Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-07-07
From The HsehmGn Argus.
pRFNTICE,S I.FCTnPr

The yeraeious, great and sufIieiently-to-be
admired George D. Prentice, of the Louisville Jour
nal is travelling around and delivering wherever be
can get together a crowd of modern intense Ameyi
cans, lecture on the "preseni aspect Of American
| politics"
That must be interesting subject TO Know
| Nothings. We have not had probably never will
have, opportunity to hear the lecture; but every
| body knows that Prentice confines himself strictly
| to the truth, consequently the comfort which the
editor Of the great Plug Ugly organ extracts, for
the benefit of himself and friends, from " the pre-
sent aspect Of American politics. must be of rather
peculiar kind. Probably he thinks, ''sweet are
the uses of adversely" The Plug Ugly party have
had adversely enough to sweeten them slightly, we
| should think
Not being able to lay the lecture before our rea-
ders, we have procul ed through a splrlt-rapplng
medium substitute for it, which we present
below. We solicit particular attention to the loioW
ing synopsis of ''Lecture on the Present Aspect oil
| American Politics. by George D. Plug Ugly, Esq,
| Editor Of the Plug Ugly organ"
lst. The new OF passionate adnilI d'ion Oh
country and its institutions" as illustrated 10y
the Know Mornings of Massachusetts, in multiplying
the constitution.
ID Inc habit of reverential obedience to the
laws" inaugurated by the Know Nothing party; ex-
elnplifed by their conduct IN New orleans, baitl-
more Louisville and Washington. The distinguished
speaker dwet at considerable length, and wthgreat
JUNCTION upon the gallant manner IN which the Plug
Uglies of these cities came to the rescue and pro-
tected the laws, by preventing, IN some instances,
the polling Of Democratic votes, and in others, de-
stroying the ballot boxes which they had to
suppose contained too large a number of LocofOcO
votes; and told in glowing language, how when
those objects were accomplished with sufficient
completeness TO satisfy the demands of the sin
tense American feeling" how the noble band of
"Plug ugIies" avenged the outraged laws by shoot
ing the miscreants who dared polute the ballot box
with Democratic votes. Thegallant lecturer admit
ted that some prejudice against the gallant Plugs
had been excited by traitors who were not imbued
with profoundly intense American feeling" be-
cause some women and children were murdered and
burnt; but it the fortune Of wer and, after ALL
tU patriot of enlarged views and intense American
feeling, it was obvious that the good would more
than balance the evil; inasmuch it wasmOre than
probable that the children in question would have
grown up Democrats; and it was well enough to de-
stroy as much of the accused seed as possible
Desperate diseases require energetic treatment.
Sd The vast benefit to the South which would
accrue from the success of Know Nothing or Plug
Ugly principles in evidence of which the lecturer
cited the position taken by the few k N. leaders
who have acquired political position. He showed
that they were unanimous in denouncing and OPP
posing the Kansas-Nebraska bill, which Infamous
measure was constructed upon principles which
would permit majority Of the people Of any terri
tory to establish and perpetuate the aecursed nsti
4th The generosity of the Know Nothing party, |
as shown by the alacrity with which Southern mem
bers of that party have always given aid and COM
fort TO their allies, the Black Republicans Of the
North. Mr. P mentioned the fact that he himself, |
as editor of the organ of the Kentucky Plug Ugles,
advocated the election Of the Black Republican can
didate for Governor of Indiana.
9TH. The nationality of the X N, party and its /
certainty of success, as demonstrated by its i'm
mense success in Baltimore, by the large number of
States il won in the Presidential election, and by
its success in every city in which. as in Louisville
and Baltimore, the gallant Plug Uglies have been
properly armed and organized, and in which the Of
fcers OF the law are imGUed with ''profoundedly
intense an American feeling" that they will! not in
terfere to check the manifestations Of the Know
Nothing 'Ehabit of reverential obedience to the
laws" Mr. P. deplored the fact that the Plugs had
not been successful in their attempt to regulate the
election in Washington, and denounced the Mayor
and President, for interfering with their laudable |
purpose He was especially severe upon the news
papers of the District of Columbia, (the National |
IafeGgeRcr particularly, who being all bought up
by the government. refused 10 defend the gallant |
and patriotic, but unfortunate Plugs.
Mr.. p congratulated his K. n. friends that out |
of one hundred and ninety-four Congressman al
ready elected, the national Know Nothing or Plug /
Ugly party had elected tro. This cheering, |
and gave an earnest of splendid tTumphs in the fu
ture. In short Americans must, shall and will, |
at all hazards, rule America"
We have not room for more extended report Of |
the lecture. The speaker vehemently applau- |
died. the noise of the rapping of brass knucks being
almost deafening