Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-08
orr.ns...lon Of the HOUSE.

We republish from the Cincinnati Gdzefle
An article n relation to the organization OF
the House Of Representatives. As republic
can view of the question, and of the proba-
bilties of the success of the party, it is inter-
testing. Heretofore the Guznte has shown
something of desire 10 propitiate the South
sern Opposition, evidently desiring co-opera-
tion with them with view to the Presiden-
tial contest. In this article, however, 1t casts
aside the Southern Opposition as party
s.wishout,a a future :, and looks to republican
Ism alone. This is all well enough, for unless
the republicans are willing to abandon
fheir sectional doctrines for a conservative.
national platform, they have nothing to ex-
Apect from Southern men, it being impossible
for the latter to unite with them upon any
basis which does not preclude hostility to the
rights of our section.
The Gazette presents the prospects of the re-
publcans in their best light; and we may
add, 1t does seem reasonable that they should,
under the circumstances, be able to organize
the House. The republicans have, most as
surediy, claims upon those anti-Lecompton
democrats who were elected by republican
votes, and we shall not be surprised to see
enough Of them acknowledge the business Of
those claims TO secure the election Of repub-
lican Speaker.
What will be the course of the Southern
Opposition members. we cannot ray. They
cannot vote for Republican; neither can
they support a Democrat. Both the Repub-
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for the evils which now affiict the country.
growing out of their agitation Of slavery
issues, aud it is against the policy OF the
Southern Opposition to place power in the
hands of representatives Of either party. 1t
NAV. in reply, be said that if the Democratic
party be sectional, it is only so as antagonis-
tic to republicanism, and, so far as that If
concerned, ought to be regarded with favor
by Southern men. Granting for the present
the full force OF this argument, still there is
something more necessary to justify Southern
Oppositi9n members in voting for Demo
cratic candidate for Speaker. The Demo-
-cracy and the Southern Opposition together
have not sufficient strength to organize the
House. A union of these opposite elements,
therefore, would be without avail in defeat
ing the Republicans They might, by taking
into their combination, the Douglas, anti
Lecompton Democrats, command majority.
But would a combination with DOUGLAS
Democrats be any better than combination
with Republicans? We have Democratic
authority for saying that the DOUGLAS here
sies are trorse than Republicanism; at the
least, that they are but 'short cut to all the
ends of Republicanism." This, then, is
feast to which not even Democrats would
Invite Southern Opposition members Surely
not. What, under the circumstances, are
the Southern Opposition members to dol AS
conservative, national men. they can best
sustain their principles, and serve the coun-
try, by nominating candidate of their own,
a sound, discreet statesman, and inviting
all who desire the overthrow OF sectionalism
to unite upon and elect him. This, in our
Judgment, is what they ought to do.