Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-01-27

ADDRESS OF THE STATE COUNCIL OF KENTUCKY
The delegates to the State Council are wei
assured that the Americans of Kentucky nee
no words of coincidence over the result 81
the recent election. They have been defeated.
but are not discouraged; they have been over
come by misrepresentation and fraud and CHI
canery, but they are not disheartened. B.
the articles of political demagogues they ha,
been out-nHmbered, bul they are still unc0n
quered; and, proudly, conscious of the justic
the propriety ard the patriotism of their prii
ciples, they are ready again and again To prov
their devotion to the cause Of their countr,
confident that the hour of their triumph mu,
come, and that their principles will be appro'
el by majority of the american people, al
that their policy win be established as the on
safe and patriotic policy of the American 60,
eminent.
The recent defeat # the American part =
was not a verdict against American prime
pies. They were not in issue in the cOntes
By srtfnl appeals to sectional prejudices, al
cunningy eontrived misrepresentation, t.
slavery question alone was made the pa
amount issue of the canvass, and cardin;
principles Of the American party were ovei
whelned with the torrent of maddeDed sec
tionsisin. Neither the North nor the Sout
has been the gamer by the conflict, but Il
enemies of Americanism have triumphet
while the bonds of our Union have bee
strained almost to breaking, and the reput
lican institutions OF our country have bee
greatly iInperilled. The sections Of our Coz
federacy are as they were before the howl
ing storm of sectional fanaticism was invoked
Freesoilsm has resumed lis sway over the di,
puted Territories, and, while not the slighte
shadow of increased power or influence b,
been added to the South, slave property j
the border States has been rendered doubl
insecure, and the political weakness of Il ,
Southern section has been too plainly mani,
tested.
The results of the recent contest must sure
" teach the conservative men of the Unto
that the continued agitation of the SLAYER
question as the paramount political issue CT
produce no benefit to any State or to any sc,
ton, but that it viii only serve to entail 81
rious and increasing evils upon the South, al
that it is pregnant with great and irnmiueI
danger to the permanence of the union of IL
States. This agitation, barren as it is of
good results and fruitful only Of evil, this ag,
tation, against which the voices of the wi.
and patriotic founders Of our GovernmeT
were raised in solemn warning, is now the so
reliance for success Of the Democratic party
For years it has hunted down its opponents
the South with the cry of abolition" "abt
lition, while its own Northern adherents wer
the loudsst shriekers in the trout rank of ant
slavery fanaticism. In the recent canvass I'll
Democratic party sdroitly constituted Il
slavery question the main issue to divide j
opponents and to distract the attention of til
people from the real principles of American
ism, and, while in the freesoil States it elaine
to be the purest and most jealous freesoil psI
tv, in the Sonth it illuminated the American
as Abolitionists and pretended an ultra affeC
ton for the institution Of slavery. Yet it is
fact, that, whilst this SANDER has been pre-
mulgated by the Democratic party in til
State, the great mass of the Shareholders
Kentucky are comprised in the America
party.
We can see, then, in the continued agtatio
of the slavery question only fruitful sonrC
of evil. The territorial policy of our govern
ment in this regard is settled and cannot no.
be disturbed without endangering the Interest
and safety of the Union. The continuance
this agitation cannot promote the interests
the South, but it will certainly depreciate tn
value and security of slave property, and
the institution of sectional parties the Sout
will be too surely overcome by the existir
and constantly increasing preponderating p
htical power OF the North in the elector
colleges and in the National Senate and Hou,
of Representatives.
In view then Of the condition of our cour
try, and believing that, whenever the prime
plies of the American party are purely al
fairly made the issue, they will always be TT
umpant, we earnestly urge the Americans al
conservative men of Kentucky and of tn
Union to abandon this dangerous agitation
the slavery question, to leave the people
the Territories to decide for themselves whe
they come to form State Constitution whetl
they shall be pro-slayery State, and to max
the cardinal principles of the American part
the paramount Issue in all political contest
and, re-afiirming our national platform
strive sedulously and necessarily for the estab
lisbment of pure American policy. W
would urge Americans everywhere to frm
maintain their organization and ste8dfastly
continue to advocate the cause they have Q,
pOused until proud and splendid triumph
achieved and until their principles have been
made the fixed and permanent policy of It.
nation. Thus success will suredly crown on
Efforts, and, in the restoration of public tran
guilty, the preservation of our glorious Union
and the establishment of a pure American ma
tionalty, our patriotic labors will be fully and
happily contaminated.
The Journal of Friday makes the follow
ing remarks respecting the council
This has been one of the most spirited meet
ings Of the State council that has ever beer
held in Kentucky. a zeal and earnestness and
hopefulness were manifested that could not fa
to cheer the hearts of Americans It is very
evident that the American party Of Kentucky
is sound to the core, and however its oppo
nents may wish to have it disbanded, its mem
bers are more fixed ia their devotion to prin-
ciples and more firmly determined to stand by
their party than ever before. They are read :
and eager for the contest. and are determined
that the political battles hereafter shall be
fought upon the true American ground, that
no sectional issues shall be allowed Co divide
and distract their strength. and, with their
banners high advancing" and their voice,
shouting gladly the songs of victory, they will
move on side by side aud shoulder to shoulder
confident of success wherever the principles o
their party are made the paramount issue.
The council which has just adjourned wa,
composed of as fine body of intelligent and
patriotic men Hs ever were assembled for poll
tical purposes. One heart, one mind one wish
and one purpose, the establishment of Ameri
eau principles as the best and only safeguard
of our Union and our liberties, animated the
whole council. In this spirit they have az,
pealed TO their brethren ia Kentucky anC
throughout the Union. They ask them every
where to raise again the american standard
aud TO stand by il nnswerVingly, to lay asld,
the dangerous aud useless sectonalisms which
have recently distracted and paralystd iheii
strength, and TO march onward proudly aH(
fearlessly rs American citizens, as sous o
American sres as conseryatofs OF public tran
guilty, as the friends of en- American Union
aud as advocates of q pure American national
~, to lac certain victory which awaits thell