Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-11-14

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER IA, 1857.
Gov. walker and the state Right. Demo-

Gov. walker and the state Right. Demo-
cTacy, south.
Inc recent proclamations of Gov. Wal |
ker rejecting fraudulent election returns in |
Kansas have re-aroused the State Rights
Democracy Of the South and their organs |
the Charleston Mercury, the Richmond |
South, New Orleans Delta, &c, are as bit
ter as gall in their denunciations of the
Governor. The South declares "he thinks
be has the administration by the throat
If they sustain him, the consequences will
be disastrous to the South; if they do
not, he passes to the camp of the free soil
ers, and heads the relentless enemy of the
democratic party" "He will next shed his
Southern slough and appear in the resplen-
dent robes of an abolition leader" The
other organs are eVually ferocious. But
what will be the result? The Administra-
ton will Sustain" Gov. Walker, and the
State Rights Democracy be compelled to
succumb, or driven out of camp on the
! fat of a drum-head court martial The
late elections, North, indicate that the
course of Gov. Walker in Kansas is salts
| factory to the national Democracy, and has
given them a war club to beat down black
republicanism. The administration, OBJ
servant of these effects of the Walker po-
Icy in Kansas, feel that they can well spare
the Southern HOtspurs; that for every one
of them lost, score or more of polite
men of the North will be gained. The
Richmond Enquirer, the time-honOred"
organ of the party ,"-au organ that al
ways follows the scent of the spoils, ''snuff-
ing them from afar, "-represents the pO-
LEY of the administration when it says
That Gov. Walker has transcribed his official
functions in rejecting the returns from the Oxford
precinct haze some DOUBT hut that there was an
infamous effort at SttDe"dOus fraud We have none
It would, howell r, We think, ne premature to pro-
jud sment nov, without all the evidence be-
fore US. The provisions Of the law quoted by Gov.
t Walker and Secretary Stanton do not in our Opin
ion, very clearly ipVest them with the authority
which they have exercised in rejecting the Oxford
But on the ground that returns ,cere in
Valid because rnaL they may be enabled to jtsti-
fg their conduct i't legal haze little dolsbt
they '0tH i' a moral point Of vieU
And as this justification will enure to
the benefit of the party, the administration
and the National Democracy will be con-
r tent The South, buster and hector as it
: may, does not fail to recognize this state OF
D the case. 1t is that which prompts it to
! utter the following warning and threat:
But if the South shall be convinced that Walker
has transcribed his authority, and thereby given
th 4. ..lsI, - Il
that school, eqLiing itself tie national deaoc ra
cy has endeaUOred to close the months of those llo
coDts for practical participation IN the common
IsTritOry-lt shall be ieUe that 'Hatio"aL parties
nothing but unScrupHOus combinations tn qst
possession Of the government and that they settle
nothing except the distribution of the SDOiLs we
fear it will be Impossible to prevent close and
deadly struggle, which will the strength of our
political structure beyond any former Example. Il
this controversy shall unhappily be re-opened by
the counsels OF treaChery timidy, there be
neither peacemakpTs nor neutrals. Compromise
and concession will be thrown away, and no man
can foresee any end but strife, anarchy and dis
union.
E Let the South threat and fume, it can
not stop the progress of the policy which
: will put it and its confederateS to the rack
!. The National Democratic party is nothing
L but an INSCRIPTIONS combination to ge
= possession" and keep possession 1" of thu
: government" If the South does not nov
:, realize the fact, it will not remain long il
d ignorance of it. ( Treachery and timid
I, ty" will be more than a match for thos
Or who may throw away compromise an,
:. concession" The spoils will win-the
70 have ever been, and ever will be master
Il, and if the State Rights Democracy dare t
er confront the legions that muster under tn
e, spoils banner, they must expect to b
III ",crushed out" The South, the Mercury
# and all others of their way of thinking
sn should prepare to die-or knock under
v We rather think they will prefer the la
At ter.