Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-06-13
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heard, Under its Influences efe'S
ent fell prouder of bis partyknow mornings crest
fallen and abect, and the oil line wings Standing
.Io,f and declaring that the creed of the new par
80 ,,o,Id not stand discussion. One of the most
;n,.r,ioent and Influential wings in the neighbor-
hood whispered to me during Mr.. Wrights speech,
at tell Won, sir, know nothings will not do" and
when the speaker at the end of an hour and half
asked the crowd If they were tired and wished
him TO close, he was one of the FIRST to call GU, /
go on, we wish to hear you further" And he
did go on for one hour longer, in strain of argu-
ment and eloquence that warmed the hearts OF all
who believe " That all men have perfect and in
delessble right to worship Almighty God accord
ing 10 the dictates of their own conscience, and
thst the place of mans birth does not determine
whether or not he has the principles of republican,
ism and lore OF freedom implanted in his heart.
Mr.. Wright said he came, not to abuse but to
reason with rnen-not to denounce individuals who
had, he would cay no doubt honestly, joined the
krow nothing party, but to discuss their principles
and show they were false. Ills allusion to the
platform, put forth by the know nothings OF Ten
nessee, was happy and amusing. They gravely
tell u.s. he said, in their platform, that American
| liberty is good thing; that it ought to be pre-
served; that the Bible is good book, and that
Americans must rule America. Wonderful dis
covery Were these things not known and felt
and acted upon by our fathers long before this new
sect arsse2 Are they the only Americans and pa
triots in the land? They have put forth set Of
truisms, said Mr. Wright which have never been
denied, Bat beneath these lie the heresy-these
are but the sugar coat to induce you to swallow
the pill that comes after What is this pill2 OPP.
position to foreigners and to the Roman Catholic
religion. Mr. Wright then proceeded to discuss the
naturalization laws as they now are, and the REM
edy proposed, and the subject of religious freedom,
in manner that carried conviction to every can
did mind He closed by abiding to the declara-
ton of the know nothings, that they intended to
form new and free party. =" A good tree can
not bring forth bad fruit" said Mr.. Wright. Let
us, therefore, see what has been the fruit of this
would-be immaculate party, where they haye'ha
the power. They will purify the ballot-box, they
say; and We. in the city of Cincinnati q mob Of
know nothings, armed with revolvers and knives
took possession of the ballot-box by force. And
did they preserve its purity? No. sirs no, they
burnt it to ashes. They will ignore the subject o.
slavery, and make national party and yet every
man, of any prominence in the North, whom they
have elected either to their Legislatures or to Con.
gress, have been, and are, vile, unmitgated aboi
tionists, commencing with Seward and Wilson
and ending with Hiss. But l do Mr.. Wright in
justice and must therefore dssist BY attempting tc
give you an idea Of his speech. 1t must have beer
heard to be appreciated.
The Democracy of Giles are at work. Many
wings will not vote at all and others will vote fo
johnson. We will, mark what say, gain from
one to three hundred votes in the county speal
that which 1 do know with regard to wings, for
have heard them say it,
DEMOCRATIC MEETING AT GAINsBoR0.
At a meeting of the democracy of jackson coun
ty, held at the court house in Gansboro on the Is
Monday in June, 1855 the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Resolred, That the democracy of jackson coun
ty are unwilling to give support to any man Sc
of men for high and responsible positions whe
have espoused and are advocating the doctrines o
the new party known as the know nothing, ALA
Native American Party.
RESOLVED, That we have not as yet been convinc
ed that the great principles of the democratic party
established and carried out by Gen. Washington
Mr. Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, jackson and Polk
and which are the same upon which our Govern
rnent is now being administered by Mr.. Pierce
are wrong and unsafe; but, upon the contrary, have
yet an abiding faith in those long tried and time
honored principles, and are unwilling to surrender
| them into the hands of the new and unknown par.
ty who are organizing secretly and plotting and
scheu1ing in dark holes garrets and cellars at the
hour of midnight for the purpose of wrestling from
the hands of the democratic party secretly and clan.
destiuely the reins of Government and to adm in
lister it upon the principles established by them
secretly in their midnight conclsves.
RESOLVED, That we, as Professionals regard rei.
gious liberty az one of the main bulwarks of Anne.
ricsn Freedom, and that we hold it as a crimina
and cursed sacrilege to rob even person profess.
ing christian religion of single motive for his de.
votion, and hold it as an equal insult to our own
faith to offer US boon for our own profession
RESOLVED, That we cordially approve of the plat.
form Of the principles of the democratic party re.
Gently Ee-aSSeTltu ny Ouf NhSHVlie convention on
the 9th day of March last, and of the nomination
of ANDREW JOHNSON as our standard-besrer.
ResolUed, That we deem it e1pedient and neces-
sary that the democratic party should have can.
ddate in this Senatorial District and that we know
of no man to whose standard the democratic party
of Jackson would rally with more zeal and hope
| of success than E. L. GARDENHIRr esq.,, of the
county of White, if he will only consent to become
a candidate, which we earnestly hope he will do
RESOLVED, That copy of the above resolutions be
forwarded to the Editors of the UNION AND AMER
1oAs, with request that they publish the same.
MILTON DRAPER Chm'n
! COLEMAN WHTE, Secy.
| MEETING IN WHITE COUNTY.
A portion of the nitizens of White county as
sembled together in the town of Sparta, on Mon
dav fine 4th of lime for the purpose of nom A..