Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-06

Tu.MPsoM, Ct Miss, Secretary OF the 1nteIlOf'
PLunER. of Penn, Post Master Cereal
CLIFFORD. Of Maine, Attorney Ger al.
This is Cabinet that viii work well together,
a riding confidence 10 the safety and success Of
the administration We lave 10 ioLL6e- remark.
w- On, Of The most striking Pecuiari'ie' Of
the Know Nothing party throughout the counify,
has basn tne facility with which it has mig
little men into grsat ones aud enabled the smau-
at material Of The uoder current to rise up ara
g.t tbs ssoendsney on the surface. Men whose
nositious hitherto had never suggested them IS II
f.r ,Bv prbIie uuBt in tbs community, were Al
oece made prominent in the se'echon OIL al tHe
subordinate Officers Of corporations aud c1uuhes.
Men gLoss greatest capacity bad never before
cached higher than the consttbleshP Of civil
d;.trio- found at once that their proper position
vas the legislature. Those who he'd reached 90
bi,b mo, the IA ldsr Of ambition as u have bees
once 70 the legislature, have never been Sble to
ok lower down than seat il Congress, or than
\ ing Goveruo: Of the State. Never before were
%, nublic ssse nLliss hsrrargued BY such pre.erd
sr.-psver b.rore wire the civil Off es and lsgis-
Istive halls Of TIE country occupied by such Get
of political itckdsws. Aud ell Of this has been
At the sacrifice Of their better mep. Talent has
bean alta discount, whilst inpudtn: knavery has
commanded q premium. Such men IS MILL :.
BsoVS and GUsTAvUs A. HLNRY, notwithstanding
their esrnsst effort to the contrary, have been lost
,iobt of in the lenVthening shadows Of the Charley
Cows and Nat Martins. zoLLIooTTsE a25 kEA
ny have become humming-birds IN comparison
With ii, ostrica-lke appearance Of Qlarles and Of
Hatton. who are now seriously cOntest'Dg win
them the PRIVILEGES to their seats 10 Congress
When before il the history of the opposition in
T,nnssses was there such utter hopelePsaess OF
,ucce7s as they have in the ensuing Governors
election? AMI yet when before was there such q
train of anxious aspirants for the empty honor OF
being candidates As nowl Who can tell today
whether Martin, Aue1t, Barrow, House, Hstton,
Hicksrson, Twins, Cooper, Looney, E.hetidge, Has
kelI or Douglass will be the chosen champion Of
their forces iu the nsxt fVht2
- The LJusYHe Journal Washington cor
respondent is endeavoring to defend the CORFU
aud diggrsoed members OF Congress, whose ezPul'
sion has been recommended by the Committee Of
Investigation. Itfeems that there is nothing too
low, too con. enptbls, or too filthy Tor the col1@n5
of that paper. Even the better class Of Back
Republican Iaoer5 at the North have not hsd the
hard b,oI to a.ten p; defence Of these political
profigat aud public plundereFs, and no resP'c'a-
BE member; of Cobgress, Of any party, has hes,
tlted to vote for their summary expulsion. But
the Louisville Journal ike the caErion crow, makes
its dsintiegt feasts of Of that which would be moat
rspugnaut to the moral aFpsttss of others. It
has sspired to that class Of journalism which gain
their notoriety by pursuing q course at variance
with the common sense and honesty of other peo.
pie, and that astounds the public by daring to Go
whatmany equally unscruPuious would shrink at
It has justified murder, instigstsd riots aud de
Tended the bloody proceedings Of the mob. i
has given open aid to abolitionisn, triumphed over
its successes and mourned over its defeat. Ia one
thing it has been consistent, abuse Of the South
her institutions, and her people. It hiss poured
columns Of its flthiest and bitterest biIliagsgate
on our purest and best men. It has impUgned tie
honor of every Southern State that has d2red to
show q zeal for her rights.
Who can question that, if the result of the in
vestigslions into Congressional oorruptions had
fixed bsre suspicion upon q southern States
rights man, instead of northern sboltiouists, the
columns Of the Journal would have teemed with
dstractOn, instead Of pGlfatng letters from Wash,
iDgtOn2 Who can forget how ready It has been
in its iDputations Of dishonesty against southern
men in every instance where they have shown the
least heat 10 rePelDg aggression, and yet how re-
luctaat it is TO condemn an Abolition criminal that
even stands convicted before the ba,? Surely the
south is becoming lost to her own honor, 10 ssy
nothing Of her rights if such journal /, to
pe continued in her midst, encouraged and aus.