The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-07
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VllIe Daily uNION, for some weeks p.s,
ana justice conStraies me 10 saw tb,t
am much pleased with lis tone. ~.
truly an encouraging omen, when a man
can set up the banner of Liberty and
Union IN the very heart of oppression and
is'union, and be permitted 10 publisb
unmolested, words of truth and Justice
Ihat oppression, or as The term h
Deter understood, slavery, was the o1,e,
Of lne present unprecedently wicked re.
oeilon' no sane man, who has Anv re-
gard Tor truth, will pretend to deny.
know there are things, Drawing the human
form, who pretend to say that abolition.
lists are the cause Of the war; but any
person who gives utterance 10 such a
sentiment in ending to make any one be.
heve II is true, must in the very natare Of
things, be either an arrant knaye. or
badly demented.
The war must have been the result Of
seme cause, and that cause must have
existed in such force as TO have had
strong agency In bringing about
the result. The question now arises.
what was that cause? Did the conyen.
Ventions of any Of the secedine States
attribute IL TO abolitionists Not one. 80
far as my knowledge extends; and if any
OF them did, |, for one, would be pleased
to have some advocate for the doctrine OF
the "Abolitionists being the cause of the
war" produce It, There is one thing
that can be adduced-that these Convcn.
tions, perhaps without an exception, did
attribute the. cause Of their secession 10
the protection and pcrpetuation of their
property in slaves. Then the reasonable
conclusion is, that fear that slavery
would be interiered with, snd desire 10
throw around il the strong buIwark (as
they suppose) Of Confederate Govern.
ment. was the sole inducement TO seces-
sion. Mark the idea-a fear that slavery
would be interfered with; for the facts
Of history bear me out in saying, that
nothing had been done, or even coniem-
plated, justifying the conclusion, that
anything would be done by the present
Administration, in any wise interfering
with what thsy considered the sacred
rights of the South in their anigger"
property.
There is another thought TO which |
wish TO call attention-as intend 10 bs
briel. We hear much said by secession
lists, both North and south-for il is no.
toriously true, that there are legions of
them in what are recognized as loyal
States-about the Presidents Emanci-
patton Proclamation, slavery, negro
property, &c, &c, We find scores
Of editors who dilate largely upon these
themes, and enter an open and unyield-
ing TRADE against aboltionists, nigger
worshippers, &c. Foremost among this
class is the editor of the Louisville Jour
aaL lie carps long and loud about the
"peace party" as though there was a
peace party in existence upon any other
basis than that Of separation. lie knows,
as well as he knows the quality of good
brandy, that no man Of any prominence
in the rebellious States has ever giyon
any intimation Of peace upon any o ther
terms than that Of separationi yet he Is
crawling upon his belly TO jeff Davis.
endeayoring to get a Kiss of his grest
toe, still hoping to get him to accede to
terms Of peace, other than separation;
but he may continue his officiating un-
Ill the final day and he never can sue
ceed in eliciting such promise. The
rebellion was innugurated for the sole
purpose Of separation and slavery per.
petuation, and until these are accom-
plished, or the rebels whipped into obe
dience 10 .he behests OF the Government,
(Which will, think, speedily be the
case,) there will be no peace" Tor the
wicked.
What is slavery This question will,
doubtless, sound strangely to many per.
sons. The almost universal response
will be, "whO does not know what sla-
very II is service and labor done
from a colored 10 white man" Al, in
, deed whence all this wisdom? un-
= dertake 10 say, that Service and labor
constitute aopa,tofs'ayag # l obligate
myself TO do a certain piece OF work for
you, that Is "seryice and labor bat no
man of ordinary intelligence would pre-
sumo 10 call IL slavery slavery consists
in ownership--in one man claiming 10
own the arms, The legs, the body, the
, muscles, and even The soul of another.
aud without this, there can be no slave
ry. The first case is ihat OF seyituds
which is vastly different from slavery
and is legitimate relation, while a.,
: latter is without foundation 10 tho III
/ vine or National law, and, a. a conss
@ quenoe, is not legitimate relation
!, The fact OF color has nothing whatever,
Q to do With the matter. II man can be
d converted into property because he IL
: not white man, why, ! ask, cannot Z
IA white man be Just as readily be enslayed.
II II the friends Of slavery wish 10 take H.
10 Bue al this point, they can do 30 AZ their
l. own pcriE as / shall ,hen show. thaI