Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-16


der many obligations for the kindness with which
theyreceive the return of our late absent member to
the editorial harness
The IS Conservative Opposition ,'-Where
Is itl
Of what is the " Conservative Opposition" Of
which We now hear 60 much in Southen Knew
Nothing papers, cOmposed3 And Vhers is this
"COnservative OppositiOnH" When people are ask
ed to emigrste from good homes, they naturally
enough desire to knew something of the clay OF the
land and the locks of the people" on which and
among whom they are advised to locate. We re.
ceive the declaration that
"sweet fields beyond the smelling food
Stand dressed in living green
with faith and hope But The fields here below have
geography to be studied, and their inhabitants
history TO be learnt, before comfortable homes and
the benefits of civilized life are to be abandoned for
the hard experience of frontier settlements and saw
age associations. What daring Columbus has ex-
plored the ne" fields to which the Opposition in
vite the peopleS And who that has witnessed or
known the utter failure of every promise heretO>
fore made BY the men now SO lavish of promises
will trust them again?
OF what is the Opposition composedi Here at
patriotic msn acting with this Opposition. Such
men are controlled by prejudice, passion or guor-
snce The leaders here are Influenced By no higher
motive than wish TO dispace party in power
that they may fiji their places Some Of them at
tack the administration for an alleged extravagance
for which they themselves more responsible than
the administration. These men preach economy as
Justify as they preached honesty in Know Nothing
times aud with equal sincerity and their devotion
to the Christian religion in 1885, while melting to
every crime, from false swearing to murder, was
of precisely the same character their devotion
now to the public treasury: dishonest and hypocritA
ical.
But however composed, the Opposition - at the
South is utterly poKerless. 1t is q faction to be
watched, but while Watched no longer 70 be breads
ed. 1t is at the North that it is formidable And it
is formidable there only as an aBtislavery party.
The Know NOthings proper Of these S ates are in
perfectly contemplate minority We do not recol-
lect that they pretend organization even, of
New York. There are practically but two parties
in ali tie free Staes-the Democratic party and the
Republican or Abolition party. Now as the object
of the Opposition" is TO put down the Democratic
party, Of course they expect aid from Northern
Democrats in such an effort. The proposition is, to
unite the South cru Know>NOthings with the North
ern AbolitiOnists. The Southern Know N0lbings
can do nothing towards the election Of Abolition
President. Butihe North is strong enough, when
united to elect such President and if the alliance
is formed, the cOpsrtners here among US can claim
their share of 'fthe plumber" In other words, the
Southern Opposition men are ambitious; of be-
coming tails to the Abolition kite as their last hope
Of rising.
What earthly motive can any patriotic and honest
Southern man have for Joining such party? They
must know that there is no party North, save the
Democratic party, with whom they can associate
without positive dishOnOr Opposition" there
AbOlitiOnsm, snd nothing else, and the men here
who are trying to form alliance with that eppO,
sitiOn are as inhuman as though they we're know,
ingy to lodge their families in pest house.
The Patriot speaks of General ATKINS "e1treme
southernism which he deemed it mis- duty to espouse
when he took his seat in Congress" Does the Pat
riot call an advocacy of the admission of Kansas
with pro slavery constitution, "extreme southern
ismf' Our contemporary once entertained grave
doubts whether the benefits of the Union would
counterbalance the evils growing of the exclu-
sion of Kansas and denounced the opponents of
that measure as the friends and allies of wicked
fsnatice. General ATKINS never went SO far He
voted in Congress on the slavery question just as
the Patriot said he ought TO vote, he spoke with
more moderation of his opponents than the Patriot
spoke and new that Journal accuses him Of "ex-
IRENE souIhernism"
Democratic and steal are generally understood to
be Synonymous terms, a. least by many of the mems
bers Of the party -Baaner
Before the Banner makes such sweeping denunci-
sions, might not be advisable to review the hsto>
~ of some of the officials placed in Office by the
Know Nothing party in 1855? Then, as now, the
democrats were denounced for exravagance and
dishonesty, and we we're told that the Know. Moth
ings were laboring to restore the Government to the
hands of hoHst men. We insist that, before trust.
ing these promises now, we be told the effect of
such trust on the State Treasury in 1855.
P I. scRUGas, Esq then a resident of Misss-
sippi,-alWays a Wing or Know Nothing -ddn't
vote for FILLMORE, because be stood no chance I"
Mr.. Sauces now announces his determination to
vote for Mr.. NETHERLAND. WhereupOn the Banner
e1claims: "The way they COMING IN :" As Mr..
ScKuGes has heretofore shown that his principle is,
not to vote for man who stands no chance, the
bdnneT NOuL0 uuOIo dPpAOtiI1Sely Ha'o heaNeu Tue
announcement Of his determination, Chow he is
SUCKED M"
THE CoxyEorIcUr ELECTION Black Republi
cans have been run literally to the girtks in Con-
pscticut In the State Senate the Democrats have
ten members to the OppOstiOn's eleven. In the
House the Democrats have enc hundred and eight
members to the OppOsitiOns one hunaredaue twenty
four. The Democrats have gained four Senators and
twenty Representatives since last year. Their State
ticket carried two Of The four Congressional dis
tricts Oar Congressman in them we're beaten by
the disafeotion of two three hundred Democrats,
who erased them from the ticket while giving
support to the other candidates upon it.