Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-07-31


the United States vas assailsd with forssand venom
nearly unparalleled A bill had been iatroduced
into iho Senate % FeoFganiEe this Court And the
threat that Reorganization should take place vas
not an Idle one Those who had undertaken the
work we're strong, rampant aud ooafdsut, and un-
sorupulous
AN APPEAL TO KENGuoKT KNOW E0THiNas-FHE KNOW
NarHlad PAaET.
And Would Kentnekians 10 with this great party
Of the north under the delusiya name OF the peo
ple's partyq 10 had shown Kentuekians the han.
quet sec before them Had they any somaohs for
the ieasg Oh for lIe giants thai Eers-for the tFi
umvirals that saw alar the dagger that now was
near. Calhoun, with hls far reachihg Intellect, saw
/, drst, and warned bis eounlrymea Clay saw L.
and Ia hia latter days served bis eouutry with pa>
trioiism broader than ever before, and a fervor
deeper. in seeking 60 avert L. Aud sul the mellow
beams Of the setug auu OF that great man, liugoF
n golden radiance en- the western sky. Webster
saw il--thai grand and granite man, resisted the
madness Of the iorrenl OF political lanaticism ihat
arose 10 his own State, as rock resiss the waves;
but the dirty tide rolled over him, and new seeihed
there triumphant, Vith demagogue drift weed hoat-
ing with che tT0th aud SCUM that arises 20 tho sur
face amid the fury OF factions The glaals we're no
more. And IL remained for these 20 whose hands
oonhled the trusts Of their country 10 consider
what should be done 20 destEay the growing power
OF the hepublican party the paths Of whose tFi-
umphs would be amid the ruins OF the nation, The
slavery question had killed all parties bat One-the
Democratic, Il had been the death OF the old Whig
party, that organization which was bold open, gals
liant game, full Of pluck aud rs, which had alvaya
marched with drums beaiing sud banners flying
aud which he had regarded The best OF parties
always excepting bis own. The gallant old Wing
party had died Of the Slavery question aud The
American party, Of watch h vas really not neees-
aary 20 say much, had died, partly OF tho slavery
question, aud partly Of an inherent weakness Of
constitution, which lneaPaeilated 10 from battling
long under any external circumstances. The Amer
leans might object TO hearing bin speak In thia
styles bat where had they material power! Could
they poll hileen thousand VOtea Ia Ohiol We're they
not Insufficient and used up az an independents or
ganilltIon Ia every toWuship0f The N0rrh1 AZ any
rate lac thought that he might stale, without dtsro
speei, that The American party had n0t answered
ihe expectations 0f iis frieudal Bat what shuu.d
haya been expected Of party built upon 0n6 idea,
and that idsa wrong, The American party had
sprung up quicker lived lasteF aud died Out more
suddenly than any other organization Of which he
had ever heard Ia going down, it had len large
number OF respectable gentlemen ah Iat Ia politics.
and The question Was what would they d03 aud this
had better be decided quickly, for it saa almost
better 10 be dong absolutely wrong than 20 be doing
nothing ile wished these fiuaiinR gentlemen 10
consider whether they would be toNed BY their
leaders into the Republican ranks lie thought
they would 90 ia tie other direction, for Kentucky
changed slosly-uhen she Was right, she was right
for generation To resist the Republican party
Keutuokians must be Democrats Tor the only parry
IN the country able 70 cope with The Republican
party was The Democratic party. A big Voice
That's 20 y There, said the speaker, that man
evidently believes b sincerely; and doubt not there
are more here who believe ID who will not say 60
heartily. Il was impossible 10 remain neutral The
essential rights Of the people were endangered.
THE DEAOCRATI0 PABff-AH C0HCLUsI6H.
The Democratic party was not a destructive or
radical party 10 sas e0nserY tiVe, not 10 the CON
m0n place ciap-tFap sense in which that word vas
used bat ia It's broad liberal aud frus sense ID
vital organization. Il stood ia The history Of
the country, great land.mark, towering over the
ruins Of opposing organizations. IL had managed
the policy VI the country st home and abroad IL
has never died, ducked, or lodged lts banner
though torn Sometimes, has never been traIled Ia
he dust IL had meter fed from auy question, but
bad alW6ys faced the music. IL was the 0Hiy vital
9rsaaiz 0H la the country, that possessed hist0r-
cal Fen0Wn. The ienaciiy of life and capacity fJr
great works which this party displayed, was not
1aiug 20 chance. 10 the drift u circumstances
There Was 3 substantial philosophy underlying it
Why had b survived and l0arislei amid lhe wrecks
q other paTies1 Because ID bed tried lI questions
ia the orueible Il the Cousffud5Hi and beesuss 40
coriing 10 the be & or its judgment, {, bad Yisdi
called equality Of birth aud individual rights, aud
" The rights of The States. Basing itself upon the
Constitution aud upon the iHdesruclibls rights of
citizens aud States the Democratic party had sur
yiyed, and Was nov vital, untamea1e, aad uueon-
querable IL was confronted from Gne end Of The
Onion 20 the other BY che Republican party. And
there only room 10 The union for those TWO par
ties with the l.alggr 0f the contest between ah0m
the whole heavens would soon resOuAd. What pJ-
sil0n would the cons 81 Kentucky take 10 tLis
batf Hsr ge0grlphcai position vas imp9Ffaal
She b0rdeTed on free Etatrs for Elk hundred mies
We're her people sil.ilg thai some uf fhs desperate
politicians Hiihil her borders should put her up a.
a stakg2 Would they haIui heF h9aqH no. The
honor and glory Of The Od Commonwealth, flied
the core o. their hearts ald they would bury ths
sHimOsities Of tLs past, and yiadieate that honor
which was 70 them 80 dear, thar 0r IL they would
be willing 10 die