Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-03


"The time is fasI spp-1acAi-g wbea the Ameri-
can psrty q Tennessee must BE- prepared 60 meet
the allied Icrces Of foreign pauperism and sham
Democracy u9on smother f-li L is tue we
were defeated il the Presidsntisi coaiest becsus.
the people were ed eff from The lrua issue hv the
alarm snd terror cf sbolIt0nism and the threaten
ed outrage upon southern honor sud southern
rights, bat uow tbs iools- cy viii be Of no avail
to cur Cp3oueuts il We PRESENT a candidate who
will brHE the question Ct Amercsuisu fully snd
clearly before ne pubic mind. May gent ienen
have been spoken or Es our candidate lor Govern
OF, almost every county has SONS gifted s1n who
is deemed equal 10 the occssiou The friends of
John Smith, Esq, beg leave TO submit bis name 10
the party. he ole Of tie ablest deoa,eis in the
State, I'D rel kRO1Cn to every man aud lgoman in
the Slate We 90 lot know the wishes Of Mr.
Smith u5au tbs sutjac', but will rot permit
ourseiqes fUrs mo ment % doubt ms readiness at
all times 80 make any sacrifice Tor tie public good.
If be sbo ID e the nomIEed he viii receive the
largest vote ever cast tor any candidate Of any
party among tie eemen ca
FALLIEG WATER"
The above was intended as buresq.e, and the
author Of il by no means failed ia tie attempt
Every body, Of cou-se. kuo7l Jpaa smith, aud
what they kr0w of him is n It cre3itabls to his
character. John Smith has lived in all the States
and is a gentleman Of extrsysgaut experience.-
He is msu Of sll trades, and as is geueT ally the
rule, good ssrOns. He is pFOverbislly q rascal
Fl is the identicsl fellow that used to peddls
wooden nutmcgs in Vermout--that afterwards es.
italicized bark il Ildisus on q capital Of clips
and VII, tsIoues-ihat sfterward run away from
Chicago with another mans wife, leaving s.
cousolHte husblud ard FIVE little children--thst
afterwards f1rgsds check on a commsrciAl house
in St. Louis-lhat afterwards turned up as a clown
10 q Circus that afterwards IVES lost sigh; Of un-
I'll called upon TO become candidate for Governor
Ut affords US pleasure to say that there is not
the renotest correction between Mr.. JOHN SMITH
and the highly respectable editor Of the Patriot }
OF course tie suggestion Of such a character as
the Know Nothing candidate for Governor is, and
was intended, a burl5sque on tie pretensions Of
a score of penry-whistlo politicians who are
pushing themselves forward with unbecoming
esgerntss as tie proper claimants for the meagrs
honors Of their party. It is " a c5pital bit" and
will be easily understood by tie readers o. the
Patriot. Ba. h e will ,he.Dany gentlemen who
have been spoken Of, and for whose benefit 1t
was inteuCei, have to say How can they rest
easy under su,h hing2 How can they family
submit to have themselves chsraciturej around
the country Is candidates on the " John Smith
oTder2 We caution the Patriots correspondent
to be on hs guard; for
s The man whose hardy spirit shall engage
To lash The wees Of guilty Gge,
At his inst t. I ing forward ought to know,
That every rogue he meets must be his foe;
That the ru-e Jrsslh Of satire will provoke
Many 10 itel and more who fssr the stroke