution of the Union and
war are identical and inseparable; that
they are convertible terms. Such war
too as that would be, following the dis
solution Sir, we may search the pages
of history, and none so furious, so i'm
placable, none so exterminating. And
equally true were the solemn declarations
of the statesman of Marshfeld, in his
speech of the 9TH of March, 1850 on the
compromise measures ofthat year. 81 hear
with distress and anguish the word "se-
cession," especially when it falls from the
lips of those who are patriotic, and known
to the country and known all over the
world for their political services. Seces-
sion Peaceable secession Sir, your
eyes and mine are never destined to see
that miracle. The Acknowledgement Of
this vast country without convulsionl
The breaking up the fountains of the
great deep, without rufiing the surface
There can be no such thing as peaceable
secession. Peaceable secession is an utter
impossibility" But we needed not these
warnings. We followed the phantom Of
peaceable secession--ihat there could be
secession without war-dissolution with
out resistance aud bloodshed, and truly,
our works have followed us.
2. We were assured that the Govern
ment of the United States could not re-
sist the dissolution Of the Union, because
of its weakness arising out of the radical
feuds and divisions among the people of
the Northern States-that the city Of
New York was with the South and would
secede in the event of a war to maintain
the UniOn--that such war would be re-
garded as a war of the Abolitionists of
New England upon the rights of the
South, and that the Northwest would be
on our side-that her trade was with us,
and Of course as was implied in the as
sertion, she would desert her government
to follow her trade--that the amount of
her traffic with us, was the measure Of
her patriotism. But bare recital Of
these representations, is a sufficient con-
of their truth. The city Of
New York alone, has furnished more
troops to sustain the government, than the
whole State of South Carolina has fur
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