Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-05-26
A pERrgcT PORTRAIT.


Tia Richmond Examiner, speaking OF tie
election in Virginia, draws one of the most
Striking aud f.isi6al fknesses we have ever
seen. The anihos shows himself thOrOughly xersed
in high art. TIE reader viii recognize the subject
at a single GLANCE: q t-kg IS sfG
Less than two weeks remain OF this remark
able and momenfoEs canvass. the Democratic
party have a Formidable enemy to meet in lew
days 1t IS not OILY the ancient foe marching uf-
der the tsttered osuners of Federalism that are
nov 10 dispute the old battle fields of Virginia with
her Democracy but an enemy who Turks behind
bushes logs and trees, Ike the aborignees of the
country, painted, disguised uitering noises and
using signs unfamiliar to civilized ears, and practic
ing stealth, deception, and cunning that may
surround US of d sudden with an army OF assassins
where we see only quiet and dream onlr OF Sc
curty.
Like the soldiers and armies OF our country in
the times that tried mems souls, we have not only
the civilized foe to meet in open held, as
Christian meets Christian, and Greek met Greek,
but we have also 10 watch and overcome wary
and bsrbarous bond Of naive savages, skulking in
ambush and hanging upon our tanks whose Gets
of prowess are to take their enemy uuawares, and
plant stealthy arrow his back while his face is
turned towards the open foe 1t has been the habit
of these skullling natives from the landing OFF ohm
Smith down to the massacre Of Wyoming, and
from that bloody and cowardy slaughter OF help
less age women and children, down to the present
heyday of duplicity and deception, to approach
their intended victims on the eve of the night OF
massacre, in the name of friendship, bearing gifts
and pronferng good offices. The aboriginal wages
and the tAraericaR party, are the only warriors
that have been known in all the annals of ages
and among all the nations and tribes of earth,
so cowarly aud uumanly as to make 1t the char
acterstic feature Of their policy TO dsarm by
fdence in order to massacre with impupity.
No, it is not the old Wing army of glorious Henry
CLAY, marshalled ard arrayed 10 the pride, pomp
aud circumstances Of glorious war, with colors fly
ing, drums beating and trumpets sounding to the
charge. that we now meet; but it is secret foe
with the whisper Of friendship upon bis lips, and
the smile of treachery in his face, that 10
encounter, man to man. and hand to hand, IN tur-
bulent melee, from whose hand we are to receive
the stleto at the very moment we are counting
upon his support
a mere truthful description Of the habits, char
actar conduct, and complexion of Know Nothing
ism (says the Ohio Statseman) could not be given
Perhaps the basest pretense of this Order is that it
is national" organization, Union-pr eserver-
meaning thereby that it is the peculiar foe of anti
saveryism, while in the North, it isat this moment
seeking by every. possible means to attach to is
membership the whole Freesolforce, assuming there
to be the truest abolition organization ever gotten
up.
This species ofdupcity lis the very worst concev-
able mode of sectional tactics that could be en-
ployed Not satisfied with these insincere and in
consistent professions, to North and South, best
suits the meridian, this Order has only added the
growing act 10 its studied snd elaborate system Of
hypocrisy, by establishing its third degree, the ad-
mittanceoath to which binds its members virtually
to recognize no obligation as Of equal solemuity
and force to their duties as citizens of this non
Ash the constitution were powerless for that pur
pose and as the sectioaalisn Of the Order ITSELF
il not rebuked and arrested by each State, both
North and South, were not inevitably paving the
way to the very catastrophe which the 'thirl de-
gree" so idly undertakes to avert Talk effdeiity
10 the Union forsooth, in such faction!