Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-12-11
The Inauguration of COngress-.-Where
Rests the Responsibility!

The IuauguratIou of COngresS-.-Wher
Rests the Responsibility!
Up to the present hour of writing, we have no in
teIligence of the organization of the House. Under
the circumstances it Is likely to prove difficult of
accomplishment; but to all impartial national men,
the duty of Southern representatives must seem
plain. 1t must be admitted on all hands that the
great enemy to deal with is the Black Republican
party, which, though it has not the majority over
the Democrats and Southern Oppositionsts COM
bined is stronger than either separately. The Re
publican vote is ll3; the Democratic vote 50 /;
-Anti-Lecompton Democrats s. Southern OPpO-
sition %. Necessary to a choice ll9. The anti
LecomptOn Democrats, most of whom will vote
with the regular Democrats, will leave but lit
tie difference IN the strength of the two prin-
cipal parties in the struggle The issue therefore,
is whether the National Democracy, on the one
hand, and sectional Black Republicanism the
other with a handful of Southern Oppositonists,
powerless for every thing but to decide The issue.
thus made up, by throwing themselves upon the one
side or the other But this puts the responsibility
of the organization on the twenty three Southern
Americans. How they will act in the premises is
not yet fully known; how they should act adults of
little controversy They represent, in part. two
millions of population, against the peculiar nstitu
ton of which the Black Republicans engaged in
an "irrepresssble conflict" war on slavery to the
knife, and the knife to the hilt being their basis
idea. Can the representatives of such cOnstitu-
ency form a coalition with the champions of such
party? We trust not. What is their only alter
native, then-their duty? 1t is to choose promptly
between the two contending parties and end the
struggle, by voting for what they must admit-how-
ever dstasteful the Democracy may be to them-to
be the least fanatica most national and the safest
party of the two.
They have no right to delay the organization of
the House by obstnately refusing to choose between
the two leading candidates presented by the two great
parties. This is not case where an avowed neu-
trality can be justified This handful of ndi, iduas
cannot, with any justice. demand that the
much larger force of Democrats shall come to them;
nor can they upon any such prext relieve them
solves. They, like Others have a duty to perform
it is not to stand STILL but to 20 forward Upon no
principle tloentydree individuals ask
Or desire to be placed in control of public body
of t'0o hundred and hafy-ssUea. The two
parties before the House are the Black
Republicans and the Democrats. 1t is the duty of
the twenty-three Southern Opposition to throw their
for it. Any other policy would be
chld's play. and can only result in postponng de-
cislOn Of the question, thereby retarding important
public business increasing the expense and ferment
ing strife at a time when it is a high patriotic duty
with all good men to aid in putting down the dan
yerOus wrangle which Northern fanaticsm and ag-
erosion have brought upon the country.
THE DEMOCRACY OF KNOX CoUNTY.-The Democracy
f Knox, in their meeting on Monday, to appoint
delegates to the State Convention adopted series
Of most excellent resolutions, the publication of
which, in full, shall have to postpone until our
next paper Concerning State policy we find the
following expression of sound views. which we re
spectfully commend to the attention of the Legsia
.ure If the members of that body will only keep
in mind the great masses who live away from the
cities, they will be less liable to 90
wrong:
..Resored, That all bank notes, the issuance of
which the Legislature may authorize, should be Sc
cured by depOsiting with the Comptroller 'of the
Of protest; and that they should also be secured by
such individual liability the Legislature may pre-
scribe that such may be safe as the best
ndOrsed prOHissOry notes and that it is unsafe to
permit the parties issuing such notes to hold in their
ans the only fund TO meet them; and that all such
corporations should be required TO keep a suiicien-
y Of specie to guard against the dangers OF sus
pension"
The PRICE OF MULES IN KENTUcEY.-The Paris
Fdg published in Bourbon county gives the follow
ng report of a recent sale of mules in that county
The Flag says that mules bringing their full .
value while horses are rating low: