Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-03-03
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The special Washington dispatches to the New
York Tribune say: "Mr. Hales bombshell thrown
into the Senate last evening has done terrible exc
euiion to-day. The Tariff appropriations, Loans
Treasury notes, thirty million bribery and eorrup.
ton schemes, and all other questions, have been
crowded from their stools by the Temperance of
Kansas with her CORY Locks" The next thing We
shall see in the Know Nothing papers South will be
the old song that Democratic Senators are re agi
tating the slavery question. They will swear that
their friends, the AbOlitionists have not done it.
By-lhe-by, the vote was taken on this 'bombshelr'
of Mr. HALE's and the Senator from Tennessee, Mr..
BRIL-, according to the published report, lodged
Such votes are trying on such Presidential aspi-
rsnts as are trying to run with he hare and hold
with the bounds.
The New York Tribune is pleased with the chan
ces of its party in Kentucky and Tennessee. 1t
says: ave judge thst the Opposition in Kentucky
have put up very good ticket. If the old Wings
who have been repslled by Nstivism should mainly
come back, this ticket will be elected.
In announcing the nomination of Hon. T. A R
NkLsoS BY the Opposition. for Congress, it sage:
"He is known ell over Tennessee as one of the
sblest dehsters and shreWdest politicians in the
State
Strsws shaw which way the wind blows. The
Abolition editor Of the Tribune is hopeful, but the
Democracy of Kentucky and Tennessee will spoil
eli his hopes in August next. Whenever the people
Of these States the sentiments of GREELEY they
viii be rasdy 20 yield to his abolition demands.
Not before.
The grand army eff the Opposition are not likely
to get along very tremendously. The limitations
very strong that SEWARD is sorely displeased at
the earnestness With which the Southern wing in
Eist upon nomination from their own sect on as
the only sure guarantee of perfect coalition. The
limitations now are that he and his friends will
kick all the fat 10 the FIRE In that event the great
army will disband
Some Of the Republican papers are not pleased
Rith the mede in which their coalition friends pro-
pose conducting the canvass in Virginia. The
Cincinnati Gazette says:
To any sanguine Northern politicians who may
have entertained high hopes of the strong Opposi-
ton movement now organizing in Virginia. as tend,
ing to unite ell opponents Of the Administration
for the contest of 1850 it must be notifying dis
appointment to note the indications that the con-
test between Messrs Goggin and LelchSr is to turn
mainly on their devotion 10 slavery.
This is a matter, we freely grant, about which
the people of Virginia have perfect right TO inter-
est themselves 'n their own way" Ii they choose
to visit every utterance of auti-savery opinion,
oy citizens Of their own State, with prompt poti,
cal vengeance let them exercise that privilege with
out dispute. But II 'an hardly be expected that
the friends Of free labor will deeply sympathizs in
a canvass conducted on this basis.
Here is an intimston, respectful but emphatic,
that il the Opposition in the South desire the SYM
patty and cooperation of their free labor" friends
they must cease to svoW their devotion to slavery