Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-05-24

SATURDAY. MAY "a, 1866.
Alarming Sfgns-The times demand the
union of all Conservatives.


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Alarming sfgns-The times demand the
union of all CONSERVATIVES
We republish from the Louisville Courier
telegraphic sketch of an exciting perso-
nal debate which occurred in the q. States
Senate on the goth inst, Messrs. SUMNER,
CAss, Mason and DOUGLAS, participating
Although the sketch is meagre and con-
fused, it is evident that the debate was
of character undignifed and disgraeeful
to the body in which it took place.
Mr.. SUMNER appears to have commenced
it, and provoked the other Senators to re-
tort in kind, by his insulting language and
demeanor. Had Judge BUTLER, of South
Carolina, whom Mr.. SUMNER also attacked,
been present, he too would have been com
PEELED to take part in the debate, or remain
silent under aspersionS of bis honor. The
indications are that the Block Republican
| leaders, conscious Of the decline of the
strength of their party, in the hope of bet
tering its fortunes, have deliberately and
wickedly determined upon a vigorous effort
to array the North and South against each
other in personal hostility. Mr.. SUMMERS
violence in the Senate is part of the pro-
gramme The shooting of an insolent Irish
waiter in Washington by Mr.. HERBERT, of
California, in self-defenSe, has afforded them
theme which has also become a part oil
their system of operations. In advance of
trial by jury of his peers, they have
assumed to pronounce a verdict, and de-
clare that he is guilty of a ''wANToN MUIR
DER" the necessary consequence Of Southern
SIaUery; and preach earnest moral lectures
upon the difference between society North
and South; sample of which is the fol.
lowing extract from the correspondence of
the N. Y. Tribune" though we are but
one nation we are two people. We are a
people of equality, and people of Unequal
ity. We are people of Freedom and a
people of Slavery. The instincts, the prin-
ciples, the sentiments, the feelings, the ed
ucation of the two sections are totally diff
ferent from one another On the one side
is moderation, and justice, and equality,
and humanity. On the other, naughty
precipitancy, lofty disdan of the humber
classes, an urgent denial of human equality,
and an equally urgent claim for the immu-
mites Of caste. These two people are uni
ted by bond of political union, but when
ever a collision comes which brings out
the peculiar characteristics of the two,
they are seen to be as much unlike as al
most any two civilized nations on the face
of the globe"
"Who sows the wind must reap the
whirlwiud." Mr.. SUMNER, if he had for
gotten this when he made his speech on
the goth, has since been forcibly reminded
Of it, personal chaStisement having been
inflicted upon him by Mr.. Books, of South
Carolina, as mentioned in a despatch from
Washington, published in our daily issue
yesterday. This unfortunate occurrence
will be seized upon by the Black Republi-
cans and given a prominent position in their
future efforts to carry out their dabolical
purpose of arousing the spirit of hatred
and revenge in the breast of the people,
with view to use it to promote designs
equally mischievous. Whilst the Black
Republicans are thus attempting to foment
strife, there are men, cold line Wings" and
Democrats, South, engaged in correspond
ing efforts to separate the people Of the
Union upon sectional issues, into geograph-
zeal parties. In Kansas civil war may al
ready have commenced And what is to
be the result of these things? If the per-
nicious influences at work to undermine our
institutions are not checked, how long will
it be before the union itself goes down in q
sea of blood?
There is but one remedy for the evils Of
the day, and that is union of conserva
tive men of all sections, to save our nation
from disgrace and our institutions from de-
struction.