Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-29
May "a, 1855.
NASHVILLE, May 20, 1855.


SrR: As am not nul6er or abolitionist,
or apologst, in any degree, for President Pierce
and his cabinet in their attempt to govern the
country by coalition of the most dangerous fac
tons in the land you viii oblige me by erasing my
name from your list Of subscribers
You maintained the opinion during the discus
sions on the Compromise of 1850, and after its
passage, that that measure was cowardy surren.
der Of the cause OF State Rights, in which respect
you agreed exactly with such harmonious states
men as Messrs Davis, 1.-THE Secretary of War; Mr.
Soule, Qate Minister TO Madrid, Giddings, of Ohio
Sumner, Of Massachusetts,, and Seward, Of New
York. If you have changed that opinion, or II any
of those have who co-operated with you In the
memorable crusade of that period against the
peace of the country, have seen no evidence Of
IL In the columns Of your paper, but, on the con-
trary, much that ID calculated to deceive the peo-
pie, and, under the guise Of the word Democracy,
to inaugurate another slavery agitation.
In 1882, Tennessee, with but few dissenting
voices In accord with Mr.. Madison, the author Of
the celebrated Virginia Report, declared her con-
currence with General jackson, when denouncing
the attempt of South Carolina to nulfy the laws of
the United States, ~ treason. Aud this 10 now
the sentiment of nine-tenths of the people Of this
State. Yet it is notorious that the individuals the
most prominent in adherence to this treason are
those specially sought for by President Pierce to
III tue mo6t elovetou anu ro6pOuslOto udtiOuhl
trusts, but not word ID ever TO bei6und In your
paper warning the country against conduct 90 OBJ
viously the result Of the intrigue which has sur
rendered the power Of the Federal Government to
the multiplying factions Of the day.
We all remember that the most active leader of
the Tennessee division Of the new school Of Dem
ocats, after mysterious flourish of patriotism on
the top Of his Mount Psgah, came down and in
formed w that his heart would break before he
could rejoice at the passage Of the Compromise,
and more recently, that the present nominee TO
the Office of Governor, BY the same school Of DEM
ocrats, shocked Fhe religious sense of the age, in
calling Democracy the Jacobs ladder Of the sacred
scriptures. II the people Of Tennessee are pre-
pared to gil their chief Offices with those who preach
this kind OF higher iapism I do not see how their
voice Is TO become potential In putting down the
fsnaticism of such men a. Giddings and Seward.
The people OF the North have certainly equal
rights with us Of the South, and It may be expect
ed that they win exercise them with much free
political affairs by the aid Of Visions and dreams
from the tops Of new Mount Pisgah and Jacobs
ladder IL Is but natural that our brethren Of the
North should avail themselves Of the same assist
ance.
Bot this trickery and humbuggery belong not to
the creed Of the old fashioned Tennessee Democrat
He has always been content to follow in the foot
steps OF Washington, Jefferson, Madbon, and
Jackson, who never failed to make war on nullif-
cation, wherever 1t appeared, whether preached
in New York. South Carolina, or Mississippi. Those
patriots and statesmen taught us TO look alone to
the Constitution Of the United States for the
measure Of the powers Of our Federal and State
governments, and for one am satisfied to stand BY
that sacred instrument unchanged by the jacob
Ladderi0n Of Governor johnson, the higher iar-
ism Of Senator Seward or the less mysterious doc
trine Of null fcationi1n, interpreted BY the two
famous conventions which the country has witness
ed, the one assembled at Hartford, and the other
at Nashville, and both protesting to act in the
name Of State Rights and strict construction Of
the powers Of the Federal Government.
Yours, &c.y A.. ]. DosrLsos.
RoxAscE AND RAscALIrr.-A year or two since,
one Of our most respectable clergymen was mulct-
ed in the fine and costs for uniting in marriage
IL a a.