Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-05-27
Gov. TroHsdale.

elie washington Union VIII be read
with interest. They are timely and
well put and we commend them to our
readers:
we are pleased to see that; this
distinguished patriot enters into the
IgubernatoriA l contest in Tennessee
with a spirit Characteristic Of his ma
ture. lie has made appointments
with his opponent-Judge William
B. Campbell ito address his fellow
citizens ut such points il the State
as will ehabl lie every voter to under
stand what general interests are in
volved Id the canvass of the two par
ties at this time. Governor Trous-
dale has beeh long the flvorite of the
good old-Ei$ hiohed democratic coun-
Ity Of Sunni er, having received there
his education and training, and hav-
ing met her highest expectation not
only lii the field Of battle, but in eY-
cry civil EN- loyment to which he has
been called, from that of an attorney
at the bar I'd the Office of Governor of
the State. There is no field Of glo-
~ distinguiF Shed by our citizen-sol-
diery in the southern country that has
not yielded a laurel to this brave,
gallant, and talented man; and we
are comic dent that the people of Ten
nessee, who have elevated him to the
highest office within their gift, will
depreciate the value of these laurels
by refusing to entwine them III the
civic wreath which is due to his able
administration Of the office Of Gov
ernor.
In order to counteract the inAu-
ence naturd Fly springing from the
usual service s of such a man as Gov
ernor Tr3us llale, the wings have in
duced Judg Campbell to vacIte an
office which was conferred upon him
for military Iseryices-thus Il linking
to neutralizF the force of such merit,
and avail tn em$elves of anoth er OPP
portunity I'd oh tain power by the di-
visions which hive been created in
Tennessee respecting the best mode
of arresting the spirit of fanaticism
in the northern States. Hence the
keen eye and the eloquent tongue Of
Col. Cen try could not let pass an op-
portunity to call to the aid of his
party another experiment, like that
which succeeded with the name Of
Harrison and Taylor, to put men into
c.6iee but not principles into the adj
aiastratiou Of the gooe,ument, which
are needed to keep the ship Of State
where Washington, Jefferson and
Jackson placed it. What is the
Judgment of the country already
upon the combinations that were re-
sorted to to place Gen Harrison in
the presidency? Is there a single
measure on record to which the fu-
ture historian will point as sufficient,
even if s intended, to repress the
many evils which were then developed
as the fruit Of sectional strife and
personal ambition? And is not the
on still more true when APP
piled to the administration of Gen. /
Taylor, under whose aus ices the
Wilmot Proviso received no re-
buke, ard the opportunity of saving
the Union was almost lost, and won Id I
certainly have been so, but for t he
timely interposition of those patriot
ic men WHO had been thrown aside by I
those win cIamored loudest that this
successful General was not a party !
man. I
we sd y to the democrats Of Ten
lessee, the same game is about to be
played d pom You again; unless you
discard all minor differences Of opin-
on, and rally around your principles
IS your soldiers did against the
common enemy at New Orleans and /
II Mexico. Think only Of your coun-
ry-ofth old principles Of repub-
lean democracy believe not
hose who tell you that the support
If whiggery is the support IF the
,omp promise of the last session: If
he declarations of Col. Gentry are
rue why has he not thought Of Mr.
LAY or Mr. Webster, who were the
rs of that compromise, rs /
he candidate Of his party? Call !
lpon him to explain why it ris that
Ten. Scott has been nominated by a :
asst number of the wings in New ;
england, in Delaware, New York,
Iassaehu setts, Ohio, and Michigan.
ell him to explaiu why it is that Mr..
layton, General Taylor's Secretary
f State, has openly declared for Gen.
,cott, a nd that Mr. Seward the
riend of Gen. Scott, is out openly
eainst the fugitive slave law.