Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-07-09
Pnliticnl NIicawbers.

= I
who, without penny in his pocket or any reason
able prospect of an improvement in his fortunes
was constantly and hopefully 'VaitiHg for s0EsstH'g
to turn up" There is just now, large class OF
politicians among us precisely in MIoAWBEE's cor
dition They have exhausted their political capital
or never had any; they have disregarded their
pledges disbonored their obligations, destroyedthe
credit and without the ability to satisfy those who
have served them or to provide for their own wants,
they cOurageously button their dingy coats which
they have now turned for the last time, around their
bosoms, and wait for something to turn up
The condition of the Know Moth ng MICAwBERs
is perhaps The most destitute and dePlOrabis Of any
They srs utterly bankrupt in reputation, disoredited
BY the community whom they have deceived, and
without means 10 embark in smother speculation
They are politically out at the elbows, and they
feel that they must procure suit before they
can appear in respectable society. Their old gar
ments can't hold together much longer. Patching
won't preserve them. They cannot remove the
stains which they have contracted in their midnight
revels and their long residence in cellars Moth and
miIdeW have seized upon them and devoted them to
destruction. In this situation they are resdy to
take up the cast of apparel Of any other party, v-
ing or dead Mr.. BELL and Mr. CRITTEHDEE have
put on GREELEE's coat and hOurishing quite
foppisbly in their borrowed 6nery. They think now
thew will revive their credit and restore themselves
to the favor Of the community. They are confident
that fortune viii smile upon them again and are
only {" waiting for something to turn up" Butike
their illustriOus prototype, they sill be again dis
appointed. The people know them in spite Of their
disguise, and they cannot be induced to trust them
any more Their old friends ha e lost confidence in
them and the Yankees are toO sharp to be taken in
by them, seeing that they have " sOld"-their own
constituents. Even GREELETs endorsement will
not give currency to their BiI'.
Our neigbbor Of the Banner is very eagerly "wait-
ing for something to turnup" BE is hOuseless and
homeless, wandering abOutseeking shelter for
hispoIidoalhead Hewould lodge almost anywhere
forthe present, until he and Mr.. NATHAN sARGEEToan
erect their grand coalition edice, where he hopes
that all the scattered tribes of Known othingism and
and Black Repubioanism may find refuge sndrePose
They are attempting to borrow a little capital from
their northern allies to assist them in their enter
prise, but we apprehend they viii find that the Re-
publicans have exhausted their resources and have
nothing to lend Like all other schemes which that
great political MIcAvBER, Mr.. SARGENT, has started
this last will prove total failure Even the Patriot
will give no encouragement to this plan for herding
the opposition in the "CBITTENDEN amendment fold
1t IS waiting for something" else to ''turn up"
The Patriot says;
We are now in possession Of circular letter sent
out BY Mr. Nathan Sargent, whoseems to have been
detailed 10 remain al Washington TO superintend he
inauguration Of the work Of manufacturing the new
party We present the circular below, and ask
the southern reader TO look over it. and answer the
iDteTrogatorv whether or not il presents proper
basis for the cooperation Of southern opponents OF
the democracy with northern opponents AT once
and decidedly we say il does not, and that 1t merits
rromDt condemnation The a" CritteDdeR amend
ment - is a platform which the Americans Of the
South who supportedthe LecomptOn cOnstltUuon,ean
not stand upon at all They constitute the great ma
ioriry of the party, we believe, and were repre-
sented in Congress by majority OF the amer.
can delegation platform which demands oil
them "a surrender of heir opinions upon
question involving such vital principle, should be-
and will be, " spit upOn," rejected and trampled
into the dust by hem We tell Mr. Sargent now,
thai if The " Crittenden amendment" lie to be the
platform Of the great opposition party he is nov
drumming up, he had better quit The field a. once
Twill moi do No party live upon it in th'
South, end we doubt whether an electoral hcke
could he formed IN any Of the Southern States eX
cept Missouri, Kentucky and Mary land, States who's
position on the border renders them unreliable u
the South,
1t would seem from this that the Mcawbers o
the Know. No hing party cannot get their family
barmenize with regard to the means of esespin
from their political embarrassments. The PatTtc
thinks that this scheme is too transparent, and !
afraid il won't win Our neighbOr regards MI
CRIrTESUEx and Mr. BELL as distinguished states
men, whose patriotism is as broad and cOmPreheE
sive as the boundaries of the Republic" but still
rejects and ..spils uyoD" the 'sCrittenden amend
meDr," which was introduced by the former an
supported by the latter. Il endorses both Of tbes
Senators as 'Ioya! t the South" but condemns tn
measure which they originated and sustained, a
one which it would be degrading for Southern me
10 support; as so much at war with Southern senti
ment AID Southern interests, that with that measur
as the basis Of organization, they could not form
electoral ticket in msjority of the slave States
The Micawbers not only disagree with each othe
but are Inconsistent with themselves.
On the other hand, the New York Tribune tn
widest and most unprincipled Mioawber of them al
likes the platform Of the SARGENT coalition part!
and looks very kindly upon Mr.. CRITTESDEE. III
oCriueuden amendment" is just the thing tbs
GREELEY had been wanting ''tO turn up" He entel
heartily into the game, which those old politics
blscklegs, BELL, CRITTENDEN, and SARGENT al
playing for the Presidency He thinks Mr.. Car
TEyDES Is a trump, and although he knows thl
sARoaNT turned up JACK from the bottom, he
anxious to share his winnings.
We do not know what will become Of the
modern MIoAwBERs but it would not surprise US
they should some time, like their great origins
turn up" at BoTANT BAY.
TIE MaroEALrr.-We are pleased at the SUI