The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-29

US, and on equality with US, our lands
in the hands Of the Yankee owners,
who would farm them with our negroes
at nominal wages. Such was now the
cad picture in Tennessee and those Dor
der States that the Yankees hold
What has been, will be again. Were
the sons of those noble pioneers, who
converted the wilderness into these
smiling gardens and fruitful fields, who
erected these temples to God, these
courts of justice, these educational in
stitutes, and these happy homes, amidst
the attack of a savage foe, willing TO
yield our noble heritage to the Vandal
foe-the hated Yankee? Are we too
craven TO defend III No! never We
will conquer our independence, or we
will die.
No man in the Confederacy knows
better than Neill S. Brown that this in
dictment is faise in every respect
Previous 10 the rebellion, no man
s.ood higher amongst the Union men
Of Tennessee, than this man He was
elected Governor by the Whigs-always
a Union party-in 1917; and renomi-
mated by them for the same position in
ls49 In speech accepting the nomi-
nation, he said:
He congratulated the Wings upon
their success in the presidential cam.
paign, and remarked that some ques-
tons had recently arisen to one OF
which he would allude-the slavery
question, arising from the acquisition of
new territories. He said that on a
question such as this, he need give no
piedges-he had in his birth and edu-
cation, something better than pledges.
He was in favor Of the institutions Of
the South, bit he valued tie Union above
cvery thing else He deprecated the ia
naticism that seeks 20 array one pOr-
ton of this glorious Union against an
other-was opposed to the proposition
made in some quarters, of nOninter-
course with the North in case of the
passage Of the Wilmot Proviso-said he
aooald not qiUe one foot Of ground on Bunker
Hill, or Saratoga, Or Yorktown, for all the
land i0est Of heaRio Grdn9e, though all its
hills ,oere studded NTH gola and Us valleys
flledlOitk sLUe8 he sud, he meant 5y that,
he tCould not exchange he U,lion and us
blessings, for any iDanediate and sectional
advantages 10 be dTiDed from a disruption Of
our glorious coatsdcracg
He was opposed 10 those who would
deny the Southern people their rights
in the newly acquired territories, and
thought that, in the present threaten
ing aspect of things, a compromise
should be made, but he '',gas for the
Union AT ALL HAZARDS For the South,
so long as he could be consistently with
the preservation of the Union, but for
the Union at all events
These were the utterances of a true
man, uneontaminated by the pestifer-
Gus doctrines of the disunionists The
Union then was above all price, with
him In the Presidential campaign of
1860, he maintained the same princi-
pies; and with other supporters of Mr.
Bell in Tennessee, declared that an at
tempt. to dissolve the Union would re-
suit in the destruction of the institu
ton Of domestic slavery. He believed
and declared that the Union was the
surest protection TO slavery.
In 1861, he was supported 10y the
Union men of Davidson county for the
State Convention, which was voted
down, and to the last moment retained
the confidence of his supporters
Even after it was ascertained that the
disunionists were likely to have their
own way in the State, Union men went
to him for counsel Arm yourselves"
said he; land let us maintain our
rights They replied-"We have no
one to lead us 4" / viii lead you" he
said-"I, and others, have already
purchased arms Alas, alas that same
day he was appointed member of the
Military Board, accepted it, and de-
serted the Union men, he was willing
to lead.
In 1852, when the national army took
possession Of Nashville, and other lead
ing men r un away, he remained at
home be knew that the rebellion
was causeless, that it was bound to fail
and in a public speech at Columbus on
the Cd day of June, 50 announced
LET us, said he, look at these things
without false pride. Here we have
twenty-five millions of white people
againsta little over six millions, with
four millions Of slaves. The twenty-five
millions have the whole power of q long
established government-the revenues,
the navy, the military power, the mark
cts and commerce of the world, wealth
and manufactures, with an amazing
increase of active and enterprising pop
ulations The six million have no com
merce, no manufactures, no money, no
immigration, no munitions of war;
Here is a simple problem of numerical
strength. And he showed conclusively
that the South could not succeed u
have no faith in the cause" he added,
'and therefore ] am not South" In
regrrd TO the question of slavery, be
said
The President and Congress have
said emphatically that they had no
wish to interfere with slavery, or 20
disturb the rights of property. But, at
the same time the President had init.
mated that he reserved to himself 10
judge what might be military neces-
sity in the future, if the South persist
ed in Waging this war with stubborn
opposition. And, my word for it. rath.
er than allow the negroes TO continue
giving aid 70 the Southern army, he will
emancipate every slave in the South.
IL will become what is called military
necessity, and the question viii be
whether the Union or slavery shall per
ish He will be certain TO say the latter"
Whether the government
Wills it or not, emancipation will be-
come 8 necessary result of the war,
from the trouble and friction it occa-
sions If had but one prayer to offer,
il would be- Give peace 10 this unhap-