Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-09-19
MR.. BELL AND HIS SUCCESSOR

MR. BELL AND HIS SUCCESSOR
Mr. Bell and his organs are greatly troubled at the
hOpelessness of despair 10 which he is reduced
They will scarcely believe the hand writing the
wall, by whOmsOever read They think it mon
strOus that this last hope (he postPOnement of the
election of his successor, should be denied them
/" Thus moving on
In confus'd march fOrlOrn, tn adventurous band
With shuddering horror pale, and eyes aghast,
View their lamentsble lot, and find
No rest"
As the hour Of triumph is the hour Of magnani-
nifty we could wish it otherwise. We take no
pleasure in the torture of fallen foe; b 1t the good
Of the country demands the sacrifice, however ter
rible the blow. Mr.. Bell successor must be elect
ed. The issue has been fairly made and submitted
to the people, and they have wiled it.
But the Banner asks in one of is remon strances
" In what way was Il e election of Senator in Mr.
" Bells place an issue in the late canvass? When,
where, and by whom was this question agi-
60 tated? ?"
Now the Banner, though honest in lis convictions.
has dreadful bad memory. No question was ever
more distinctly made than the issue with Mr. Bell
or, to speak more correctly, the issue which Mr.
Bell made with the people of Tennessee.
His friends cannot have forgotten the unusual
excitement produced at home by his determined
course upon the Kansas Nebraska BILL in which h.
took ground against the known will of his eonsti
tuents, as declared through their legislature, ana
sided with the Aboliuoniss Il was this service to
the AbOlitiOnists of the North which called forth
eulOgiams from freely and Seward, and which in
duced the New York Tribune to e1claim: 'sThe wis
dom and experience of man so eminent and pure
are of no ordinary value at this time when the
country is convulsed with the wars of faction and
the spirit of su5jugatioa is abroad ihreae ning to
overshsdow a land of promise Kansas let
US hope they will be long exercised in the Ssnats, or
in some higher capacity, where the country may
equally enjoy their advantage
Mr.. Bell well knew that what had given such de
light to the Abolitiunsts was not calculated Ia
please his constituents at home; hence the Roman
virtue he assumed, when declaring in The Senate
in his speech of March, 1855 Ideclare here to day.
that # my oountryaea Of Tennessee should dee1ar,
sgaiHst my tiis SuIct and that shall be as
ctaHsd to reasonable certainty, 1cU not be seen IL
the Senate a d,y gfer,rards" But Mr. Bell wa.
acting the Roman the players do. for the audit
ors before him. Thrice have the public decreel
against him and thrice hath he refused He ha
not only betrayed and insulted, but defed tn,
people.
All these facts formed an issue in the recent can
Vsss. Time and again they we're urged upon hi
consideration and the consideration OF his friends
Mr. Bell was urged by the Democracy 10 go into tn
canvass that they might meet m. Failing to TAX
the field for Governor, be WIS pressingly urged {,
60 before the people and give The Democracy a fai
wager of battle In failing 10 do so, he but follow
ed the natural instincts of self preservation. Blu
it was all to no purpose The people have decreed
by well defined popular sentiment, that the mis-
representation which be has so long made Of them
shall be corrected from aud after the expiration O
the next Congress.
But lest the Banner might quibble by alleging
that there was direct proposition made and dis
oussei upon the isolated point of elecing tw,
Senators, we invite its editor to reexamine the file
Of his democratic exchanges.
He will find the proposition to elect Mr.. Bell
successor made and pressed by the UNION AN
AMERICAN and other democratic papers and speak
various occasions. We remember to hay
urged it, positively and distinctly, as far back a
February, and through every succeeding month IN
"
extract the following:
"The approaching canvass will he one of decide
Importance. Tennessee, so long misrepreseuied j.
the Senate Of the United States, has again to selec
her representative IN that hody This involves Oh
whole question Of the politics Of the State Sha
we continue In the blind subsprvienry 10 Mr. Bel
STEPPED IN Federalism and allied with Black Repur
lcan Know MOI hingIsm of the North, the mere in
struments Of thai geutemans dangerous ambition
or shall present ourselves in the Senate as a
home, the enemy Of these schemes and isms IA
UncOrrupted friends Of The government. in the SUI
port OF the administration OF the present Democrat
President? We know the response that swes ih
heat OF every honest Democrat in answer 10 thes
questions We have too recently passed throuz
severe Ordeals-tOO recently experienced The Tleae
ures OF success and lahOred TOO arduousv TO attai
IL, TO be Unmin iul OF the importance OK assuInIn
our true position before the country, through on
Representatives in the Senate Of the United States
This proposition, so frequently urged by tie De
mocrauc pagers and speakers, as entering into th
canvass, was never coutrOyerted by the opposition
In every county in the STATE as far as we are Inform
ed, the proposition to elect two Senator'S was enter
tanned and discussed by The candidates for the Legi
lature, and we know Of but a single instance wher
It encountered opposition. Many Of The Know
Nothing candidates indicated their choice in III
event Of their election. Some we're for Brown an
Bell-some for Brown and Henry-while others wer
for Netherland and Nelson.
We have been thus particular in mentioning thes
facts a source Of comfort to the complaining
You must learn, gentlemen, to bow submissvely Q
the decree of the people 1t is idle to kick agaius
the pricks.