The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-12

Tenn, sendsus the follow
ing letter, which was found among The
fleets Of tho late Mat Murfree, The foun-
der Of Murfreesboro'. II is but another
oroOf Of The already established fact that
he emissAries of treason have been en-
gagged for over thirty years in preparing |
tho people Of the South for rebellion.
COLUMBIA, s. c., Jan. 81, 1888.
M DEAR 9rR received some days
,go the Nashville Republican extra. con-
tanning President Jaokaon's Proclama-
tion, which you sent me, and note what
YOU wrote on the margin. Mol we will
never repeal the Ordinance Of Nullihca-
ton. II 10 our charter Of rights, and will
never be repealed while the odiOus and
ni snsmed American system is in opera
lion. We will defend it as becomes free
men. South Csrolina's scns are JTeeDgen,
md will live and die so at all hazards !
slaves may cover, aud submissivoly
WELD to threata, but fresmen scOrn and
deppise them.
We are not yet chained to tho csr Of
: would. be- depot, aud will die and be
damned before We will submit our neckS
70 his yoke. We are no mans men, but
free and independent South CARROLL
asns, neither afraid to assert our rights
nor TO defend them with our lives and for
unes. We scOrn your old masters rage
nd defy his wrath. Let him come on
We will meet him, sand damu'd be he
hat first cries hold, enough!" on you
say, "como ca 20 Tennessee, We will cure
you of Modification"
Now this ie absolutely backing cut,
FOR we HWitlfers never have said that we
would 60 anywhere, t. do this, that or
he other. We said always, and cay we
now, 1--WE stand upon our soil, our own
south Carolina, the home of the brave.
aud the land where oil white men are
tree, and say 70 oil the world, this is our
nome, here we have certain inAlit nabl
lights, which We will defend At all and
every hazard; and woe TO him that puts
N hostile foot upon itp II is you
hen, you good and loyal subj ects, you
yassas and slaves of Jackson, who are
TO come Cat his cOmmand) 20 beat us in
to submission 70 his wilt.
To you, then, repeat, 'COmo over, and
| you'll find TO your sorrow and cost that
company of freemen, led on by such
men as little Jenny Hamilton and Rob-
,rt Y. Hayne, is equal (nay, suporior), TO
| 4 t0hols regiment Of jackson ayes You'll
lad that it is much easier 20 d. re Q
drove Of cattle to Virginia foe your mas
ter, than drive q South Carolina nullilieI
one single iIcl. You may point to NeU
Orleans, and say, Behold our deeds
True, you did beat the British slavet
here; but that only proves that yol
we're better slaves than they--thst gotc
) master had you under better comman'
than theirs, aud you fought for fear 0
, being hanged up by the neck.
blush at the reflection that you, tina
,ny Of my blood relations are slave.
What think you your gallant old fatne
would say 20 you could his epirit appca,
Q csn tell you, although only know biz
from the information of my father an,
lnoie William. No slavish blood ran i
ais veins, aud in his wrath be would say
Mat you arc slave; you dishOnor m
. ,ame, aud discard You" have re
, eived copy of David Dickinson
speech in the Legislature OF Tennessee,
,pon The subject Of qualification, which
y. [ suppose he sent TO me in return for th
Z | papers Ihave heretofore sent to him froI
ghls State. BE, too. is one of Jackson
slaves, and blush tor his degenerscv.
IL 10 evident he has taken his polite
, As men generally do their religion, upO
D he mere 'ipSs diyt" OF some populi
10 lypocritical rascal OF preacher, WI
tells them they must stAke things upo
faith, "'rwss His will, and He is good
y without taking the troGble TO read an
interpret for then selves. So with Dicl
A ns0n, he had adopted q version Of Il
, Constitution Of the United States upC
The opinion of jackson, or some one
l' his slAve-driyers, without reading
d limselG de thought when be made
ie speech that South Carolina would on
:. guilty she could obtain the cooperate
Of Tennessee aud Georgis, and the 9th
States. hope he 10 unoeceived by th
IL iime. South CaFolina never did rely al
lie on any but her own aons 20 protect al
,e deend her Constitution, rights Al
liberties.
b Expect support from Tennessee 90
70 Georgian No; we know too W,
q that the msj rity Of the Tenness sas b
D. long as much 10 jackson rs our neg
slaves do to us; and we had to ezpect fro
y Georgia In her sovereign capacity, viii
D. the milk-sop Lumkin q very Tony LuI
at kin) wields the helm. No, sir; we e
az poet support from no SISTER State"
q. depend upon tho justice Of our caut
aud upon our own arm 70 defend IL. Y
ask assistance from no man nor commuI
be ~ yet, IL q noble spirited fellow CON
so from abroad, (and there are thousan
he among you, | know and volunteers
breast the storm with as, in defense
Is- liberty aud the Constitution, we 81
ed hail, brotle ="
n Dickinson Is on the political ocean, a
~ IL 10 evident that be trims his vessel
the popular bre, 20. But when the spi
Of liberty, which is uncOnquerable, sh
cd have surmounted all obstacles, and va
est leading men dare break the chsins
-. which they are fe tered TO Jaokson's G
when tho qualification party, which he I
" aoribes In such moving tropes TO be gro
20 ing up ia Tennessee, shall gain the ,
ne tendency (As IL surely will), l shall
N him INF on the ground that he Alwa
y advOeated the right of revolution or
en oession, though he deprecated nulif
zion. But here, even, no is at fault,
,is HE master denies the doctrine of sec
-. sion in toto.
7 see, too, he used the threadbare, a
1.-THE UniOn, the Union, IL must be p
served = but say the Union in its pr
Of emit degraded, corrupt, base and =,
"A, Administration | would blow Il, IL cOu