Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-05
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL ), 1859.


The Opposition in their late convention in this
city, pledged themselves 10 use their "earnesl exer
tons and united influence to overthrow the Demo-
cratic party, and restore the Administration Of the
Government to to its original purity. The question
naturally comes up for solution, in connection with
this declaration why they Wish TO overthrow the
Democracy The interests Of the South have been
preserved under Democratic ADMINISTRATIONS the
property Of our people protected, and their rights
sclupulOusly maintained. There lisa powerful party
ct the North eagerly striving to obtain control Of
the government. Itsprinciples and purposes are all
hostile to the South aud ats institutions It was or
ganized on the single idea of opposition to slavery
and has been steadily pursuing that idea since
If the Opposition of Tennessee should be successful
in their attempts TO overthrow the Democracy, if
their cherished desire should be fulfilled and the
government transferred from the party which now
controls it, to whose hands would they commit it Z
Surely The Know NOthings of this State, and of the
Southern States, do not hope thst they alone can
accomplish the defeat Of the Democratic party
They do not not expect that their unassisted and
unaided efforts bring about the Wished-fOr
change in the administration of the government
We are convinced that they not weak enough to
indulge any such hopes or expectations. They
must look to the great opposition party of the North
for aid in efeetiDg the purposes set forth in their
plItfOrm. Thcy do unqusstiOnsbly expect the CO.
operation Of the Black Republicans in conquering
the Democracy, and will share with them The admin
istratiOn of the government.
OF course if they can weaken the Democracy in
the South, they contribute SO much to the compar-
alive strength of their Northern allies and increase
the probability of their coming into power. Hence
this Southern Opposition organization. Hence do
we see JoHS BELL the friend and faVorie of the sb.
Olitonists, urging his followers to renewed efforts
to obtain the aseendenoy in Tennegsee. When he
comes to form coalition with the Black Rspubli-
cans in the next Presidential CANVASS he wishes to
be able to transfer 10 them some available strength
He desires to have his State TO offer them as an in
ducement for his nomination and their support.
If the Opposition should succeed in Tennessee in
the present canvass there would be an increased
disposition on the part of GREELEY and his follow
srs, 10 sWard to Mr. BELL the nomination for the
Presidency. He could give them State and would
render their success almost certain. His election
would give them IS complete control of the gov
eminent, as the election of WIN H. SEWARD, and
their leaders have already indicated the utmost
hdeuee in his pliancy and subserviency to their
wishes. They have expressed that confidence again
and again Mr. BURLIsGAME Of Massachusetts,,
the man who proclaimed that he wanted an
Anti-Slavery constitution, Anti-SlsYery BIZ
bic, and an Anti-Savsry God" uttered the
floor of the American Congress, his admra-
ton for Messrs. BELL, CR1TTEsDEN, GIlMER, Hun
PHREY MARSHALL, ard other Southern opponents Of
the LecOmptOn constitution. TRUMAN SMITH, HoR-
I'm. nd
abolitionists of New York, addressed q letter TO
Mr.. BELL, in conjunction with Mr.. CRIEEKDRE, in
viling them to parlake of public dinner, in which
they said:
'The undersigned, have contemplated through
years with profound and increasing admiration your
eminently patriotic statesmanike andtruy National
course in the councils of common country, sig
nsIized by devotion TO the institutions, not Of
section merely, but of our whole Union, and espe-
cially in late critical and dangerous emergency,
in which perilous agitation has been Gained, and
Q possibility of civil war arrested, In q good part,
through your wisdom, justice and moderation"
1t appears that these gentlemen (GRBELEY BROoKs
RAYMOND, co., representing the feelings and sen
tments of every portion of the anti-slavery party,
"haVs contemplated through years, 'oA profound and
iaeTsasing admiration, the 'ennenty patriotic states
anLike and truly national course of Mr. BELL an the
late critical and dangerous emergency" tO.wit the
admission Of slave State into the Union, in ops
posing which measure the Black Republican broth
erhood think Mr. Bell exhibited his "WisdOm, JUS
tioe and moderation"
To these aattering testimonials Of esteem, Mr.
BELL replied in equally complimentary as fOlN
lows:
Among the names subscribed to the invitation l
recognise many familiar to the whole country, as
eminent in the various walks of lfe-sOme who have
been distinguished in the public service, others Who
have giVeu and direction 10 opinion, and Oihs
ere STILL who have but recently stood in cOmpars~ |
lively political Sntagonism !
When these various shades of opinion are thus |
blended together, and aotuated by common i'm |
pulse in aiming at common object, it argues well
for the success Of the cause with which they are |
identified In the present posture Of Pabtic AFFAIRS no
assuTGHee suspicious, than that such should
unite, animated By the same patriotic tRspratiOn, and
acf to0theT for that great end by CG the country may
be redeemed from The rule of uItraiSm the
of party may be restrained; stag1ant commerce
may be revived, and suffering industry protected
Mr. BILL rejoices in the union Of such men as
GREELEY, DRAPIER, BROOKS, and TRUMAN Smith,
to redeem "lhe country from the rule of Iltrdism
What sort Of ultraism? Not sbolitionisn for the
signsrs of the invitation it's authors and pro-
moters It is the ultrasm of the Democratic party,
then, as displayed in the passage Of the Kansas-
Nebraska Bill and the LecOmptOn Constitution both
of which measures Mr.. BELL united with his
correspondents in opposing. These are the abuses
that render it necessary for the Opposition of the
South to unite with the Opposition of the North to
overthrow the Democracy.
The object svoWed in Mr.. BEsL's letter, and which
the Opposition Of this State earnestly sriV-
ing to carry out is still more fully developed in the
columns Of it's organs and the speeches of its lead
ers. We quote from the Louisville Journal, the
most influential Opposition newspaper 10 the South,
. clesr and explicit avowal of the policy Of driving
The Democratic party from power because the
South exercises q prepOnderating influence in that
party.
s.OPPosITIoN UNIoN.-The corrupt Democracy sits
ike mighty neumbus upon the national body poll