Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-04-03
a CANDIDATE FoR COW ZOE.


A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.
Under this caption, the Banner OF yesterday
contains an trtels fs7oring the nomination Of the
Hon. EDWIN a. Ew1Eo SIS the know nothing can
didste for Governor. Mr.. Ewing is az sble lawyer,
and personally gentleman Of uoez5epIi9na5le
character. We doubt if be would accept the ION.
ination but it very easy to understand the strong
reasons which exist to make such selection the
most judicous icr our opponents. Nj. EwNG
never ioned the know-nothiag society, ami for
lorg time-Iong erolgh to attract very general
attention to bis pJsitiou-he refused to haze aoy
thing 10 do with Il. He made few short speeches
for FrLAIoRE-without the Done.son last sun
meF, but never committed hirse'f to the ma
chinery Of the society. There csn be 10 doubt
that this would be very great recommendation
for Mr.. EwISe. He could with truth deny that
he had ever been q sworn-in kaow-potAing, and
thus claim some negative merit over any Of tie
initiated members Of the fraternity. We dem Jcrsts,
however intend running man Who caa go beyond
Mr. EwrEo ia this rtspect-oue who Lot only
never took the oath, but who denounced the organ
cation from fret to last. Or nan shall have the
positive merit which, in this respect, in Mr. EwIyG,
is only negative He win thus be q better man
for the opponents of know EothDgs t. vote for
thsu Mr. EWING can claim to be.
Bat we notice the B9nners article as fulfilling
prophecy Of orr owa, rather THAI for the purpose
of commenting on its choice of a candidate. We
told the know-ncthings year and half ago,
that three years would not elapse before TO have
been 8 know nothing woull be fatal to the pre-
tensions Of any man for high Cfioial position, even
with the opporents Of tie democracy. Mr.. BELL
was shrewd enough to see this from tie first, and
be made 10 speech in Tennessee in 1855 CT in
1856 in which be was rot careful to let his hesrers
know that be had ne ser joiaed tie know Do;Lug
society. We used to point enthusiastic know
nothings to ths course Of NJ. BELL sad Mr Ew-
ING in this respect ard to warn youpg mea that
they would find the apple which SIR. BELL offered
thsm, and refused himself to taste, to be, in the
end,
Like Dead Sea fruits, which tempt The eye,
- But turn 10 ashes on the lip.
Tle prophecy is already partial fulfilled, in the
argument VIII ch urges as the know nothing can-
d late nan who is not q kpow.n5;hing The
Rrrogsn. toneJ which Two year5sgo told Of 'ca 2 5
OnuipOlence has dwnlled 10 whining ezFlans-
tons and excuses for the fsatl,e waich democrats
then most strongly criticised. Men who thought
that they secured Office for them elves By joining
the order, nov fad thai thst act is the greatest
political sin they could have to answer for. AID
the society, locking for strong can iiiAte, fuss
the fact that man never j5ined tn, orgsu'zstio
8 great merit and plbio.y Acknowledges that merit
to the ?eopleI And thus so rccOcl the early fu'.
6lIent of prophecy
But what say the men who gave seventy-fre
hundred majority agsi1s: knCw-gotbingism in
Tennessee last fal2 They hsvs nothing t. DO IN
making know nothing candidate; but we think
hey viii very certainly decide, x. Angus, that
the man to be Governor Of Tennessee must be q
man " ha neither took Sans oath nor volunteered
to do Sans work