Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-04-28
THE ooALIrIoN THIcKENs.

The COALITlON THIChkhS.
It is an agreeable pass time to watch the various
factions Of the opposition in their circling motion,
like thiokening clouds, gradually moving to q com
mon centre, fascinated with the prospect Of power
which unity affords In the outset the plan has
worked wen. The Republican leaders have exhibit
ed great TACT proving themselves worthy Of the
Administrations ohOOl As the Tribune has said, the
Republican forces, notwithstanding they constitute
tbreefourths Of the opposition have given the lead
to their new allies cOntenting themselves for the
present with practical results. The progress Of this
good understanding has manifested itself upon the
surface in many pleasing personal incidents which
have been picked up and circulated by their press
For instance the meeting between GIDDISas and
CRrTrEEDEN and MARSHALL, 50 graphically des-
cribed by the correspondent Of the New York En-
,rsss, q Know Nothing, Black Republican organ, is
worth reading We give the following extract:
On Saturday last, while the discussion upon the
Kansas question was in progress, and while ali par
ties in the House we're more intent upon arrange
ments for the final struggle than upon the srgu-
ments Of speakers and while all were in doubt as
70 what might be the ultimate course Of Mr. Gid
dinps and his sonferees, the Hon. Mr.. Crittenden
came into the hall, and near the door, was joined
by the Hon Mr.. Marshall, But moment was per-
m1fteQ them Tor COMMUNICATION Mleu MI Hi4ulHg5
went forward, and, taking Mr.. Crlttendea warmly
BY the hand with e recognition Of Mr.. Marshall az
the same time he said: ''WhO could have believed
this Of me- that I should be found with you, fol-
lowing you? But while have spent long life in
fighting against enemies and ready still TO fight
them, 1 have never fought and cannot now fight
against nv friends I remember well the occasion
when. the ban Of expulsion having been passed
- upon me IN this House, had taken my hat and was
about leaving. / met you, Mr.. Crittenden, with
Henry Clay, at the door, ana That you each gave
me- in that moment Of trial. the warm hand Of sym
patbv and friendship. 1 do not forget For the
great ends sake, strange as it may seem to some,
and censured as l may be by many, in memory Of
the past l am with you, / 60 with you" A gush
of the warm hearts Of q true patriotism here came
forth from the three so united and the fate Of Le-
compton in the House sealed past redemption.
"WhO could have believed this Of me, that should
be found with you, following your ''But, for the
great ends sqbe"-yes for the great ends sake what
would not the man do Who so insensible to shame,
had made it a boast upon the floor Of Congress that
his own house he had made gu asylum for fugitive
slaves whom he had fed at his table, supplied them
with means and bid them God speed on their jour
ney. What a scene for the painter with "the three
50 united, and the fate of LecOmpton in the House
50 sealed past redemption"
But this was not the only scene that has recently
occurred within the hall of that House striking in
its character, and deserving to be specially noted
Arson Burlingame the notorious Burlingsme, upon
whose broader shoulders is to fall the mantle of
Giddings, when his lettering limbs shall have borne
him from the stage Of aotion-he who in his har-
rangues to his Northern multtudes, has drawn in
his Imagination scenes Of servie instruction in
the South and gOatsd over the picture-is no less
euamorsd with MS newborn Southern friends than
Giidings. He styles them "a patriotic corps de
reserve saving the Union whenever it is threatened
and endangered" The high opinion which these
gentlemen, by recent services, have secured for
themselves in his estimation passionate attach
ment with which they have inspired him-he ex-
presses after this style;
pay, also, the highest tribute Of my admiration
to that band Of men who have been reposng outside
OF the boundaries Of the great parties Of the country
"a patriotic corps dc TsseTUe, saving Of the Union
whenever il is threatened and endangered. When
they saw this sectional issue made, standing as they
did in position TO look fairly on between the parties
they saw who madeit and they instantly took sides;
and Ia the language Of Mr.. Bell, in his reply to Mr..
