Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-11
rauuts Of The southern Superstition.

One Of our city contemporaries taunts the l'cmoa-
cary tbst thcv have only been able to carry one
on.sayebol5ipg state in the fall elections CaGlor-
MIA Without stopping to review the late elections.
we may ask our nciglhor what Northern State he
will admit that his party has carried! We at least
have a parfy which we are not ashamed to own IN
all the Northern States. But in wtat state Norm
docs the Know-NOibing party even run state
ticket of It's own:
A Dragging fellow was one day ooasuhg 'hal "'
and his neirhbor Brown owned more milk cows 'ah
any other two men in the county It was a TACT.
for Squire BRowN owned hundred COWS anu ms
neighbor owned ten. They in the South VINO 'aLA
of Opposition Inajoritiss North should recoiiecl
that the relative proportions of Abolition ana
Know-Nothing strength which mako these maJorS
Ties are hardly ten know-Nothings to a hTndred
Abolitionsts And yet if these kuow->othins5
,ror,d rur ticket Of their owR, the Democracy.
IN several of the Northern States. could beat rhe
.Abojtionists.
The Know Nothing party-Americ7n. as it 10 some
times called-exists in the city Of Baltimore only.
MARYLAND is redeemed from its thraldom. In Its
distinctive feature as understood by lis oriEinators'
.,f Americans ruling Amcries," Know noihingism
.,,;sts only in Baltimore IN most cf the Northern
States it has entirely amalgamated with Aooli'lon-
ism in the South ii pretends TO no ioolnoia. ~
have weak opposition among as Nllcn "O",,'
the De mocracy constantly without hurting II at an
which @ xcusas Northern Aboiuonlsm by aSs,E'liis
that the repeal OF the Missouri COMPROMISE ny liie
South is the cause of agitation and ula'' pQ' Lo'
such repeal everything would be que'' WHICH IA
hepsfyuy waiting. like WILKINS MlCAwBER. Tor some
thing 90 turn up and which has vague ana lnueL-
mite ideas Of some sort OF national party IN WHICH,
without furnishing much of the capital the SOUTH
rn Opposition shall have much Of the proht ana inc
spoils. They are praying to be taken INTO gfeal
national Opposition party. They Lave no capital
but think thev can give an ''Cdor OF nationality TO
4 marty which they well know, 20 be successful
must comprise the entire Abolition party OF the
North. We have heard of bawdy-house keepers
ambitious 70 get into respectable neghborhoods' ana
willing to pay high rents for such locations. 10
such feeling. the southern Opposition might some
wears since have appealed. in urging "A union OF all
GOOD mem C. of the Northern and southern OPP
pogents Of Democracy. and inst toad Of voters, have
consented to put their responsibility into the con
.ceru as their share of the capital stock Bnt that
day spassed. The Northern Republicans believe
themselves 70 be as respectable as the Southern
Opposition, end viii yield nothing of the practices
they have fs"nd so profitable, Tor the sake Of get
ting into ncighbCrlood with them.
II is Of little consequence to the Democracy what
course the Southern ,OppositicnT may pursue
They may regret to sec them pursue factous
course land Gley do regret TO see them paLLat
ing Abolition enor1uities by a,,riButing them -
.,causeiess agitation and 1.-THE repeal 81 the Mis-
souri, Compromise The Democracy have govern
ed the country fourfths Of the time since the or
SANITATION Of the Government, and always when 1t
5,as been well governed. They viii save it, in the
Essxt election from AbOlnionism. OF; what would Le
quite as bad, from fusion