Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-07-28
NEGRO ELEYATIoN-wHITE DETERMINATION

Upwards of sixty. of the most rampant Black
| Republicans who held seats in the last Congress-
were representatives of K. N constituencies Those
| who elected Speaker Banks from Massachusetts
and Campbell from Ohio, as well as those who foist
ed Cullen, the Delaware Black Republican uuo1 the
| South, where members of a brotherhood sworn to
circumscrbe the rights of adopted citizens and to
| wage DISCRIMINATING against the Roman Catbo-
lie religion. Northern fanatcism gained its ascen-
| dency in the Federal House of Representatives
| upon the dangerous issues and by means of the Sc
eret machinery brought into vogue by Know Moth
ingism. The conservatism that previously held in
check the Abolition host gave way when bigoted
| demsgogues made birthplace and religious belief
the of all excellence in politics and morals
| The catch-words, Americans shall rule America
| 'foreign influence" 'the Pope" were fit slogans
for Puritan acceptati0n and resulted in the organ
izatiOn of party worthy of its New England ma
tivity. In hands of skilful masters of buncOmbe
Know NOthingism diffuseditself over the land
and for time threatened to sweep every other
party from existence.
1t developed its strength like offspring of the
gods of old; its disciples controlled State and mu
nicipal bodies before its inception was known and
when the succeeding Congress assembled the repre-
sentatlyes Of "Sam" appeared in solid column and
confronted the renowned Democracy in the very
halls of the Capitol. They elected their Speaker
threw off disguise, attached free negro suffrage and
'Free Kansas" to their platform and, before being
a wsreof the mutation, the Republic looked to her
of boldand avowed Abolition phalanx. .'Sam'' had
bowed his head to ''Sambo"-negroes went up in the
social scale in extaet ratio to that in which the
''d-dDuteh and Irish" Ito use K. n War-cry) went
down.
The South became alarmed and deserted "PIv.
mouth Rock" organization in body Northern
Know Nothingism, having favor to court of that
section initiated its negro policy, and the battle
now turns upon the solitary issue wherever Black
Republcanism is known, shall the negro be elevated
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man? Here are the fruits of Know Nothing Black |
Republcanism and this the question now being man
fully met by the Democracy eff the North. Where |
will the South give her aid and sympathy?
Wherever Republicanism has obtained power, it
has sought to retain that power by enrolling its
political supporters the African race. In New |
Hampshire, at this moment, there are propositions
pending TO disfranchise the white man of foreign
birth, and to invest the negro with all the rights of
white men. We need not add that the propositions
are pending before Republican Legislature, and
introduced by Republican members.
In Iowa, at o recent convention to amend the con-
stituton, proposition to admit negroes to politi-
cal equality with white men, adopted by strict
party vOte-Republicans supported and carrying it;
the Democrats vainly endeavOring defeat it. The
proposition is now before the people of that State for
their verdict.
In Ohio, the same propostions-the elevation of
the negroes and the Acknowledgement Of the foreign
born white man-failed not because of any want
of disposition to pass them, bat because the combna-
ton of Know Nothings and Republicans quarreled
over other matters.
Negro equality now, however, is openly avowed
in the Western States the principle of the Repub-
lican party. In Wisconsin, Republican State con-
ventiOn was held June 18th, and platform in perfect
accordance with Gerrett Smiths doctrne-the unity
of the races in their origin, the perfect equality of
the races politically and socially-was adopted. The
Republican convention of Wisconsin adopted this
platform with entire unanimity-Negro equality not
only in Wisconsin, but all the Union All laws,
State and municipal, which recognize any
distinction between white men and negroes are to
be obliterated, if possible; but if obliterated
are TO be set at defiance unconstitutional and as
such are to be resisted with force and arms
These are the triumphs that garland the brow of
Northern Black Republicantsm alias Know Nothing
ism. In the South, its fruits are brutal as
ssults on the naturaliSed citizen, and what it
acks in numbers, is made up by instincts of fero-
,ity the characteristics of the goaded OK than
Of human being. Is it not time to stop the career of
party corrupt it is dangerous the liberties
md welfare of the nation? Louisiana is one of its
eats of pOwer--shsll it not be extinguished?-BG-
on Rouge Adrocats