Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-02-01
TIE DEMOCRACY, NORTH AND SOUTH, HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN JAMES BUCHANAN.

TIE DEMOCRACY, NORTH AND SOUTH, HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN JAMES BUCHANAN
To. proye the correctness Of our declaration, we
have simply to cite the sentiments Of two inHuen-
tial representatives of public opinion, in the two
sections of the Union, which came to Us at the
same moment. We refer to the Charleston Mercury
and to General JNo. A. DIX, of New York
The Charleston Mercury says:
We see all the difficulties that surround the open
inc administration of Mr. Buchanan. de win pc
hunted down by all manner Of time servers, dem
sgopues, and selfseekers But We have ialth lnat
ne ssyneriepce. and his honest nature, will carry
hin, sIfsIv through these difficulties; and that what
ever NAV be the fate Of the Union, our state may
be able to say to him, as It has SAID 20 MS pFeue
cessor: You have deserved well Of all tne uopsS'
and patriotic people over whom you have Presiueu
Gen. DIX thus closes q letter to the Democratic
Banquet in Tsmmany Hall, on the 9Th of January
The triumphant result Of the recent election
briros with It most of the high responsibilities
which belonged to the administration OF Jackson
Sectional controversy is to be claimed, ana tne
Union to be preserved by sacred regard ior al
our constitutional obligations, peace at home ana
abroad to be maintained, extravaganza TO be resist
ed economy 10 be introduced, and the standards
of taxation and expenditure to be brought down
m tbe wants of q simple and frugal government
sDcb system, il 8 word, as Jefferson pronounced
TO be indispensable to the perpetulty OF our iFee
institutions The country looks with commence
m Mr. Buchanan for the successful discharge OF
these prest duties His talents and experience his
knowledge Of men, and his familiarity with the
wants Of the government, tmnently at MN ior
the high and responsible trust which the people
have c5p6ded to him Let US, fellow Democrats
- Nm
having aside all considerations of self interest," con-
ce6n0 TO him, as essential to bis success the ut
TDost latitude 10 all his Cfacia arrangements, and
asking oDlv that bis measures may be Wse IN strict
conf Tmitv to the Constitution, true TO the rights
snd interests Of the whole country, and Just to
ctbsr nations whose prosperity has become, through
the great Improvements Of the sge, lndlssoluoly
connected with our own.
Ia such true spirit OF patriotism, says the Rich,
mond Enquirer, it behooves the lovers OF the Con-
stituton and Union, everywhere, to contie In
and encourage the incoming administration IN Its
delicate and fh.uit labor Of maintaining the equal
fights Of all sections, and preserving the Onion as
it was designed by cur forefaIherE, This high du'
~ becomes more Incumbent when We observe, IN
various sections of the North, the growing fusion
of the Know .Notbings and Black Republicans,
/ IN opposition to the wise and sound policy and
practice of the national Democratic party. In the
Ohio Senate tie Black Republicans have placed
themselves fair and square on the Kuow-Nothing
platform; and, against the negative vote of every
Democrat, have adopted a resolution to the effect
that 10 foreigner shall have the qualification OF an
elector until after the expiration Of one yesr rom
and after the issuing of nnEt papers Of nstursza-
ton. In Connecticut thoroug fusion has taken
place between the Know-Nothings and Black Re-
pubIicsns. 10 State Convention assembled TO nom
mate State officers. In their resolutions, unsn-
imously adopted, they declare that they will in-
AexibI7 oppose the extension Of slavery over the
free territory Of the Republic, and cordially
ioin in cur opposition to the present National Ad-
uinigtration, and to the policy Of the incoming ad-
7inisrati0u, a, orssEado,gsd in The Cincinnati Plat
form
With these startling warnings Of the worst enc
mics of the Constitution and the South ringing in
our ears, we sre still more sternly called upon to
renew our declarations Of confidence in the wis
dom, frmness and fearless honesty Of the Pres-
dent elect, and to appeal to all patriots to stand by
him in his defence Of the constitutional rights Of
all sections.