The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-07-09
For the Nashville True wig.

For weeks have learned from the papers, and
from private individuals, that Gov johnson, in bis
public speeches. is in the habit Of representing the
members of the American party as guilty Of horrid
Oaths, Of oiioUing dark lanterns info midnight con-
elarcs and plotting there in darkness against the
country. had often spoken Of this outrage, but
some of the friends Of johnson denied it, and said
! he was misrepresepted. But have lately heard
him for myself I have heard him let off TRADE
of vulgar SANDER against majority of the large
crowd he addressing He is su6stantidly guilty
of making all the charges he has been represented
to make against the members of the American
party. / had not supposed that any man could be
elevated to the high Office of Governor of Tennes-
see who has SO little selfrespect SO little regard
for those who differ from him in politics; who can
so unbIushingy stand before the people and charge
good men to their faces with dark crimes Soihe
of the Oldest and best men in the country are of
the American party, and heard them sandered
and charged with dark designs and deeds, before
their faces. by Andrew johnson. saw him exert
all the Ingenuity Of his prostitute mind to degrade
and disgrace all the members OF the American party
who stood before him to hear his anathemss and
curses Many of them have spent long lives Of
usefulness among u.s. They have fought the battles
OF the country-have filed various offices of State
an in our churches, and done well in private life
Men who have been tried in all the common reIa-
tiens of life, and found to be good citizens and
worthy members of society as well as of the
churches, were shamefuily charged by Andrew
johnson with guilt
had regarded Gov johnson as an ingenious
debater, but now have seen him prostituting his
talents to low and vulgar SANDER. have seen him
brow beat bully and abuse best citizens 10 dire
Mm as copards from their positions into his support
have seen him thus ATTEMPT to frghten the people
out of their independence of thought. have seen
him hypocrtcally affect holy horror for Know
Nothing He declares every Know Nothing citizen
to be huge monster. who follows a dark lantern
into midnight concave, where he swears hOrid
oaths and plots dark designs against the country.
Now, this is substantially what Andrew JOIN son
charges against thousands Of our best citizers :,
merely because they differ from him in sentiment
He gets $1,000 year from the treasury for his
services and this is his public service. This is the
report he makes to the people, of the manner in
which he has discharged the duties Of his Office.
He travels the State at public expense, and
devotes all the low cunning and baseness OF his
mind to the foul SANDER OF our good citiz' rs he
exerts himself to bully, brow beat and abuse them
into his support. II such despotic arrogance as
this is to rule elections, farewell freedom =
Shade of Washington, how has thy spirit OF liberty
been trampled under the foot Of drspotism! Will
Native Americans stand it? Will treemen stand
it! Where is the cowardly native born citizen
who will he frightened by this bulyism? am
Native Americana am a member Of the Native
American party-I have been in its councils-l
have seen no treason there; no borrid oath; / o
moral, political or religious wrong; no plotting
against the good Of the country. So far as l am
concerned, and the councils have seen, Governor
johnson is guilty Of slan der. have seen none Of
the things he char ges against the party in the de-
grading garb Of his Vicious mind And for one, /
hereby make a solemn declaration of ind, pendence
By the spirit of Washington, Jefferson, Clay and
Jackson, will be the cowardly slave Of such
men as Andrew johnson. Can the Democrats sp
probate the abuse and SANDER of this man? How
must an honest Democrat feel when he sees An
drew johnson employing all the black list O. de
basing epithets, to degrade and blacken the stand
ing OF his neighbors of the American party, whom
he knows to be honest and good citizens? Can
high minded, honest Democrat be pleased with it {,
Will any good man Of any patty appreciate it'
In conclusion, Mr.. Editor, should Andrew John.
son wish to know where he can find one who will
vote a. anst him. and who is not gully Of any Of the
black wrongs he charges against him, with the rest
of the American party, you at liberty to inform
him where he can find a
FIREMAN.
P. S.-A word more 70 the Native Americans.
There are many minions of Andrew johnson who
follow his example. They have grown arrogant
aud despotic and aim to influence voters by reiter
atiug brsvadoes, ISLANDERS and bullying assertions.
They have grown insufersbly insolent and insult
ing All this is because our party has been secret
1t is now no more q secret, and the true policy is
for every man of the party, whenever he meets
ouch brow heaters, to avew that he is Native
American and manfuly confront the slanderer -
This will soon cool them down. / shall make every
man bite file who shall undertake TO attach the
smallest shade Of crime to my in politics.
If any one knows a crime that have committed,
let him freely charge me; but till them will go in
and out Of the assemblies of the party, and none
shall dare call ME guilty.