Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1862-02-16
NASHVILLE, TENN. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY l6. 1862

Mr.. Foster said he did not wish 10 put
upon Mr. Bright 9 single seGt;nieEt o.
opinion not his own lie then read tAe lc-
solutions al Length, Is ne said. TO sh3T The
character Cf thcs, Tho adopted those which
Mr Bright dfd endorse. The resolutions
attribute The origin of the crisis n the eoun-
Try &c Northern agitation cT siayery-s an"
dcnounCe the purposes anu prIncipes OF
the Republicans; and also as regards the
surrender o. Mason and SideI, declare
inat Il was legally right TO deliver them IN,
II should have been done at once, instead Ct
waiting fer the disgrace OF dong II u5ideT
@ menace
Nr. Briaht saiI that h. had oa'y acci-
GcutaIly introduced the Two resolutions
which he did yesterday, by way of satisfy
irr ti,. gentleman from Virginia, MIR. wal
lew o= 10 Il point on WAicR nc had So d ne
would suspend judgment. But he would
now say that ne endorsed the whole series
Of those resolutions, adopted by the largest
convention IF his PoN;ical friends which
ever assembled in IndiaH1-he endorsed
them in their full height, depth and
breadth.
Mr. Bayard, CT Delaware, took the 1oor
and urged at length that Senator mus5 5e
tried upon the established principles o. eyl-
dcGce-eithcr Of being guilty or 10. guilty.
principles % be regarded, if digDi-y all
safety were 10 be preserved lie addressed
himself tneC 10 iAc consideration @. Jss CS-
traueou5 matters winch had a 7IEat
into the case: and, in referee LEI
ter Of fIr Bright 10 JEFF Davis, nc I'D It
diG net indicate any tress,nab-c lElca'@ lie
passed 20 the question Of the state Of ire
country at that time, and qaoted aE2as The
letter q Mr. Seward 20 NIr. adams, w tea
forty davs GfteT the Ist Of March, asst ow-
ing that no state Of war vas then Te3oEulz-
ed by the government, and that tie -Gea
was actually entertained t1cn OF proh9 bic
disposition OFthc question with the scccced
States otherwise than by war. Ihe Gcv-
! craneDt was not regarded Gs ''bTokea n.
because those States had gone OF. Il sre
waz a Union without them, just IS there
had been before several Of them were aa-
initted into the Union. Ee asked, was the-o
not g Union before Florida was admfttei,
or Texas. AMI others and would there nc.
=. ,F,oI,:: 4, A.. 'ins uooaet- S - -
for the greatest good and N'aassg- q on =
the permitting CT separation without III,
or the holding and subduiug Of the seced1g
portion with war
Il had hecn finally determined that e
-z.-;- v-s- tt,e best hy the Gove~RUent IA
he doubted not It's poTer IN the pTeml s,
but the matter wss under debate; those .
advocated no war. and would still hTc
looked to other measures. were simply n
the same position Of Mr.. Fox and others :
, ! the British Parliament, a. the time Cf :.
American struggle. No ore then accG1e
| Mr. Fo, OF treason or uuftncss to be men
, Der OF lhc high legislative body Of Gre
| Britain. No one proposed TO ezpel MIN &
: | cause he took ground gGinst the policy Il.
| that Government was then pursuing IN !.
! card 10 t;.e revolted colonies. Il was sill
-l- : matter g State policy, and the res;S
had proved Air. Fox = wiser statesman iha
the great me- iority, and the popular opi2ic.
and c!am0r which then Cy2rruled him !
= even supposiDg that il had turned ont II
, | AEr. Fox was wrong in his view, i EotG
: no. kGTc proved him 4 traitor, O. even IS
| loraI Passing then 10 the pressure an i,
fueuccs surrounding the case, lIr. B. !
( ferTed 10 reports thar party ccucGses II
been held or the subject.
Eir. Browning, OF Illinois, and other Sc
Z a5ors, declared that they had 10 pcrs0l
: knowledge OF sach clCcuses. and =
Browning called On air. 5ayGrd for lis
/ thority.
- Nr. Bright promptly interpreted, sayia
. that he had so informed the gentleman .r2l
Delaware, and b;s colleague (Mr. LaCs
= had. at the opening OF the session, told an
= that, because q the determination il ca,
3, Gus. he could not bring IN such q rasolULio
- for an investigation a. Nh. Brigh: h
a., asked him TO DO.
Air LaDe explained substantially the gel
; eraI statement, bu. declaring that no COS
= clusiou had been come 10 il the caucus
- 10 the result n 3Ir. Brichts case.
! 3ir Bayard closed with some further 7
= fecLious on the pargizaa aspect o. the cas-
. lIr Bright, no one else taking the lio0
>. ! said tha; he would address a tcT words
tEc Senate before tEe vote Nas taken j
- returned his thanks 80 the mem mUGrS Of Il
: judiciary Committee, wbo had almost unal
= | imously reported IN his favor, and especia
- " those whose able judicial argumr mt ha'
= been heard in his behalf.
e The Vice President, VINO, ct the last &c
r sion, was 8 member Of that committee, ha
a however, fallen away from that repoI
1 which, for the sake of thaJ gentleman, al
the principles OF justice, he regretted. ;
: he had said here formerly, had he su
= posed that he was 10 be aTraigned on su'
a : variety Of charges, by such variety
a | persons, instead OF the one charge Of di
p LOYALTY Is evidenced by the letter TO Je
G ferson Davis, he might have been belt
d prepared to meet II, and employed coungt
q But lie was glad now he had not done s
And eli he had now 10 say WAS with Il
t view of putting himself right before Il
= country.
Mr. Bright entered into L history OF h
6 ! acouaintaace with hir. 7. 3. Lincoln for /!
, last twenty-five years, whom lie pronounce
a most respectable, enterPrising busiue
!. man, and against whom he had never heGl