Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-28

tute nineteen tTentieths Of the northern people,
outside Of che Democratic ranks must always cen
troll the councils and direct the desiinies of any
party which has strength enough TO make sue
cessful struggle against the Democracy. The
/ Louisville Journal acknowledges this fact Advo-
eating the organization of this great Conservative
Opposition Of which the Patriot and 5aHaer speaf,
the Journal says;
'The North will have, as it always must aye from
IFS superior IRmbers, preponderatng voice ia the
councils of any truly national party l. need fear
noobsiruetGn in iohiciing Vengeance on il s peTfOas
representatives. None will more heartily rejoice in
! tho political death of Northern Lec0mpton dough
! faces than Sou bern Whigs None will unite more
cheerfully than they in bringing Kansas into the
| Union, and thus uHdong the wrongful, dishonoriDg
/ and insulting discrimination between free Aud
! slave State, made by the corrupt Democracy under
| the imperieas diclatioh CT Southern disuDionsts"
! Here We have at once the elements and the objects
/ of the organization. The Southern Opposition are
to unite with the Black Republicans in party in
which the latter shall have 'lhe prepOnderating
voice" They viii rejoice in the defeat of those
! Northern who voted with the South for the ad.
mission of a slave State. They acknowledge their
superiority il numbers anil win Of c9urse submit to
J their dicts!iOn AMI control.
But the Baaner nor affects great DISCUS at the idea
of uniting with the Black Republicans o form this
conservative Opposition which shall overthrow the
Democracy. The Bonner has only conceived
this disgust for its NOrthern allies since the present
canvass commenced. Last Fall il defended them
| from our assaults, and coatended that even HORACE
GREELEY was becoming sound and national. What
shall we expect from the rest of the Republicans
when GREELEY utters sentiments SO sound and ma
tiOnal as these?-Our contemporary inquired. 1t
endorsed the views of Ton CoRwIN and has never
retracted its endorsement although we have called
the Banners attention to the grossest abolition SEN
timsnts which he uttered in his last canvas for Con-
gress.
On oo'Ober 80th the Banner said:
"The UNION AND AxERIcAN of Thursday has an
article intended to show that the sentiments of the
Republican party do not accord with the opinions
Of the Southern people the subject of slavery If
we were prepared to admit the truth of this propo-
sition we might ask how much better is the Demo
cratic than the Republican party GA this ques-
J tiou?'"
October 31st it had the following:
'The democratic papers, says the Richmond Wig,
complain against the Southern Opposition on &C
count Of the latter rejoicing over the defeat Of the
! Democracy in the late elections at the North. Why
may not Southern men exult as earnestly over the
triumph of the Opposition at the North as over the
triumph of the Democracy there"
! Again in October the Ban7u said:
"Ye have no confidence in the Democratic party,
and go far as the slavery Interests are concerned,
would be perfectly Indifferent to the result of
contest between them and the Republican party"
| About the same time cur contemporary said:
awe can have no confidence in them, (the De>
mocracy) and cannot suppose any probable case in
which we would prefer the success CT the Northern
| Democrats to the success Of the Republicans"
Shortly after the delivery of Mr.. sEwAED's Ro-
chester speech, the Banner felt so much soliciude
for the integrity of the Black Republican party,
that it rejoiced it had no. taken position which
would have driven large number of its members
into the American ranks. We have seldom seen
such devotion exhibited to any party as The Banner
manifests for the Republicans in the following par
! sgraph
awe did not believe that Mr.. Sevard's speech
would be endorsed by the Republican party. We
are glad 10 see that were net mistaken Ii would
have driven q vast number Of Republicans into Che
American ranks had not the leading Republican pa
pers felt i: necessary to repudiate it"
Again the Banner vindicated the Black Republi.
cans from the charge of abotionism, and asserted
that they had never, since the passage of the Kansas
Nebraska Bill, commended for anything more than
submission of the Leoompton Constitution to the
people, thus establishing perfect correspondence
of opinion between the Black Republicans and it
SELF and removing all obstacles TO a union between
them and the friends of Mr.. Bell. In June the
Banner solicited such union in the following para
graph:
'The fate of the National Democracy is already
sealed. Black RePublcansm has not only taken
from them every inch of ground they occupied in
the North, but wouldn't be surprised if the next
Presidential election should expunge the very name
Of Democrat from the political map Of the country
There can be no doubt that the opposition will carry
the day triumphantly in 1860 and as The Kansas
question is an extinct issue, and occasion tn re
fore for further sgitaton the subject of slavery
why should not the friends Of retrenohment and
reform in every part of the Union zealously unite
with the Opposition, and aid them to give the bogus
Democracy 1910 over again"
Only few weeks ago our contemporary copied
with appreciation the speech Of Mr. Boris, Of Vir>
ginia, which contains this sentence:
"The Democratic party is now routed, its lines
broken, its forces scattered. VII the Republican
party unite nth IN forming pzfyiotic Holy Al
lance, far and honorable terms UOlriRg no sQcri
ee of principle to any party-tiGt may meet them
at VaerLOo IN 1860 and eIirpats them toreUer; or will
they pursue selfish policy, by which alone the
Democracy can collect and rally and conquer? A
whilst nothing else can"
Why then does the Banner put on so much iadig-
nation at being suspected of Joining an alliance
which it has solicited, and has been practically
formed between the Northern and Southern Opposi>
ton? Why should it seek to repudiste those whom
it just now so warmly defended, aud who are now
lsboring for the same object that the Banner and
the whole Southern Opposition are contributing to
accomplish? The necessities of the canvass in
Tennessee may create necessity for the disavOWal
of the fusion, but cannot permit the Banner or
its party to escape the Odium which attaches to
the
We propose to treat the slavery question: this sum
mer, after the spirit Of State Platform. It's az
itatoR is useless and miSchisVOus. Banner.
The BaHnsr-we judge from pretty careful read
ing-defnes ''agitation" as the efforts Of Southern
men to resist the abolonists. We don't see, there
fore, how it we'll help taking The position Of the
above extract. 1t would certainly be difficult, al
though perhaps not impossible, for heNorthern and
Southern wings of the Opposition to agree on the |
slavery question. lis agitation would, therefore, be
"mischievOus" to such fusion. No Democrat South
desires agitation. Bet if simple defence against
the unprOvoked attack of the enemy be called agi-
tating, then we may deserve the appellaicn. And