Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-07-15

have taken the work in hand As remarkable as
may seem the coalition, we think it now reasonably
certain that the opposition in the South, the follow
ers Of Crittenden, Bell s Co., win be fused in the
next Presidential canvass with the Black Republi-
cans Of the North, the followers of Greeley s Co,
constituting one party in the contest for the
troll and administration Of the government. Ofgthe
hundreds Of Abolition journals at the North know
Of only three or four that speak discOuragngly Of
The proposed Union. Ofthe hundreds Of opposition
Journals ct the South, we do not know more than
that number that have taken ground agansti 1.-THE
Patriot be believe, is the only one in Tennessee. D
We say that this is progressing well as the most
Banguine friends Of the movement could have antici
pated
This state of affairs has been fOreseen and Predic
ted by leading men Of all parties for years past 1t
is what the Seotionalisis of the North have been
long struggling for and looking hopefully to. It is
what such Southern dough faces as Messrs CETTTEN-
DEN and BELL, have been pandering to for many
years and it is what the Democracy have foreseen
and foretold, but could not prevent, only far as
to destroy in great measure their facility for doing
harm, by removing almost the last one Of these
spurious Southern characters from Congress and
eonsigning them to q meritsd oblivion. This, how
ever has not discouraged Messrs CRITTEHDEN and
BILL; they are calculating upon the numerical
strength of the North as alone sufficient to secure
triumph to their plans. Years ago Mr.. BELL fore
Swallowed this in one Of his speeches in the Senate
reminding his Northern e0ntrsres that the time
almost at hand when their numerical strength would
give them the control of the government, and that
when the good time came they must not forget those
cfhs South whO IN past time had so faithfully stood
By fhem 1t was doubtless in response to this senti
msnt that Mr.. WILSON, one Of the present abolition
Senators from Massachusetts, said in one Of his
published speeches:
ave shall have glorious allies in the South. We
shall have men like Cassius NJ, Clay. We shall
have generous, brave, gallant men rise up in the
South who will, in their own time, in their own
way, for the interest Of the master and bOndman,
lay the foundation Of policy Of emancipation that
shall give freedom to three and half millions Of
men in Americs."
It was, doubtless, in remembrance Of these kind
Offices Of Mr.. BELL, that the New York Tribune
spoke in such eulOgistie terms, when OOntradicting
in 1856, the report that he was about to resign his
seat in the Senate account of i'll health said
"He is as robust and hale to-day as when be
bearded and conquered the old Hon-AudreW Jack
son in his den; and resOlute and ready to DO SER
gce Rs When single handed, he 6TaUsly encountered
the lrh0ye South upon the RsbTGSka biz and carried TER
RoR into their ranks 'sThe wisdom and experience
Of a man so eminent and pure are Of no ordinary
value at this time, when the country is oonyuised
with the Of faction and the spirit of subjuga-
ton is abroad, threatening to oVershRdOW q new
land Of promise"
It was in view of this well-established confidence
in Mr.. BELL, that Mr.. SEWARD eOmpImented him
before an abolition audience at Detroit as the only
Southern member of the Senate, prior TO Mr.. GRIT
TESDENs welcome to that BODY, who was Just to the
North.
In view Of all these things, the New York III
5lHs may very well have felt safe in announcing to
its abolition followers during the recent pending Of
the Kansas question in Congress, that Messrs CRIT
TENDEE and BELL were in ''the lead" And it was
in view Of this 'lead" that the Abolition editor of
the Louisville Journal exclaimed: ''We have now
in the stand taken on the Montgomery Crittenden
bill by the anti LecOmptOn section of Congress, the
asndOuBted germ Of great national party" 1t was
in view Of this 'cead" that the ClarksviIe (Tenn.J
Chronicle exclaimed: ''If the Republicans meaning
the Black Republicans) remain true to the doctrine
endorsed by their late VOTE they are national and
conservative and lrU ever be found 5y the side Of sach
C7ittsndeH and Bell 1ghoss lead IL Is dEWGy'
safe to tollow" And it is in view of this 'lsad,"
that the Nashville Banner now essays to defend the
Black Republicans from ever having demanded
anything more than q submission Of the Kansas
Constitution to the people since the passage Of the
Kansas. Nebraska bill
Having taken issue with the Banner on this last
point desire, before proceeding further, to show
the utter fallacy of its assertion in order that the
n1oigs which induced it may be better understood
To do so in the simplest, shortest, and most salts
factory manner, we will merely quote authority
which the Banner will not and cannot question.
Our authority is Gen. ZoILIcOFFER, our neighbours
immediate representative and organ in Congress.
By referring to his speech delivered in the House
on the subject in question, neighbOr will find
the following conclusive paragraph:
1.-The great mass Of those who oppose the admis
sion Of Kansas into the Union, oppose il because il
comes with q pro-savery Constitution Many Of
them have, indeed, gone far as to pledge them
selves never to vote for the admission Of another
slave State into the Union"
For fear, however, that Gen e has lost the ccn-
hdence Of the Banner, we will refer our neighbor
also, to the speech of Mr.. FAREswoRTH, Black Re-
publican friend from Illinois, who said $50 help me
God, another slave State shall never enter the Union
by my vote Also, to the speech Of the notorious
GIDDISGs, (the same who shed tears over CRITTEN-
DEM who said: Il shall never consent that
Ohio shall associate with another slave State"
Also to the speech Of BRIGHAM another Ohio friend
who said: 81 will not vote for the admission Of a |
slave state-Certainly not" Also to that of Mr. /
CoLFAx, of Indiana, who said: 81 would not vote
for the admission of Kansas i The ,rIoe peopls cane
here 9Th sIaDe Contribution"
But enough Of this. The new party is on foot, |
and what is it to be? compound of more inere- /
dents than we're ever mixed in any one dish known
to the culinary art. And yet when boiled down to 1
8 proper consistency, We prophecy it will be Fed
eralism, and nothing but Federalism, of which |
Aboliionism and all the dangerous political hereses
that have afflicted the country have been mere of
shoots.
Mr.. SARGENT, the Executive Committeeman, left /
ct Washington to do the work Of putting the ma
chiuery together, says in his circular, which we |
published a few days since: elf any platform is 1
necessary it is believed that the 'Crittenden amend
ment will be found broad enough for the whole |
body Of the nation to stand upon" The Critten- /
den amendment refers to the admission Of Kansas
into the Union. If asked the position Of the new
party with regard to the subject Of our Foreign /
relations, or our internal pOlity-curreRoy, CON- |