Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-31

KoEDAY, MARCH 81, 1855.
Tho ClnrksvIIIe JCffersSBIan and Cen
ZOlIIcoffer.

Tho ClnrksvuIe JCfEersonIan and Gen.
ZOlITcOffer.
We republish below, from the GAINESVILLE
Jet9ersonian, of the Goth, letter address
ed to the editor of that journal by General
F. K ZOLIIcoFFER.
The JsfersoniaH accompanies the letter
with long commentary, the greater por-
ton of which is irrelevant to the point in
issue-the frecsOiLism Of Capt. Darling, the
Doork keeper Of the House of Representa-
tives, for whom Gen. L. voted Upon this
issue, raised by itself, it has little TO say,
and that little affords not even the shadow
Of an excuse for calling the Captain "rab-
id freesoier." 1t says:
Now few words in reference to Capt. OAR
ling. Gen. Zolcoffrr saws that he disclains
ever having been Frees"iler or Black Repub-
Iican. We never charged him with being
Black Republican, aud cannot conceive why
the General lugged that expression in. We
said he was a Freesoiler. and if he denies il. it
must he because he understands frees0iler to
be d fferent thing from what we cal free
sober
II was from Capt. Darling's uncompromisng
hostility TO the Nebga-ka bill, aud the grounds
upon which he based that opposition, together
with the fact that hs politics, affi iiatinns and
symJathies were with he most extreme sec
ton Of the Freesoil wing of the New York De
mOcracy, which information we gathered from
s public conversations and dsputal"ns, that
we came to the coucluson we did in reference
"a him. We haze always regarded Capt. Oar
ling a. q gentleman, and man of fine social
qualities, and although he may have Iffrrent
definition from ours for the term "free>OiIer,"
we imagine that lie will not deny his unc"ln-
promising hostility to tn Nebraska bill. Gen.
z will obIige Us 10y interrogating Capt Oar
ling on this point"
The Jcfersonian evidently felt ashamed
when putting in this plea. The idea that
hostility to the Nebraska bill' makes any
one "freesoier," is ridiculous. There are
thousands of the best men of the South
men "true as steep upon the question of
Southern rightS--who opposed the NebraS-
ka bill; and the Democratic party North,
IS spotted with men who were ''uncompromi-
singly hostile" to it, This latter fact was
0 apparent the Washington Union was
compelled, in 1854, to approve the nomi-
nation of candidates for Congress in Ohio,
who had opposed the bill
But we are are OBTAINING the reader from
reading Gen. rs letter. Here it is: ..
WAsHINGToN, March 10, '66.
SIR:-I find copied into the Nashville Pat
riot he following paragraph from yonr paper:
After all OF our Representatives, Gen. Zul-
licutfer's) well affected horror al the bare Idea
of voting for man not perfectly sound, lie
turns around and casts his vote for Capt Ma.
than Darling, for DnOr-keeper Of the lloOse.
Une Of the most important offices belonging TO
either House of Congress, connected with
which there is an immense amount of official
patronage, and no small amount of plund r.
This Capt Darling is one of the most outra
geous, intolerant, aud broad mouthed Freesoll-
ers in the whole North. CIGrksUil6 Jc15rSo
MAN.
Capt Nathan Darling disclsims that he ever
has been FreesOiler or Black Republican. tie
l. "A National American He is the owner Of d
plan arion aud negroes in Louisiana He has
ALWAYS been Democrat until he Joined the
sians to the Democratic National Convention
A. Baltimore, in lS46, which nominated Gen.
Cass for the Presidency. He has been Cap
tain in the U. S. Army for about twenty years
and received his commission, as Lieutenant in
the army, from Gen. jackson. These are the
outlines Of his history, as | understand them.
Now, Sir, what ground have you for saying
that he is zone Of the most outrageous, intue-
ant. and broud mouihed Freesoers in all the
North aud for bringing in question my sln-
Gritty by making this charge and coupling IL
with language a. 20 my 'DeA affected horror at
voting for man not perfectly sOundf'
do not see your paper, but this Is the sec
nnd paragraph | have seen copied into other
'urnals from il, DONG me injustice upon AS
umpions that are very tar from true and which
sen TO be almost recklessly caught up to
feet me injuriously among the people. All
I ask j. fair play, and beg leave to remark,
hat will endeav"r to do myself the justice to
-cure II before my constituents before these
issues are settled.
Why do you make This sweeping charge
'gaInst Mr.. Darling, aud why do you impute
,asiucerity to me as a \ ,uthern Representative
] think have right 70 AK your authority.
Respectfully,
... F. X ZOLLICOFFER.
To the Editor Of tho ''Jetfersonian,"
Clarksville, Tenn.