Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-09-18
HFr. FselE ana his defenders.

Mr.. Bell and his Defenders
Lord PArnzRsroS has recently described the Pope
as sitting on bayonets, and finding his position
there much more exalted than eommodicus. Sitting
on Two stools is another rather uncomfortable dis
position Of ones corpoTe i frame, and We fear the
honorable sx-Senstor Of Tennessee is already suffer
ing more thar his best friends find it decorOus to
publish from TIE nature Of bis seat. For not only
do tue Two articles Of cabinet-Esre refuse to rake
q st bot they are forever in ill-eoncerLcd motion.
Sometimes the Northern stool will rise too high and
exhibit him to view in state Of unstable equilib-
rum painful for his Southern friends to contem-
plaie and then ne viii be tumbled suddenly to the
Southern stool Astonishing his Northern friends
With his new position. Sometimes, sgsin, the two
will suddenly spring SO widely apart as to risk
dangerous fall from both, and sometimes, sgsin,
they viii come together with such unexpected rapid
iy TO psinfully compress the ssssile portions of
the aastOmy Ia all his troubles his faithful friends
Of the Bonner to his aid, SUSTAIN the tot
teriRg equilibrium steadying the refractory seats,
supplying emollients to The Commissions and plasters
10 the lacsrated-feelings.
At present the Northern stool has sprung go wide
ly apart, while the ex-senator was but very partial
ly supported by the Southern ore, that loss of
equilibrium was threatened and the BGnner hast
ems to drag him to q safer seat upon his Southern
supports, while the Patriot sings syrea strains to
the Northern Republicans to induce them to re-
place the missing prop and SO restore the appliances
fer safer sitting.
would appear that ct the Jubilee, held st Memphis
by the Opposition party SITTER the State election, Mr.
BELL was induced 10 make q speech, wherein he en-
deaVOred to clear his skirts of the charge of Northern
Alliances aud to show clean papers to his Southern
suppOrtsrs; ia doing this the Black Republicans
had 70 be repudated with more or less indignation,
(Whethsr more or less We can't say, as the Enquirer
Of that city says that his own report is not to be
lied upOn,) and Mr.. D. established TO every ones
satisfaction q good Southern man.
So far IS Memphis was concerned, the speech ap-
pears TO have been quite successful, but unfOrtu-
nstsly Southern newspapers travel northwsrds
sometimes, and Republican paper in New York
1.-THE AdVsrtisr,J receives the news with tears of
modification a thsingratitude of its Southern pro-
tegee. The Republican party called sectional or
gsnirAtion, indeed, and by JoHN BILL above G men,
ct Ia. Brute; this the uBkiBdest cut of all he
who was ever courteous, gressve who always
spoke Of the Republicans with toftsning meal in his
msuh never calling them black intim ating that The
devil himself is not black as he is painted; Why
then Black Republicans? but now here be is calling
hard names. and speaking of the great National Re-
publican party section, a sectional organization
On, Indeed! IN get Of Of that Northern stool aud
try how the Southern one will balance without it.
This is a very serious emergency, and the Banner
comes hastily to tho rescue. Its task is rather en-
bsr assirg, hoWevsr-he has to prop up the South
ern stool with three Of bis strongest columns, and
tae time if possible prevent the entire Sc
cesSion Of The Northern. First he has little soft
sswder fer the R peblicars. Mr.. BELL was not dis
courteous; he did not call names; he is very civil
spoken gentleman, and the Eng 4irr Acknowledges
that be is not very accurate in reporting language
the New York paper is requested to believe that
spoke in the most courteous terms of his Northern
frieuds Bat then sl his apologize talk is net 60
ing to help the Southern st ol 50 that the Banner
has to avOW that the Republican party was called
sectional, that il is sectional, and can never be
any hing else Good bye, Northern STOOL then
No 50. we win try again, the Northern tendency
Of Nc. BELLS previous career is particularly plead
ed in eZsnuatior; be INDICATED the presentation Of
abolition petitions opposed defensive organization,
in the South, opposed the Kansss-Nebrssks Bill,
Vindicstei the conservatism of Freesoilers against
Messrs WEB,TER and FILLMORE, and opposed the
Lecompt'n Constitution in short, has taken the
Northern side on every question which has divided
Northern and Southern statesmen, smooth then
thy rufi,d plumes, OH Adcsrtiser, what better
Northern principles would you Wsnt in a Southern
man?
Alas, We fear that the Republicans hereafter will
refuse to hear the voice of the charmer, charm be
never so wisely, and Mr.. BELL will learn from ex-
Psrience the impossibilty of serving two masters,
meantime the quarrel is exclusively in the 0pposi-
tiOn family, and calls for no intervention of ours
We think with Sir LUCrUs O'TBTeGER, that ait is
very pretty quarrel as it st ,nis." We can only wish
the Hon Ex-senator pleassUtsr seat, and Is his
chances pretty thoroughly destroyed ef exchang-
ing it for the inviting cushions of the Presidential
chair, we commend him 10 the soft mud Of polhi-
csl oblivion into which he must rapidly subside, for
stool is gone already and the other has scarcely
q leg to stand on.