Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-10
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From the Nashville Union and American OF October
1881

from the Nash vile Union AMI American OF October
"A, 1875.
sTEPHEN A DOUGIAS-"TIIE ENEMIES OF THE
ADMINISTRATION ARE THE ENEMIES OF THE
SOUTH"
The overwhelming defeat which the adj
ministration sustained in the recent election
has been Justly attributed to the detection Of
anti. compton Democrats who acted with
the Black Republicans and Know NOthings
in opposition to the Democratic nominations.
The basis of union in that State was ''resis
tancr to the growth and extension OF slavery
and hostility to- the Administrations" Around
that standard clustered the scattered tribes OF
the disorganized opposition Drawn togeth-
or by he sympathy of a common hatred to
the institutions of the South, hostile and dis
cordant tao ions buried their former feuds,
and united their forces to break down the ma
tional Observation-Disclosures great bulwark of
Southern rights The Presidents policy in
admitting Kansas into the Union with pro-
slavery Constitution legally aud constitutions
ally formed. aroused the drspOtic intolerance
of northern fanatics, and they determined to
crush the power which guarded the rights of
the South from their lawless Invasion and an
CRY assaults The recognition of Southern
eoualitv in the admission OF slave State, Is
the grave offence which Mr.. Buchanan has
committed and for which the opposition or
gans tell Us h. has been rebuked. The party
which sustain the administration are de-
nouncad as the "thralls and bond slaves OF
the South" They have been asSailed as the
"mean and servile dependents of a slavehold-
ing aristocracy," aud the administration
which they support is represented as the
head of "a foul conspiracy formed to perpet-
uate human bondage" BY such denuncia-
tion as these the democratic party has been
defeated in Pennsy lvauia. Such is the spirit
which animates the party which has con-
ouered them. The administration has been
rebnked but Il has been rebnkcd by the enc
mics of the South, because OF its fidelity to
her interests.
Prominent among the leaders ni this black
coalition We 6nd many drsertcrs from the
democratic ranks who. from personal disap-
pointment or opposition to the national
views of the administration have gone over
to the enemy. They are the men who took
ground in the last session Of Congress against
the Pre,id ms Kansas policy. aud who have
united with the aboli tionists To resist the ex-
ten-ton of slavery. Thy are the men who
joined Steph a. Douglas IN the bitter war
which h. waged against the administration,
aud aided hin in excluding from the conied-
Grey a slave State which sought shelter from
civil strife within the sanctuary OF the Union.
We presume that no Southern man regards
these traitors a. worthy of their sympathy or
support; yet VIZ find Southern men of,ring
indulgence and forgiveness To the author OF
all this dissension. While the followers and
adh,rents of Stephen A. Douglas are Ia league
with. tn abolitionists in pennsy lvania hurting
fierce anathemas against the administration,
because OF it, gallant defence OF Southern
rgh.s, the very people for whose protection
the President lncurred Mr. Douglas displeas-
ure are encouraging hi;n in his lreachery aud
desertion. They would extend 20 him tree
pardon while he is yet impatient. and grant
him abs0lu ion for an offence which lac Il
constantly committing. TRe first voice heard
against the Lecompton consultation was that
Of Stephen A. Douglas. His was the first
hand raised 10 slifie the infant State which he
had nurtared into being. He was the hrsi IN
the democratic ranks To turn against the south
and offer his aid Tie Black Republicans ia
excluding a sisvr State from the Union. All
through The last session of Congress he tonight
in the trout rank Of the Republican cohorts,
and he listened to their congratulations and
drank in their applause with eager ears. lie
courted their favor by the bitterness OF his
assaults upon the South, be appealed TO their
prejadices against slavery, aud famed the
fame OF their fanaticism. He thought that
his new born zeal would win their affections
aud .cDteiliate their support, and be expectsa
To- receive Ihe reward Of his treaehery III Tue
n,..a al. s.l Vi tat party for the Senate. Dat