Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-13

or The Louisville Journal is the rule Of polit-
cal arithmetic by which large number Of Know
Nothings in Tennessee work out thsir conclusions.
That paper in its utter disregard for truth, fails
sometimes to cover up its Inconsistencies and
leaves them so glsring to make its editor ridic
ulOus. Fer instance, in the last number we nave
received it has an article ridiculing Mr. BUCHANAN
in which it says:
"What an unspeakable shame, We cannot help
adding that with such accomplished statesmen as
Everett, Rives, Fillmore, Cnttenden, Bell, CASS,
Marcy, and q score of others, in our midst, we
should, from sheer party exigeucy, elevate to the
Chief Magistraoy Of the Republic q mere cunning
old wire puleT, who, IMMERSED Ia the arts OF true
craftsmanship, is incapable Of even expressing
himself in respectable Eaglish T.
1t viii be seen from the above that CAss is class
cd among the accomplished Statesmen" that
would do to make President Of.
Right over in another column of the same paper
the editor finds it to his purpose to bsittle Gen.
Cas-, and proceeds after the following fashion:
'fThat famous parsonage, (the Vicar of Bray,)
who was Papist under Henry the Eighth, Pre-
testsnt under Edward the Sixth, PapisJ again
under Mary, and once more Protestant under
Elizabeth, when rallied on account OF the versE-
tiity of bis religious creed, replied with unblush-
ing pleasantly, "NOt 50 neither for if / changed
my religion, l am sure 1 kept true to my priEci-
pie; which is, to live and die the Vicar OF Bray!"
General Csss is undoubtedly Vicar of Bray of
the first water. he "has kept himself constantly
in Office" not so much "by remaining true to one
party" as by Aattering each in turn The Pres.-
dental succession has been distinctly marked
throughout his long career Of office by clouds of
| incense to the rising sun The cJpious soft saw
der with which be piled Gen. Harrison, add alter
the death OF that lAmeuted old hero the Tyler ad-
mnistratiOn, with view to his retention at tue
| Court Of the Tueries, must still be fresh in the
mind OF every one at all familiar with the person
al history of that interesting period. And his con-
| duct then was only specimen Of thsi wonderful
hexibilty, that profound and inve1erate sycophsn-
cy, which has enabled blm, to the 10 small amaze
ment of curious people, 10 occupy high official
| station under every administration from that of
| Jefferson to the present General Cass, in short
is VIGOROUSLY one of the grestest time-pessers in
| the nation. He has always anxiousy squared
himself with the ruling breeze from Washington,
no matter in what direction it has blown. He, in
fact, has been true TO noticing out his unsuitable
love Of place. He is beyond dispute AS incorrigi.
BILE time-server as the original Vicar of Bray
himself"
Thus it is that this model organ OF Know Moth
iDgism, in one breath and to answer our purpose
thinks it al 'unspeakabe shame" that some such
''accomplshe5 statesman" as Gen. Cas- was not
made President ia place OF Mr.. BUCHANAN; and in
another breath and to answer another purpose,
dubs that same Gen CAss as undoubtedly Vi
car of BEay;" notorious me-pleassr" 'true to
nathipg but his Unsuitable love Of place"
Verify the editor OF that paper has written him
self an ass