Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-30
...r..or Brown of mississippi.

The Presidents organ, the Constitution,
turn aside, for one day, from the eonsidera.
ton of JOIN Brown, to pay its respects to
ALBERT GALLATIN Brown and his Jackson
speech. If the Harper's Ferry raid of the
-rufian JOHN deserves the condemnation OF
every good citizen, in the opinion OF the or
gan. not less does the assault of the gallant
ALBERT upon the President and the Cincin-
natl Platform call for the rebuke OF every
good democrat.
The proposition of the Mississippi Senator
that the delegation of his State to Charles
ton insist that Congress shall make laws Tor
the protection of slavery in the territories !;
and. il this is refused, TO break up the con-
vention, is denounced as the very spirit OF "a
"rule or ruin" policy. The ''slac1y question
IN settled''-adds the organ-settled by the
Cincinnati platform which has but one legiti-
mate construction, which "has been establish
ed by the action of the present administra-
ton, with the concurrence and support OF
Senator Brown ~ Quoth the organ,-iEdig-
nant at the inconsistency Of the Mississip-
plan
Senator Browns opposition to and dislike
Of the Cincinnati platform are OF rather re-
cent date. lie was not always OF opinion
that il had ga Northern and Southern side"
He was not always Of opinion that those
who accept such a platform are agreed Ito
see the South betrayed" He was not always
of opinion that the acceptance Of that plat
form by a Democratic National Convention
would be good ground TOR him, or any other
Southern man, 10 INSTANTLY withdraw from
the Convention" When Senator Brown
earnestly supported Mr.. Buchanan for the
Presidency, the Senator, II is To be presumed
understood the platform OF principles on
which MIR. Buchanan stood; and there were
few democrats who more emphatIcally APP
proved and lauded that platform at that time
than the Mississippi Senator. MIR. Brown
could not have supported a platform III 1890
which had "a Northern and Southern sue.
Mr.. Brown could not have agreed iii 1876 Ito
see the South betrayed" MIR. Brown could
not have accepted d platform III 1896 which,
in 1859, is SO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. any
thing, or everything, or nothing, that Mr.
Bro.n would sooner break up Convention
and ruin the national democratic party than
accept 1t.
What have you to say TO that Mr.. BROWN
What new light has broken upon your vision
changing the character OF the Cincinnati
orscles, Explain, or you will be condemned
tn a further experience of the benefits Of the
Executive knOut.
We are pleased-aye, more than pleased
reioiced, to find that the organ is disposed to
temper punishment with mercy" Had not
this been it's spirit, what would have become
of the Senator? We may guess that he
would have literally been broken upon The
wheel, instead Of gently castigated, as fol
lows, for ex pressing preference for SEWARD
over BUCHANAN. Read Mr.. BKOwN, and upon
your Bonded knees ask forgiveness OF the
irate President:
With regard to Mr.. Browns present pre-
ference for Mr.. Seward over buchanan, IN
mercy TO Mr.. Brown We shall not express at
length the feelings which the utterance OF
such an outrageous sentiment by Senator
of the United States protesting To belong to
the democratic party has inspired. We
would, however, remind Mr.. Brown that when
he was reelected to the high position which
he now occupies, it was believed that he was
q stauch supporter OF Mr.. Buchanan and his
Administration. We believe that he mainly
owes his election to that belief, and we be-
lieye now that were be to seek reelection on
the issue which be has raised in his recent
speech preference of Mr.. Seward 10 Mr..
buchanan on any questionable would
not receive five votes within the limits of the
State OF Mississippi. and that there are not
five democrats within the limits vi this broad
Union who do not feel sstonishment not I'M
mixed with disgust III the ayOwal OF any man
who is not black republican in his heart or
q traitor to the democratic party oil 20 mon-
strous q sentiment.