Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-05-06

been remit twain. The Tennessee whig party has
been torn up into factions. Mr. BELL has separat-
ed himself from every southern wing senator Save
one) and gone over to the North and with the
North, on the Nebraska bill, Gen. CULLcN and
BUeo, and ErHKrpaE have gone with him Gov.
JOINS and ZJLLIcoFFsR and READY had sustained
the South on this great and trying occasion. uu,
the party in Tennessee was truly in divideu anu
distracted condition If Mr.. BILL was sus'a'e''
and with him Gen. CuLLUM and BUcG ana 1.-The
RIDGE. then Gov. JOKES and ZoILIcoiFER and READY
must 90 down. Every thing North had been made
,,rn On This Nebraska question and SO doubt
lass would the result 10 Tennessee IN the coming
election. 1t was known that the collision would
ba s. fierce and bitter one between these strong
and powerful leaders of the wing party. Mr. BELL
was the most conspicuous and talented but he
would have the unpopular side of the question. 1t
was believed that no degree of talents could pro
tect him from the charge of having sold himself
for Presidential price to the bitter and dyug
enemy of the South. Gov JONES was known TO
be more plausible and snowy in his dd captandum
addresses before the people, whilst ZoLLrooFFER and
READY would bring 20 the southern side of the
question, all the weight and power of argument
and thought, in which Gov JONES might be sup
posed to be inferior to Mr.. BELL 10 this exact
state Of things, whilst these great leaders OF the
wing party stood anxiously watching and suspect
ing each ether, both doubling whether any candi-
date for Governor brought out by the one, would
be supported by the other, To- Mr.. GENTRY suddenly
makes his appearance He comes, not as wing
candidate He would not say so in his card an
nouncing himself as q candidate. He would not
ask for Convention nor intimate any willingness
to submit one When wing meetings, in several
counties and respectable wing Journals, protest
against his thrusting himself upon the party, and
demand Convention to decide on his claims, he
will not heed them for moment, but hastens up
to Nashville, concerts his appointments with the
democratic candidate nominated as such, and asks
Gov. JONES, Mr.. BELL, Gen. ZoLLTooFFER, READY,
BUGG and all the rest no odds about it.
These great leaders, and indeed hundreds and
thousands of the rank and file of the whg party
of Tennessee, doubtless feel indignant at such
treatment, but he comes in such critical moment
of distraction and disagreement amongst them,
that they tsel unable to resent the indignity in q
manner commensurate with his audacity.
To have asked for Convention or to have sub
mitted himself to one would have heen to sue for
forgiveness and pardon from Governor JONES
and others, which they would be as slow to grant
as be would be reluctant to ask To have run I'M
der the nomination Of wing Convention would
also have trammeled him by the wing doctrines
and principles, which he himself had to some ex-
tent repudiated, and which had too often proved
in recent elections insufficient to secure success
Besides all these considerations, Mr. GENTRY knew
he had plucked the most vigorous and effective
portion of the wing press of the State out of the
hands of JONES and the others who had assisted or
concurred in his Punishment from the party. He
knew that the fiery but njudicous young Gazette
was ready to proclaim that the old wing party Gas
well as the democratic) was in state of chaos and
corruption, and that new party must be formed
to save the country. He knew that he of the
True Wing would be ready, if not to pull down his
old flag altogether, TO run mp any strange and new
one that might promise to help the old party out of
its perpexity and trouble He knew the same
thing of most of the other wing papers of the
State, and therefore close moment Of panic among
the wing editors well politicians to make his
grand advent as TIE leader of any party or Of all
parties, factions and sms that might choose to fall
into his support of whigs-of know nothings-of
mistaken and deceived democrats. In short, he
throws himself before the country, under circum-
stances indicating that he is to be the representa-
tive OF all the dissatisfied elements of society, and
particularly of that new political organization
commonly called the"know-nothings, whose claims
and pretensons to public respect and confidence
in any Southern State we shall further investigate