Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-05-22

Ia The most desperate men in the world
those who, having committed great wrong, are
prevented by their pride and obstinaoy from admit
ing it, and are thus driven on from one excess to
another, until subverting all the better principles
Of their nature that had previously controlled them
and giving full rein to all those evil passions which
had formerly teen subordinate their entire charac-
tiers are changed, and their lives become a mystery
and a wonder to their own friends.
otis fearful building upon any sine;
One mischief enter'd brings another in:
The SECOND pulls a third, the third draws more,
And they for all the rest set ope the door"
In few things is this more clearly eKemplifed
than in the renegade Democrat. Having once absn
doned the faith, he about prove his own
consistency to do which he must first prove the in
consistency Of every body else. One absurdity in
wolves him in another, and like the fly in the web
he iutters on until entirely lost in it's meshes..
he who has never been Democrat may oppose
Democracy upon principle. It may be consistent
with the laws of his nature and the former convc-
tions Of his mind. He may feel no upbraiding con-
science, no confusion of IDEAS no priokings in the
side Of his intent, goadng him on to ridiculous
extremes. Not so with the renegade-he is ever
looking upon his own determines and seeking to
conceal them from Others Feeling the hump upon
his own back, be is constantly swearing that it is
upon every body elses, until sometimes 8 renegade
becomes the weakest most ridiculous and absurd
thing the wsging tongue ssGrized or the jester
laughed At We have frequent instances in iIustra-
ton Of our idea. The rise Of Know Nothingism in
Tennessee was prolific Of them. There was a noted
exarple on their last Presidential ticket but not
wishing to ezhume the dead we will not particular
ize Such men always swear that they are Demo.
Gratis par ezcsllsHes and if it should ever have been
their fortune to have occupied near relation to any
distinguished apostle of the party the evidence of il
will be Haunted in the face of every passer-by. We
heard such an one once swear most roundly that he
had " bushel of letters from Gen. JACKSON. and
that he could prove that the old hero believed in the
praodoability Of a United States bank The his
tory Of the country is full of such examples, upon
which columns might be written with profit
These reflections have been suggested to US By
the recent absurdites Of our old friend HAREEY, Of
the Louisville Democrat He is the only renegade
for whom we ever had the slightest sympathy, from
the fact that he is the only one we ever knew whom
we believed actuated by no worse motive than an
unintentional bunder first, followed by perverse
obstinsoy. HAREEY has been q good democrat and
performed gallant service for his party. There are
few men that are entitled to greater charity from
his friends and yet we are afraid there is no hope
for him. he had rather 60 with PRENTICE, to the
devil, than to confess that he has committed blum
der; and without confession there is admittauce
int the Democratic church. He hates AbOtionism
and cordially despises Know NOshingsm, against
whom he has waged fierce and uurelenting war;
and yet We fear he will enter the grand Coalition
with both Of these factions rather than confess TO
the error ofhis way. We come to this opinion from
recent declaration in his paper, that, on the Kan
sas question, the Democrats are worse than the
Abolitionists, for the reason that 'he one will not
let the people Of State have what they want; the
other would force upon them what they don't want
Both advocate despotism over 2 State"
No one knows better than the editor Of the Demo.
crqf that his assertion is SANDER; for no one, in
past times, has disprOved such assertions when
coming from the sbolitionists more thoroughly than
he has. The people Of the South have never desired
to force slavery upon Kansas. However much some
may have wished to see it adopted Of her in
stitutions all know that it would avail nothing to
have it there unless the people Wantedit. All know
that the South is not interested in the question of
slavery in Kansas only so far as the recognition Of
principle is concerned-thst is that Congress,
through its majority of free State representatives
shall not prohibit its introduction into any Of the
territories to which citizens from the slave States
may choose to emigrate and where the people may
choose 10 have it.
But we Will not argue this question with the Dem
0erot 1t has got itself into position that requires
no effort to expose its present nakedness TheHttle
boys about the streets of Louisville will laugh at
every wag will make it the butt Of his ridicule-
the Journal man viii use it and then abuse it-and
finally 1t will die out in shame and neglect to be
looked upon as the wreck Of once gallant vessel
that has been Prated and sunk whose history serves
as warning to others against venturing to far m
on the same uncertain and dangerous sea