Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-04-15

should they be faithful 10 Scotip Because be had
been faithful to themin not coming out publicly
against THIN az Fillmore and Webster had done
How had they been faithful to their principles OF
freedom and toerston? By voting against the fugi-
tive slave bill as put down IN the platform. Here
is the true kew to unlock the secret connection ben
ween the abolitionin party and Gen. Scott. He
needed their votes to outnumber Mr.. Fillmore and
Webster in the convention, and they needed his
great name and reputation to drag them upward to
the level Of Of the regular national parties OF
the nation. Sirs. this connection OF facts ought
to make the blood curdle in your veins. IL tells
you 1 fear ia the language Of Sir Robert Peel that
your doom is sealed
Do your ask how the nomination and election Of
Gen. Scott can seal the doom Of the South! Hear
me silently and thoughtiully and tell you. Whose
eandidIte tooUid MILLARD FILLMoRE haze bent The
Candidate Of fhe SOUTHERN wings. VIM Because
a mgjoriig ofhis friend, ,0srs such Whose candl-
date would Daniel Webster have been? OF the
northern wings. WINS Because a majority OF
his friends were such. Whose candidate is Gen
ScotS OF the aboh0nists aud freesoiers Whys
Because majority OF his friends were aboltonists
aud treesoilers
We hope the reader has carefully noted
the language of the above extracts aud its
purpOrt What idea does it convey other
than the soundneSs of WILLARD Fillmore,
at period when old issues were permitted
to slumber beneath the intense and allah
sorbing question of slavery" The South
ern Wing delegates, he bears witness,
went to Baltimore determined mot 10 NOM
nate any candidate ach0 loas not TRUE To THE
RIGHTS OF THE SOUTH-TRUE TO THE CONsII-
TUITION, AND TRUE TO THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL
FOUNDED ON THE CoNsTITUTIoN"-declares
that NiUard Fillmore ac0uLd hare been their
candidate; and that the defeat Of Fillmore
and Webster had "SeaLed the doom Of the
South" We will not stop to elucidate
further the meaning of Gov. Brown. We
commend the passages quoted, and indeed
the whole speech, to the readers attention.
1t is full Of significant passages, going to
show that Mr.. FILLMORE, now the American
candidate for the Presidency, was in the
speakers opinion, eminently national and
worthy of public confidence
Having dismissed Gov. Brown, we now
invite attention to one less renowned, but
none the less worthy, the old war-horse of
Sumner,
COL. j. c.. GUILD,
one of the Democratic electors for the
State at large in 1852 The Colonel has
a penohant for tropes and figures, and if he
falls below the High Priest in classic taste,
it must be admitted that he is quite his
equal in the force and appropriateness of
his expressions. 1t is the ColonelS msfor-
tune not to aspire-he has attained the
pinnacle of his ambition, and is satisfied
hence, he neither writes out his speeches
himself nor employs a reporter to do so.
In tracking him through the State in 1852,
it is, therefore, difficult to pin him down.
A sketch Of his speech at jacksonville, on
the 18th Of September, is furnished in the
Nashville american, of Sept Is, 1852.
We make the following extract from it:
"Gen. Scott is as mum. as non -committal on
those measures vitality affecting Southern inter
ests, as ever. He is ardenty supported by all the
FREEsoIL, ABOLITION, ANTI COMPROMISE MEN OF
NORTH, the very party Whe politically sacrificed
FILLMORE BECAUSE HE SANCTIONED THE COMPRo-
MIsE. For this candidate they-I mean Tennessee
Whigs-nre now GENEROUSLY eloquent; and tie
wool is beginning to curl tightly their heads
that they can scarcely shut their eyes"
In Col. GUILDS estimation, we infer from
the above paragraph, Mr.. FILLMORE was a
true, loyal national man-Sound on the
slavery issues-Or he would not have been
sacrificed" by the Freesoilers and Adolf
tioniSts. If he had been the nominee, the
Colonies happy figure about the curling
WOOL would have been lost to mankind.
The silken locks of Tennessee Whiggery,
glowing with Saxon hues, would have
charmed him into profound homage.
We shall introduce to you, reader, Col.
GUILD's colleague on the Democratic cleo
toral ticket, the present Editor of the
Washington Union, the organ of the party,
A. 0. P. NICHOLSON.
This gentleman has entitled himself to your
particular attention OF all the men who
have led the Democracy of Tennessee, he
is the abest and the least scrupulous. He
is the embodiment of the partisan There
is nothing generous, nothing lofty, nothing
chivalrous in his political nature. His
mind is a crucibe in which the purest gold
is converted into drOsS The atmosphere
which surrounds him becomes impregnated
with his bitterness. No sooner was Mr..
FILLMORE nominated than he began to throw
doubts upon his soundness, and raked up
from the sewers Of his party, the old Erie
letter to indicate that he was not trust
worthy on questions involving Southern
rights; and he is now throwing ont doubts
as to whether Mr.. FILLMORE will acquiesce
in the Kansas-Nebraska act, the great
principle of which was taken, as the act
itself alleges, from the Compromise of 1850,
which Mr.. FILLMORE approved and signed.
In 1852, on the 2Sth of July, Mr.. NIcHoL-
son made speech at Gallatin. sketch of
which was written by the Editor of the
UniOn and published in that journal on
the I'd of August. He made speech also
on the 18th of August at Columbia. We
copy from these speeches as follows:
"IIe OR. Nicholson) next inquired into the inhu
ence which led Gen SCOTS nomination, and show
ed them to be- iree-so and auti-compromlse in their
character He showed that Fillmore and Webster