Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-01-13
ron GOVERNOR


This question seems to be exciting good
deal of anxiety with some, and interest with
others. It is a question shat fVs have no right
TO answer, but about which We are free to
conjecture. We do not believe there will be
Know Nothing candidate for Governor, gP0" fair
and open ground So utterly hopeless are the for
tunes Of that psrty-so crushing hiss been the yer.
dictof popular condemnstiOn-sO great the odium
that attaches 70 it-thst we cannot believe another
candidate will ever be run in Tennessee as The nom
tzss Of that heterogeneous compound. They dare
not so Insult the sense Of the sovereign people.
Wesrs not to be understood, however, as sup
posing that the Know NOthings will fail to have
q candidate or that that candidate will not be
Know Nothing. We only contend that they will
DENY his paternity and complexion. WeAnd our
selves sustained in this impression BY the tone OF
certain of the Know Nothing journals. The
American Statesmen published ct Dandridge, East
Tennessee, breaks ground in favor Of Judge ALEX
AMBER after the following style:
"Heis so able man in point Of intellect, Is free
from all pqrfy ties 0lOes no allegiance 10 any party
or sect, IS what you might call 9 man Of his own
head, and would not forsske, under any cEoum-
stances whatever, any principle Of honor, for all the
party iemsgogues in the land.
F." True, the Judge voted, and perhaps, used bis
influence for the election Of Willard Fillmore, as an
old-line Wing should have done under the Circum-
stances for which be is none the worse, this being
3 free country. BE did no! canvass the State, he
had zoe suppose official business to attend, and IN
ike others, be thought proper to hold inviolate
the trust imposed 10 him. he had no hard spltbsts
to apply 70 those Of his old line Wing brethren who
bo-, in sho LATE Ufa9f foF
Presidency, bat ike freeman be supported the
man Of bis choice, and let the future control the
past.
Judge Alexander Is a gsHEiHs old line Wing OF
the Clay school, and has act participated in the
great political fights very extensively, since the
death Of the Wing party though, like man, how
ever, always free in expressing his political pre-
teTeuces whenever called upon.
A correspondent of the Eagls and Enquirer says
"Tbe subject Of 8 candidate by the Wings and
Americans, for the Office Of Governor, is now be-
ing stirred in the papers. am an East Tennes-
sean, and will support, in good faith, any man the
Americans and Wings may agree upon"
He then continues By asking the question, "Who
shall be our candidate" He says that among the
persons spoken of is Judge ALEXANDER, who is
physically uusbls to canvass the State; Tao. a. R
NELSON, whose "hesvy pFsctice" at the bar will
prevent his acceptance; JOIN NETHERLAND, whose
health is in tbe way; o. P. Temple, who could
not be induced to accept; N. G. TAYLOR, who sis
Methodist preacher and would array against him
all the sectarians in the State of other churches
". g. BRowEIoW, who says:
"He will not be 8 candidate in any event, for
that or any other Office and for two reasons, which,
IN my judgment, are valid First, be is poor, and
not able to undergo the expense Of q Canvass
Next be has been for a quarter Of q century eDgs-
ged ia RELIGIOUS controversies no regrets on this
accouut-tskes back nothing he has said-and
would be voted against by thousands Of bis own
party, on this account"
The writer then concludes by suggesting "WN.
Il. sSEED the able representative in Congress from
the Knoxville district, who he says, if nominated
''lOould run, and is a gentleman Of wealth, spends
his money freely, and could aVsH afford to bear the
erDease Of canUqssing the STATE"
We doub. very much whether Mr. Sneed will
feel thankful for such & compliment. 1t is taxing
mans liDeralty good deal to ask him to spend
his money in hopeless cause merely for the honor
Of being beaten. The expenses Of such a CANVASS
will be not only upon the pocket, but the reputs-
ton, and the man that has the least Of the last
named commodity to lose, can best afford the ex-
pense. What has become Of HASKELL he would
make a splendid candidate And then there are
number of younger asPrsnts who would be honor
ed even with 30 poor compliment as being set
up to be defeated ss 8 candidate for Governor. It
will be interesting to observe how they fix it up,