Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-01
Hornonizinr the REACTIONS.

tion for fusion of the opposition forces IN tAe next
Presidential campaign They have constantly en~
dssvored to gloss over the extreme abolition senti-
meuts Of their new allies and apologize for their
odious and insulting assaults upon the rights OF the
South While these agitatOrs are poisoning the
public mind at the North with the fouest predjudces
against the institutions Of the Slave States, their
sbologists and defenders in the South are breathing
soft and soothing words into the ears Of the Southern
people, and attempting to convince them that they
NAV safely eonhde the direction Of the government
70 the very men who have declared their uneom-
promising hostility to our interests. The Louisville
Journal is now engaged in the difficult task Of prov
ing to Southern readers that ABRAHAM LINCOLN OF
Illinois is q sound safe and conservative man, while
our neiehbOr Of the Bonner is exercising his inge~
nuity in performing similar service Tor HORACE
GRIZZLY. The Journal presents the following con-
trast between Mr. DOUGLAS and Mr.. LINCOLN IN
biob IL indicates decided preference for the AboS
litionist. representing him 8 conservative and
reliable man. Speaking Of DOUGLAs the Journal
says;
If elected he will renew his submissiveness TO the
Southern dieators-Of his party, will Zealously sup>
port it's nominee for the Presidency, and prove him
self one Of the btterest reyilers of the opposition
party and its candidate. But enough OF him anu
his pretensions TO the aid of conservative men.
The only objections which the journal urges
against DOUGLAS, is that he viii yield too much 10
Southern influence, and will will support the oandi-
date of the Democratic party for the presidency.
This in the Journals conception is an inexousable
offence and although it oomnends Mr. DOUGLASS
temporary ailiation with the Black Republicans on
the LecomptOn question, it cannot forgive him for
his support Of the Kansas Nebraska bill, pardon
L,-1 he has riu he Lark
Republicans. The Journal is apprehensive that
DOUGLAS has repented of his alienation from the
Democratic party and that he viii his warfare
upon the abolitionists. In consequence Of these
facts and these apprebensions, the Journal under
takes to defend and enlOgize Mr. LINCOLN. 1t says:
The pretensions Of Mr. Lincoln are of a very diff
ferent order He is unquestonably very talented
man able to cope with any Democrat he may meet
in me Senate If we are correctly Informed, he has
always been eminently conservative and was most
thorough Wing till the breaking up OF that party.
But the union Of the opposition is national neces-
sity.
Now this man. whom the Journal thus cOmmends
is one of the most ultra and Incorporating of the
freesoil party Of Illinois. We refer the reader to
Mr.. DOUGLASS speech in another column for an e1-
position Of his views the slavery question. 1t
WILDE seen that in his opposition to slavery he 'goes
as far as he wis goes the farthest," And yet the
Journal holds him up as an object OfsdmiratOn and
praise that his party may be prepared to unite with
him, and men like him. in the next Presidential
contest.
The Banner on the other hand has fixed its afec-
ops upop the editor of the Tribune and yields itself
INTERESTINGLY to the power ofhis Vaccinations. Our
psiebbor finds much to commend and nothing to
blame in GREE1EY's late speech in the fusion con-
ventou of the Black Republicans and Know NOthings
Of Ulster county, New York. He copies portion
Of that speech with remarks which indicate his
UNQUALIFIED appreciation, and asks what We may
arnaot from the balance Of the Republican when
GREELEY "entertains sentiments so national and so
sound as these!'
Now. let US examine these "sound and nationsl" "
sentiments which the Bonner so highly cOmmends,
and ascertain whether they worthy Of the aP-
proval Of Southern men. We copy passage IRON
the sneeeb which the Banner displays cOnspicuousy
in italics, as entitled to particular admiration;
owbatever might he said of the policy of exclu
ding slave State, he thought that '5fy '''"d mere
Be qBstO exclude slays State on The ground gifts being
SLAVE State"
Now this mere acknowledgment Of weakness OF
the part Of the Republicans-this admission tina
they have not the ability to exclude slave STAT
without some pretext TO cloak the real cause o
their opposition, is received by the Banner as
sound and national sentiment" The reader vii
pereeiye that MIR. GBEELEY does not disavow hi
opposition to the admission Of q slave State, bu
merely expresses his opinion that theyWil not haV
the power to prevent it on that ground a!one VI
the contrary, he reasserts his former opinions oil
,b;s subiect and declares that his Judgment aP
nroves " the policy and inciploindicated" by tn
resistance which was made to the admission
Missouri We again quote his remarks a. We fn'
them in the Banner:
s,In 1920, New ork, by her Legislature, ant
many Of her representatives in Congress, objecte
10 the admission Of Missouri as slave state NOW
although his judgment would concur in the polio,
and principle indicated by this resistance, yet b
apprehended that, practically, The resistance wa
made at the wrong point
Nov. We should ike to have the Banner state die
tiuctly whether ii approves Of the opposition Whio
the abolitionists offered to the admission Of Mis-
souri, and is the Bonner ready to endorse or aliat
with any man who ooneurs in the policy and prn
ciple of that opposition Does the B0Hner Jusllf
resistance to the admission Of slave State, a
whatever point that resistance may be made?
this speech, which the Banner considers conserva
tive. GREELEY abstes nothing of his violent and uH
yielding hostility to the extension Of slavery OF tn
admission Of slave Dtales AV Oliy N0SlAOo AAO
prudential and polite considerations to shi
the point of resistance He is in favor Of excludin
slavery from the territories. He denies the rigb
Of slave owners to emigrate to the territories Wit
their property right which has always been msir
tanned by the South and which is established by til
DRIED ScoTT decision. GREELEY would prohib
slavery from admission into the territory, and thu
most eFeCtually prevent the admission of a sla7
State. The following is the conclusion of his IT
marks as quoted by the Banner, and we ask the BaI
7,r does it endorse them!
.sHe stood upon Mr.. Clay's principle enunciate
IN 1880 that slavery has existence N the absence
-,ositips lac. IApplause.l h did not think the
need discuss the question whether Congress had Ii
RIGHT 10 abolish slavery in the Territories; first can
he Question a7bsther aHy has the right 10 esaJh
q nm. lie said no one had until the people come
frame their State Coastituson, and not TIL then.
Now this principle that the Southern States hay
right to hold their slave properly in the new te
ritories would operate as more efectual barrier
the extension Of slavery than any opposition tn
,ould be offered to the admission Of slave States
isa second WilmOt prOyisO, and GREELEY sees Il
advantage which abOlitonism gains by its assertio
He consequently maintains that doctrine in dehan