The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-10-15


hshed cards Of Messrs. Colburn and Galloway
which cards they have substantated by their gene.
raj action and by their for most Of the officers
Of the House. They say they are not Know Moth
ngs The True Wing, va efect calls their state
ment untrue because, if they not Know Moth.
iugs then the X. Ms. have not e majority in the
House. We place much more confidence in their
own statements than in that of the True Wig
Union and american, Saturday.
The confidence of the Union and Ameri-
can, 10 the "statements of the gentlemen
named, has recently improved, we imagine.
That paper induced us TO believe that the anti
American party 10 the House had despairel of
success in attempting to control the votes of
independent gentlemen. 10 its issue of Friday,
the 9TH, in paragraph announcing the cleo
ton of Hon. Neil S. Brown, Speaker of the
House, it says: The italics are ours.1
Mr. Coulburu, of Blount, who says be is a Demo-
crat, and Mr.. Galloway, OF Henderson, who says be
s an anti Know Nothing Wing, voted for Governor
Brown throughout the contest. We state these
facts because we haze claimed an anti Know Nothing
majority in the House. We classed the members
from Blount and Henderson as they had themselves
defined their positions, and supposed, therefore, tLat
there could be no mistake in the matter.
The plain and unmistakeable inference from
the above paragraph is, that what its author had
Z" supposed, has turned out not to be the case
and what he says amounts not only to q vir-
tual REIMBURSEMENT by the Union and Anerl-
can of all expectation of "aid and comfort
TO its party from the gentlemen named, but
plain and unmistakeable insinuation that those
gentlemen had miSrepresented their opn pose
ton, the Justice of which insinuation we pro-
pose to examine briefly.
Nc Galloway has announced himself an old
line Wing, opposed to the principles of the
American party. But does this make him
Democrat, or commit him to vote for Demo-
crst in opposition TO an Americana Clearly
not. He has been opposed to the Locofoco
party much longer than to the American, and
it would be more natural to conclude that he
would support his old political friends belong
ing TO a new party, rather than his ancient po-
litcal enemies, grown more Objectionable I'M
der modern innovations upon the compare
lively true Democracy OF Jackson's school. So
much for Mr.. Galloway.
As to Mr.. Colburn, he said in his card that
he had always been a Democrat. Thous-
ands of good Democrats, acting with the Ameri-
can party, and Jealous in its support, can say
the same with perfect consistency; aye more,
they can say that they are Democrats yet, the
ipse dirt of the Union and american, that
man cannot be Democrat and an American,
or Know Nothing, as that paper delights
20 style US, TO the contrary Notwithstanding
But we have other reasons for supposing that
the opposition party in the House had given
over these gentlemen to " hardness Of heart
a Nashville correspondent of the Lincoln
Journal signing himself "H., and whose real
name we strongly suspect, will be found among
the list of Democratic members of the Legs-
lature of 1861, speaks of these gentlemen in
the following complimentary terms. We have
always noticed that Democratic disciplinarians
resort 10 all other methods to drum people into
party harness, before they commence abusing
them Abuse is No part of their tactics until
despair of success interviews. We commend
the following extract from the letter Of H"
TO the gentlemen interested, in order that
they may know what the party that is so anx-
ions to get their votes, thinks of them:
Mr. Galloway, a Wing who pretends to be anti
Know Nothing, has gone over to the enemy body
soul and britches his guardian follows him day and
night for fear he might carry out the wishes OF his
constituents as be pledged himself to vote against
samuel aud his trbe-even published card
through the public prints TO that effect.
Rut the greatest Judas Of all is one Coburu, OF
tbe county of Blount who pretends 20 be Demo
crat and has even had the impertinence 10 take his
seat on the Democratic side OF the House, where
his company, l am assured by all the Democrats is
not wanted, voting time and again with the dark
lantern set. But he, like his coadjutor, has his
guardian to prompt him in all the acts of treaehery
and legislation.
Mr.. Galloway is gone" says this cores
pondent, "body, soul and britches," violating
his pledges to his constituents. We undertake
to cay, in behalf of Mr.. G., that he made no
pledge to bis constituents 10 vote against the
American party. he is free TO vote as be
chooses; but these Democratic organs, disap-
pointed and chagrined that his "body, soul
and britchesn are not 10 their possession, give
vent to their bitterness by insinuations and
charges ike the above.
Mr.. Colbourn, too, "has even had the imper-
Thence to take his seat on the Democratic side
of the House, where his company" this cor
respondent says he is assured By ALL The
Democrats, is Not WANTED" BE is accused Of
being under a guardian" too, who prompts
him in al the acts Of treachery and legisla-
zion"
1t is by claiming the corporation Of these
gentlemen. thus spoken of by leading members
of the Democratic party, that the Union aud
Ameriean makes out for that party a msjoIty
IN the House. Rather hard pushed we should
say.
Mas Meeting al sAelbyvills
Tie American party had an enthusiastic
gathering at Shelbyville on the l2ih--one Of