The true Democrat., 1857-05-19

Fms Is d tlJle that we have ceased to use except to designate men " ho are now demo- crate, UuJ Who were ~ Al5s 50 long as there Was such au or5alIzci party III existence There $ To sucn party how, aud never will be aJaiu, notwithstanding the great body of those who composed It WllI continue to corporate with the opposition lo democracy under Whatever Hamc It may assume.
 There are but two parties in Tennessee, Know. AUtuIu < aud democrats. Men must ar ial -e themselves under one bAul.cr or the other Those oi tue o.d win. party who are now ac- uu,, with the Know Aotnluss, are Know. Noth- tu-,, notwithstanding many ol them may nevre nave lounu It necessary to thclr loyalty u gp Into tAe lo, lGs and slceU tu oppose the demo- clut9. Those N ho have been dcnommateI oId- .lac wings, tua ln th's heW "diy.Ge-uut," |" went i4su the dcInoc.dCc loid Iu good t,tu, aie demo- crdtS aul hotuln9 moie
 When the od whi5 party lost its nationality aau ceased to C .ai k .oW NOJu.nsIsm lad vip- lent ha.us upou is effects and appropriated them a5 ,Ar ao possible to then own usg. They Kicked the dead cdrca,s and made protert ol its coITupuuus from Winch they claimed to nave extracted Alt tue particles that Wc,e neai,Ay and pure. The Act, were that the ,,reIC body oi tue oid wAl- party had become SD corrupted that 1t could rot longer perform Jts functions with is small proportion oi healthy m tteria. The corruption siou5ned oil iatc huow Notu- u qsIn a"d the more healthy part jplued the democracy.
 Ui all the different changes through which the opposition las passed, 1t has at mo time as sumed d form so odIous to tho moral sense, and shocking to the republican feeling ot the country, as this last one. Like vice, It is
 .'amon,ler of such hateful mein,
 That to be hated needs but to be ocou.'
 The force of this fact none feel more sensibly than the unfortunate individuals who went into it. Thousands who have been duped and de- ceived, left it 50 soon as its enormlty was appa- rent. Others from their inveterate prciudces against democracy, felt that they had no other alternative but to submit and endure 1t, trusting to the future to furnish an escape. There were those again who were proverbiaily reckless of consequences, and would rather rule iu hell chan serve Ill heaven"
 1t s not necessary for Us to array evidence n support oi this position. We have the truth of it constantly staring Us in me face. "Gujl- tinrso will speak though tongues were out of use" striking eXempiiiicatIon ot this trte old saying, Is made apparent iu the present ea- 4erucss WIth winch the secret society of Know
 
 and destroy all traces of the.r identity They have taken special pains to assure the world that their lodges have been broken up; that their rituals have been dispensed with that their paths and penalties have been abolished- in lact that they are no longer the Know Nothing party aad should hot Ue SD regarded. The disorganIzed whig party which they stig- matscd as corrupt, and uion the ruins" of which they founded their OidCr Is no longer denouuced as cofrupt-ho longer spoken of as dead. All at once they profess to have discov- cred their mistake, and now swear aS rouudIy that there lS whg party, to which intense AmericaLiem Is alteciIouately inclined, and that with Mts conjunction the democracy will yet be overwhelmed and the country saved rom ruin and disaster. they HO longer speak of the great American party as suited 10 rule and bless the world, but that "the Whlg 0Hd dnteitca2 parties will accomplish these things. " hlg' IS held up Iii gtdrlnS letters before "Amercdn," with the hope that in the confronting head the world will tall to observe the tail that Wags be- hlnd It; that many, attracted by the new feature, will iall to recognise the deiormlties which it conceals. Their stump orators, their conven- tons and their newspapers are all piping to the new tune o Whigs and Amertcans" Another canvass and the tune will be changed, the tail will be chopped off, and Know Nothngsm will swear that its not Know Nottingham, but that It IS whiggery, pure and uncontaminated.
 Gan such deception succeed? Can the credullty ot men be so practlsed upon? Can they be duped into such associations by the mere cheat of assuming false names, once vene- rated and respected but now dead? Such of the present democratic party as were formerly wings, and came over to us in the dsmember- ment of that party. despised Know N Nottingham and will despise it still, under whatever name it may seek to cloak itself. It can never be any thing else than Know Nottingham, no more than garlck can be sugar by calling it sugar. Men who desire to get into its embrace will do so, but the trappings which it wears win not change its prostitution into virtue. They must take the consequences of the association, and should not cheat themselves with any other belief. There are but two parties in Tennes. see--demoerats and Know Nothings-choose fairly between then.-NashuiNe Un,on