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

"A RdEET IN search OF a name
Mn. Us1ox: If you are a man Of boweIs you must
sympatllize with that unhappy class Of our fellow
citizens, now wandering through the dreaTy regions
of political nomenclature in search Of name, and
then exploring all exploded principles Of the past,
IN chase Of some fresh platitudss for platform,
vhsrevith to fight the present democratic admins
trstion.
By what name and style shsr the new psrty be
knoWng Who shall be the officiating priest at the
baptism of the new veakling that is to be, and who
the sponsorsi Shall Bell and Marshall stand devout
and lugubrious on enc side Of the font while seward
and Greeley grin horriblya them from the other as
Crittenden presents his new bautling to the Pious
Giddipgs, who, calling it an "Auendment' on It's
daddy, batzest in his tears kindred drops to those
he she'd, when, on the OOr Of Congress- he found IN
Critenden and Bell his long lost brethrenF 'Crl'>
tenden Amendment partym Whist slogan for the
political battle field! Why "Water' Cruel would
make stronger battle cry. No, no; the opposi'i0h
in the south can never fight under such anag 4rue'
We have batted against some very queer names, but
tbis vould transcend them ell. But what shall the
name be? Is there any one word that viii answer
in the present awful eKigancy? American! Applied
to party. that's fat Republican! 1heIs natter;
Know Nothing! That's --LATEST.
Can you make no suggestion? go man, IS there
no help in thee?" MioaWber, say you! It Wontdo
When suggested two or three years ego, the party
rejected it. Beside, upon reflection, the name is
not appropriate wilkins Micawber, Esq, was
ever modest man in Lis advances toward that pros
verbally tickle dame, Fortune. He never faced con
olusions with her Throughout his wife's longest
lectures on the interesting theme Of her illasrious
family. dead to her since her indissoluble union to
bip1-for. to her praise be it spoken, she ''never
would desert Mioawber"- by bailifs. in
search of the last spoon of The family plate, and dis
trseted bv the cries Of the wonderful twins, he
maintained dignifed equanimity; calmly took his
pen, wrote acknowledgement is crushed" and waited
! in patience for something to turn up" Now how
does this tally with the character of the opposition,
! here in the south? They are crushed, bat they
wont write it, they hope for Something to turn up"
but they won't wait for it-they are always turning
! something up.
Again say, what will the name be? Will take
a whole sentence to express it: How would the
American. Repubico Conservative-Flag ofOur Union
! Peoples Party do? Too long, say you Why the
opposition is allthat-and something more. Do you
not remember that the Know NOthings, during their
first and last canvass took our national banner into
their especial keeping? The flag was theirs; no
democrat could have anything to do with it, except,
perhaps in time of war. They intended saving the
union and the flag that represented it. Exhuberant
eloouenoe was devoted to both. More spread-eagle,
slarspangled banner 'hifalutin" was wasted in one
canvass, than would have sufeed for all the fourth
of July orations throughout a millennium of years.
O! the dag must be in the name, somewhere, indu'
bitably-see how patriotic the great Know Northing
leader, Prentice is, upon any flag question. Read
his articles on the right of search or visitation
Sill too long? Well, drop all, and say the peoples
party" But what irony can equal that name, ap-
Piled to the opposition One of the old Puritaus Of
Cromwels' day called himself-'If thou>hadst- not
died-I>had been damned-ROJinsoa" But those who
know him best dropped all his christian nane save
the last word, and he was known as Damned Robin
son, foreverl Both Robinson and the opposition
lose the best part of their names; that is if our
friends come down to the peoples Party" Wilt
not be refreshing during the next presidential can
vass to listen to some quaHdon Know Nothing whose
theme had been the 'demagogue Andrew Johnson, Z"
spouting about the peoples party? The [cyes- ]
P &C { [dln pulls Par r-ty There will be some
fun about that time. Let US be patient, and take
whatever the gods send u.s. They will be certain to
turn something up. ERRIEs.