Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-18
The Alliance.


The Alliance.
The leading American journals throughout the
South are now discussing the policy Of forming an
alliance with the Republican party, for the purpose
Of defeating the Democratic nominee at the heA'
Presidential election.
Some favor. and others, We are happy 10 say, oP-
pose it. Among the former We notice the Louls'llis
Journal and Richmond Wing, Two OF Tue aOlssi anu
most influential papers in the Union; among the lat
IT, tho Nashvifle Patriot and Montgomery Man.
,-bloL slso e-e~oise considerable influence in shap-
in9 The course and action Of their party.
We are al anti Democratic in every sense Of the
Tord-indeed, We are almost much so as lean
Jimmy was when he against Gov, Polk the last
tins; but We have never said OF intended 10 say as
many hard things against Democracy as be has, ana
afterwards advocate it as the only means by which
our country is TO be saved. We are eanoia enough
10 admit that we would rejoice most heartily 10 see
the DeuU0Istig F@-ty TnHted horse, loot and dra-
Eoous provided We could see the old wing Ur huI0~
Tosn party elevated in its stead; but after calmly
surveying the whole political field in prospective
arc unable to gain our consent 10 support any man
or party advocating the principles Of Seward Trum
bull Hale Lincoln, and others Of the same characN
ter, with q view Of bringing about such result.
However much we may dislike Democracy, We hale,
detest and despise Republicanigm mOre and from
present indications, cannot believe that the pro
position 10 unite with any set Of men VINO are III
favor Of will meet with the unanimous approval
Of the masses Of the American party South. 1hey
will prefer giving their support TO the party now IN
power with all its 9dious sins and political heresies,
rather than lend aid and comfort 10 one whose very
existence was the result Of hatred TO the institutions
of the South and whose policy ever since its or
Ranizstion, has been to abuse, Yillfy, and retard
the same.
These paragraphs are found in the Columbia
Mirror Of the 10th inst, Know nothing paper, and
manifest spirit of independence which We do not
often find in the columns Of an opposition journal
MI of flo crfb how co Iona
submitted to the dictation of the Louisville Jour
nal that they dare resist its authority even when
1t oOunsels submission to the behests of the abol
sionists Even contemporary, the Patriot, which
only few months ago Indignantly rejected all
propositions to unite with the Black Republicans,
now thinks that there may be ga door open for a
union upon honorable and patriotic terms Of all
who are opposed TO the doctrines and corrupt prac
tees Of the sham Democracy" To this and other
similar suggestions the Mirror responds follows:
We remember distinctly, that in 1856, when the
Democratic orators and journals charged that the
Americans North were nomiaating State officers in
conjunction with the Republicans, the American
speakers and papers repealed the charge as untrue
and accused their opponents of doing them injustice
What wonderful change has been wrought STAGE that
time in the Republican rank that causes American
papers to desire their party to cooperate with them
discarded any Of the doctrines they then advocated
which were so odious to Southern people of both
the,Americsn,snd Democratic parties? Have they
ceased Waring upon our institutions? Do they
knowledge the doctrine Of non-nterVeDtion of Con-
greGB in the territoresl Do they agree TO abide BY
the decision Of the Supreme Court in the celebrated
bred Scott case2 In word, is there single plank
in their platform upon which Americans Of the
South can stsndi If there be one we have been
unable to find it,although we have looked with
TvTso CHI hat
publicans were disposed lay aside their hostility
and ground arms for awhile. But we have looked
in vain. They have determined to agitste the sa-
very question TO the last and We very much fear
until it will result in the inevitable dissolution of
the Union. If il should, however come TO that, we
desire to be found opposed TO them. We for the
South, and against any party that viii not give
our Just and constitutional rights and we honestly
believe and sincerely hope that the scbems proposed
will prove abortive.
1t is impossible to reply successfully to thisoogent
and conclusive reasoning. The Know Nothing Or
gans less independent than the Mirror are attempt
ing to convince their readers that the Black Repub-
Leans have abandoned their extreme sectional prin
sples repented of their insulting threats and bitter
denunciations against the Southern States, and
are now ready to unite with them sound, con-
SENTATIVE platform. Some of these Southern
fusion organs have tried to Bhitewash HORACE
GREELEY, and present him to the South as
specimen Of pure and spotless conservatism.
They commend his sentiments as "sound and ma
tional" and express establishment that man who
has been so much abused, and so much detesed at
the South should entertain such just and conservative
views They publish as worthy Of admiration his
speeches which contain sentiments which, if sus-
tanned, would exclude slavery forever from the
territories of the United States and force the South
into the humiliatiDg concession that her sODs have
no right to set their feet upon its soil These OF
gans protesting to be loyal to the South excuse or
eulogize her enemies, in order to reconcile their
party to a fusion in which GREELEY, SEWARD and
CoRwIE must be the leading and controlling spirits
In the language Of the Mirror, they cannot show
that the Black Republican party or any portion of
them have ceased " to war upon Institutions"
they cannot show that they have " acknowledged
the doctrine of nOn-intervention in the territories;
that they have agreed to abide by the decision Of
the Supreme Court in the bred Scott case" In
short the Southern fusion organs have been unable
to point to a single concession which the Black Re-
publicsns have made to Southern sentiment, and
yet they ask Southern men to unite with them, ele-
vste them the high places of the nation and make
them rulers over the land. We believe that a ma
jOrity of the Southern Know Nothings will endorse
the Mirrors sentiments; we believe they will refuse
to unite with the enemies of the South aad reject
tHe proposition to bow down and worship at the
foot stool Of Black Republican dominion. We re-
greet that more of their organs have not had the |.
mAnliness to speak as the Mirror has spoken on
this subject.
See First and Fourth pages