Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-04-21
THURSDAY, APRIL 81, 1859.
The Campaign--A few words 10 our
Eriends.

Our weekly paper OF To-Day 4 date carTlcb
TO our readers in all parts of the State, the
announcement of the full list of appointments
agreed upon by the opposing candidates for
Governor The people familiar with the
powers of Gov. HARRIS, who is recognized as
an honorable gentleman and as forensic
gladiator Of great adrOitness and impressive
ness by all parties. To our mind he has few
If any superior in the ranks of his party, and
that he will make more effective canvass
than any other man that his party could have
placed in the field, we think admits of no
dispute. He has undoubtedly advantages in
the contest-noti in principle and party tenets,
but in the fact that he has can assed the State
under the most favorable auspices to him.
self, in both the campaigns of 1856 and 1857.
In the first as elector for the State at large
Inc was the champion of the party which was
universally strong, and, as il eventuated was
successful in the South. In the next he was
opposed by party dispirited and apathetic,
which all the efforts Of bis able competitor
failed TO overcome. In the last he was elect
ed by nominal majority of more than eleven
thousand votes. Added to these circnm-
Se@AStH ht was lOI DN
the unanimous voice of his party and will un-
qnestonably be supported by his party
friends with energy and zeal. He enters this
struggle, therefore, with uncommon personal
advantages, and the Opposition may rest
assured that he will make the very best use
of them.
On the other hand. the Opposition have
i.raxlf in n =.
ability aud high moral worth are unquestion-
ed by all parties. His advantages lie in the
innate strength of a noble, just, and patriotic
cause, and in the innate weakness of chat of
the Democracy. Since the elections of 1861
the exposures that have been made of the di-
verse opinions of the Democrats party in a
national point of view--the signal failure Of
the Administration to satisfy either friends or
foes in its leading measures-the startling dis
closures of fraud and corruption in the Fed
eral treasury, and the unparalleled and I'M
necessary extravaganza in the use of the peo-
pies moncy-the radical and destructive state
policy proposed to be inaugurated altogether
will involve Gov. HARRIS in a sea of trouble
and difficulty which he will find il impossible
to evade, or palliate to the satisfaction of the
people These difficulties, Gov. HARRIS has
never met in their full force before. Col.
NETnERLAND will use them with power. di-
rectDess. and clearness that will utterly
Guy all the skill and ingenuity of Gov.
HARRIS. We will not strive to create expec-
-tations Of our candidate that may not be real
lied. But we are prepared to say that he
will do his whole duty He will leave nothing
undone which may be required of the elevat-
cd statesman or the pure patriot for the good
and glory of the country. He has his advan-
tages, and Gov. HARRIS has his, to which we
have referred above. -....
Thus stands the matter with the candidates;
, but there is great work TO be done by the |
friends Of Col. NETHERLAND. Flushed with |
repeated victories and clearly apprehending |
the dangers that now encompass them. the |
Democracy will do their utmost to carry the |
5 ate This devolves a correlative duty on
the M mbers of the Opposition. We now, at
the outset, state ii as our conviction that with
thorough organization, united effort, and
b. bringing out the full vote of the State
NErHERI-AND will be elected Governor of
Teneessec-and we are equally confident
that without these he will not We believe
II depends upon ourselves now to seal our
fate, perhaps forever or TO win glorious
and permanent victory. II is not, perhaps,
for us to say in this place, what steps should
tie pursued to perfect the organization so
much to be desired, and to bring the full vote
Of the State TO the polls. But we can urge
our friends to turn their attention and ener-
gics TO the subject. We trust they will We
hope that the Opposition is not in that con-
dition of apathy and inaction that will court
and win defeat. We ask them TO grid up
their loins and enter this contest with the
ardor and devotion which the cause demands.
Go into it a. if the tate of the day rested upon
the exertions of one single arm aud
that arm belonged TO each man of the
party-as ifany wavercd or faltered the
day is lest. II such spirit prevails, and
such efforts put forth, We have nothing to
fear.