Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-27
JoBE III SAVAGE,
E L. GARDENHIRE
We also publish below note in the same
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INTERESTING FOR DEMOCRATIC" KNOW.
NOTHINGS


INTERESTING FOR DEMOCRATIC" KNOW.
NOTHINGS.
The Knoxville Mercury gives the curious history
Of case which arose during the last State canvass,
which Is of interest as showing how competel
those democrats" who joined the know-noth-
ing society in the belief that they were to be equal
members Of new party were taken in and done
for. The case is Of particular interest in this
locality at this time, as foreshadO wing what will
be the fate of JAMES NJ. oUARIEs, Esq late demo-
crst, and at present an asPrRnt for Congressional
honors in this district. Hs can't come fH-snd he
will soon see it. Let him study the precedent
The facts came out ct recent meeting in Sewer
Vile the incidents Of which are thus related
Il seems Cssys the Mercury that two years ago,
there we're three candidates for the nomination OF
the kuow-nothing party, DR.. HODsDEN, Of SEWER
and R. h Armstrong and 10. LEWIS, OF Knox
AKMsTRoNa and HoDsDEN had been wings and
Lewis democrat TIE vote was being taken IN
The Counels as to who the candidate should be.
LEwIs, being personally more popular than either
of the others, was receiving . large vote in the
Councils. ARHsTRoHG's knO nothing friends IN
Knoxville were becoming alarmed, whereupon
o. P. TEMPLE, the left bower" of knOW-noth-
ingism, addressed letter to HoDsDu setting forth
the state of things IN tie councils how that LEWIS,
the democrat, was running up some OF the kn W.
uoihngs voting for him through sympathy @
and others through POLICY, and If they were
not careful that the democrats might get the nO1i-
nation wherefore ARM=TR1EG and HODsDEN should
t,,E h. aFfa ebOuld with
draw, leave the feld, throw his influence to Arm
srRcEo, thereby beat the democrat IN the eOaaeils,
save ARMsTRoEs's election and in consideration
thereof Armstrong would not be candidate for
reelection, but would keep HoDDEE in the race
this year. HoDsDEN swallowed the bait-did with
draw-the democrat ssw the trickery Of the party
(though not then understanding exactly how ii
was dJne) and left in disgust ARMSTRONG was
elected and is now agsin q candidate. HcDsDES
meets him and 10 and behold produces this most
extraordinary letter. ARMSTRONG was confounded,
an alteration of words arose vergiDg upon an issue
Of veracity. o. p. TEMPLE was called upon IS q
witness, and testified in effect that the bargain, as
be understood it, ,OaS actually entered into while
ARMSTRONG, whose friend TEHPLE was in the matter,
protests against any euGn llboal4OH CA us part %
to enter into 9 private bargain with references to
the disposition Of this particular Office. TEMPLE
letter, which it seems ARMSTRONG himself bore to
HoDsDEN, and TEMPLES testimony are, however,
against ARMSTRONG in the matter and is to the ef-
feet, that ARMSTRONG and HoDsDEE did enter into
the bargain proposed in the letter, with full and
perfect understanding, that if HODsDEN would
control al ihe vosS he could ia that race for Arm
srRoEG in order 70 beat the democrat, who was
then q member Of their party, that Armstrong,
in consideration therefor, should do all be could
for HoDaDEE in the ace this year.
What the party will make Of this muss, we do
not know or care, but the letter and the bargaining
to beat the democrat shows most conolusiveIy
that all the cant of know-nOthugism about its be-
ing made Up Of men Of both the old parties "
aud that democrats and wings were to be esteem
ed alike was sheer, vie hypocrisy, intended mere
Iy to dupe and gull unwsry democrats into the
order, and that whenever a democrat was voted
for in the councils, it was either through
sympathy or "through PJLIOT