Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-09
sAFURDAV mORNINe. APaII. Q, 1859.
The EoII PARTY.

s The Bell Party.
The almost unanimous approval Of Mr.. BELLs
political course, by the Know Nothing county con.
ventiolsef this State, authorizes in tbs conclu-
sion that ne is at the leader Of his party and
the embodiment Of its principles. Whenever the
Opposition rulers have met together, his spirit has
been in che midst of them controlling their cOunses
and directing their deliberations They acoept his
teachings as the rule of their faith they endorse
eli his acts, they embrace all his opinions He
is, the POtrot assures u.s. s's Representatives man.
and leader Of the great sOnssrUatDe Deposition PARTY,
1Vhiehis prep airing to he control ofthe gousrn-
msHt csn he present Naturalization shall retire from
POpsr." HE supremacy-his absOlate dominion
ever his papty is openly acknowledged The men
who-have dared to differ from him must surrender
their opinions and submit to his control Cen ZoL-
LIcOfRRR and Col. READY are prescribed and repu-
dated. Their fidelity and fearIessness in defense of
the South rebellion against the great poenlate
of their party, and they must suffer the penalty
They have been faithful to the interests Of their
constituents faithful to the honor of their section
but they have been dsloyal to Mr.. BELL, and for
this sin there is no forgiveness. Has be not been
crowned King and made ruler over his peOplel
he who denies his right and dehes his author
ity must be punished traitor. What though
he would impose the yoke of sbolitiOnism ups
on the necks Of his subjects? They must sub,
nit without murmer. What though he chooses
to sacrifice their rights and interests to their enc
miesi They can have no rights Incompatible with
his pleasure. The men who disregard his wishes,
even though they do it in obedience to the voice Of
duty, must be OstFaeised, disgraced and banished
The Know Nothing Representatives from Tennes.
see in the last Congress- bas the courage and ntre
pidity resist the dcaion of the great autOora of
their party They had the nanliness to refuse sub
mission 10 his despotic will They refused to bstray
the interests and honor Of the South at his bidding
They would not go with HIN into the arms of the
Black Republicans. They would not tramPle upon
and defy the instructions of their State Legislature
though they had JOHN BgLLs example to sanotify
the act. They would not consent 10 humiliate the
South ct the feet of her enemies to advance his po
iticaI fortunes. They hsve thus incurred his dis
pleasure, and must now encounter lis vengeance
He has called his oounsellOrs araund him, aud they
sustain him in his opposition to the admission of
slave State. They end Jrse his treachery to the
South they spproVe his disobedience the instruO
tiOns Of his conttituens. They welcome him back
to their favor and Affection fresh from the embraces
Of the Black Republicans. He is declared to be the
"Representstive and the lea ier' of his psIty.
ZoLLIcoTFzR aud READY, and MAYNARD, and all
those who agree with them, must abandon their pO~
sition or abandon their party. They must acknowl5
edge the supremacy of Mr. BELL, and bow down
submissively the fOoI-stool of his power they
must 20 into perpetual exile. They must submit to
degradation, insult and ingratiude from their own
party or they must seek other affiliations. Who
ever has dared to think that ZOLLICoFFER, READY
and MAYsAkD did right in voting for the admission
of Kansas with the LeeOmpton constitution must
renounee that opinion, or he must renouncs his
allegiance to Mr.. BELL and his party.
E-en the PdtTiOf must silence the voice of its in
dignaut remonstrance and tamely subscribe to
doctrine which il once SO bitterly denounced If
Mr. Bell be the representative man of his party
and The Patriot asserts that he is then this is the
Odious nti-Kansas party which our contemporary
once SO -truthfuIly described. 1t is that party Of
which the PatriOt said ceight-tenths" Of the mem.
bers "Ell be Black Republicans and abolitionists,"
and in which, 'this element will be potential IN the
choice Of candidates and the construction Of plat
FORMS" 'Whoso allies himself to them" says the |
Patriot "must expect to support such men as Sew
ard and Fremont"
That JOIN BELL is such a man, We have the |
Patriots authority for believing. Our contemporary
in speaking of the movement in opposition to the
admission Of Kansas in which movement Mr.. Bell |
was prominent, used this emphatic language:
'The constitution which was formed by the peo-
pie of Kansas in convention at Lscompton, has been
duly submitted to Congress aud application is for \
mRlly made, for admission into the Union an
equal footing with the other States. The issue is
fairly snd squarely propouEded shall she be ad-
mittedI ana thereuPon comes the tug of war; n
= "For the quiet repose and substantial good of the
country we could have wished that this contest |
might have been avoided. But it is already clear
that there is strong, slpOwerful party in the Norb
deteFnined at every hazard to oppose the admission
of any more States into the Union tolerating
the institution of domestic slavery party, in.
deed blind to the demands Of justice and equality
that has made unto itself o law higher than the
Constitution, and that is prepared to let the Union
slide rather than permit another slave State TO en-
ter the confederacy. The object is unquestionably
to reduce the slayehoding States 10 hopeless mi,
nority in Congress, and 80 bring them TO absolute
dependence upon the cspricOus will of a hostile
msjority-to make one portion of equal co-sOv-
ereign federation Of States, mere province 10 be
held ID subsection TO the other portion. Who de-
MES these facts has read the history Of slavery az,
itaon to little purpose and that Of the Black Re-
publican party to Ruoh less then becomes question
with sincere and patriotic mea everywhere, whether
such Estate OF affairs shoudb be permitted whether the
great fundamental principle OF liberty and equality
upon which the Republic rests shall be 80 under.
mined and broken and especially does it become
grave question lcethsr The South UW submit 10 a. The
rejection Of Kansas, although you'd ooEsEmmGte
the AIM sooUlG Be such stsp that direction aOOuld
make otheseaGy and inert 10 Rsritdbis Hhderer may
Be said % tie contrary, The gTduagea ofs objection 10
NE adaissiea Of Kansas IS, hdtfhe Black Republican
lid nat hare the formation Of s constitution and thu
he ore aolc presented iOlerdtss and protects sdpy
THERE rs NOT A VOICE IN ALL THE OPPOSITION,
WEIGH Would BIZ RAISED AGAINST tbs coSsTTTUT TON r
= 1T PROHIBITED SLAVERY AND HAD THE BLACK RES 4
'UBLIcAss COULD HAVE GLTDrD INTO UEbIsPUTED "
oWER UNDER ITS OPERATION N
Surely Mr.. SEwAAD and Mr.. FREMoST could fas {
10 measure more injurious and unjust to the :