T0ombs, they accepted the issue of disunion. When
they that LecOmpton was Synonymous with
fraud with perjury, with forgery, with ballOt-stUh
int then they trampled it. with their robust and
manly honesty, under their feet. They hare taken Il
their charge and counsel 10 preservethe ballOt-box
pure and open 10 American citizens.
j trust this may be an omen Of what may happen in
the future. As 20 what may happen, 1t is not for
me 60 prOphgCy-let time and chance determine.
We came together not in a spirit Of compromise, for
we compromise nothing but in a spirit Of patriot
ism.
for one am prepared to sustain the substitute
offered by the distinguished Senator from Kentucky.
will vote for it, because would vote for such
a bill as an original measure, but because l knowit
will make Kansas free Statewide the Lecom oton
constitution would make 1t slave State. The Ad-
ministration tell us It is already slave State.
feel that the Lecompton constitution without this
amendment would pass in its naked form, and that
Kansas under Il would be a slave State; and if l
fOrego this opportunity to make it free State the
opportunity would be lost and lost forever.
"In the language of Mr.. BELL in reply to Mr.
TONES, they accepted the issue" "They have
taken it in their charge and Mr.. BULINGAMB an
nounoed himself as prepared to sustain, their
substitute because" he says, " / kHOl0 IL 10iH
make Kansas free State. feel that the Leoomptou
Constitution without this amendment would pass in
its naked FORM and that Kansas under it would be
slave State No wonder that he considers these
gentlemen entitled to the highest tribute of his ad
mirauon, patriotic corps dc ressrUs saving the
Union" Such uuiou-savers traitors to the Con-
s.iIution and the South, marring the harmony and
strength Of Institutions aud the sooner thecoun
try realizes it the better. But these gentlemen are
to answer another purpose. The national Democrats
Of the North who have stood true to the rights Of
theSouth upon this question, informed that they
shall be crushed in the next election and among
other means 10 be employed, he informs them
And above all, we shall summon those noble /
Senators from kentucky ami Tennessee the acts of /
whose lives for half century shine along the an
mails of country. We will call upon these, aud /
they will tell you you have betrayed the people, that
you are forcing upOn the people Of Kansas COnsti
tuition conceived in fraud and violence
What they expect to accomplish as the ultimate
result, and to what their Southern allies are daily
contributing may be judged Of by the programme as
laid down by their great leader, Mr. SEWARD, in
his recent speech wherein he informs us in plain aud
positive language, and speaking by authority,
that we need hattsr ourselves that the admission
Of Kansas, even a free State, will terminate the
agitation of slavery in Congress or any where else
that neither Congress the country is to have any
respite from its evils and that there shall be
quiet on the slavery question until the South shall
have abandoned all further efforts to extend slavery
under the Federal Constitution. FurthermOre-that
agitation shall not stop here-but is to 60 until
the United States Court is recognized and the
doctrines which it has established upon the subject
Of slavery are overthrown.
To these declarations, Mr.. Bell in his speech in
the Senate after belaboring himself for hours to the
prejudice Of Southern men, has no other reply to
make than that he thinks this unnecessary preext
for agitation in view Of the fact thst what Mr.. sew
ARD desires to accomplish can be done in another
and more artful way, after the manner in which
Mr.. Bell himself is accustomed to accomplish results,
We admit that we like Mr.. Stewards mode of war
fare the best and think the South has less to fear
from it, That we may not be suspiciOned Of injus-
tce. we make the following extract from Mt. Bells
recent Senate speech: ]
Agitation. he Mr.. S. informs us, is to 90 on I'M
I'll The Supreme Court Of the United States is reor
rsDfzed or shall recede from Of the doctrines
50 abhorrent to him, it has lately promulgated. ;
shall not enter into any discussion Of these doctrines
will saw however that if the opinions announced q
by that court are founded sound principles, and
formed within the pale Of Judicial authority under
the Torsfifusion will stand and Ought 20 [