The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-05
THE warning Of Henry Clay

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Mr.. President IL consent were given
IL Il were possible 70 separate by mutual
and by given line, in lees
than sixty days after such an agreement I
had been executed, war would break ont
between the free and slaveholding por-
tons Of the Union-between tho two
independent portions into which il would
be erected in virtue Of the act Of separa-
ton. Henry Clay
DIsUNION no REMEDY
Let us suppose that the Union has been
dissolved. What remedy does IL furnish
for the grievances complained Of in ia
united condition viii you be able TO
push slavery into the coded Territories2
How are you 70 doit, supposing the North
ALI the States north of the Potomac, and
which are opposed 20 it--in possession Of
the navy and army Of the United States.
Can ron expect, if there be a dissolution
Of the Union, that you can carry slavery
into California and New Mexico You
cannot dream Of sneh q purpose II II
were abolished in the District Of Column
bia, andatho Union was dissolved, would
the dissolution Of the Union restore sla-
very in the District of Columbia ? Are
You safer in the recovery Ut your fugitive
slaves in a state 0f dissolution or of SOW
GRANGE of the Union, than you arc in the
Union itself? --Henyy Clay
THE Union DESIGNED 40 DE PERPETUAL.
/ think that the Constitution of the
thirteen States was made, not merely for
bsgl, NIs.rt ortnNrn lint
posterity, underlined, unlimited, -perma-
nent and perpetual-ior their posterity,
and for every subsequent State which
might come into the Union, binding them
selves by that indissoluble bond. II is
to remain for their posieriiy now and
forever. Like another Of the great rcla-
tons of private life, il was a marriage
that no human authority can dissolve or
divorce the parties from.
THE FURY OF OUR CIVIL WAR
Sir, we may search the pages Of histo-
ry, and none so furious, none so bloody,
so implacable, so exterminating, from the
wars Of Greece down, including those of
the Commonwealth Of England and the
revolution of France, none Of them rage
with such violence, or was ever conduct
ed with such bloOdshed and enormities,
as will that war which shall follow that
disastrous event--if that event ever hap
pens-ol dissolution.
IT'S SURE RESULT
And what would be its termination
Standing armies and navies to an erteat
draining tic revenues Of each portion Of The
discovered empire, would be created exter-
minating wars would follow, not war OF
two or three years, Bat Of interminable d.
ration--an exterminating war would fol-
I low until some Phillipo or Alexander, some
| Cesar or Napoleon, would rise 10 cut the
| Gordiau knot, and solve the problem OF
capacity Of man for self-goveTnment, and
crush the liberties Of both the discovered
sections of this UniOn2 Can you doubt
| it2 Look at histOry--consult the pages
of all history, ancient or modern; look al
human nature; look at the character oil
the contest in which you would be en-
gagged, in the suppOsition of a war fol.
lowing the dissolution Of the Union--anC
/ ask you If il is possible for you TO doub
that the final but perhaps distant deter
mination of the whole will be some DIES
pot tresding down the liberties Of In,
people ?
MS EARNEST PRAYER,
eaninro whether from tn
South or the North, by all they hold dea
in this wo.ld--by all their love of liber
ty-by all their veneration for their an
cestors by all their regards for posteri
ty-by all their gratitude to Him VIII
has bestowed upon them such unnumber
ed blessings by all the duties which thel
owe to mankind and all the duties they
owe TO themsolves--by all these consid
erations implore them 10 pause--solemn
ly to pause-at the edge of the precipioe
before the fearful and disastrous leap i
taken in the yawning abyss below, whicl
will inevitably lead 10 certain and ire
trievablc destruction
And, finally, Mr. President, ! implore
as best blessing which Heaven car
bosioW upon earth, that if The diroful ant
sad event of the dissolution Of the Uniol
shall happen, l may not survive to hehol
the sad and heartrendlng spectacle.
Oh, sage and patriot of Ashland, ad
mired and beloved whilst living, an
bitterly mourned when dead, how sadl
do we, thy weeping countrymen, realiz
! tine awful truth OF tiny words, when ma
at the time Of their utterance have been re
T garded as the empty dreams Of a yisiOnar
declaimer. Even ROW, the lawns O
Ashland, with with the blood Of civ
warfare, and the air once brcathin
aud burning with thy warning eloquenc,
new resounds with the signs and groan
Of the bcreavcd and the desolate.
there not patriotism enough in The LIANT
to rally around the banner of the Uniol
the Union Of our country's heroes an
statesmen--an army OF patriots, who's
swords shall cXtorminate treason an
save the Republic? Shall this grea
nation be rent in twain, by selfish mel
in the morning Of her youth, while he
brow is yet wet with the baptismal dew
Of heaven Awake, Oh, countrymen
Awake aylro, or De- forever nl %
A FREE CHUBCH N A FREE STATE
Countess ALrIEuI, niece Of Count CAvoul