Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-09-15

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IS. 1857.
Senatorial Election.


States Senators by the next Legislature.
1t appears to have some apprehensions of
divisions in the ranks of the sham Democ-
racy, growing out of personal jealousies,
Erivalries, and prejudices;" and warns its
party friends that by negIecting to heed
the lessons of the past, they may dash and
destroy their fair prospects, hopelessly in
volve themselves in confusion and antago-
nism, and finally waste the fruits of their
hard-earned victories by an improvident
spirit of contention" The appeal adds
There are several gallant and distinguished
gentlemen, who have largely shared the tolls
ana perlls OF our political revolution in Ten
hessee, whose names are freely mentioned as
asplrants To Senatorial honors. They have oil
proved themselves worthy of wearing No
shaIs hoDors by their gallantry and devotion
On the hard-tought battle-felds of Tennessee
( democracy. 10 every campaign ey have
proven themselves true, trusty and fearless
4hey led our columns with a gallantry unsnr-
/ passed. JOHNSON and NICHOLSON, Pillow and
JAMES Z. JONES, and others whose names are
not quite so prominently urged as yet, are the
names oy whose sign we have conquered in
| the last two struggles. Shall we make these
cherished names hereafter the tokens of strife
= the banners OF contention, and the shibbo-
! lelh OF an lgnominious and disgraceful defeat2
Suall we, after such long and severe struggles
| LOT supremacy, surrender our advantage for
the ghtterlng prizes which we have placed
! upon the altar of our faith2n
Who are the Others" not so prominent,
that the appeal smothers without naming?
Are they any less worthy of honorable
!
mention" than JOHNSON & Co. Or are
they SO much more patriotic, that their
cherished names" are in no danger of be-
coming " tokens of strife, the banners of
contention, and the shibboIeth of an igno
minious and disgraceful defeat, (" and, there
fore, require no gentle caressing to keep
them manageable?
There is one thing connected with the
Senatorial question that we can't under
stand. Why is it proposed to place JOHN
SON in JoNEss place? We believe the Ap-
peal is the only paper of the party which
seems to consider JONES in the race at all.
and we therefore address ourselves to it for
an explanation. If Richmond" has
proved himself worthy of wearing a Mar
ShaPS donors, why is it sought to deprive
him Of his sword and shield, and helmet,
to knock off his spurs, and, turn over his |.
command to another? Is that the proper
way to serve trusty and fearless" chief
"a chief of "galIantry unsurpassed, who
came to your aid when you most needed |
it, and prevented the overwhelming route
of your legiOns? Would not this disgrace
him-would it not be placing a brand upon
his forehead, a badge of infamy, reminding
him and all others, that, like the British in
the case of Arnold, you Glove the treason
but despise the traitor? Perhaps you can
explain how your party can degrade him,
md still not insult or wound him or his
friends. Pray make the attempt.
Whilst the Appeal is essaying to clear its
'arty of the crime of decoying Jones into
he woods, to murder him, we would be
pleased to hear our neighbor of the Union
md american lecture upon the violation of
principle which it enunciates as orthodox.
It says:
The true principle of our Government is
hat OF representation, and, at no time, ought
ny portion of the country TO be tlnreDTeseHted !
n tie national councils" {
In 1912, the duty which the Legis-
allure owed to the country, required the {
lection of two Senators to represent this =,
state IN Congress. The Wing members
Imported a resolution to fix a day for the :
netting of a convention to elect them. q
he sham Democratic members opposed the !
In the Senate the latter had &
lajority of one, and with view to pre- u
ent an election, they protested to believe n
nat the election of Senator by conven- !
on of the two Houses was wrong; and t.
lat each House ought to vote separately. "
he effect of this change would have been c.
give the thirteen sham Democratic Sen =
tors the power to retO the a0iU Of a major IL
y Of the Legislature The thirteen obsti v
ltely maintained this position, prevented b,
e election of Senators, and forced the
ate to go unrepresented in the United b,
ates Senate. This was a violation of the h'
inciple laid down by the Union and Of
merican Gov Johnson was one of the dc
ost violent of the Immortal Thirteen" +.
is duty our neighbor owes to the coun- liz
y, to reject a candidate for the United c q,
ates Senate who has such notions of til
'tce and propriety. At any rate, if it
mot go thus far, surely it can give him II,
least one lecture upon his old sin, and XII
arm other sham Democrats against it. tu
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CHATTANOOGA AND CLEVELAND RAILROAD ",