Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-02-10

"Sir, / do not like at all The prospect that
is presented To Us in our southern seas. Inc
great maritime powers OF Europe surely mean
Something by their fastest interference In
examining the correspondence that mas re-
Gently been communicated TO Congress on
these subject, what do we ma! why, SIR we
have every reason to believe, we had every
official assurance, that this question, this very
delicate question of the right OF search was
settled. But sir we see by this correspond
ence that this search on the part OF BRITISH
men-ofwar has been transferred from suppo5-
ed slaycrs to supposed fllibusters. L look
sir, upon this a far greater outrage upon
the RI ghts of American citizens and the Tree
dom OF our flag than las heretofore been per-
petrated."
The foregoing is an extract from speech
recently delivered in Congress 10y Mr.. AVERY
the Democratic representative from the Mem
pbis district in this state. The Odious so
called right of search, he says, which we had
s.oficial assurance" Of having been abandon
cd by Great Britain, has been transferred
from supposed slavcrs to supposed tillibusters
ia far greater outrage" continues Mr..
AVERY. "upon the rights of American citi-
zens and the freedom of our flag than has
heretofore Dceu 'hy' "HNN
has the present Democratic Administration
been about that it has not eXacted ample
PREPARATION for this greatest of all outrages
ever perpetrated bya British man-of-war upon
m American vessel in the exercise OF the
40 called right of search? During the Presi-
deatial canvass of 1852, the Democratic
organs and speakers denounced the Admins
tration of Mr.. FILLMORE and the Wing leaders
generally as guilty of monstrous pusillanimity
AS habitually crouching down at the feet of
the British Lion. These speakers and organs
it will be recollccted, made great promises as
to what Democracy would do in respect to
our foreign relations, if the people would
place that party inpower. In that event,
new leaf was TO be turned over in our inter
course with foreign powers, and Great Bri-
tain, in particular, was to be male distinctly
TO understand that she would not he permit
ted to go on under Democratic regime
ns she had been permitted to do with impuni-
ty by Wing administration. Such were the
boasts of Democracy in 1852. Well, it has
been in power since March, 1853, and we are
told by Democratic representative, on the
floor of the House, that Great Britain, so tar
from having the fear of Democracy before
her eyes. is still at her old tritks--stil in
sulting our Aag--and actually doing it in a
more offensive manner than she has ever done
before This complaint against Great Britain
by Mr.. AVERT, however well founded, is
unnldaly looming from Democrat. We sub
nit, that instead of pitching into Great Bri-
tain for the preparation Of the outrage. he
should have pitched into Mr.. BUCHANAN and
his Administration for not eXacting prompt
and ample redress-such measure of redress |
as Mr.. AVERY thinks the enormily of the out |
rage in question demands at the hands of a
Democratic Administration. That, il appears
10 US, would he the more manly course in
Democratic member of Congress-more con
si-tent certainly, aud more in keeping with |
the professions of Democracy, than lugubri |
Gus complaints of the insults still offered to
our flag by foreign power Bat when did |
the practice Of Modera Democracy ever
square with its professions