Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-02-21
state Convention.

In almost every portion of the State meet
ings have been held aud delegates appointed
To a Convention of the Opposition To meet at
Nashville on the 29th day of March, to nomi-
nate a candidate for Governor. Believing
that every county in the State should be re-
presented in that Convention, we must urge
upon our friends in this and adjacent coun-
ties where no action has been bad. to hold
meetings on the lst Monday of the ensuing
month and appoint delegates. There never
was a time in the history of our State or of
the General Government, when the demand
upon the conservative and patriotic element
was more urgent than at present. and If they
ever again intend to put forth their energies
and m ght TO redeem and dlsenthrall the
country, to relieve il from the rninous policy
which is hurrying il to destructio il il now.
Looking to the approaching election in Ten
nrssee as the starting point for the Presiden-
tial contest of 1850, 1t will possess an interest
beyond theIOcai questions nvolved, important
and vital (and not TO be ignored) as some of
the latter are. The democratic leaders take
this ground, that questions of State policy
even in II purely State election shall be made
subservient to general politics. They force
this issue, and it will enter into the canvass,
although they will not be allowed TO dodge
those questions in which the people of the
State are more Immediately interested.
No matter how honest and patriotic the
Democratic masses may be- aud We conccde
to them all that we claim for ourselves, ii is
every day becoming more evident that the
leaders of that party ought no longer To be
trusted with power. The honor of the nation
and the prosperity and happiness of the peo-
pie demand their expulsion from the offices
they have desccrated aud the trusts they have
betrayed. Foul, fostering corruption breeds
in high places, aud reckless extravaganza
looks out from every department! The seat
of general government has become, under the
auspices of the party so long holding power,
the abode of harpies who continually prey
upon the body polite. The Treasury is empty
the expenditures are double the revenu,s-
the government is weekly peddling ia the
market for leans, and enormous public
debt, TO be met 10y future taxation. is tower
ing up. Aud with these. and bankruptcy
staring him IN the face, the head OF the Demo-
cratic party sits in his chair OF State, and
eoolly recommends the adoption of measnr.s
contemplating the expenditure OF hundreds
of millions of dollars-"Nero hddles while
Rome il burning" Now, must these things
endure. Shall the people, andor n misplaced
confidence ia their leaders, aud beneath tie
broad mantle of party, continue to hug 10
their bosoms the yuipne monster that is
knawing al their vitals!
In this State, the Issues Tor the canvass will
be Of more than ordinary inpor lance, aside
from the bearing the result must have upon
the Presidential contest Of 1860 Let each
county, then, send delegates 10 the Conven-
tion--let u meet and take counsel together,
nominate some good and true man as our
standard b, arer. aud make one mere gallant
and generous effort to redeem the State cut
OF the hands OF the ensmx; and from our
mountains and hiil-gops start back the
surging tide of misrnle and corruption,
"A -. a .Fsk.
a Hood OF evils rum Which il will take long
years 10 recoyess and from the contempla-
of which the mind Of the patriot shrinks with
dread.--.4thsas posf.