Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-02-04
John A. McEven-Our Next Candidate
for Governor,

MEssRs. EDITORS: We have been DESTROYS for
some time to submit to the dispassonate consider.
alton Of the American party of this State few
reflections which to do we avail ourselves of this
occasion. We were beaten in the last Gubernato-
rial canvass because then we we're embarrassed in
the vindcation of our party and its principles, by
the formal obligations of the order. Again our
embarrassment was further enhanced by the re-
puted position of party relative to the Liquor
Question, and the Fictitious Importance by some Of
our friends attached to it, which subjected to
the vilest misrepresentation by the Democratic
party, especially in Counties that were the chief
producers of the article, as well those in which
il was generally consumed. Our party was repre-
scented as being in favor of the Maine Liquor Law,
or one less unconstitutional and stringent which
was false. Again, it asserted by every clap
trap Democratic demagogue OF the State, that the
entire American party North was abolitionized, and
to its principles were ascribed the neendiary and
and revolutionary legislation of several Northern
States especially Massachusetts,, in relation to the
Fugitive Slave Law, and other kindred questions
The contradiction is given to these latter charges
by this fact that not a single Abolition press or
orator OF the least notoriety in the last Presden-
tial canvass, North, supported our National Amer
lean ticket for the Presidency. Indeed all the
hosts of the Northern Abolitonists, with their
presses, either supported Buchanan or Fremont.
sienced forever by the speeches in the present
Congress of distinguished Southern Democrats in
their admissions that many of the Northern Demo-
cratic orators, leading presses and statesmen pros
claimed upon the stump in the last Presidential
canvass, "'twas false to charge that the Demoera-
oy were not in favor OF FREEDOM" and also that
the Northern cry was-"Buck, Breck and Free
Kansas"
We were beaten in the last Presidential canvass
L N, olo
Abotonist than Fremont-that he " stood no
chance"-that the Squatter Sovereignty doctrine
would make Kansas ''slave State" and that the
Democratic party would not object to a modiica-
cation Of the naturalization laws, but this alone
could be judciously eonsummated through it, and
that the great Democratic party could alone ami
hilate the Northern Freesoil party, TO which it was
Numerically opposed, &c.
Thus the Democratic party by their willy and in>
sidous policy bamboozled the Americans of the
South, and presented direct discussion and issue
of the principles of the American party before the
people. As long as this false hearted and preten,
tious Democratic party can absoroe or postpone
the direct issue Of the American principles before
the people, by any humbmg, they win resort 10 il
and probably defeat US. OF this we have warned
the American party upon sundry previous occa.
| sions. Again our organization throughout the
State has boen exceedingly defective. While the
| Democratic party has been thoroughly organized
in every Civil District and CouAty, so that at any
| moment the Central State Committee could ascer-
tain the precise strength of the party at any given
! point, by men who we're appointed TO go and see
/ every man and take bis name down, and could ap-
ply any mesns to win him over, if against them, or
make him decide for them if dou btfu or work for
the party, if of il; We, on the other hand, have
| been content with few individual representations
Of whole dstricts-with barbecues and top lofty il
you please, able and eloquent speeches We must
reorganize and perfect wofully defective system
OF canyassng IN This GH5srnGt0riai electios or we
will again be beaten We must work in the brush
aud holows, as well as upon the hiiltops.
In our concluding remarks upon the qualities
aud capacities which should character ize our next
| candidate Tor Governor, and which we believe are
embodied in the claims Of JNo. A. MEwES, we
wish not TO be understood as disparaging the claims
of others who have been suggested for this distin
guished Office. They are Americans, all in whom
we feel just pride and confidence. Do we need
a candidate of high moral endOwments aud coars
age? One Of lofty bearing and chiyalric address
one skfuly and profoundly versed in the legal aud
practical bearings of all political questons-0ne
fascinating and eloquent in debate--a wsrm-hearted
friend aud one popular in bis social relaliOns-one
who has served his party with unai nehsg hdels
icy, aud o0trusiVe in bis claims 20 positions
OF preierment and honoti IL you desire all these IN
preseminent degree ia your Candidate, you fad
them Ia JSo. A. A'EwEE, gentleman, every zach
Of him, scholar, lawyer, an orator, aud an
Hinehing American.
OLD DAVIDSON