Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-04-25


in supporting him, should he be the Ameri-
can nominee for Governor. We could
have wished that our contemporary of the
Eagle and Enquirer, who seems suddenly
to have become vastly troubled about what
he terms an inadvertent but unfortunate
misrepresentation, had investigated the
matter promptly whenit was first preached.
1t would have relieved US, and all of the
admirers and friends of Gen. Haskell, OF
much disappointment and vexation. We
shall pubIishthe correspondence tomorrow
B0- From the following, which we trans
fer to our columns, from the Memphis Ap-
peal, the humiiating acknowledgment, it
will be seen, is made that Mr.. Buchanan is
a minority President, by nearly four hun
dred thousand votes. In the first flush of
victory, the democracy were not inclined to
make this admission. 1t will also be per-
ceived that, in spite Of the much boosted
nationality of that party, its claims to that
distinction have been narrowed down to
majority in one single State of the North,
and that majority to the insignificant num-
Der of one thousand and twenty-five. Sup
pose that the American party in any of the
Northern States which, by division of the
opposition, gave plurality for Mr.. Blu
chanan, and thereby secured his election,
had united with the FremOnters; his de-
feat would have been inevitable. When it
was suggested, soon after the election, that
to the existence of the American party,
was due the success of the democracy, the
idea was scorned as a monStrous specimen
of the most shocking presumption. 1t
now comes up as fact of history, and
cannot be disputed. But we have still
another and higher object in view, in pre-
senting this article to our readers 1t is
an indication of what is to be the policy of
the democratic party hereafter. Here is
an open counseling of the union of the
South as against the North, as the first
and highest aim of every patriot and friend
of the Union" What then is to become
of the nationality Of the party? If this
is the course to be pursued, where can they
hope for support in 1860, but from the
South alone? And in a contest between
the North and the South as to numbers,
no one can fail to know what would be the
result. Let the American party be Spurn-
ed and despised, let it he ignored and
wholly deprived of voice in this govern
ment; and then let the democracy set
up its party as a Southern party. Then,
indeed, there would be no national par
ty. And when it comes 10 this, when
the two sections of this country array
themselves as sections, with all the in
creased acrimony and intensified exasper-
alton which such a state of things would
inevitably bring about, what hope is there
left for the South; what hope could there
be for the patriot and friend of the
Union" who is now invoked to present a
united and solid Southern and sectional
front.
This is unquestionably proposition Of
most evil tendency. We have not space at
the present moment to elaborate the SUBJ
ject; but we must express our surprise and
regret that two such journals as the Mo-
bile Tribune and Memphis Appeal, so mo-
derate and conservative, as compared with
other papers of their party, should be Sc
duced into such ultra positions. 1t is full
time that all wel-wishers of the Union
should deliberate whether they should go
further in promoting a purely sectional
feeling, in which the South has every thing
to lose, and little or nothing to gain. If
the time should ever unfortunately come,
when the contest shall be waged between
the two sections, we would fly to the sup
port of the South as the ardent lover to
his imperiled bride. But is there no hope
Of preserving a nationality Are the con-
sentative men of the North of all parties,
to be driven into sectionalism by the action
Of the SOUTH These are questions, over
riding all Others Of mere policy or expe-
diency affecting the nation at large, not
temporarily, but thrO1gh many generations:
"THE PosIrIoS OF rms SOUrH The Mobile 7ri.
5,ns has very foroible article respecting the
strength Of the South ia national politics. from
which we make the following extract. The facts
adduced are ominous, and the conclusion 20 which
the editor arrives. strong and unAnswerabe:
'The South 10 national politics Is weak II istrue
that it has elected President from The North who
has, In large measure, its confidence. Bot the
peculiar facts Of bis election are sufficient to show
that this does not, by any means remove appre-
Aensions of To future. In Pennsylvania his vote,
over all opposition, vas only l.02S. In New Jer-
soy, he only received plurality Of the votes
fhe opposition beat him $3.50 In Illinois, toe
mslotity OF the opposition vas 2s, 2s5. The major.
ny at the opposition 10 California was 3E27
'Pennsylvsria Is the Gals free State which gave
him : mg0rity.
Taking the whole country, Mr.. Buchanan re-
eeivsd forty 1--we p cent Of the sotea sy-ine per
cent. Of the electors add yrt bis an ole vote sas
Oaly ls3l.ssl, while that OF toe opposition 70 him
s4s s,9ls,s67.
To 1889 the majority Of Pierce over all oppOsi-
don vas IS s2a.
'Pntsing these hgures together, ne aad that the
most popular man that the Democracy could and
At TIE North iacks nearly four hundred thousand
votes OF msioriiy Of the peopli
This Indicates change WATCH, Il l. eoesos the
next four year, as L did The iass our i nol likely
% nsks oae very sangulae d the lasuFe. dakng
te indiEisasl Slatsa of the North, the fatuFe L
darker In 1881 ourteap 81 lhe Tree Sasas vesed Dor
Pc es. This ys.r only four hare Fcsed sor Bach
ahan. Who rtpfssrais ihe same puey a. PirFcs did.
Eevea u lhess - .ies IN 1888 caves clear majority