Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-07-02

went into Democratic meeting, consulted and acted
With Democrats, while plotting the destruction Of
their party, and approved resolutions condemning
Know NOt6ingism while secret member Of Their
council Gen. QUAELEs's attempt 10 evade response
bility for this condu is met ard defeated in the
following from tho GAINESVILLE Je6srsOniaa Of lae
date:
J. M. QuarIes--A Part of his Record.
We are informed that De, Menees, the Democrat
10 candidate for Congress in this district has re-
Gently been charging Gen. Quarles with having
gone into the Democratic county convention. held
in this place In the early part Of the year 1885, and
taken part in the proceedings Of that convention.
permitting himself to be appointed a delegate to
the Democratic State Convention, aud making a
speech. Gen. Quarless memory, is, as We are in
formed, very reaeerous on this subject and he re-
members little or nothing about it. At Nashville
as We learn, when DR.. Menees read hil speech up
1 on him, he said that he was not responsible for
newspaper reports. In a speech of last week he
was of t6e4sPinion that the language used by his
brother, W. A. Qaafles, on the same OCCASION had
been mistaken for HE.
For the purpose of setting this whole mltier upon
its proper footing, We copy from cur paper of the
/ 9Th of March, 1865, the entire proceedings Of the
county meeting referred TO, they were published
at the time. 1t viii be seen that Gen Qaarles DID
| make speech, aud was taking "a active part ia
/
| he was member Of the Knos Nothing party, un-
der some Of its aeses the members of which had
i sworn hostility TO the Democratic pariv
If the report Of his speech did him ifjustice, he
could very easily have had il ERECTED but he
! err objected to it. We ourselves wrote the sketch
/ Of the debate, and in doing il could have had 10
I other object than to make 1t accurate. We we're
the secretary Of The Convention, aud it was our du-
tT to make fair and Impartial report Of the pro-
| oeediDgs We could net have attempted to put
words toto Gen. Qlarles's mouth, which hs did nat
use for we had no object to accomplish by 50 doipg
| We supposed at the lime that he Bas true aad re-
liable member of our party ald sought TO report
him as he spoke We do not pretend that We re-
ported every word he uttered. but what We did put
/ down was substantially what he said
The follOWing is the material portion Of The re-
/ port Of the Democratic meeting in which Genl.
QUARLEs participated. Thereport rasp ub'isSedin
theClarksvilleJ srsOnian of March 9TH, 1855. Sign
ed WIN. OvERToN, Chairman, c. 0. FAxoN, Secre-
tary.
X. W. Humphreys thought that the fear of The
Introduction of local questions and side ssRes could
be obviated by appointing committee of three
with instructions to report resolutions upon sPecf
1 c points. lie asked if the SCI tments of any
democrat would be outraged by resolution APP
| proving the course of Gov johnson and endorsing
his flicisl acts? Would any democrat bs outraged
the Introduction of religious tests a qualities
tion for flee, or by third, expressive Of our
hostility to the extension of the term of natura-
cation? lie thought not, and he would make a
motion thst such committee so instructed should
be appointed.
Gen j. NJ QUrrles objected to the proposition. II
true that The resolutions suggested By Mr. H. ould
meet lpiL hearty response from eUeTy democrat pre-
sent and woud refuse cote for such resolutions
they Were introduced but he 1cds opposed TO opening
the door to resottons for though he approved Of those
suggested Others might teor schck acouId prone fire
brands and phieh e The peculiar proviaes Of the
STATE Convention 10 dispose Of Some gentleman rho
had preceded him had spoken Of laying doiVa the demo
cratic chalk line and requiring theasberS 20 0ak up
ii. He thought that our party had alledys toed tk1t
chalk line Gndvas not aDaTe tkatH had been rub
bed out scas plain enough for him. and he hoped to
every true democrat in TIE land.
''Thy cannot the North trust that [the Oppcsi-
toni party? The North will have, as it must al
ways have from Its superior numbers, preponde.-
ating voice in the councils OF any truly national pay
ty. 1t need fear no obstruction in iDfietlng ven
geauee on its perfdious representatives None viii
heartily rejoice in the political death of North
ern Lecompton dough-faces than Southern Wings.
None will unite cheerfully than they, in bring
ing Kansas into the Union and thus undoing the
wrongful, dishonoring and Insulting Discrimination
between free and a slave State, made by the cor
Southern disunionists - Louisville Journal.
But can the South trust that party which is thus
to be subjected to the control of the Black Repub-
Iican anti-LscOmptOn Opposition of the North
VIII Southern men allow themselves TINS to be sod
into bondage to Northern masters? Will they be-
come the plisnt tOols Of abOltionists aiding them
in bringing Kansas into the Union as free State,
after rejecting its application to be admitted
slave state Will they rejoice when the friends Of
the South are struck down by the hands of her
mies-When the gallant men who. sustained
rights in the LecOmptou struggle are made the vic
tins of Black Republican vengeancs To this
point of deg5adation the Opposition lea ers would
reduce their followers. Such are tie pledges that
the Louisville Journal makes to its Northern allies
in the name of Southern Wings
Southern Wings, you in whose hearts the spirit
of your great chieftain yet fingers, who have not
yet learned TO bow TO this petty granny of party
organs, will you redeem the pledge? Are you mere
bondmen that your leaders can put handouts upon
your wrists and sell yOu into serVituie TO Northern
taskmasters
Throw off your shackes or own yourselves slaves.
New HAMPSHIRE NULLIFICATIoN.-In most of the
States where the Republicans have majority in the
Legislature, attempt is made at notification of
the laws of Congress providing for the rendition OF
fugitive slaves. Massachusetts aud Vermont have
for some time had such LAYS on their statute books.
New York has been hesi,ating betRean committing
such folly, and disappointing those ultra Repub
licans WHO 6elievs inthe abJhtionsn they have al
ways professed. Other States have either enacted
or proposed similar acts of nullifca,ion, and
New Hampshire, according to the telegram from
Concord which We have already Published, is on the
same track. If theaancuucementi is correct they pro-
pose to imprison Of life for the second offence and for
five years for the fret, any person who shall obey the
laws of Congress pecting he rendition offugives
Precisely what man is expected to do under such
they do not inform US. BE- the Uni
ted States laws a man Wo I'D be liable TO punish
ment for refusing TO obey thelaws Of Congress- while
by the proposed State law he would De liable TO Sc
we're infiction for obeyng those laws Yhs is rather
putting him between two fires hut we suspect the
nulifers themselves will be in position should
collision occur between the United States audStae
authorities on such question. -heO York Journal
Of Commerce.
OF such is ''the great Opposition party" With
such men are the Opposition il Tennessee combining
to break down the national Democracy.
Seventh Congregational District
CENTREvILLE jane 90
Editors Union and American We have today, |
listened to the Hon. JOHN V. WRIGHT, upon the |
leading issues of the day and so far ss know, and
believe l speak the sentiments of every unprriu-
diced man, when 1 assert that the position assumed
by Mr.. WRIaHr, was none other than what every |