Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-07-16

THURSDAY, JULY 1e. 1857.
ne Response of the Black II Republicans
TO Andrew johnson

The Response of the Black r. epubIicans
TO Andrew johnson.
The radicaland agrarian ideas of Gov. JOHN
SON, are repudiated by most of the rejecting.
conservative men of his party; but yet be Is
one of the leading candidates for the United
States Senate, before our next Legislature, ard
Is making every exertior, both privately and
publicly, as we understand, to secure a major
ity of the members about to be elected, favor
able to him. He has but recently spent some
time in East Tennessee, and in the Union and
american, is announced to speak 10 the West
ern Division on the oath inst In addition to
this, the Union and american has come ont
in favor Of his election; and if the sham de-
nocracy are successful in obtaining control in
the approaching Legislature, it may be set
down that that body will place him in the
Senate. He has been repeatedly charged with
being colaborer with the black republicans.
but the people seem slow to fully appreciate
the fact
1t cannot, however, be denied that, on the
heels of the late bred Scott decision, the black
republican press, with singular unanimity aud
their accustomed vehemence, turned to the
scheme of electing the Judges Of the Supreme
Court, directly by the people. They averred
that the Court was nothing but a coierie Of
corrupt politicians, whose opinions were no
more to be respected than those Of set Of pot
house inebriates. They acclaimed that the
only hope of universal liberty and human
equality in this country, rested in disenthral-
ment of that tribunal from the slave interest
and this could only be done by the election of
a Northern president, who would appoint tie
right sort of judges, or direct vote of the
people.
Another idea which is becoming to be a fa-
vorite with these "shriekers, nis that the Pres
ident and Vice President shall be elected By
direct vote of the people. They know that
the numerical strength of the North is much
greater at the present moment than that of
the South, that the natural increase is also
much greater; and that the disproportion is
hourly growing larger and wider by the vast
immigration of foreigners If this idea could
be practicalycarried out, they know that they
will be able in very few years to sweep eve
ry thing before them, and the only alternative
left to the South would be unconditional
Submission or revolution and disunon.
With this idea of numerical superiority con-
stantly before them, which has been partially
clogged and counteracted by the constitutional
provision that the States should each have two
electoral votes in addition to the popular rep
resentation in Congress, answering to the two
State Senators, their prime object seems to be
TO reduce every thing to a direct vote Of the
people, as far as they can. They now, in ac-
oordance with this idea, boldly proclaim and
insist upon such a modification of the federal
as will allow the people to elect
the United States Senators. To this effect we
find the following in the programme of prin-
cpes laid down in the National Era, of recent
date, one of the ablest organs of that party:
THAT the Federal Constitution ought to be so
- amended as to give to the people of the sever.
States, the election Of their United States Srna-
tors, changing the term of office from six to four
q years
This would have the effect to make the
Northern Senators almost unanimous on the
question Of slavery; and if at any time any one
should filter, or exhibit feeling rising above
section, the reduction of the term of office
would facilitate the substitution of one, who
would prove satisfactory. 1t is by such dia-
bolcal innovations as these that the black re.
republicans seek to circumvent the South, and
to rob the Senete Of its independence and con-
servatism; and to transform it from a great
and powerful citadel acting from the dictates
of high craftsmanship and an elevated ma
.ionality, to the echo Of the feelings and pas
siOns OF a fanatical rabble Against it the
honest and conservative sentiment of the
country, regardless of ordinary party affilia-
ton, should set its face as against an open and
avowed enemy. We believe that this senti-
ment is yet predominant in Tennessee, and we
trust it will express itself, whenever occasion
requires. This occasion will likely soon occur
As strange as the fact may seem, ANDREW
Johnson is the embodiment and exponent If
similar mischieyous and monstrous doctrines;
that is, that the President and Senators shall
be elected by the people; and HAT the terms of
the Judges should be limited to twelve years,
instead of during good behaviour; making the
latter the creatures, as it were, of the Presi-
dent, and dependent upon the good will Of
particular administration, for place. These are
not mere opinions with him, but convictions
which have formed the basis of his political
action. He has given utterance to them as an
individual, and Incorporated them in Ii, off
cial messages as the Chief Executive of the
State. They are a part aud parcel of his po-
ltical faith; and he is now asking the people
of the State TO endorse and adopt them as
their own, 10y electing him to the United
States Senate. We do not make these remarks
out of any factious opposition to Gov. JoHN-
SON, but to call the attention of the democra-
cy to the subject, and to remind them Of the
facts. There are other able democrats in the
State, who are not infected with such heresies,
and il is in their behalf that we speak, us well
as in behalf Of the conservatism of the State.
No; we could support no man, not even of our
own party, who could consent to sell the State
aud the country to black republication, in this
manner, whatever may have been his services.
or what his claims.
The National EntcIIigenCer endorses
walker.