The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-02

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A Con7enii5n Of tbs fFisbds of free.
dom ras held in'Ssv .o.Isans on the
! night Of the l5ih Rlts The nsetiDglwAs
large Taos. J Dorantl was elected
4 Prssident. The follosi1g Is his speech
| on takiPg he ehsif:
q EsHosg citssas q tle Coagention; Friends
os tael csIse sof sbUaan freedom and
! ll5ertF, IL fiel .grskfIyv oppressed by the
1 ssntims1ts which crowd upsn me vita
4 ovsrp0EeEihg iHfaenee, as 1 thank you
/ before tssiBg my seIt IN tie honorable
I positisn which your VOicss have assigned
/ rae, for the homer you have conferred 90;
/ rae. YOa, are assembled iEr great a0G
/ sacred oxassGsEt isdhs csuse foriWhich
1 y0ur fcrsfa6heT5 fought; the caasa fer
which youF brJtheys- on mary a hAttlR.
fsIdisrs fElhag and GyiDgs 1t IS Gle
saefed cause ofsl, ,beFtF. We arelprUmps-
sdlto lhe execution of the task which
We have undertaken b byleVsrv sentilnen
Of juatics and humanity, Of jos tice 90
ourselves IS nezS Eep1e ssniing. the great
! pTiHcipisS OfoIreezs5ta zd tIe State of
AoUisisna, aad to- those wearing tho
bonus ef slavery bat taose3 bGads are
now 10 be broken. This Convention is
the first 6ehbeTativs body IN louisiana
that viii proclaim the fresdoui OF ell
meDgn0 matter how dark q hus their
skins may, b. embr3wned, beneath the
surlacs tferso is the soul Of man, an ta
therein we recognizes he lgrsat 1prinoiple
of qualitF a,Td fra,or1ity. It is the
assertion of this pFincipis which viii
lead 10 the reconstruction of cur country.
Il il by the destsuctiOn Ct slavery thssI
Phmaixshksy wall rise from the ashes oi
this rebellion the.espirit Of new free
dom. 015 Of this inssgTecti9n will grow
a resaayegtiosa that Will lead us TO Q
glorious imu0rtalisy. sii 5aie1-i 4
Alter t6e elestifoaa of tle Secretary snd
othsrr Officers, ths Psesidsst remarked
that the object ef the convention was to
elect delegatts to > CONVENTION Of the
ftiends of freedom Of The Southern States,
that it had been proposed to hold At
Louisville, Ky, on the eishihof January;
that letters had recently bssh received
by which 4 appeared ,bag toe eighth OF
Jsnuary might bs eolsidsrsd too 60 n'
and thai ia.vas prsbabls that the 22i
Of Fsbrusrg = would b5 fzsd upon, and
that tSe place might be changed from
L0ui vile. peshaRs 70 New Orleans.
A commitiee onorssolatiOns was ap-
pointsd9 bas sskedi nEs to report, and
the e5bvehtion adbughsd to the follow
ing Monday. ~ -T sT
-Tso Ers says OF the Convention:
Am.ng iha delazaies W 70 Representatives
of the old population, size HatiYe element,
the men who were barn here and have
lived here all their lives, and who have
seen the workiags OF the institution they
have fuw resolved to overthrow. There
were rspresentalives also Of the new, the
Young elament-the men who have come |
10 make Eoaisiana their homes a1d 10 |
shsre her political des.iny-nen who |
bring With them the vgor Of the north
ern climzts and tie principles Of free
dom, instilled into their minds from /
youth, and who wish 70 secure for them
sslyss aad posttrity the right Of free |
opinion and free speech. Some Of tie |
bes: legal talent Of he State was there;
lhs President of The GJGys3tion was al
man who has gained : national reputa- /
ton by his elcqG5nt sdvocacy Of the |
cause OF freedom snd the Union. fa1y
doubt the purpose of the Union men Of |
Louisiana, to throw Of forever the stack
les Of slavery, they shouid have witness
et tbs entha issm = id the unsnimi y of
that Convention; Ia prolonged and ev-
er renewed sppizuse that greeted every
EXPRESSION OF attachment 70 liberty. I'll
would have convinced them that this is,
no child's play that il i5 some thing
more than q haudful o.. .unorg auiE d and
ir-esp ponsiols fauetics that is feeling FOX
the pillars Of the temple Of slavery; bu
that wsll-oTgsnized, and determined
body Of me have tsken this great work
in hand, pledgef never to pause unit il
is fully accomplished.
This Convention preseot8 IN strong
light the wonderful revolution brought
about By the Feb5lli0n. Bsfote the war,
such convention could not have Assem-
bed; tbe laws of tue State would have
made IL "a offence Punishable With death
foyeEeFy one who's should have partioi-
paid IN iis proceedings; aRd the inex
Ocsblo lsE o. public sentimsat .Heuld
not have bided tzs slower process Of 1e-
gsl forms, but would have exscated yen-
geaHee upon every man Vbe shOuId have
entered Toe door of such q ga.herings and !
csvsred bis rnsme with exeera.ioR and
infsny. But that day has gone By for
ever, and = lsFge aadTssPscts bis cOayea-
ton has met ia peace ahd sseuri1y, uader
The protecting folds Of the Aag OF the !
Union, 70 deeHee the deataO the systsn
which WOHid haVs dsezesd their o1sn,
three years age, tad hey dared 70 ex
ercise the rigLttOf -fseemsa. The tables
ere now tutEe6; ireedom, is the razing
sfsr, s1d The doom CT American slavery
Is ssslad forever. tfA
TEght A Ghe Soufhrresf.