Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-23

THE OPPOSITION.

Responses of Southern Know Nothings TO
Abolition Overtures for a Union
of the ssOppOsitiOn."
We have seen how kindly Mr.. BELL, the " Lead
er and Representative man" Of the Opposition in
Tennessee, received the overturss from the Aboli>
tionists, to bring about union Of anti Lecompton
men. Let us see how his party organs at the South
respond to the proposition.
ANsoE BURLINGAME, in a continuation of the
speech from which quoted yesterday, speaks of
the opposition TO the Lecompton Constitution as fol-
lows:
against tie Standardization and hare together here
but y the spontaneous convictions Of our own honest minds
trust thai this nad De OF 1sat may happen IN tie
Let time and chance deseTnire."
They have all cause of against the Kansas set
Element and against the AdministratOn-they have
come together a lait-he trusts that it may be an
omen of what may happen in the Juture-whieh is
not for him 10 prophecy-let time and chance dster>
mine. What an afTectonate and frsternizing spirit!
WhereupOn the Louisville J0lsnal Immediately e1-
claimed:
1--WE taken the Montgomery Critten
den bill, 6ytAe anti Lsoooa section e Congress, THE IN
DOUBTED GERE or GREAT NATIONAL PARTY"
Having found - the germ" OF a new party, the
Journal proceeds to Organze it. We ask the readers
attention to tho following paragraphs frcm the Jour
nal published at various times during tie last few
months, but all tending to the came object. The
first paragraph asserts the necessity Of driving the
Democratic party from power, because the South
crcises predOminating influence in that party.
OPPOSITION UNoSThe corrupt Democracy sits ike mighty
incubus upon body polite Corruption section
alism sweed its huge bpk, that casting
only Of the extreme difficulty of organizing all the
opposing strength saeh IS great neces-
himself the task Held together only by the cohesive power
Of public punder and submitted as is 70 tie guidance %
Southern DisHiORist tie f7y haDe di>ficics
policy bat thar Of secfionasiRg the great decisions
mate ain Of disGaoa On tie STAGE ss National proseya-
ton, say nothing Il the necessity for stopping eorrpti i'm.
ques national EFFORT but done stripped of its
patronage the great Of its strength thereafter
easily kept in proper subsection.
The passage which we have italicised, plainly
means if it means anything, that the Democratic
party is composed chiefly Of southern men, and is
consequently disposed to yield too much to southern
sentiment Here is organ in aslaVeholding State,
calling on its followers to make upon the party
in power because it is controlled by southern infu
ence and is too friendly 20 southern interests. Now
what is to be the policy of the new party? The
South controls The Democratic party says the Jour
control the new organization? TheJournal tells us
tWhy cannot the North trust that party? Tie NORTH ar
haze, must ARRAYS hare from ts superior numbers,
PTsPOHderatiag Eolce IN tie c0aes Of any truly n1fioH
party 1t need fear obstruction IN iHFicHg gRgeaRce
@i5s 81 fSs TliIi GtI Of EoIfG@y, Leco1Ia 5o,5E
NOS nan N9,f5r1 W. So1e 7rg mn ,qstt gesVy
thda they in bringing Kansas into the LjioH ad Mus
6ef,reea free SlaCs State. made 6y tie corrupt
Democracy ader ' tneriouS dictato@ Of southern die
Here the Journal openly declares that the North
must control the policy of the party. 1t cannot
brook Southern dancy, but is willing to sub.
nit to Northern dictatiOn 1t also assumes to pledge
the Wings of the south to the same saysh and dis
honorable sentiments. 1t promises that Southern
Wings will unite with the Black Republicans to bring
Kansas into the Union as free State, that Southern
Wings will rejoice in the defeat of Northern La-
compton doggltacss" and will interpose no obstpcle
to the vengeance which the aboltionists are going
to infict upon them;-for WHAT For unfolding the
equality Of the South, for protecting our rights, for
guarding our institutions from being trampled under
foot by the abolition fanatics Of the North. The
Louisville Journal denounces those Nort7ern men,
those patriotic representatives who forward TO
sustain aad defend the South in the last Congress,
who voted the whole body Of Southern represen-
tatives voted, who opposed the Black Republicans,
and signifed their willingness TO admit slave State
iuo the Union-the Journal Gals these Il IN dough,
faces and says that Southern Wings will rejoice to
them made the victims Of Black Republican VEN
gesnee.
The Know Nothings are urged by the journal to
war upon the Democratic party because it is too
much controlled by southern influence and to unite
with party in which the ''north will have the pre-
ponderating voice" The writer is kseply alive 10
the insults and dishoHor which have been inflicted on
the free States, by the ''eorrapt Democracy and
On leavors to stir them up sense Of their wrongs
He has no word of rebuke for the Northern aeita.
tors who daily heap insult and dishonor upon the
South. See how the Journal speaks of them:
GTho Republican party body knaves and fanatics
OF fools. The bulk Of its personally
part who until the epoch Of the repeal
tenders Of the constitutional rights Of the south"
He reminds them, of their inability to overthrow
the Democracy without help.
"TAs Republicans lack strength accomplish their
aims through tie o07tr00 Of tie DeDocr1cy They also
quire aid from without their organization"
He addresses them in terms of earnest aud aTec-
tiOnate persuasion aud urges them to union which
will enable them "to accomplish their aims"
ave summon them, the country them oonserva
patriots aid in feasible attempt to
StutOns van6a hands Of the democracy and restore
founders and earliest administrators The Of
within them enjon this noble endeayor. And
dsobey Injunction without calling down deuc
heads. We do not dOJr OUrSCC6s
assRf dOa5s their tizaSy aud graceful Obedience"
The Journal feels great sol.citude lest the abOlN
tionists should ''can down destruction upon their
heads" He is interested in their preservation and
he is in fact of themselves and has
right to expect "their timely aud graceful obedi
snce" to his wishes. Already have the Opposition
It the South fallen into line ready to be driven off