Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-05-15
HON. CHARLEs READY.

Mr.. READY made s speech ut Murfreesboro, on
Monday last, it being the first day Of the Criminal
Court Some points, detailed to US by friend who
heard the speech, are worthy of being put on re-
cord, as part Of the signs Of the times
Mr.. READY labored hard to show that those per-
sons who had endeavored to raise an issue between
himself and Mr.. BELL on the Kansas question had
no foundation for such an issue He said that no
issue could be made. Mr.. READY having supported
and voted for the Kansas BILL and Mr.. BELL having
opposed and voted against it, the issue would seem
to have been made by these gentlemen, without
any interference Of third parties. But Mr.. READY
declared that he and Mr.. BELL were identical
in priucipie. He read extracts from Mr.. BELLS
speech admitting that the passage Of the Missouri
restriction was in violation of the compact made
with France at the oession Of louisiana aud that it
was unconstitutional He and Mr.. Bell differed as
to the proper time of repeating the Missouri restrc-
ton line. 1t was only question Of expediency be-
tween them-they were identical in principle.
The error here is that Mr.. BELLS position is, in
one respect incorrectly stated. He gave no ndica-
ton, pending the passage of the Kansas act that
the time ever would come when he would be in favor
Of repeating the unconstitutional restriction line.
The issue between Mr.. READY and Mr. BELL was
lust as marked and definite as ever exist between
men, who acknowledge that evil exists, and one
PROPOSES to remedy the evil while the other resiss
all remedies, and argues that the evil is interwO-
ven with the fabric Of society that it must not be
touched In spite of Mr.. READYs sOphistry, in such
case there is an issue. Mr. BELLS case is all the
worse, it, as argued by Mr.. READY he admitted that
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ally right He would have occupied more consist
ent position, it, while raising issue Of expediency
with Mr. READY, he had raised issue of cOnstitu-
tional right also.
We take it that Mr.. READY desired to reconcile
himself to the ardent friends of Mr. BELL in his
district But we do not think they will thank him
for such an explanation.
Having thus reconced his position on the Kansas
question with that of Mr.. BELL Mr.. READY then an
uounced a scheme Of distribution, more magnificent
than we have before heard preached. He was in
favor of distributing the public lands among the
States; for distributing the twenty millions surplus
now in the treasury among the States; and in favor
of relieving this surplus by buying up bonds of the
States! He would thus make this surplus perform
double Office of relief-he would relieve the PEG
pie by giving them the money, and would relieve the
surplus by buying State bonds with it. We have
thus tgO of those cid issues which theknOwn Othing
pronounced obsolete when they started their party
revived by Mr. READY; distribution and the as
sumption of the State debts. When it is remember
ed that the surplus in the Treasury is only twenty
millions, and that the public debt exclusive Of trus
funds held for the Indians is more than thirty mill
ions the idea of giving away the money instead O
paving our debts with tits kaoU-HOtiHg idea which
has no parallel except in Mr.. READT's other plan
of boh giving the money to the States, and using
to buy up State bonds with.
Our readers will see-and it is mainly to show
them this that we make this notice of Mr.. READY
speech-that the know-nothings are reviviug th'
most odiOus of those obsolete" ideas which they
themselves ignored two years ago, when batting
democrats into their trap. We have WhiPt thes,
things over and over again, until we cease to fea
them All we want to say to the democratic peopl,
of this State, is, TO WATCH!