Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-10-03

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His chance for
election is gone.
rebuking the sectionalism of others, would
be but to leave to the devil the rebuking of
sin. 1t is only those without sin" who
can consistently cast the first stone" The
words of a prodigate preaching virtue are
worse than meaningless they abuse the
cause they would serve Northern Black
Rcpublicanism cannot reprove the section
alism of Southern Democracy, and rice
rersa the railing of disunion Democrats of
the South against Black Republicanism is
as idle as the wind. The National Aneri-
can party, and its organs and orators, are
the proper media through which the con-
servatism of the country can speak. 1t is
as much, aye more, the duty of Mr.. Fill
more's friends than those of any other man,
to "extort" from the Democratic party and
all other parties, pledges that the consti-
tutional election of no man shall be signal
for dissolution. We say more for it seems
that they are almost the only ones who
have proper appreciation of the Union,
and hearty desire to prolong it.
The Union and american lays stress upon
our statement that the election of Fremont
is "a contingency which seems imminent"
Does it deny that it is not unlikely? 1t
is being admitted on all hands that the
contest is between Fremont and Fillmore.
Mr. Buchanan'S intelligent friends see that
it is next to impossible that he can get an
electoral vote from the North, without
which he cannot be elected. They see too
strong probability, approaching to GER
tainty, that Mr.. Fillmore can get sufficient
Northern strength coupled with the entire
South to elect him, and thus prevent this
contingency" in which the Union and
american expects and others of its friends
desire dissolution of the Union. And yet
so madly do they cling to party and it's
success that the country is lost sight of.
The whole tenor of the article of our contem-
porary forbodeS the direSt results if Fremont
should be elected. Is it prepared to
abandon its candidate to prevent his
success? Here is an issue between party
and patriotism. 1t will not take sides.
We purposed briefly to review the course
of the Democratic party, and show that
this disunion feeling which has become so
rife in the country was the legitimate issue
of its policy; but this article is already too
long. The Democratic party from 1885
to 1856, have Systematically agitated the
question of slavery in the States and Ter
ritories for political effect Whenever the
fires of sectional strife have Slackened, by
their land-grasping policy they have added
fuel to the flame. Three years ago when
the territorial disputes were settled, and
there was no more territory to dispose of,
their necessities drove them to the unset
Ting Of that which had stood upon the
statute book for thirty-three years This
last and browning act has produced a
degree of sectional ill-feeling to which all
former displays we're triang. A Demo-
cratic administration has criminaIly for
borne to interpoSe its influence to allay the
internecine strife which for twelve months
has stained the soil of Kansas. 1t has
built up in antagonism to its policy a mighty
power at the North, which threatens to
gain control Of the government, and now
when this deplorable result of their conduct
is threatened, they threaten in retaliation
to dissolve the Union. We assert in all
the sincerity of our natures, that if the
present agitation shall result in the destruc-
ton Of the government, its blood will be
upon the head of the Democratic party.