Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-01-25

The opponents Of Democracy will so-letimes be
tray their federal procvites ard high tory preju-
dices, however sedulously they seek to conceal
them. They have never lost their psriiality for
privileged CLASSES, and still secr,tIy cherish the
doctrine that "the rich and better born should
govern the country" They disguise these sent-
Inents under false but fascinating theories which,
if adopted and carried out, would accomplish all
that they desire. They advocate protective tariffs
and Bank monopOlies by which they would build up
an aristocracy of wealth more powerful than the
titled aristocracy of England. They doubt, or sf
feet to doubt the capacity of the people for self
government, and endeavor under q thousand pre-
lenses limit the elective franchise and confne the
right Of suffrage in the narrowest limits possible
They at The ''plebian POpulacs' and deny the
sovereignty Of the people. They seek TO transfer
power from the many TO The few and advocate a sys>
TEN which would give US in America what England
has, q splendid government and an impoverished
people.
The organs Of this party receive their creed d.
rectly from the Tory Journals of Great BIZ ain and
the odious doctrines which are promulgated by the
latter eagerly caught up by their sdvOC ties in
this country and reproduced in a modified form BIZ
the opposition press. BackWOOd's agazne, Ma pes
riodica devoted to the interests of the aristocraic
classes is the fountain from which they derive their
doctrines. A late number of that magazine con-
tsins q review of speech recently delivered 10y
JOIN BRIGHT, the great champion Of popular rights
in England the in which friend of the people is de-
nOuuced as q disOrganizer and demagOgue. The
Lynchburg VrgiHian seizes upon this article, en-
to Gov. JOHNSON of this STATE, whose advocacy of
popular equality and liberty is Odious to the feds
eraists of this country, Mr.. BRlCHr's sentiments
are to the 7 ,res of England We give a few ex-
tracts from the aricls in the Vygnian as an expo
sitiOn of the views Of its party:
sThe burden of Mr.. Brghts song consists Of
complaints against the form Of government adopted
BY the British naion. He wishes to pOpularize and
democralicise the British Government. lie wishes
TO assmilsle its Institutions those of the United
States Of America. He wishes TO pull down the
landed proprietors and the arIstOcracy Of the
British nation, and elevate the wesvers and spin
ners and iron-mongers Of the cities over their
heads. In short, Mr.. John Bright, cotton spinner
himself proposes TO revOlutonlze the British GOy>
ernment, end turn everything upside down, without
considering what may be its ultimate effects upon
the stability and permRnency Of the institutions OF
England, solely with view Of elevatiDg himself
and his reaners to positions for hieh they 7Uai>
Ifsd, neither By birth, t0isnfs, nor interest
Here we find an American Journal Indignantly
rebuking the commendsble efforts Of a mechanic, a
.,mere cotton spinner TO elevate himself and his as.
sOcstes to positions of honor "fOr which," Gays the
VIrTiaiaH ''they are qualified neither By birth nor
talents nor interest Now, Mr.. BRIGHT is one of the
sblest statesmen in the British parliament. The
most experienced and practised debsters in the
House OF Commons shrink from an encounter with
him, and those who despise his doctrines acknowl
edge his ability. His disqualification, then, con-
sists in his humble birth, and his want of sympathy
with the aristOcratC classes with whom he is iden-
tilted neither in feelings nor interest The VTgta'oH
is indignant that mechanic viii aspire to sit in |
the high places Of The nation, among the sons q |