Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-10-24

0n sustained in the recent election has been justly
attributed to the detection Of ant-Leoompton Dem
Oerats who acted with the Black Republicans and
Know Nothings in opposition to the Democratic
nominations The basis Of union in that State was
sresistance to the growth and extension Of slavery
and hostility to the administration" Around that
standard clustered the scattered tribes of the dis
organized opposition. Drawn together by the sym
PATTY Of a common hatred to the institutions Of the
South hostile and dscordant factions buried their
former feuds and united their forces break down
the national administration-the great bulFark Of
Southern rights The Presidents policy in admit
ting Kansas into the Union with prO-slavery Con-
stution legally and constDtonallyf formed. aroused
the despOic intolerance Of northern fanatics, aud
they determined to crush the power which guarded
the rights Of the South from their aFess invasion
and angry assaults. The recognition Of southern
equality in the admission Of a slave State, is the
grave offence which Mr. BUoHAKAS has committed,
and for which the opposition organs tell US be has
been rebuked. The party which sustain the adj
rninistration are denounced the "thralls and
bond slaves Of the South" They have been sssailed
as the mean and servile dependents of a slave
holding sristOoracy," and the administration which
they support is represented as the head Of foul
conspiracy formed to perpetuate human bondage"
By such denuncistiOns these the democratic par
~ has been defeated in Pennsylvania. Such is the
spirit which animates the party which has con-
quered them. The administration has been rebuked
but it has been rebuked by the enemies of the South,
because Of its fidelity to her interests
Prominent among the leaders Of this black cosli-
ton we find many dssertsrs from the Democratic
ranks who from personal disappointment or Opposi
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gone over to the enemy. They are the men who
took ground in the last session of Congress against
the Presidents Kansas policy, and who have united
with the sbolitionists to resist the extension Of
slavery. They are the men who Joined STEPHEN A.
Douglas in the bitter war which he Waged against
the administration, snd sided him in excluding from
the oOnfedsrscy slave State which sought shelter
from civil strife within the sanctuary Of the Union
We presume thst no Southern man regards these
traitors as worthy Of their sympathy support;
yet we fad Southern men Offering indulgence and
forgiveness to the author of all this discussion.
While the followers and adherents of STEPHEN A.
DOUGLAS are in league with the abOtiOnists in
Pennsylvania, hurting fierce anathemss against the
administration, because of it's gallant defence Of
Southern rights the very people for whose prOtec-
ton the President incurred Mr. DOUGLAS displessure,
are ging him in his treaehery aud deseriOn
They would extend to him free pardon while he is
yet impenitsnt and grant him absolution for an of
fence which ne is constantly committing The first
voice heard against the LecOmpton constitution
that of STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS His was the first hand
raised to stihe the infant State which he had nur-
tured into being He was the first in the Democratic
ranks to turn against the South and offer his aid to
the Black Republicans in excluding slave State
from the Union. All through the last session Of
Congress he fought in the front rank Of the Black
Republican cohorts and be listened TO their con-
gratulations and drank in their applause with eager
ears. He oourted their favor by the bitterness Of
his assaults upon the South, he appealed to their
preudices against slavery, and famed the fame Of
their fauaticism. He thought that his new born
zeal would win their affections and coneiliste their
support, and he expected to receive the reward Of
his treachery in the nomination of that party for the
Senate. But in this he was disappointed. They
Justly thought that man who had betrayed one
psrtv could not be trusted lead another and they
brought into the field an older champion Of their
cause to suppant him in the Senate Finding him
self deserted by his new allies ar. DOUGLAS declared
himself 8 candidate for reelection, and took the
stump in vindicaon Of his course on The Leoompton
question. While he defended bis position that
question, with view of propitiatiDg the snti-slavery
feeling in Iineis he artfully attempted to win back
the friends Of the adminstrationto his support, By
advocating the doctrine Of the bred Scott decision
and exposing the extreme sectional views Of his COM
petitor. Had he continued to vndicate the priuci-
pies announced by the Supreme Court, we should
have desired his election over his mere ultra and
Objectionable opponent. We should have preferred
II ,ho IF evils Rut he has ahaus
dOsed that position. He found that his angry
denuuoiatiOns of slavery, in the Senate had engen
dered an ntOlerant snti-slsvery feeling among his
own friends, which be could not control He had
raised fierce fanatical spirit among them, that
would not down at his bidding He gave way be-
fore the excitement which he had created and
truckled to q power which be feared to resist
In his later speeches he has given up everything
that is valuable in the Dred-ScOtt decision, aud
proclaimed doctrine more fatal to the rights of
the South than the old doctrine Of Congressional
Intervention. He contends that the first settlers
upon the common domain, the inhabitants Of ter
ritory, which belongs equally TO all the States, and
where the Supreme Court says every citizen of the
United States has right TO carry his property and
reside may by legislative enactments exclude the cit
izens Of half the States Of the Union by prohibits
ing the introduction OF slavery. lie eoncedes that
portion Of the people Of the Union, may apprO-
pirate to themselves the territory which belongs to
the whole people, and BY unfriendly legislation pro-
hibt the citizens Of the South from entering it With
their property.
We can see nothing in this sentiment to eutitle
Mr.. DOUGLAS to the sympathy Of the Southern PeO
pie. Like his confederate, FoRSEE, he has turned
against the South. In making war upon the ad- /
ministratiOn he is striking blow st the rights Of
the saveholding States, and if like his anti LecOmp
ton friendsin Pennsylvania, he is not in open league
with the Black Republicans, il is because .hey re-
fused him an alliance. If the Black Republicans Of
Illinois, like those Of Pennsylvania had felt their |
inability to succeed without uniting with the ants
Lecompton Democrats, STEPHEN A DOUGLAS would |
now be their avoWsd and recognized leader. His
ambition and his interest may lead him hereafter to
feign repentance for his abandonment Of Democratic
principles but he can never regain the confidence
Of the Southern people. he deserted the President
on account ct his vindioation of the rights and
equality Of the slave States. He is still making war
upon the administration, and the "enemies Of the