Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-04-28

For this cause / object to the nomination OF
any man OF Our party at the present time, who par
ticipated in any prominent manner for or against
the repeal Of the Missouri compromise, or whose
antecedents heretofore connect him with that
measure.
/ do this because It is a subject that our party
are not agreed about, and while we should Tolerate
this difference of opinion our adVerSarles DO et
will we do it, or have We done it.
And again the nomination of such man Wouu
make that question prominent one OF the can
vass and afford Democracy the opportunity oil con-
tinuing their agitation Of the only question that has
kept vitality in them.
Let US nominate a man that can neither be called
upon to defend nor object to the settlement otthat
question. For our candidate to have to do either
one or the other, will inevitably beat him, and II
he should have been an actor IN the matter, Hairs
will force him to speak out or 10 be mum, 20 De
mum would be as bad as to take either other horn
of the dilemma.
Our purpose should be to afford them no oppor-
tunity whatever, to agitate the slavery question,
and then if they will permit in doing so, the people
can be called upon to rebuke them, which they
will do il do not mutually engage in it. for the
people are tired and sick of the negro question.
What, should be the questions Of this CANVASS,
(aside from State policy, about which | presume
there will be no issues?
am of opinion that a renewed effort should be
made to arouse the people to the evils and dangers
that are impending over US from the immense inn
migration that has been pouring upon our shores,
corrupting our ballot-box, demorazing our polite
81 par les and consuming our public domain.
Let this m4ttr be discussed ably, eloquently,
and by one not personally and politically objection
able to the of Tennessee, in all its length and
breadth, depth and heigth, and firmly believe that
the American party would tliumph in Tennessee
by thousands il not tens of thousands.
Let the servility of those foreign immigrants to
Catholic priests, let the enormity of Alien Suffrage,
and let the injustice of making our public domain
bounty to build up free States, be fully discussed,
and what true American can fear the result. For
these reasons fully adunbrated, think the Ameri-
can Convention soon to assemble, would act wisely
to select a man devoted heart aud soul to the pres
ervation of American nationality. 1t matters not
whether he has any political record or not should
be without any the slavery question: it matters
not whether he comes from the old wing or demo-
| cratic parties. But let him be able and eloquent
on the stump, let him be social familiar and frank
off the stump, and let him be ardent, hopeful and
uhtirng in his work, and with faithful cooperation
and labor on our part, success in my mind would
| not he at all doubtful
Where this man is, and who he is, is the ques,
ton. l think he has already been found and
his name given to the public. COL. Matt Mar
tin, the of a revolutionary sire, bold, frank, and
fearless, 10 politics until the necessity Of the
times called into existence the American party,
thoroughly posted on the new issues good speak
er on the stump and better talker off the stump
ardent and unflggng in whatever he engages in.
With him success is sure. But it would not be
in keeping with the tenor of this article or the wri-
tiers feelings to say he is the only one. There are
others OF this class of young and new men, one of
whom is the man for the time and occasion, in the
del berate judgment of mere observer of political
questions, parties, and men.
! OBSERVER.