The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-02-03


have been provoked to treason by Repub-
licans aud anti-savery men, is greatly 10
palliate il not TO Justify their infamous
crimes. tits virtually saying TO the re-
VOTED States that they arc ayenging
themselves of repeated and aggravated
insults in making war upon the Union,
the Constitution, and the laws Of the
land. The history ofHis plorable contro-
versy for many years .fasteus the gull and
responsibility Of he ,oar upon he heads Of
political faction Of he South, ioho wefs
fully determined 10 rule or ruin 1is nation
The "war upon the social order Of the
South, Of which the Journal speaks, was
myth as unsubstantial as a gossamer's
shadow. Slaves prospered under it and
slaves increased in value. The number
of fugitive slaves in 1860 was only one
.Gttieth of one per cent in all the slave States,
aud II is believed that far the greater
part Of these escaped TO places Of refuge
in the South"
The above quotations with some
others, appeared in the Louisville
Journal of the 30th ult., followed
by the subjoined comments
"Those extracts, as we believe, con-
tain the pith and substance of the Nash
vile UAion's lecture to "some Union
newspapers" in general and to the Louis
vile Journal in particular, the ne wsplpers
inculpated embracing without an excep-
ton, every conservative journal in the
country. The manners of our censor are
hardly less remarkable than its reason
ings. But, waving the former, we shall
remark upon the latter only. We in
deed shall have no occasion to remark
any further. The manners of the Union
suit our purpose very we'll, When a
newspaper struts upon transparent
fallacy, the loftier the stride aud the
more contemptuous the swell the better.
The proposition which the Nashville
Union here sets out TO disprove is =
Without the help of the abolition war
upon the social order of the South, seces-
sion would never have been attempted"
Now, what is the Unions disproof of this
proposition? 1t is simply that the abo-
litiOn war did not in fact impair the
social order of the South and that the
disunion leaders of the South had plot
ted for the establishment of Southern
Coniederacy during the whole preced-
ing generation and upwards. For the
sake of the argument, and especially for
the sake of the fallacy, we grant the first
ID of these ailirmatiOns as wen as the last.
rate is indisputably true. But aoe grant
v than bath. We accept as true he Unions
entire argument
The careful reader will have
observed, that in the extract from
our "article or lecture" the point
which we emphasized, and
which we have marked with
jitalicsnfis Chat the historic tes-
btimonyof this rebellion, fastcns the
d Responsibility. and crime of the re-
volt upon the heads of a slave oil
garchy,..who were determined to
.orule or. ruinothe nation, as they
ruled. the slave States. This was
o the ,gists of onr Whale argument.
Y The a0WRalin attempting to sum
it up, says that we argued "simply
that the abolition war did not i'm
pair the social order Of the South,
and that the disunien leaders Of
the South had plotted for the es.
Enlistment of a Southorn Confed
.eracy, .during tho whole preceding
generation and Upwards" And il
adds: y-@ Ha.,a4.. 500 n"-
g. The Uaion mistakes The conclusion L
be proved. 1t proves beyond the question
y II talks wide Of the purpose In fine, i
ptrpetrales the vulgar and despicablC
iaIfacy Of ighorQtio elepehI as. the basis al
once OF q tacit compliment TO itself anC
of grave reproof to all conservative
Journals in the land, II IL on this fallacy
that the Upion struts in The face Of th'
public and especially under our owl
nose. We should be inexcusable If WI
did not forgive the air the Uaioa puts OF
for the sake Of The sense il puts Off
The Joswnal doubtless intended
to be fair in its summary, BUTT nat
missed the point and overlooked
the proofs entirely, We ARGUED
that the Southern conspirator
wcrenot5nly theimmediate, but tn,
prime and original authors Of the
rebellion, and hence that on thei
heads rested the crime and respOn
sibility OF our civil war The Joqr
nal on the contrary saysthat we"di
vertthe attention ofthepeople from
The very class Of the original ap'
real traitors that are now most dc
Hvely and C8SetuaNg promoting
the overthrow Of the government,
that is the anti.slayery men, III,
Journal holds that they are ga
least half ofthe origlnal and rsa
tlaitors.h We affirmed on the con
trary that the original traitofs ar