Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-07-17

The Opposition campaign paper Of the Know Moth
ings declares that g the Opposition Executive Com
mi,tee" believe 1.-THE opFositionl will elect their
candidate for Governor, sevtn or eight members.of
Congress, and msjorities in both Houses Of the Lee
gslature."
We have had too much experience with the pre-
detions in advsnce of elections by our opponents,
aud the failure of zach predictions, 90 permit
selves to become much alarmed at anything they
may claim. The foregoing prediction will no doubt
strike most of the Opposition, even extraVagsnt.
"seven or eight members to Congress In the
Sixth District there is no Opposition Candidid-
ate, and in the Seventh the election Of JoHN V.
WRIGHT is conceded. They believe they will
elect seven or eight" of the other eight members
That is, that HAYNES viii be beaten in the First
District RAMSEY in the Second District; SMITH
in the Third SAVAGE in the Fourth; READY in
the Fifth; and MEKEEs in the Eighth; ATKINS
in the ninth and Away in The Tenth. The 0ppO-
sitOn Executive Committee believe all this, On the
reeeipt of "the most satisfactory and cheering in
telligance." The same Committee believe that HAIR
RIs will be defeated; and that the Opposition will
make net gain, ever any possible losses of eleven
Senators and nine Representatives in the Legisla-
ture.
While we DO not believe this while our own in
telligeDee leads US to expect triumphant Demo-
cratic victory every part of the coming field We
think it our duty to warn our Democratic friends
that the Opposition are leaving art effort un-
tried to carry the State We refer to these efforts
and these confident predictions by way of warning
to our Democratic friends, whO We know, in some
counties, relying upon apparently impregnable ma
jorites have improved the opportunity for "free
fights" ameng themselves, or, what may prove as
disastrous, ere securely sleeping upon such majori
tiss We oughtto defeat every Opposition candidate
for Congress. If that party elects more than Of
its candidates, it Will be- not because they have the
strength to do it, but because the Democracy do not
vote. We ought to elect fifteen Senators. We OW
do So # the districts are not neglected or thrown
away. We ought to elect fOry-four Representatives.
We piH elect that number, if Hawkins, MOaroe,
MeMinn, DeKalb, Giles, Hardin, Lawrence, Hay
wood and Fayette do what they can do. To the
extent that the Democracy Of these counties permit
themselves TO be overrescbed outTorked by the
Opposition, to that extent will majority in the
House be reduced. We ought to give Gov. HARRIS
fifteen thousand majority. We can do SO, if, from
this time out every true Democrat puts his shoulder
to the wheel and works with a will
We tell cur friends frankly that the enemies Of
the Democracy are at work as we have never seen
them work before, and that they must be met by the
united energy and effort Of the whole Democratic
party. This is all that is necessary for our victory
in 1859 to eclipse that of 1857. Without it, while
we may not and probably viii not have to mourn
actual defeat, we will have TO acknowledge mOrtfy
ing losses