Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-09-08

I9- The Hon. HENRY W. HOFFMAN, of Al
leghany, has been nominated as the. Ameri-
can candidate for Congress in the 9th MARY
land) district. The Clipper says
We congratulate our friends In the noun
tuin district. upon this nomination. Mr.. Holt
man is in every respect worthy of their con-
fidence, and will, we are sure. receive their
enthusiastic support He viii lead them TO
the achievement of glorious victory in No
vember. = His former service in Congress
proved his high abilities as a representative,
and be won there proud position.
Ingthe 9th district. Hon. A. B. HAGyER, of
Annapolis. is candidate without the formali-
ty of Convention nomination. In letter
announcing himself candidate he makes
the following patriotic REMARKS
At this time when the united Opposition
in Virginia. Kentucky, Tennessee. North
Carolina, and Texas have sosignally rebukad
the misrule ofine democracy. and when many
of its most valued members are withholding
their support from the Administration, it
surely cannot be expecting too much to hope
for similar success in this district. so long the
stronghold of The Wings in Maryland. That
the Wings of this district have finally aban-
doned those principles which they so ardenty
cherished, and have embraced those which
they and their furefatbers so long and con-
scientiously opposed, is not to be believed.
Those principles may have been temporarily
laid aside to meet new issues not involv ed in
! the present cont, ST. but surely there never
was more urgent occasion for rtav owing them
than exists at this time. The bankrupt
Treasury, the languishing condition of our
manufactures and commerce, the gross cor
ruptiOn charged by prominent members of
the Democratic party TO exist in the Govern
ment, the frequent neglect of the last Con-
gress TO provide for the pressing wants of the
Departments. the constantly repeated inter-
position of the Presidential v, to to defeat
judicious plans of admitted public necessity
and usefulness, the persistent agitation of the
slavery question by the democratic party,
solely for party purposes; the demand of the
Executive to be invested with The war-makine
power, and the party cry for the immediate
purchase of Cuba Notwithstanding Spain's re-
fusal to sell and our inability to buy, these
and host of similar errors of commission
and omission, cry aloud for change OF rulers
Unless you have become altogether indiffer-
ent to the fate of the Union it is impossible
that such evil courses can command your APP.
prevail. Why, especially, should those who
have ever been Wings sustain them by their
votes?
The Democratic party will be in an adj
mitted minority in the House of Representa-
tives, and you cannot be deluded again by
the old story of the Importance of choosing
one of that party in order to obtain the rights
of the State from Congress. The day toe
must surely have passed when the shibbolett
of slavery can persuade you that your own
savehoding neighbOrs, though children o.
Maryland, are traitors to their section be-
cause they are opposed to the Democracy
and that the Democratic party is the only
faithful guardian of the South. This AFRO
giant claim has been recently urged through
out the Southern States, and the result of the
elections there proves that our Southern
brethren are no longer to be deceived by it
Every agitation of the question of slavery
by the Democratic party has resulted injuri
ously to the South With the Northern
/ wing of the party il has been encouraged t.
1 enable Northern men with Southern princ
! pies" to clutch the spOils of Office while many
1 of its Southern adherents have fOmented the
| agitation with view to accomplish the dis.
| solution of the Union. A Southerner by
| birth, myselfa STAKEHOLDER, and the descen.
dant of shareholders, nothing could induce
me to support either men or measures in the
slightest degree unfriendly 30 the South, but
l should always discourage this hurtful agita-
| ton, whether renewed under the protest Of
| Congressional intervention" on the one
hand, or 'squatter sovereignty on the
other. When the South is really attacked in
| her constitutional rights, her people will
| know how to rally to her support, without
the gratuitous aid of Northern allies who
! seek to win favor from the South by present
| ing for her acceptance specious ''snares and
| delusions." How much stronger would be
the present position OF the South if the last
| Northern panacea for our troubles, in the
language of Senator Hammond. bad been
clicked out of the Senate!;' The bushes;
affairs of the country demand the attention
| of Congress; there has been far too much
| Congressional President-making, to the
neglect of the public business.