Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-06-20
The beauties of Democracy.
Here are few prsmatic views of the great har
monious Democracy of Tennessee:


monous Democracy of Tennessee:
Andrew johnson, the present Democratic Gov
of Tennessee is ia favor of eecting the Judg
es of the Supreme Court Of the United States by the
popular vote. For that purpose he would alter the
Constitution of the United States. With this plank
in his patform be was twice elected by the Demoe-
racy of Tennessee to his present position thereby
indorsing this doctrine This same johnson is a
candidate for the United States Senate, and will if
the Democracy carry the Legislature, be elected,
beyond any reasonable doubt. This will be a third
Endorsement by the Tennessee Democracy Of his
Supreme Court doctrines. he will find himself in
the Senate side by side with Seward Wilson, Hale,
and all the Black Republican Senator'S, in his war
fare upon the Supreme Court a. DOW organized. To
be consistent, he must join the anti bred Scott le-
gions in changing the Constitution of the United
States SO a. to give the Abotionists the power to
place majority of Abolition judges on the bench
of the Juprame Court. This is one of the beauti, 8
OF Democracy.
IshamG Harris, the Democratic candidate to sue.
coed johnson in the Gubernatorsi Office, and sup
ported by the Democracy, is opposed to Johnson 3
crusade against the Supreme Court Harris is in-
dorsed-Johnson is indOrsed-Johnson was elected
for advocating what Harris is to be voted for for OPP
posing This is another beauty of the Democracy.
Harris denounces the Normal School bill as an
attempt to establish an "arstocratc" school Ma
ny Democratic members Of the Legislature, nclud-
ing the editor of the Nashville Union, approved the
principles of the bill. Aud now, to curry favor
with the uueducaed, but honest people OF the State,
and to excite PREJUDICE in their minds against an
other part OF the people, Harris clashes away at both
friend and foe and talks of "arisocracy" STILL an
other Democratic beauty.
But these not all. Harris and the Democra-
cy are perfectly dazzling OH the Endorsement ques-
az tu.fa To airbh pf Inn
Netcs for the following ''thing of beauty"
ave have heretofore alluded 10 the extraordina-
~ speech OF Gen. Harris 10 this city, when he at
tackled Hattou for voting for this measure. We sta
ted that the memorial urging the Legislature 10 pass
this very bill was signed by Harris himself and yet,
he now attacks Hatton for doing the very thing he
prayed him to do But there is another historical
item connected with this matter and we allude TO
it 70 refresh the memory of some Of Gen. Harris po
litica friends. Judge King, the Sag -Nicht candi-
date for the Legislature, and j. X. Walker, their
candidate for the Senate, and we believe Mr. Lamb,
| a former candidate, went to Nashville to get this
very bill passed by the House. King and Walker
went and it passed. Gen. Harris was requested to
go he hesitated account of pressing private
gagements but so well assured was our Mayor that
the General would 60 to Nashville, that be left a
check for two hundred and fifty dollars at bis Office
for his use in delraying his expenses. The check
remained there some days, and wss only destroyed
when Gen. Harris announced that it was impossible
for him TO leave home, account Of pirate buSi-
ness."
The Democracy of Tennessee seek to make the
Kansas bill thS issue in the present canvass Ste
phens OF Georgia has said, that slavery is exclud-
ed from that Territory by law of climate and that
il must be a free State. And thus the Democracy
OF Tennessee would make the Kansas bill, that has
organized a free State, the issue to be decided by
the people of Tennessee in August. This is really
a fragrant flower 10 the Democratic bouquet.
The Democracy say that the American party is
dead, and yet we find them thoroughly organized
to resist a corpse. We find them holding conven-
tons constructing platforms, aud putting in motion
I'll the machinery necessary resist living antsg'
onistic p,rty.
The Democracy elevate the newly-arrved alien
TO equality with the native-born ana cultivated
American. They will slow him, before he learns a
:, liable OF the English language, assist in making
the constitutions Of the States OF the American
Union.
The Democracy repudate the idea OF an equal
distribution Of the puolic lands among the States
aud actually give them away to abolition States aud
| Territories in which they lie.
The Democracy profess devotion to the Union
so long As they hold the Offices of the country and
enjoy The revenues OF the Government, but when
oat Of power, 10 danger OF osng it, eonvulse thu
country with threats OF dsunion-lhus show ns
that, IN power. they patriots, but out OF power
they disunionsts. They thus adopt the maXim
/ of-union with the offices-dsuuon without them
This is the party now calling upon the people o.
Tennessee for support viii the people sustain
such party l-Aem. EGgie.