Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-07-27
THE LEGIsLAFURE.
If the Opposition carry il what will be IhC
CouSeuNeRccs,

If the Opposition carry il what will be the
Consequences,
The Opposition are ltraiGisg every nerve to carry
the Legislaiure. They have hope Of eiecting
their caudidAe for Governor and will Let hesitate to
swap him of whsnevsr they can get vote for enc
of their candidates for Representative Senator.
Relying upo the distractions and divisions in the
Democratic ranks caused by TIE conflicting claims Of
rival Democratic aspiraLts in several couptls they
expect to institute a system Ct bsrteriDg votes by
which they may secure majority in tic General
Assembly aud misrepresent tae wishes Of the IeO-
pie Democrats, you have the power to defeat these
efforts. VIII you not exercise it. viii you not
preserve your State from the destructive cOnse-
quences of Opposition rule? VIII you not protect
yourselves from the evils which the Opposition had
inflicted on the country and from which the Demo-
cracy have just relieved you.
If the Opposition obtain the power they will re-
establish that false and pernieous system of bank
ing which they nsttuted in this State years ago,
and which brOugt such distress aud disaster upon
the people in 1857 They will charter fresh brood
of Banks like the Citizens Bank, for which Col
NETHERLAXD voted and the honest working men Of
the country will again receive their daily wages in
q worthless and deprecated currency. They will
place the people of Tennessee for an6ther period of
thirty years under the absolute dominion of the
Banks with no power to resist their despotism ard
and oppression. Again will the labOriDg and pro-
ducing classes be made tributary to the profit of
wealthy corporations, and compelled to submit to
their selfish demand, and exactions.
They will fill the offices of the State with men like
BURTON and his gang and the Treasury will again
be given up to peeulaIion aud pluuder.
They will instruct Senators JOHNSON and NlcHoL-
soS out of their seats and send JoHN BELL back to
the councils of the nation to misrepIessut and
defy the wishes of his constituents, as he did in
the last Congress, aod aid the Black Republi-
cans in their war upon the rights Of the South.
II the Democratic masses would preserve them
selves and the country from these evils, let them
rally around their old standard and achieve another
victory like that of 1857. They have the ability to
crush out the Opposition with all its mischievous
heresies; they have the power to establish perma-
nently the policy by which the Democratic party
has already redeemed the State from bankruptcy
and restored its currency to q comparatively sound
and healthy condition.
By every motive of patriotism, by every consd-
Grafton Of their own and the public good We be
seech our friends rally to fhs support Of the Dem
ocratio ticket We have q cunning and unssrupu-
lOus foe to contend agsnt. They will resort TO any
frauds and m;srepressut :tions TO obtIn an advan-
tsgs. Democrats, b, On the alert. Guard every
pass Defeat their straiagems, expose their s-au-
ders, correct their spresentI:ions s'orn their
insidious propositions swap votes, resist their at
tempts to produce dis ,tiOn aad division in our
ranks. If these things ara done shall win vic
tory which will bring prosperity to the people, and
fill the heart Of every patriot With cxutatiOn.