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

To this gentleman has been ewsrded The honor
which two years ago vas given to Col nArroa
IN 1856 to Col GEsTRT; in 1858 to Maj IaExnT-
Of being the candidate Of his party. and rsthiBg
more. Il is doubtful compliment; but to gen
tleIran shO started in pubs life with such earnest
aspirations, and who has bern 50 long consigned to
the ro.iraey ofa ltEyers cfhee. anything may here
garded preferable TO ssignsl ie case
Il is probabIe that Col NErnEBLAsD was the osly
prominent meaber Of his party snbfioas Of such
questionable distinction Sure it is has he bad no.
many rivals for Che nomination. TIE general nn-
derstandiDg is that it vas one Of those rare in
stancss in the history Of KuoE Nothipgsm Where he
nomination was in pursuit Of maa.
Col NETHERL4HD has the character Of being an
estimsble gentleman, good lawyer and popular
dsclsimer. Nomsn in the State has more chsssacter
for coed anecdotes. The canvass between him
self and his Democratic competitor win, We doubt
not, be agreeable and entertaining to the public,
and highly oreditsble To Themselves
aOfMr NETHERLANDS s,sresmausSip we know but
little he has Been more than once on the electoral
ticket Of his party, andhas been twice member of
the Legislature where he vas known The peculiar
advocate Of Bank chrrfers upon the most liberal ba
sis, and the especial fieud Of private corporations
unresirainei BY penalties or fOrfeiur,s He Is ia
this respect candidate par e1esl1eaee Of his par
and brought forward at time coDgeLiai ia his
tastes. He viii % btf5re the st4is The rerresen
atve these privileged 81 sses aod their interests
while his competitor, as ihe champion of Demcera-
CT, viii defend aad maintain he ri Ehs and interests
Of the people as raram- ant 10 all her eoosidera-
tioas.
In another aspect We are particularly grati6ed at
the nomination OF Col NETHERLAKD. He oas one
Of e gsttsrs up Of that infamous aPportionmen Of 1851,
By whieA large proportion VI the people Of Tennessee
tosrs 5asey jeremdnder.ds Of their sovereignty o, the
meaaest Of party ends Col. NETHsRLASD was then IN
the Legislature he representatives, Of Democratic
eOnstiiaency-a people who had hOnortd him with
their trust from personal considerations purely, and
instead Of representing that cOn6deaee he unwor-
thily abused it, IN that Unfair spporionment bill
! Of which he was the sdyocate-unfIir and partizan
in AL Of its provisions-the floating district Of
his own county Of Hawkins and Green, Hancock
and Jefferson, was made for partizan purposes
Jefferson was put in Senatorial district of 8, 497,
she had surplus Of 278, which, added to the
5,499 only made 5,775, equal 10 the Sena orial
ratio. By this superintendent, in both the Senator
rial and floating district Washington county, with
surplus of 800 placed in Senatorial district
! Of 6.ll5. and her surplus where provided for,
| although greater than Jefferson; while Jefferson
is twice provided for merely, because her oppO-
| siiiOn votes we're needed. Mr. NETHERLAND was not
willing to stop here. The good old Democratic county
which he represented in the Congressional dis,
trict then represented BY ASDREw JOHNSON. By
means most disereditable, the district was jere-
wandered as to give it decided majority of the
! Opposition vote with TIE view of making room,
was then understood, fr Mr., NetherlaRd himself,
who had just been deia ttS6 in his aspirations for
the United States Senate. ant which was described
at the time so graphicahy BY the Prereut oppOsi>
ton nominee for Congress in II at district Col Thos
A R. Nelson. also sspraht for the Senate in his
memorable Epic, which attained such celebrity al
the time, entitled 'KIxG CAUcUs--A VISION JUDO
MEET:"