Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-16

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publican party within slave States, under
the lead Of brave and true men, such as
Frank p. Blair, ofMissouri, and Cassius NJ
Clay, of Kentucky. What remains of or
ganization as a national party, tobe effected
is as sure and certain as what has already
occurred, and is now so distinctly seen"
Therefore, Resolved, by the General As
sembly Of the State of Tennessee, That We
recognize in the recent outbreak at Harper's
Ferry, the natural fruits of this reasonable
'irrepressible conflict" doctrine, put forth
by the great head Of the Black Republican
party, and echoed by his subordinates and
that it becomes the imperative duty of
national men of all parties throughout the
Union TO announce to the world their
sense of its infamy, and to unite in crushing
out its authors as traitors to their country
and as deadly enemies TO the public peace,
TO the rights Of the States, and the preserya-
ton Of our republican institutions.
Resolved, That we record it as the sense
Of the Tennessee Legislature, that the dec
laratiOns of Mr. Seward, that respectable
portion Of the Southern people, under the
lead of such men as Cassius NJ. Clay and
Francis p. Blair, will unite with the Black
Republican party to prevent the extension
of slavery, and will eventually rise up
against slavery" is a libel upon the honor
and loyalty of the Southern people, and
will but serve to make them more watchful
and exacting of their public servants in the
national councils. FE EEFa
Resolved, That we acknowledge our APP
probation of the promptness with which
the national administration took steps to
check the recent conspiracy before il OBJ
tanned the hinge dimensions of a revolution.
| Resolved, That our Senators and Rep
resentatiyes in Congress be furnished with a
copy of these resolutions"
In all these votes he split off from such
Unionists then in the Legislature, as
John Williams, of Knox, Trewhitt, Cor
man, Havron, East, Wisener, and others.
BUTLER ON LlNcoLN's cABINET
When, in January, 1861, Gov Harris
called the Legislature together, in view
of the election of Mr.. Lincoln, and the
secession Of several Southern States,
Butler took an early occasion to intro-
duce the following resolutions
"Be it resolved by the General Assembly
of the State of Tennessee, That our Sena-
tors in Congress be, and they are hereby
Instructed TO vote against the confirmation
of any man to Office who endorsed an in
famous libel upon the South, known rs the
Helper Book, and that the Governor is
hereby requested to forward copy OF this
resolution TO each of our Senators in Con-
gress 4 -s 81 a-sa-
"Be il further resolved, That the people
of Tennessee receive the report of the ap-
| pointnent Of William II. Seward to a pO-
sition in the cabinet of the incoming adj
ministration asfurther evidence of hostility
to the institutions of the South, and il the
policy he has advocated in all his speeches
upon the subject of domestic slavery shall
be attempted to be inaugurated with said
administration, the South has but little
hope of settlement of existing difhcHl.
ties between her and the North.
'Be it further resolved, That Tennessee
is looking with much anxiety to the
policy that may be intimated in the
speech to be delivered in the Senate of the
United States this day; and if he shall re.
iterate the doctrines of his Rochester
harangue, Tennessee will take due notice
thereof, and govern herself accordingly"
BUTLER ON THE OFFERING BY NEW YORK
OF TROOPS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERN
MENF-THE SOUTH AT ANY HAZARD AND
TO THE LAST EXTREMITY.
A few days after the introduction, by
by him of the above, the following was
introduced, and received the support of
Mr.. Butler
Resolved, That this General Assembly
has heard with profound regrebof the reso-
lutions recently adopted by the Legislature
of the State of New York, rendering men
and money to the President of the United
States, to be used in coercing sovereign
States of the South into obedience to the
Federal government.
Resolved, That this General Assembly
receives the action of the Legislature of
New York, as an indication of the purpose !
upon the part of the people of that State to
further complicate existing difficulties, by |
forcing the people of the South to the ex-
tremity of submission or resistance and so
regarding it, the Governor of the State of |
Tennessee is hereby requested to inform |
the Executive of the State of New York, |
that it is the opinion of this General As |
sembly, than lgheneper the authorities of that |
State shall send armed forces 10 The South for |
The purpose indicated IN sad resolutions, The |
people Of Tennessee, uniting NTH their brethren
Of the South, tpili as one man, resist such an
rdsion Of the soil Of The South at any hazard |
and TO the last ertrelaity.
BUTLER FOR sEvEkING THE STATES
On the Dist of January, 1861, series of
resolutions, proposing a convention of all |
the then slave-holding States to suggest |
amendments to the Federal constitution,
as a basis of final settlement of the ques-
tons then agitating the country, were
proposed and adopted, Mr.. Butler voting |
for them. One of the resolutions, which |
was alternative in its character, reads as
follows
Resolved, That should a plan of adjust
ment satisfactory 10 the South not be ac-
coded TO by the requisite number of States !
to perfect amendments to the constitution |
of the United States, it is the opinion ofthis !
General Assembly that the slaye-holding |
States should adopt for themselves the con
siitntiOn of the United States, with such |
amendments as may be satisfactory so the |
slaveholding States. and that they should |
invite into a union with them all States Of |
the North which are willing to abide |
such amended constitutions, and frame a |
government, sepering at once al connections |
irith States refusing such reasonable guarantees
for Oau future safety; such renewed condi- |
tons Of Federal union being first submitted |
for ratification TO conventions of all the |
States respectively"
BUTLER TAKES THR CONFEDERATE OATH
We pass over the April session with the |
remark that he was there also; and how |
ever he may have voted in the secret ses-
sions of that interesting period-and we
believe he voted against the act of sepa-
ration-it is a fact that he returned in
October to the Rebel Legislature Of
that year, 1851. On taking his seat he
took the following oath, upon the Evan
gelists, without single word of obec-
ton, or remonstrance:
81 do solemnly swear that will support
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