The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-08
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1854
rhe spIEll q toe Laadlng RebeIs.

tho .SpiIlt o. zoe Leading keBelS.
Some time in the summer Of 1859, a
gentlemen Of this city, who possessed 8
moderate fortune concluded 70 spend
the summer at the Sulphur Springs, in
Virginia, and prepared his business for
an absence Of two months; but after re
m2ining about two weeks, he returned
to Nashville. A friend inquired the
reason for this aud hereplied 81 found
there d host Of wealthy planters from
tho Cotton States, and learned that
none bat millionaire could hold any
social position among the habitues Of the
Springs. The exclusHeness of the ar
istocracy exceeds that Of Europe; and
have learned enough 10 know that
there IL, at this time, plot being con-
oocted among them, to dissolve the
Union Chat they may be enabled to set
up government in which the masses
of the people will be ignored. left in
disgust
There can be no doubt as to the fact
Of the ex stenoe OF this ariatocratie spir-
IL among the planters Of the Cotton
States; and II is equally certain that II
was that, and not any danger of the
immediate, or even Of the ultimate ab,
clifton OF slavery in the states where it
existed, that caused the rebellion. Sla-
very is responsible for the existence. Of
this aristocraoy, and slavery was made.
the pretext for the revolution which is
upon ne
To prove This, we haYe only to consult
the speeches OF leading seees sionists,
during the decade preceding 1850, and
the articles in leading public journals,
during the same period The evidence
which could thus be collected, would
fill volumes; but as yet no full collec~
ZION has been made, though we hope
one win be, as soon as the necessary
records can be reached by those COM
petent for the work.
Towards such a collection, we purpose
to contribute the following mites
The Richmond Exsminer wrote not
long ago:
We have cot TO hating everything
with the prefix free from free negroes
down and up. through the whole cata-
I ,,4,,,- Fyao Labor 4r1aa a.
cietv. free viii free thinking, free child
rem ard free schools, all belong to the
same brood Of damnable isms But the
worst of al these denominations is the
modern systea of free schools. The
New England system Of free schools
has been the cause and prolific source
of the inRdelities and treasons that
have turned her critics into Sodons and
Gonlorrihs, and her land INFO the com
mon nesting places Of bowling Bed
lanaites. We abominste the system
because the schools are free
The Mgsoogee (Alabama) Herald
Gree soeietyr We sicl1en Of the
name. What is It but conglomera-
ton Of greasy mechanics filthy opera
tives, srsall listed farmers, and moon
struck theorists All the northern
states, and especially the New England 1
states, are devoid of society fitted for
weu-bred gentlemen The prevailing
class one meets with is that of mechan- /
les struggling 70 be genteel, and small |
farmers. who do Their own drudgery |
and vet wine sye hardly fit for assoeia- /
ton with gentleman $ body servant /
lslayel This Is your free society
The Richmond Examiner declared |
that the rebellion Of the slavelords was
Unstable, because
"The experiment Of universal liberty
has failed The evils OF freesociety are |
insuferable and impracticable in the
long run. Ii IL everywhere starving,
demoralized and insurreotionary. Poll
cy and humanity dixie forbid the ex-
tension Of It's evils TO new peoples aud
coming generations. Thus, free society
mast fall and give way to slave society,
. social system old as the world and
universal as man.
Howell Cobb, of Georgia, one of the
leaders IN the rebelliOus movement, ad-
vocated the enslavement of all work
ingmen and women
There is, perhaps. no solution of
the great 9gobleua OF reeonciling the IN
terests Of labor and capital, so as TO
protect each from the fncToachments
and expressions o. the other, 80 simple
as slavery BY nassking the laborer
himself capital, the. conflict ceases and
the interests become identical
De Bows Review, the teacher Of the
theories OF political economy prevalent
at the south, once gave space 70 aTgu-
mentia favor of the following PROPOSE
tons let That property in human
labor Is tie only property and 2nd,
that the white race = the true aud best
slave race. because it IS the most So
cial, tane, domestic edacetable, skill
ful, and most readily submits itself to