Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-05-22

They have uDquesio1ably imbibed this idea from
placing too much reliance in the ouigivings Of
Southern Democratic organs
This paragraph is inended to counteract the
strong feeling OF hostility which is yelling up in
the bosOms of the people against the unhOly
alliance which has been PROPOSED ard partially coz
summaied, between certain leaders Of the Black
Republicans at tie North and the KaoF No:hings
at The South The Patriot denies that the Southern
Opposition are willing to vote astraigAt-out Black
Republican t clet in 1860 Ths Patriot may well
d. so fn violste No condition Of the agreement
between Bell, Boris. SEWARD, GREELEY, Co,
What is it that is asked upon The one side ami cor
oeded up5n tie other2 Tais may be brieay an
swered by few extracts from the speeches and ed
itorials of these gentlemen. Mr.. SEWARD, address
sing himself to Southern Democrats, declared in
his speech in the presence of Mr. BELL:
cat last new voice issues from yoar own re-
gion from the South from re slave Stltss and pro-
tests glinst yon- further persistence il tls mad
enterprise, (of ext 'nding saVery) and admoaishes
you that il must and will fail Tie cohors are gath
ering from the South, the men Of moderation and
conservatism, who as they have hsreteflrs moler-
ated in favor Of slavery and against freedom, ari
aow be oJhgsd in consistency cih Their jast and irsH
established character and tsT habttaaI patriotism, TO
MODERATE AGAINST YOG N FAVOR OF FREED IN, AND
RISE Up USASrdoUsLy AGAINST SLAVERY"
The friends of Mr.. SEWARD, embracing GREELY,
RAYMOND, TRUMAN SMrra, and other notoi.u
Abolition leaders in view Of the suspicious es9ur-
snces which hal been given them, addressed Messrs
BELL and CaIrrESDEN note at the aliournmeRt Of
Congress, rendering them public dinner, with
declaration of the profound aud Rereaslag aimira-
ton" With which they had viewed their public
course; 70 which Mr. BELL in his reply says; an
the present posture Of public affairs, assurance is
more suspicious than that SUCH men should UNITE,
animated 5y TIE SAME patriotic Inspiration and ocl
TOGETHER for that GREAT END, By arkich the
country may be redeemed from the rule Of uIsreism;
the excuses Of party may be restrained; st4guant
commerce may be revived, and suffering industry
protected"
The point demanded by Mr.. SEWARD aud his
friends-the point virtually conceded by Mr.. BELL
and those southern men who acted WITH them in
opposition TO the admission of Kansas with her
pro-sllvsry oonstitution-vas the restriction of
slavery to its present limits; its non-exteasion to
the territories. With this condition, what should
be the terms of the coalition relative - ticket
Il was not to be expected hat Messrs, BELL, Boris
& Co. were coming into coalition in which their
own claims were to be ignored. Remove the hope
of patronage and power, and they would have no
incentive to an alliance which looks Il degrade
ton Of the South No one understood this better
than the Black Republican leaders whO rendered
Messrs BELL and CRIrTBsDEN q public dinner.
Hence we find in the great organ Of that party
North, the n. Y Tribune, 10 discussing the basis
upon which this coalition might.be formed, this
proposition:
awe propose that the Republicans as the larger
section Of the Opposition, be permitted ID name enc
of their number for President, to be Sustained by
the entire Opposition, while the Americans aud Ma
tonal Wings propose the Vice President The
ticket thus formed shsl be supported By the entire
Opposition, each party ana each Ststs making its
own platform, and none being oommi' ted 10 any
but his owu doctrines propositions, and the united
Opposition to be designated Republican, 'Ameri-
can 'Uaoa,' Peoples Party whatever else its
voters in any locality may choose"
In case this was net altogether acceptable, the
Tribune oracle went step further an sail
"Let the other wing of The Opposition name the
President, con ,eding the -e-President to the Re-
publcaus, with this single con liticn agreed to on
all hands aud proclaimed 10 the public. that the
Naturalization has formed shall d. al IN Us p0lCgr to
confre slavery loihiH he limits Of the ers.Hg sire
States"
1t will thus be seen, that the terms of the coali-
ton do not require that the Southern wing Of the
Opposition shall be willing to vote ''s,raiqE!-om
Black Republican ticket in 1860" Ii only requires
that the Black Republicans Gas the larger section
ofthe Opposition" be permitted TO ZANE one Of the
candidates on the Presidential ticket and she
other" wing Of the Opposition should name the
other; and that "tls Naturalization thus formed
sIouldd do all in is power to c0qfas slaDery Via The
limits ofhe existing stare States"
Now have we any eyi1en6s that these gentlemen
Of the South, Msssrs BELL, Boris, BA-Es sud heir
friends who have sought tais coalition have yield
ed to the de grading rms proposed by Mr.. SEWARD
aud his followers? We most certainly have. Evil
dsnce SO plain and pap.bs as - require no argl-
msnt Much Of this we have already given. Much
more remains to be given. We shall content our.
selves for the present by leaving the enquiry
to be answered, authoritlively, by one of the high
contracting parties himself; and by leaving the
Patriot to make its issue in that quarter il it desires
to oOntrOvert the point
The New York Tribune, the great oracle of Black
Repub' icanism, and the immediate organ of Mr..
SEWARD, edited by GREyLEY-the same GREELEY
who desired Mr. BELL to feast with him after their
defeat 81 the ADMISSION OF a Save state INTO the
Union-contained an article no longer ago than
Monday last, headed ''The Presidency" in reply to
an nterrogatory as to "what JoHN BELL, JOHN MI
NOR Boris, or EDWARD Bates have ever done or
said to indie ate that either Of them should be elect
ed President, his influence his patronage, his power
will be used not to extend slavery but to conne it
within the States that see fit to hold it; in which
the Tribune said:
We have our preferences; but others have tbeirs
also; and frankly that we are far more anx-
ious that the objects Of the Rspu5cR party should be
dAGiHed-tGt tie eEeSiOa o. SQUsy1 should be STONED
that the continuance Of the now re OPENED African
saye-trade should be made impossible, and that the
Government should be administered not only with |
honesty, but with rigid ecOnomy-than we are that |
this tLat particular statesman should be fxedupO
as a candidate. As for Mr. Bell and Mr. Bots
Southern men as they are, ace knoC that Joth hare
hitherto resisted Le eEeRsoa Of SaUsry into Free Ter
TOry; that boh opposed the Kansas Nebraska bill and
the LecoaptoH slCiRae; aad that they are men of
ability, Of spot ess hOne'jy and of manly firmness
Of Mr. BITS, We know that, in his earlier life he
was an em1ncpationist Of The Henry Clay school;
that years ago, though not rich man, he set free
bis own slaves; that when The Kansas Nebraska bill
was brought forward he publicly opposed and de-
nouneed Il; and that he co-OpsTdtes Nth that most
gallant and heroic party Of Free Labor IN Missouri By
5hose JTts that State lc long, be redeemed from
he incubus Of SaUay. These are facts which We
hink entille Mr. Ba es TO some regard from Repub-
icsns, whether he is candidate for President
Jr Of. This he what Tks TsEaocygf eparns n