Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-03


pes 70 the tendsrest and strongest fselngs Of oar
nahrss
But vhat weight is such declaration entitled TO-
sgciiif made in language mose explicit. when bal
saead agsinst the recent speech Of their gseAE sas
btdimsnt, Mr BELs, in opposition to the friends q
cuba, which speech is now being DISTRIBUTES
throughout the State. A majority Of lhe county
meetings that sent delegates TO hs very CONVENTION
have nominated him asshsir champion for the Pres
ideucy. with fun knowledge Of his long settled
Opinions on the subject Of extending orr pesssss
sious In his recent speech, sfer having portrayed
hn he conceived to be she evils CT the tines ne is
known to have said:
eAt such tine, Iregard it as great public calam
iiv that such measure-a measure OF fresh agita>
ton aud excitement-is thrust before the country"
Il Eas in the same speech thathe says;
Il has been bat lately that the capacity Of our in
situations and our system Of Government 10 expand
itself remote distances, and still MAINTAIN the e4
Client exercise Of its authority has been decded and
msiatain that experience has already demonstrate
ed ihat the principle Of policy of expansion has
dlreodg bess carried 10 Che Htm5st limit Of 5gte,y aud
efficiency. What does experience teach 80 far as we
have had experience on The snhiectg venture TO
affirm, after examination Of the question, that
every irregularity, every corruption likely to grow
up in the eaFernment, If notIepressed and watched
and prevented, By the vigilance and energy 10 the
administrative head. been increased and multiplied
pretty much already in proportion 10 eur expan
sion. Tpis arises from the necessity of The ease.
Agsin when speaking Of the theory that this
government may be expanded ird-ftitely and exc
tened throughout the tropics, he sass:
The cOtraptble tendencies Of this Goverunent
already s'rong and powerful, il not jrTeslsbe,
in beating down all but the forms, the image of 9
fraaa trtiO ard M free Gs.vprnment
stand the vast accumulate ms those of causes,
whic have proved fatal heretofore TO all republics,
and which would inevitably attend the ranneIRtion
of these States. They ara 10 us forbidden fruit
Why SIR, poet erer abisd goddess Of Ibery ritiR
the tropics Nc dreamtg fheoFist placed rsDub
lie there. repeat again, they artto US forbidden
fruit and the primevai curse announced as the
penalty Of dso0edience viii surely fall upon us
free people, il We are guilty Of this great trans
erosion. "rhe day then We pluck that fruit We
die"
We would be glad TO extract more lengthily from
Mr.. BELL but must forbear at present. There is
another prominent name in lead of the Opposition
here, as elseWhere-Eon. WASHINGTON HUST, Of
New York-thAt figures With MIR. BELL's at the mast
head of sOpsOf their papers in Tennessee as thsir
choice for the Vice Presidency, ami who, also, has
made recent speech which we find at length in the
Bulletin Of Memphis. He announced in explicit
terms the old doctrine of hostility to the scquisis
iOn of territory, aud assures his Northern friends
thstthe same conservative men. who once adhered
to that policy are still to be found in the South BE
says:
Nor can We forget that Texas was annexed by
Northern Democrats dgaiHgs the able and strenuous
oPPositioH Of Southern Whigs- Tbs SAME ooEsEEyA-
TIVE MEN ARE STILL TO BIZ FoyEDN THE Souri,. They
want no sectional advantages; they claim exien-
sion Of slavery they ready as we to resist all
rash and dangerous schemes of territorial expan-
sion. In word, they faithful to the Union and
the Constitution, and ask for nothing but an honest
impartial and patriotic administration Of Ma
tiOnal Government. For one, am willing to act
with them for the common good, our fathers did
before u.s. and to stand by them in opposition to dis
unionist pTopogaRdss and extremists of every shade
wherever they may be found. Applause.
1t is onyin view ofthe known policy Of this party
in It's past history, and the declarations Of such men
of as Mr. BEIL and WASHINGTON Hunt, that we can
properly understand thevery quivocsllangusge that
"ths United States should accept the island Of Gu
ba, at any time when it be acquired consistently
with national honor" 1t forces to question their
sincerity and fairness. 1t carries the evidence Of
dishonest and improper tampering with the crsda-
lily and understanding Of the people.