Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-06-14

hs oodcsais ron the people hls own PAST teaebery
% their most sacred rights his object win have been
accomplished for be viii have placed Ieanessee in
the Black Republican ranks.
He has nov thrown himself into the arms Of the
Know Nothing or American party in the hope
that Il may prep up his otering fortunes, and with
rs banner though bloody snd in tatters it be- hide
people OF Tennessee whose rights he hss sacrificed
whose confidence he has betrayed, and whose honor
ne mas furnished, Is her Senator, BY his association
with traitors to the Constitution and the country
20 Skilled Is he 10 party tactics and in Ell the srats
y OF Poiileal Warfare, that he has managed 70
Aeep himself on O the fierce party conflicts Of the
state- he viii net risk himself before the country
making others do The work of defending the false
positions into which he has forced the parties with
which he is Observation-Disclosures avoiding he ooDsa-
quenoes Of defeat, if they are besten while he resus
the fruits Of victory if they are successful Tboueh
he does not oeiong 70 the american party, and has
always held himself alo0f from Il, until IL shifted
his interest 70 affiliate with it, vet be has now
brought It to his purpose Of supporting himself
knowing that in doing so, it endorses his Blsok r.
publican principles, and must in the end. oseupv
his position. He has already pushed this party 10
the very verge Of Black Republeanism; in proof Of
which, look to the struggles and trials Of Msssrs
Ready and ZollicofeF, for their positions il large
Know Nothing districts. These gentlemen voted for
the Kansas Nebraska act. What IS the position Of
the Know Nothing orators and presses in Tennessee
upon this question: Is there one Of them that drss
openly defend the principles Of the Kansas aetl-
Again, behold the praises and laudations BY that
press Of Etherdge, the only survivor Of the three
Tennessee Black Republican members Of the House
who voted against the act Is he not the star Of
magnitude second only to the Hon. Senator bimselfl
In regard to EtheFidge, is there not perfect CO.
incidence Of sentiment and opinion between the abo-
litionists of the North and the Know Nothing
g r. y
a leading newspaper published in New York, thus
speaks Of him.
" Mr. Etteridges resolution strikes beyond TIE Afri-
can sIaDe trade Il condemns he Aaerica7 slaps trade
and ths practice Of sLGpe holding 10th Dhieh dsfi-
fsa"
Greely's Tribune, and other kindred ineendiary
sheets, speak Of him in similar language They
speak but the truth. Etheridge's resolution is an
open assault upon slavery and the South: and vet.
this Etheridge who is thus lauded by the lead
ing abolition presses, is the same man whom the
Know Nothing party Of Tennessee are now support
ing for Congress; Is the same man whom many Of
the presses Of that party declared themselves in IA
vor Of for Governor Of the State, and is the man
most likely to be elected a colleague Of the Hon
John Bell 10 the United States Senate if that party
succeed in the present contest. To sustain Mr..
Bells course, and TO be consistent that party could
do nothing else; and then, instead Of one, Tennes-
nessee will have tgo Black Republican Senator's
Can any man who watches the shadows which
coming events cast ahead, doubt but that Bell and
EtherdgO, who are so thoroughly identified with the
abOtionists, will, if they can, push the American
party Of Tennessee into open Black Republioanism
l know there are many honest and patriotic men in
that party. l know likewise that there are many
acting with it. who never belonged to that order
men who would not Intentionally do any act, to
aid the aboitionsts or to endanger The institutions
Of the South, or the permanenoy of the Union
hu rfv India hor-o boan
deluded into position false 70 themselves and the
country Is il not not time for such men look to
their positions and the company they are in? Is it
not time for the American party itself to cast anchor
and 70 take observation Of its latitude and longi-
tude, 50 as to determine on which side of Mason
and Dixons line it is 6ghtingi
Is it not manifest that in the present contest in
Tennessee the Hon John Bell is trial strain as
the Black Republican candidate for the Presidency
in the great contest Of 1860? Ii he can make the
distance, wiz: carry Tennessee he win be entered.
If he fail, Seward viii be the man.
If have mistaken any of the Hon. Senator votes,
it can be corrected by the Congressional Journals.
believe he has enough 70 for TO his constitu-
ents, when the truth only is laid before them, and
would not intentionally do him injustice. I have
| enjoyed his personal acquaintance for more than
thirty years, and have never had for him any IN
/ kind personal feelings.
He the first man for whom ever cast vote as
member Of Congress, VII lie l was yet at College, a
/ the University Of which he was for many years
trustee, and now give my opinions Of his course
only when called upon by portion Of the people O
| the State.
As one Of his constituents identified with th
South and its Institutions and devoted to the unioI
! of the States the main source Of our power am
| greatness as nation, 1 believe him to have beer
faithess the trust reposed in him by the State ant
] that he has thrown the great weight Of his charae
4 ter into the hands Of the worst enemies Of th,
| South and Of the union Of the States Believing
| that his past course has shown him to be an unsa
representative Of the South, and unit to be trusted
| do not hesitate to so declare.
Respectfully,
GID. J. PILLOW