Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-02-17
TUEsDAY MORNINGs -FEB, p. Iss7.
TIE PROGRESS OF ABOLITIOBIsM.

THB PROGRESS OF ABOLITIOyIsM.
The recent triumph of the Democracy has clear
" demonstrated that there is no hope for the isms
but in a thorough fusion Of their forces JoHx
BELL sud WIN. a. SEWARD alike understand this.
The result has been az apparent breaking dos0u on
the part of the abolitionsts, and little breaking
up on the part Of the knoW-nothings, in Congress-
with the view Of getting to acOmmon stand point
To this end various explanations we're entered into
by WLsOH, HALE and Others, OF the opening of
the present session, denying that the Rlack Repub
ieans had any intention Of interfering with slavery
IN the States, which were copied in ertsnso BY the
Nashville Banner and kindred papers in the South.
In response to this cODeistory movement, Mr.
ETHEEIDeE, of Tennessee introduced his notorious
sntislsFe trade resolution, Of which the Radical
A5olitionist, paper published in New York, truly
says:
"Mr. Etheridge's Resolution strikes beyond the
African slave trade It condemns the American
slave trade, and the practice Of slsveholding with
which it is identified"
We defy any candid and intelligent person, of
any party, to show that it does not, as claimed,
strike beyond the African slave trade, aud con-
of slEEsholdiDg with which it is identified "
The Black Republicans are pleased with the in
dicatiOns in the South. Col BELL and Mr. Err.
BRIDGE remain in Congress, and there viii be
strong effort made to keep them there. Mr. RIVERS
having voted for the Kansas bill feels unable to Sc
cure the support of his party for another race
Messrs Z;LuooTTER and READY must necessarily
share the same fate.
Four Know Nothing members Of the Missouri
Legislature recently declared themselves favorable
to emancipation in that State. Aboltionism at
the North is rejOiced at the indication. The Com
HssToial, their organ at Cincinnati, says:
The agitation of the subject in Missouri will
not cease with this vote. The late census demon
Brates that slavery in that State is already in its
decsdenoe. The ggork lgiR go on.
Another encouraging item from the South, Of
which their papers make mention, is the publcA-
ton of sn open and svowed abortion paper at New
port Ky. The Radical Ab0lrionjTt in an article
headed "a Free Press in Slave State, says
at has the rare merit of being an ant-slsvery
paper published in a slave state, and receiving a
very respectable home circulation. Such paper,
ct such crisis, is phenomenon demanding Rttsn
ton, and its publication is an enterprise deserving
South should give the paper a wide circulation
Mr.. Bailey is q hero of manly daring and unrelax-
ing endurance.
Mr., Bsiley's losses have reduced him to poverty,
and his whole family IS well as his noble enterprise
are in pressing need of immediate help. We have
been sending "heap for Kansas and that is well
Now lei there be " HELP FOR KENTUCKY. And
le. the help be prompt and liberal.
In q circular" ss9t to his friends, Mr.. Bailey
says be wishes to raise s. 800 to redeem his house
and lot, which have been sold to pay his debts
He slso wants 81 200 for new type, &c, &c.
What Northern free man OF iree lgOmaH can re-
ject such an sppeRH It is Comparatively easy to
oppose slavery on northern free soil We have
been tsuntngly asked lVhy don't you go to he
South to preach sbohtiOn2 Come then, let Us
$50 10 the south by our contributions to a south.
ern free press. TIE BAILEY FAMILY are already
" ct the South. Let them be sustained there
These are not the only sources Of Encouragement
by any means, that Black RepubIicsnism is receiv
ing from .ne South. The recent speech of HEER7
WINTER DAVIS in the House, which has been sp
pIauded BY the Banasr--the endorsement of the
IRRESPONSIBLE course of RAENoB by the Know Nc,
thing members of the North Carolina Legislature
and the earnest sympathy which the Louisville
Journal, Memphis Enquirer and kindred print:
have recently given to the Black Republicans o.
Indiana, are all received with evidences of hope
and pleasure. It is not more than week since
the Memphis Enquirer said:
It is difficult to decide which is most danger
Gus to our institutions, the doctrines of the Black
Republicans or the revolutionary tendencies OF the
Democracy.
And yet this paper is supported and sustained
By the slave holders of West Tennessee and Mis-.
Bissippi. If it is difficult to decide which is the
most dangerous to our institutions, Democracy Of
Black RepuboAnism, it must be equally difficult tc
determine whether the election of BUCHANAN Of
FREN5ET would have best answered the interests
of the country. And the editor who can advance
such a sentiment ct the South would, in our judg
msnt, be sn open abolitiOnist at the North.
How long viii respectable portion of the people
South remain blind and insensible to the events
that are continually Transporting around them
How long will they, as far as their influence ex
tends, hazard everything for the trfiDg grstifca-
ton Of old political grudges and prejudices2