Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-07-31
From the New York rribuns. July o.


The great body of Republicans are, no doubt, will
ling to cooperate in the election Of President with
four classes Of the Opposition:
l. Those 1ho originally oPpOsedhe repeal Of the Ms
s0Ur Compromise, and the passage Of the Kansas Ne
brGskG bil and are still hostile to those measures
II. Those iOho resisted the HaHSas policy Of Pierce
and noU condemn a.
III. Those whO denOuncs the LecomptOn- English
Aig and sH TepudiGte IL and It's authors apolosistS
GBd abettOrS.
~ Tkoss trho u0u resist srssuously and persistent
h. the acquisition Of foreign sTroryiH order 10 iHsredse
tAs area Of SLAVERY Ls Republic, and the legaza-
ton Of the African slave-trade and the adoption Of
a slave code for the territories by Congress.
al such psrsoHs, WhstLer Democrats, AmsricGHs, or
Wigs and trhether dOeIiRg the North The South
ss hold in verify GI the fast branch Othe opiH
soas above classified and desire HeSy that their pyi
cpySs should guide the action Of the nsZt National Ad
g1iIistratioR CAM IN OUR JUDGEMENT, CONSISTENT
III UNITE WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DE-
GLIDING THE APPROACHING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
AND WE THINK, ALSO, THAT THE REPUBLICAN,
PARTY CAN, WITH EQUAL CONSISTENCY UNITE WITH
THEM. Nay more; iS Uietc Of the peril that imPends
0ptT the country, We BELIEVE 1T TO BE The IMPER-
ATIYR DUTY OF ALL THESE BRANCHES OF THE OPP
POSITION TO COOPERATE IN DRIVING FROM POWER
tbs SECTIONAL FACTION THAT NOW CONTROLS THE
GOVERNMENT, and substituting in its place the
tionslism of Washington and Jefferson.
Looking TO the North regard as coming within
the scope OF the organic Aton We nave ln0cated all
such Democrats as John Reynolds Horace Z. Clark,
Garnett b. Adrain, John W. Forney, AID John Hick-
mtn and all tueh Americans as Nathaniel S. Ben
ton, Daniel UIlman, James II. Campbell, Henry NJ
Fuller, and William MiliWard. Ar THE SOUTH
UHLEss WE MISUNDERsTAND THEIR POSITION, IT
WOULD EMBRACE SUCH MEN AS JOHN BELL, Ed
wAED BATES ii. WINTFR DAVIS, jour NJ. Boz s.
EMERSON ErHERIDGE AND kenneth RAYNOR
is there any Inconsistency any tasaPsrabte obstdcts
in tie lcgy Of cordial The coming
test betGee Republicans and rersos holding The opin-
ions these gentaeH suppressed 10 entertain ~ respect
10 the aegUutiOH Of foreign territory for the purpose
Of planting Slavery thereon, Tie re-oPsniag Of Tie If
yocH SiqUe-trGds and Congressional Intervention Or
the establishment Of Slavery the IerritOTiesz eau
not they combine to overthrow the Nullifers and
Propsgandists of the Calhoun school in their efforts
10 override the Constitution and make Negro Sls-
very the dominating interest of the countryi ARE
NO THESE THE ISSUES UPON WHICH THE PREsIDEN-
TIAL CONTEST Is TO TURN? DO NOT WILLIAM Ii.
SEWARD AND JOHN BELL, SALMON p. CHASE AND
EDWARD BATES, SCHUYLER COLPAX AND JOHN
HICKMAN, HENRY NJ FULLER AND HORACE NJ. CLARK,
HOLD PRECISELY THE SAME SENTIMENTS IN RELA-
TIOE TO THESE IssUEsi And shall these gentle
men, and those who think with them, unite and
give efficiency to their common opinion in the next
National Administration, or, by warTiag on each
other insure triumph 10 their common fos' We speak
as unto wise men; judge ye what we say.