The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-07-07

az The editor of the Union and american
and his correspondent, IL" cackle like a
hen with one chicken over what they imagine
to be the discovery of contradiction or in
consistency in Gen. Zollicoffer's printed speech.
They assume that the Generals argument,
backed up By statistical data from the census
returns, TO show that the foreign immigration
fuses readily with the free-soil element" Is
necessarily contradictory of his argument in
another part of the same speech, that " the
Roman Catholic vote was given to Mr.. Pierce
in 1852, upon an understanding that Roman
Catholics were to be remembered and benefit
ted" and perhaps controlled the election.
Not at all inconsistent or contradictory The
foreign vote is large enough to do both-..tuse
readily Nth the abolition element" to such ex
tent that those States, as the census shows, in
which most foreigners reside, cast most sboli-
ton votes, and yet leave enough to control the
result of the Presidential election. Thus-the
distinct freesoil ticket received in 1850, 157,-
296. 1t is not stated or supposed in the speech
that all of these were foreigners but only so
many SIS to show that foreignisin '..fuSeS readily
Nth abolition" Nor is it pretended that all
foreigners are abolitionists-but it is alleged
that as class they ''bring with them strongly
pre-conceived anti-slavery feelings" (suoh as
are VIGOROUSLY cherished by the mass of Eu-
ropeans.) Now, suppose one-half, or even
two-thirds of the 157, 296votes cast for Hale
in 1852, to be Of foreign birth, we have yet
left the immense popular power of three hun
bred thousand foreign votes-quite enough,
numerically, to turn the scale in the late Pres
idential election, if cast mainly in body, for
Pierce or Scott, seeing that Pierce's majority
was 202, $40, or only about tsco thirds of that
number. Again: 1t is not pretended that all who
cherish "strong snti-slavery feelings" or that
all abolitonists in principle, whether native or
foreign-born, tbr0so their vOtes a,oay upon a
hopeless candidate, instead of casting them for
a choice between two, more or less objection
able TO them on this question, with view to
some practicable and desirable object in an
other direction. Thus, thousands, aud tens of
THOUSANDS, of good Catholics, Of such 'strong
anti-slaverS feelings" might, and doubtless
would readily consent iC forego these for the
real or imaginary promotion OF t%.s power and
authority of "Holy Mother Church." lie
two propositions, il is therefore seen, are not
at all necessarily inconsistent with each other,
according to the figures given and facts stated.
Besides, If the Romsn Catholic vote was
not cast for Mr.. Pierce "upon an understand-
ing with somebody, how does the Union and
American account for the following statement
made by Hon. KENNETH RAYNER of North
Carolina, in public speech in Washington
city on the evening Of the 2lst ult.:
Our late Minister TO Spain, Mr. Barrnger, stated
10 me- in Baltimore, that she Pope's Nuncio at the
Court Of Spain, said 70 him. before the Of the
formation Of Pierces Cabinet reached there al can
tell you one man that will be in the Cabinet That
gill be Mr.. Campbell, Of Pennsylvania, as a mem
Der OF the Catholic church"
This statement Is OF itself sufficient to sus-
tain all that Gen. Zollicoffer asserts on this
head as logical proposition--''thAt the Ro-
man Catholic vote was given to Mr.. Pierce In
1852, upon an understanding that Roman
Catholics were 10 be remembered and bene-
fitted" Besides, we have the important CO.
incident facts that two or three Influential
foreign missions, and the attorneyship for the
UhIted States District Of New York, were
geyen 10 Catholics, 10 say nothing Of numer-
Gus subordinate appointments in the depart
rnents at Washington, filed by foreign Catho-
lies in place Of American born citizens-twen-
ty.seven out Of twenty-eight in the State De-
partment alone.
The remaining quotation by III" from Gen.
& llicoffer's speech Is the nereft intimation D