Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-05
COW. ToHesoN,s IEo1IEsTEAn nTI.Es

GOV. goHasoN,s HoMRsTEAn RElEs
We clip from the Patriof Of Thursday the follow
Ing paragraPhss
Tx HsMEs1aAp B11L-Gov. Johns5n's Home
stead Bill, was defeated in the Senate last Friday
By e voie Of 30 to 81 Gov. Johnseu voted vita
the majority. in order to be able to move recon-
sderation which be did, ohas the SEXUAL maiority
agsinst the bin was ssYen.-- gnioH aaa AfFerieaa.
The Homsstsad Bin was yesterday defeated in ths
senste, "a motion 10 postpone til next Session.
b. B. vote Of 80 to n. Gov. johnson Of lenn-s
voted With The orty 10 order te be able 70 move
= reconsideration, which be cid-so that the actual
division was % to 22-only seven majority against
Free Homes. Kansas ano Oregon VIII very 5000
contribute four votes towards overcoming this ma
isrity, and there Is no shadow of danger that the
House viii reject the bill whenever il shall have
passed the Senate. So yesterdays vote instead Of
discouraring, gives us joyful assurance that the
freedom e. the Public Lands to actual settlers can
not be far distanL-Nsw York Tribune.
Freedom, free labor, free land, free homes-these
are inseparably associated in the anti Southern IA
natiosl mind Of the grey-coated Tribune. Hence il
is one Of the most ardent supporters Of Gov john
ron's homestead hobby. it vas once reckoned BY
the CEioa AID Anerc1a among the unpardenabis pei
ieioai SIZES for Southern man Ia be IN alliance with
Greeley on almost any subjsct bat since be and
the immaculate Andy have come around cheek-by-
joUl With Greeley and Seward on measure to I'll
she new States and Territories with free labor,
free soil, free home population, from New England
and the old World, 1t is al, We presume, very proper
These quotations and editorial comments in the
Patriot exhibit that disposition which has always
been manifested BY the opposition Press in this
stass, to heap odium and dishonor on q faithful
public servant by unfair insinuatious and eunusn-
does. Il the Patriot intends to convey tho idea that
Gov. JOHNSON, in advocating his homestead policy
desires to promote thereby any Of the ssdtOus sec
tiOnal views which HoRA0E GREELEE entertains, he
does 50 in the very face Of that Senator's declare
ton TO the contrary. II the Patriot wishes to pro-
duos the impression that Gov JoHEsoE is untrue to
the interests Of the South he has done him great
injustice. We present few extracts from the able
speech on Homestead Bill, which We publishsda few
days since, to chow the grounds on which Gov. J.
supports that measure:
live in Southern State; and If I know myself
an as good Southern man as any one who lives
within the borders Of the South.
Sir carry out the homestead policy, attach the
people to the soil induce them love the government
and you win have the North Feconeiled to the South
and the South 20 the North, and We shall not have
invidiOus doctrines preached to stir up bad feelings
On either section / know that in my own state and
slaves among the rst to take Of the instu-
ton They win submit 10 no enoroaehment from
abroad, no Interference from other sections.
Ibslieve the passage Of this bill viii strengthen
the honda Of the Union. Il win give better v0t
ing population, and just in proportion men be
come interested in property, they win become rec
onoiled to al the Institutions Of property in the
country in whatever shape they may exist Take
the institution Of slavery, for instance would you
rather trust it to the merces Of people liable to be
ruled By the mObs Of which my honorable friend
from South Carolina spoke, or would you prefer
honest set Of landholduH? Which would be the most
reliabei Who would guaranty the greatest security
% institutions, when they come to the test Of the
ballOt-bozS
We would commend these patriotic sentiments to
the pOrusal Of our neighbOrs and think but justice
to their readers and to Gov. JOHNSON they should
republish them to correct any false impression which
their article may have produced. It is veil known
to all who are familiar with Gov. JoHEsoNs political
history, that he has uniformly been found on the
side Of the South in every sectional contest that
has disturbed the country during his whole congress
sional career. l. is well known that there is no
man in either branch Of our national legislature
that is more feared and hated by GREEkET and SEW
ARD and the whole Black Republican party. The
fact that some Of them coincide with him in his
veWs'On the mode Of disPOsing Of the public lands
proves nothing unfaEOrable to his character as 3
true southern man. HAMMOND, Of South Carolina,
and BEEJAMlN and sLrDELL Of Louisiana, voted with
SEWARD and sUHNER and WILSON on the question
Of repeating the duty on Sugar, but the Patriot
does not and presume would net charge hat those
gentlemen were in alliance with the Black Rspub-
Hcans. We should not be surprised if the Patriot
agreed with sEWARD and GREEIEY on the tariff pol
icy Of the country and feel quite certain that he
did once think with BURLHaAHE and WILSON on
the subject Of excluding foreigners from the polls
and yet the Patriot would feel that it Was very
just to identify him with the ant-slsVery sentiments
which they entertain.
The fact is that Gov. JOHNSON believes thst the
settlement Of good and permanent citizens will
have tendency to aIlay sectional feeling and pro-
duoe that harmony between the people Of the North
and the South which can alone preserve and per-
pstuate our Institutions Entertaining these oPin-
ions it was his duty as an honest legislator and
patriotic man, to use his best efforts to accomplish
those desirable objects although SEWARD and GREE
LEY might see fit to sustain the same measure.