Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-02-16

BRowNLow's Wing publishes letter from Nash
vile, which is worth reading We doubt If the
writer intended it for publication. The Wing says
that it is from talented and influential whig, who
has represented Davidson county IN the General As
semJly" We think we could guess the wri'efS
name:
NASHVILLE, Jan. %, 1855.
W. G. BRowNLow:--I take this occasion 10 say
toSyou that we actively at WORK n Da..Ns e..
coInty. We are all for Hon. NJ. L. GENTRY lor
Governor. He has been with US all the WEEK;
Eyerv thing is right We all know the pass,
- Gan,-T can agiye il" in such style that the
,,ost IGNORANT of aSams" friends will understand III
He ca5 get larger vote in Davidson county than
any wing in the state.
sm SIeased to see your course in favor Of Cen
+rv We wish him to take his own course in the
coming contest, and to run without a convention,
5onring dolgn has ol0n platform. We believe he can
heat johnson about ten thousand votes, and that ne
IS about the oRly man 1ch0 can. Yours. DC.
We doubt not that the leading know-nothings
about here viii very heartily abuse the writer oil
the above letter for writing it, and the editor OF
the WHO for printing it. But that is none OF our
business.
This letter confirms what we had supposed TO be
the fact That GENTRY is the know nothing can
didate by know-nothing nomination, in secret con-
claye. The thing was all fixed up during GENTRY 8
visit to this city, and letters like the one above
were despatched to all the lodges in the State
1t was thought advisable that GENTRY should
announce himself as candidate, and say nothing
about whiggery in his announcement 1t was
argued that, if he were regularly nominated by
the wing party, there would be an end OF all hope
of his getting democratic votes; and the same rea-
son prevented him from saying any thing about
whiggery in his card Democrats could not have
been blinded in any other way. They are wretch
edlv moor puppies who can't see through the trick.
The Banner and the Wing call GENTRY tie tchig
candidate And so, doubtless, he is The tricks
and evasious under which he has been brought
out are only adopted tie deceive few men, once
democrats, who have been coaxed into joining the
know-nothings This game is not worth the can
die; but whiggery always prefers to accomplish it:
ends by fraud, rather than by direct means. Those
democrats who, in joining the knOw-nothings, in
tended 20 abondon their party, and to unite with
whiggery under its new name and disguise, vii
vote for GENTLY To such we very heartily bic
good radiance Those who were deceived by
the professions of the new organization will qui
it when they see that it is to be welded only
TO rebuild the fallen fortress of whiggery.
This talented and influential aohig, who ha
represented Davidson county in the General As
sembly,' certifes to his brother aOhig, BRowNLow
that GENTRY " can give the pass" See how Thu
letter and this endorsement of the writer expose:
the whole plot of know-nothingisml One aohil
know-nothing writing to another lchig has nothing
to say abou. foreigners, or Catholics Not word
The oalg staple of their talk among each other
whigeery, and Hoac to beat JOHNSON! Doubles
they talk of 4" the evils of foreign emigration" t
green democrats. and of " the dangers of popery
to good Protestants But among each other they
only talk of 'whiggery," and laugh at the gulls
The letter tells US that GENTRY is to lay dow
his own PLATFORM ard that "he is about tn
only man who can beat JOHNSON" What sort o
a platform he will lay down we don't know; bu
if he is the only man who can beat JOHNSON TIT
wings may save themselves the trouble of trying
10 beat him at all; for GENTRY don't begin t
have the bottom to do so.
- We advise our democratic friends to Gu
the above letter out Of our paper and paste it il
their pocket books for easy reference. 1t is
better exposure ofthe designs of know nothingisn
than has yet appeared.