The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-19
IRE ralIacIss or the Disuaion Lead

TIRE ralIacIes or the Disuufon Lead
ers.
ohshe 4ih Of March, 1853, Senator
Hammond, Of South Oaroliua, delivered
himself Of The following opinions:
aButiff here wasno ether reason why
We should nevlr have war, would any
sansnstion make war on cotton2 With
out fling 5 gun, without drawing 3
sword should they make war upon Us,
we could bring lie whole world TO our
feet. Tbe South is perfectly competent
70 &c on, one, two or three years, without
planting , seed Of cotton. bslieVe that
AZ sbs were 70 plant but half her cotton
foF thFee years u CINE it would be an
immense advantage 10 Der. | sm not SO
sure that after three years total absti-
hence, she WoUld not come cut stronger
than ever she vas before, anu better pre-
ptre5 f. enter zfresb upon her great ca
reer Of enterprise. What would happen
If no cotton was furnished for three
yesrsg / will Rot step to depict what
Every one can imagine, bat this is certain,
England would topple heAdlong, and car
ny the whole civilized world with her
save the South. No, you dare not make
war on cOtior, no power on earth dares
90 make war upon il. Cotton is king
Until lately the Bank OF England was
king, but she tried TO put her screws, as
usual, tue fall before | sst, upon the cot
toa ereP, and was al erly vanquished.
The last power has been conquered
Who can doubt that has looked At re-
cent ovsnif, that cotton is supreme.
Il lie above Mr. Hammond gave utter
ancs 20 sentiments that almost univer-
sally prevailed amongst secession and
disunion leaders. A great change has
cone over them. Cotton proved to be
but an indifferent monarch, and abdica-
ted upon the firing OF the first shot at
Sumter. lie Is nos miserable pauper,
in the national poor house, fubsisting
upon charity. His satellites, before ans
other year passes away, will be upon their
knees, begging TO be received back into
the family circle they deserted aud en-
deayored to break up.
Hammond was fair specimen Of the
slayeholding arist5erlt Il was said of
him that he owned thousand slaves,
and thathe, at one time, made a ma,he-
NAUTICAL calculation, by which be proved
that il was true economy to work slave
TO desth in seven years. He was
member Of the famous Southern Conven-
ton which met in Nashville in 1850. In
thst Convention be enunc'sts the doc
trine that the sonihsra people were sub
jects 70 be led by aristocratic leaders
just before the Convention closed its la
bore, the President, Judge Sharkey, OF
Miss, took the A5or, and spoke in oppo-
sition 10 the resolutions which were sub
sequentiy adopted as the platform of the
Convention 0ae Of his objections was
that the resolutions took new ground,
and that the members were not in
formed IS 70 the wishes Of the people
wAom they prOiessed 10 represent, aid
WHO might disspprOss their action. BE
preferred to wait, and be governed by the
voz ropai he had hardly taken his seat
before Mr.. Hammond Eprang to the floor.
"Mr Presidsnt,n said he, why should
we wait TO hear the voice Of the people
They are at home, employed in their
daily svocations, on the farm, in the
workshops, in the contingencies, in all
the busy pursuits Oflis. They have no
time 70 investigate these grave matters
and form opinions upon them. We ARE
THE LEADERS CT tbs PEOPLE Let US act
fer them. u will be time enough to hear
them when they inteFpose objections to
what we do" Thus spoke the aristO-
cratic voice of The shareholders. His
opinions dominated; and if it were pos
sible sor the Southern Confederacy to
become a nstion, in fact, the people would
become IS abjeot slaves as the negroes on
the Southern plantations. The United
States Government is Fighting the battle
of freedom, including The freedom of the
poor dupes who obey the behests of their
dsspetic leaders. They will be enamel
pated along with the black slsves of the
South.