Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-11-18


r PROGRESS OF THE RsobT-E~-oenator
Dickinson, one of the able, apa most intiuen-
: tial of the New York ''Qld fAnker." Democrats,
has made public eyoval ofhis position. HIS
letter to Ne Bryan, one of The national Demo
Gratis Of old Gennesee,r published in our paper
a day or two since, viii attr3e. the attention and
excite the admiration of the public. He eppos-
ed to the President and his emporizing, hybrid
policy He thus sums up lie intrinsic merits
of the case>
"The great struggle whiclis now going for
ward is, whether the Democatic party shall be
compelled longer to cherish n it's midst the lea
ders OF faithless, treacherus and stultifed
faction under the euphonios terms of "union
and harmony" or whether, ater having for FIVE
years suffered under the experiment. without
success it should for its own protection, the
preservation of its principle, and the self re-
! spect and dignity of its mem,ers. refuse all fur
Their association with such elments of destruc-
| ton and evil"
! The combat thickens. Ole after another,
the strong men of New York come forward to
evenge the slaughter of Bronson. The admin
istration is dead in the empire State The
revolt will not stop there. 1Old Hunker"-
Democrats, in creed and principle, are scattered
all over the Union, constituting an immense
majority of those who brought President Pierce
into power. In other quarters they are already
shouting signs OF disatfection; and the meeting
OF Congress will be signal for such strife be-
tween the different wings of the Democracy as
has not been witnessed for many wears.
The Richmond Enquirer, the old war horse
n % mia e.. Ol 1,,al
of vascillation in the premises, condemns the
proscriptive course towards Dickinson, Bronson
and O'Connor, by the president and his Cabi-
net and says:
"They have actually entered the field against
themselves; siding with the party most obnoxi-
GUS to one-half the Union, and draggled the
ermine of State in the sewers of politics.
That is not the worst of their case. We fear
they have taken sides where there is the least
political patriotism and purity; that they have
formed an alliance with men W no will either
lead them astray from national principles or will
betray them, and the South along with them"
"Reduced to the alternative" says the Enqui
rer, OF taking sides in like manner, between
these conteudlng sections of the party, "the shiv-
alrouS and generous South can do no otherwise
than stand by the men in their trial who stood
by them in their tribulation"
The Democratic Washington Sentinel, quotes
from a number of Democratic papers in Vir-
GINA, expressions of rebuke similar to those of
the Enquirer-calls upon conservative Demo
Gratis everywhere" to spea cut yet more dis
tinctly-callS upon ''the South, especially South"
to strand the presses and politicians who brand
Dickinson, Bronson and O'Connor,r and adds:
eff we mistake not, what we have already
heard is but the beginning of the end; is is the
note of that trumpet, whose rising blast will
ring through mountain and vaey-through the
broad savannas of the South, and the populous
cities of the North.
No wonder the removal of Bronson, and the
quasi official assaults upon Dickinson and
OCOnnOr create a profound sensation of resent
ment in the midst of thinking and independ-
ent men of all parties. The removal of Bron-
son is only division of official preference BE-
tween men, or even between parties represented
by them. But the manner of the removal, and
the circumstances attending it, make it an as
sault upon popular rights" and Estate rights
precedent for interference with the local party
divisions and factious discussions of sover-
egn State by the strong arm of Federal pOlcer.
Upon this ground, aside from all others, it de-
serves the unsparing rebuke of every true hear
ted clear headed, American patriot-the retribu-
tive course of wronged and grossly outraged
popular sentiment. If the precedent should be
tolerated by the American people, that the
Federal administrator unay-.rfii haa1 rO1uht;,
interfere with the freedom of elections, by the
manner Of dispensing its patronage or otherwise,
how long before popular suffrage would become
a mockery, and popular elections degenerated
into the mere formal ratification of the Federal
edict from Washington city? If any doubts
that Mr.. Bronson's removal, under the circum-
stances, constituted an example of such interior
ence, by the Federal power, with the free and
unrestrained exercise of popular suffrage, read
the perfectly conclusive exposure in his last let
ter to Mr. Guthrie, published in our paper of
yesterday morning. Nashville Banner.
When Mr.. Gallatin was a member Of Con-
gress in the year 1896, Tennessee, was admit
ted as a State into the Union, and sent her first
Congressman to Washington. One day, while
in his seat in the House, Mr.. Gailatin noticed
a tall, lank uncouth looking individual. with
long locks of hair hanging over his brows and