Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-07-29
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TrFp mi 7CcoNsTANTLY BEFoRR WE PEOPl


That in voting the Know Nothing ticket they will
he contributing to the election Of men to power who
bslieve in controlling the Government State and Fed
sral nv means of secret Oath-oound clubs; and of
erecting in every community an unknown and
irresponsible tribunal at with the very spirit
of liberty and Of free government itself. vsT
That all who shallfaEor the election Of such men
to Office win, by so doing, clearly commit themselves
to the principles and policy of which they are tue
chosen representatives; and muzs therefore, snare
in whatever odium rev sstaeh -
Tba. 81 is an orea1izsilSn whose disgrace, in
stead Of beng removs siise 1angtbens aud cir
s,......ao.s sbsnas.sSiH sert8 blsek ma blaeker
anti a Vii hssinas 3 term Of rspseach, and no
aonu,,s NOR ps.. peak in is iefenceH sSM
e. 20 before the people, that in supporting
s55or ~ doysrnOr, they win be making re-
- II .neir sanction of his course as member Of
legislature in voting upon the wrong side of near
every question that came up while he was there
That they will thus commit themselves to the policy
of farther extension of State aid to internal improve
ment purpOses-to the policy Ofsgiving Sl9'OOo per
mile to all the side-traeks, switches and turnouts-
TO the policy of requiring sinkingfund from these
companies to meet their bonds when they shall tali
due-to the policy of direct appropriations to be
wasted in cleaning out unnavigable strsams-to the
policy of placing the common fund Of the people,
arisne from the sales of the public lands, in the
rockets of Railroad Presidents-tOthe policy Of an
indscrimnate charter Of souless corporations, with
special privileges and of exempting them from per-
eonal liability and without any reservation OF pow
CT to repeal or amend them-to the poiiey Oh 50
fayorine such monopoles to authorize the Clrolit
Court of every county in the State to charter them,
in direct violation of the constitutional the pohey
of building up high (caled nOrmaD schools in par
ticuar localities out of the public treasury-tO the
policy of giving protection to capital andretuSlng II
10 labor. .s.
Keep it also before the people, that in voting
against the party now in power they will express
dissatisfaction with the present peaceful and pros
porous condition of the country, and desire TO
break down the administration and 60 once more
upon the boisterous sea of adventure and give
another chance to the Black Republican forces
Keep it also before the people, that there Is a
common bond of sympathy, in common crusaue
against Democracy, between Know Nothlnglsn
South and Black Republican Know Nothngism
North That Banks the recent Abolition speaker
of the House, was sent TO Congress as Know NO.
thing and was elected Speaker as a Black RePubLi-
can, by Know Nothing and Black Republican votes
That with Bell and Cullum, and Etheridge, and
TAYLOR, and Bugg he and his Northern allies dehed
the South and endeavored to perpetuate the odious
Missouri Compromise, and to defeat the passage OF
the Kansas Nebraska bill, which recognized the
right of all, North and South, to 60 there upon an
equal footing with their property That he Is now
the Know Nothing and Abolition candidate Tor Gov
ernor in Massachusetts while Mr. Hatton claims to
be the WHO and Know Nothing candidate in Ten
nessee, and that both waging an unceasiug war
fare against the foreigner and are equally alarmed
about ''alien suffrage" in the territories
Keep it before the people that the triumph of Bell,
Etheridge, Taylor, HattOn, & Co. in Tennessee
would gladden. the hearts and give new impetus
to the Black Republicans of the North, while 1t
would discourage and serve to ALLEVIATE from US those
true men of that section, who have heretofore gal
lanty breasted the waves of fanaticism and risked
their all in the defence of the Constitution and the
Soath.
Keep it before the people that the waning for
tunes of political adventurers have driven them to
a desperation that works increasingly and knows no
sacrifice too great to stay the righteous judgment
which threatens to overtake them. That, therefore,
the Democracy should arouse themselves and work |
with equal fortitude until the last man has voted