Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-29

let OF the w aSnfngtOD correspondents VI INC
New York Herald, from which we copied
the 'snews" said to have been circulated in
Washington by Col w. II. Polk, touching
the result of the recent county elections in
this State: - 9~ 49, -A
"The Niger tcorshippers declare their intention OF
boldly presenting the negro Qfesi09l, and making IL
he isae in the next Presidential canvass and the
Nafio1dL Democracy boldly assert their reodiRess
To Join issue with them. This is 70 be The issue be
yo7,d doubt. We to have q one IDEA tight OF
it, and all persons ill be forced TO take the one
side or the other of the issue--aDd the Democracy
feel confident Of triumphant victory, il the Gin
cinnat Convention does but its duty"
We wish to direct the attention of the
people of Tennessee to this matter. tits of
grave import, and deserves their most Sc
rious consideration. If the correspondent
of the Herald speaks the truth, the Black
Republicans of the North, and the ESQ.,
called National Democracy, are ready to
make the "NEGRo QUESTION" the ISSUE" in
the Presidential canvass; to it all other is
sues are to be made subordinate. We have
been suspecting as much for sometime past
1t appears from this and other indications,
that the Black Republicans and the De
mocracy regard it to their interest to diride
the american peope into taCO great ge0grdph5-
cal partIes-to array the anti-slavery senti.
ment of the North and the pro-slavery SEN
timent of the South in open and direct con-
fict. SEWARD, CHASE, WILSON, GREELEY,
and others-extreme anti-slavery and anti
American men-are the controlling intel
lects of the Black Republican party, and
to hold their control over many moderate
anti-slavery men, they must keep up the
agitation upon the negro question. The Demo
cratic leaders consent, in the belief that if
they can impress upon the South that there
are but TWO great parties-the Block Re
publican and the DemOcratic-and that the
latter must be strengthened to keep down the
Black Republicans, they will absorb the
National Americans. In the prosecution of
their work, it becomes necessary that they
should create the impression that the run
ming of Fillmore can have no other effect
than to weaken the Democracy, and thus
enure to the advantage of the Black Re-
publicans, and the injury Of Southern
rights. We have already witnessed at
temptS to carry ont this programme The
Union and American declares "the contest
Black Republicans" The Memphis Appeal
says: There can be no doubt but that the
two chief contestants in the field will be
the Democracy and Republicanism"-"eve-
ry vote cast for the Know Nothing, or
American candidate, will be so much taken
from Democracy and given to Abolition
ism" On the other hand, Greeley and his
disciples, declare the nomination of Fill
more was made by the slave power for the
purpose of dividing the North. Both par
ties agree in disparaging his strength, and
with the same object: the presentation of
the negro question" as the issue, and the
formation of geographical parties. Are the
people of Tennessee prepared for the crisis
that the success of this movement would
precipitate upon the country? Are they
prepared to involve their institutions in a
controversy of this character, If 1t can be
GrOIded! In 1882, and in 1850, the people
Of Tennessee gave the highest and best evi-
dences of their devotion to the conServa-
tive and national feelings, the exercise of
which was necessary then to preserve the
Union. We do not believe they are less
conservative and national now; and we call
upon them, and all national men, North
and South, to avoid the fearful struggle
which the Black Republicans and the De
mocracy are striving to bring about. In
Mr.. Fillmore they have presented to them
a candidate who, as President, aided them
in escaping safely from the perils of 1850,
and by uniting upon him they can check
fanaticism, North and South, in its career,
which threatens to drive the country into
dangers more alarming than any which
have heretofore impcrilled her safety. Ten
neSSeans, reflect upon these things.