Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-05-18
WEDNESDAY MAY Is, 1859.
& point that Needs watching.n

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Under this caption the Union and american,
OF Yesterday, prints an article. in which 1t
ure.ends to believe that the Opposition do not
run Col. NETHERIAHD for Governor with any
expectation of electing him, but with a view
of swapping votes, whereby 1t Is hoped 10
beat ATKINS. AVERY and HAYNES, to re-elect
MAYNARD, and to carry the Legislature. 1t
saws that while HARRIS deserves the vote OF
every Democrat in the State and should have
it, yet he would himself repel with indigna-
ton any proposition to give him vote at the
expense of any other name on the ticket" 4
We call the attention of our friends to
these outgivings of the central organ, to i'm
press upon them that there is point and
meaning in them that "needs watching" May
il not be that this cry of 'trick," is designed
to conceal "trick." 1t looks suspicious, to
Fay the least. We speak not of motives but
what are the facts? The Union and American,
in the same issue, refers to the Democratic ma
iority in the State of twelve thousand" and
the "overw helming majority for HARRIS" 1t
considers the election of HARRIS as fixed be-
yond a doubt. and the inference is that HAIR
RIs can afford to lose portion of his former
vote in these Congressional Districts named,
and still run no risk of defeat.
In 1857 he outran the ticket in each of
those Districts. IL the first, HAYNES, his
majority was 65l, while that of WATKINS was
only I76, leaving margin of AS; in the
second, MAYNARD's, bis majority was $50,
while WALLACE was beaten 2O5, leaving a
margin of 535; in the ninth, ATKINS, his ma
iority was 597, while, that OF ATKINS was only
I29, leaving a margin OF 468; in the tenth,
AvERYs his majority was 562, while that OF
AVERY was 2y9, leaving a margin of 263. In
each Of these districts HARRIS carried a ma
iority in 1851 but in one, an opposition can
didate was elected to Congress, while the
others were much more closely contested
against the democratic candidates. Now, 1t
is very plain that the friends of HARRIS might
s,OapcC hi- entire majoritiesin those Districts,
according to the Union and americans view of
his over" helming strength, in favor of the
democratic candidates for Congress, and yet
run no risk of his own defeat. This is the
"pont that needs Watching in this business,
and we exhort our friends to look to it, and
to az pei with Indignation any proposition"
squirting, in the slightest degree, TO such a
result. We have confidence in carrying each
of the districts named. il the Americans and
Whigs-the combined opposition-in these
districts will do their duty. We pray our
friends TO look well to the movements of
their adversaries, who are ever ON the alert.
.ist.n IN no n...nnsifion or NJ an.
sort from that quarter; but keep steadily in
view the sacredness of your principles, and
vote them, without turning to the right or
the left.
As To the idea that NETHERIAND is run as
o makeweight for Congressional and Legsla-
tive candidates, tuere was probably never a
more absurd suggestion printed in the Union
and american notwithstanding the manifold
vagaries aud extravaganzas that paper is
given TO. We have hereafter shown, by an
analysis Of the different votes, that HARRIs's
majority OF 1871 in 1857, is not test of the
true strength of parties in Tennessee-th that
there were polled in that election less num-
Der, by SSH, votes than in the Presidential
election about nine months previously OF
this decrease, HATToN lost 6,371 from FILL
NoRE's vote, and Harris only 2,46O from
BUcHASAN's. We believe now that majority
of the people of Tennessee are opposed to
democratic rule and misrule. We confidently
believe that il the full vote of the State is
polled in August next, NETHERIAND will be
triumphant All we want is that our friends
will rally to the ballot-box, and vote the
entire Opposition ticket unscratched and IN
mutilated. So far as vote is the representa-
tive of a principle, We trust there is no mem
Der of our party who is reckless enough to
sspop his for that of Democrat In our
opinion one opposition vote, representing our
principle and aims, is worth dozen score of
democratic votes. We hope there wall be no
trading of this sort, and we do not believe
there will be, on the part of our friends