Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-09-02
TUESDAY, SEPT. Q, 1855.
Governor Jones of Tcnnc..ee.

Otates, ana ADOPTED Dy the Democratic
party as an orthodox campaign document,
has nothing like an equal as an exhibition
of inconsistency and folly, that has been
yet issued from the coinage of Buchanan
ism. He sets out by referring to an ex-
tract from letter which he wrote in April
last, in which be says:
"For the present, have but one political
ambition-but one active absorbing political
MISREPRESENTATION to be an humble agent in
preserving our rights, protecting our honor,
and forever crushing ont and annihilatiug these
disturbers of our peace, invaders of our rights
and traitors to the Constitution: to be one of
the hnmbest in the accomplishment of all this
Is all | ask-it would be glory enough for
me-"
To understand little better what value
we ought to attach to the Union-loving
professions of this Senator, we beg leave
to spread before our readers what he said
in 1852, about the nullifers and secession
lists of the South. At that time he was
figuring in New York as the professed
friend of Mr. Clay. In the report of his
speech on the 9th of April of that year,
he says:
''In the darkest hour of our country's his
story, when other hearts were quailing and
"trenbing, and when freedom itself stood in
Consideration, not knowing what the result
"might be, where did we find Henry Claw
"Do you remember the great Missouri question?
"There he stood and vindcsted, not tie cause
''of himself, or of party, but of his country,
''his whole country and nothing but his cOun-
''try; and again, sir, when the storm was low,
''ering, and when hope itself bad fed, when
''the friends of freedom wore gloom, when
"the ministers and ambassadors of Heaven it.
''self were wearing ssckclOth and looking with
"fearfu CONSERVATION to the coming crisis in
1882, who was il that came forward and Of
stored himself q sacrificed Henry Clay of
"Kentucky. Again, another fearful crisis came
sup in the history of this country of ours. /,
''sir, and you, sir, and all of us remember but
"two years ago, when the whole nation was
''convulsed from centre to circumference, and
'when the proudest hearts were made to trem-
'ble and to fear. Who was the great cham.
''pion then9 Who was the man that could
''come up and stand on the shore and say to the
"angry waves, apart from passion and preju-
''dice, Thus far shalt thou go and no farther
"Henry Clay of Kentucky
Further on in this speech, and in refer
ence to the schemes of the Southern Nash
vile Conventionists, this Union-loving friend
of Mr.. Clay, declared with preacher-like
emphasis:
"I haCe scorn and contempt uhich are inef
stable and sublime Qaughrer) for those misera-
"6le demdgOgues NORTH or Souri,, Who seek 10
".toist Themselves into pOuer and place By Sec
"ti0ndLities. Yes, sir, il | had the power Ia
''damn them, | Mould damn them so IOr thct
"the taunders of the last resurrection Gooud not
''Tedeh them, CHEERS and aughter) | do moi
"mean to breach on politics gentlemen. do
"not mean TO say word of it, because know
tive have some Democratic friends here whom
al would take TO my heart with the most cor
''dial zeal-parliculsrly since they are Gay
"Democrsts. will not say syllable about
s'politics But | have felt it my duty to say
"this much in behalf of my country, because
AZ know there 10 a UULgGr sentiment-NOrh
sand SourH-dduerse to this country; and IS
sslive, and as God lives, if HAD THE POW
SER TO HANG EVERY ONE OF THE
TRAITORS ON THE HIGHEST GlBBET,
81 WOULD DO SO. I do not care vhether
"the man halls from the North or the SoUTH,
''if he is false to the Union he is traitor and
sdeserpes traitors doom, and the highest pride
az Mould feel an this toorld. nert 10 being Presi
"dent, pouLd be TO BE THE HANGNAN
"OF SUCH TRAITORS. cloud cheering)
"The man that tries 10 meade the sdnctity Of
stills Union deserves TO Be hung, and he UhO
''calrnly and deliberately plots treason against
ait. is dccursed Of HedUsn, and utterly ACQUIRED
''of all good naea."
Let US look little at the position as
sumed by Senator Jones. From the above
extracts of his letter and speech he wanted
the world to understand that he gave Mr..
Clay the credit of passing the Missouri
Compromise of lS20-of passing the Com
promise of 1882, by which the nullifers of
South Carolina were disarmed, and lastly
of passing the pacific measures Of 1850, by
which both the abolitionists and the multi
hers were defeated. He said that his
highest pride in this world, next TO being
President, would be "tO be The haNgmaH Of
such traitors" 1t is indeed wonderful that
a Senator representing the noble State Of
Tennessee, with such declarations as these
upon his lips, could be so suddenly trans
formed as TO become the ally of the very
men be thus bitterly denounced as traitors.
1t is part of the history Of the country
that Mr.. Buchanan, whom Mr.. Jones is
now supporting for the Presidency, was the
opponent of Mr.. Clay on all the great is
sues TO which be has adVertee as SO full OF
peril.
In 1920, Mr.. Buchanan was violent
anti.slavery man, acting with Mr.. King Of
New York, and declaring that no new
State should be admitted into the Union
without constitutional prohibition Of sla-
very. In 1892, Mr.. Buch mans voice was
never heard like that Of Mr.. Webster aud
Mr.. Clay, in favor of the Constitution and
the Union, when South Carolina raised the
menacing cry of secession aud nullihcation.
In 1850 Mr.. Buehanan's influence, If be
cxerted any, was felt against Mr.. Clay. 1t
was not Oaly felt against Mr. Clay, but was
displayed so acceptably to those sectional
ists. whom Mr.. Jones said he wanted TO
hang. that they are nov running him Tor
the Presidency, expressly on the ground