Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-09-21

AEssRs EDIToRs NO party deserves success
that does not reward IT'S members, when they have
It in their power and failure to do so, inevitably
works missrust and bad feeling. and creates spir-
It OF revolt among its active. working members.
Alter years OF toll 70 revoIutiooiz politically,
large and iIAuen ial county have been expended,
aud especially after the result bes been accon.-
Pished with such triumphant success, as We hav.
IN tbs county to throw aSay the fruits of our la
oOr 10 the time Of victory, upon member of the
opposite party, who Is notoriUusly Democrat,
warm aud ardent, has done i, jury than all
the Democratic victories achi. ved when party
lines have been drawn and the field contested in
party fight.
Il is needless to talk about keeping political
questions out of county canvass. Whoeve knew
the time when there was Democrat in the race
that bis party, to man, did not support bimS
Who ever knew canvass, when Democrat asked
Office, that Democracy Gid not rally, every man.
either through eoa,pHision choice, and vote him
in If possible And this is one OF the reasons why
individual members of that party are ever faith
full to its biddings and behests. In this county
We have majority Of thousand, get, for eight
years has a Democrat held an Office worth from
four to i've thousand dollars per year, and is sill an
asprant, for the third time, asking the vote OF that
party, against which he arrays himself in every DO.
tical struggle. Time and again has he been elect
ed, when good andtrue mem were opposing him,
solely upon the ground that a multiplicity of our
party were in the field. And such seems ikely
again to be the result, unless our party as party,
takes the thing in hand and Determine to change
the order of things and cease to reward Democrats
for their opposition. By such conduct on our part,
and the recent victory of Democracy in the State
election such is their eIaGiOn that the oracle OF
the party has become emboidened sufficiently to
announce to the world that ere long Davidson
county would vote with them. Let them talk OF
party prescription, aye, and rant too when the
whole history of Tennessee, State and local. pre-
sents a Series of Democratic bu;cheries of every
party opposed to them, wherever aud whenever
they End themselves able to do so. What do they
propose in the next Legislature, but renewal of
the past in this respect. Have they not already
clamOred for re-disticting of the State, to elect
Senator to fill the place of one two years before
his time expires, TO fill all the offices of the State
with those men who have served them best and
been the willing instrument of dirty work9 Do
they not propose to send TO the Senate a man who
headed the immortal thirteen in a refusal to 90 To-
to the election Of S. nator, because a Wing was
likely to be chosen? And have they not uph. Ii
and endorsed this man, yea and honored him beyond
merit. How dare such party talk about proscrip-
ton? Not only are they not satisfe to hold a lu
cratiVe Office in county where they are vast
ly in the minority, but have become sufficiently
emboldenrd to cell that not only shall our coun-
ty become D mocratie, but in pursuance of thSt
prediction, they have a candidate for Mayor, whose
only hope of election must be lo-tak. advantage of
the confusion that now exists in party. The eec-
ton Of either of these gentlemen will be heraded
to the world as great mocratic victory" in
the stronghold of Americanism. Such announce
ment whenever made, will tend to discourage and
weaken our party. Let profit by lesson that
Democracy has taught US. Let us nominate ac-
tive, energetic and deserving men of our party
Let Us support them when nominated, and politi-
cally Stay every other who dsres 10 oppose
US, or who should attempt to set up party of his
own. Let Us have a convention, test the strength
and merits OF each and al, select suitable candi-
date and support him. / have no n me to propos
in this connection, would DO il if had a pref
erence. Nor do disparage any gentleman who
has announced himself a candidate, but only de-
sire to know who is the man, as an American l
to vote for.
THOUSAND MAJORITY.