Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-03-23

that slavery drives free labor-farmers, me
chanics, and all, and some of the best of them,
tae--out of the country, and fills their places
with negroes.
:" What is it but slavery that makes Mary
landers, Carolinians and especially old Vir-
ginians and new Virginia1s, fly their country
at such q rate? Some go because they dis
like slavery, and desire to get away from il
others. because they have gloomy forebodings
of what is TO befall the slave States, and wish
TO leave their families in country of hap
pier prospects; others, because they cannot
get profitable employment among slavehold-
| ers !: others, Industrious and high-spirited
working men, will not stay in a country
| where slavery degrades the working man
, others go, because they see that their country
| for some reason, does not prosper. and that
| other countries not far off are prospering,
and will afford better hopes of prosperity to
| themselves others, numerous class. who
are Shareholders and cannot live without
| slaves. finding that they cannot live longer
with them on their WORKOUT soils, 20 to seek
better lands and more profitable crops, whore
slave labor may yet for while enable them
and their children to live"
'And then, fellow-citizens, when you have
suffered your country TO be filed with negro
population shall be as motley as Joseph's
coat of many col0rs, as ring-streaked and
speckled as father Jacobs flock was in Padan
Aram-what will the white basis of repre-
sentatiOn avail you. if you obtain t?.Wheth-
or you obtain it or not. East Virginia will
have, triunphed, or, rather, through Slavery
will hayebecOme land of darkness and of
the shadow Of death.
Then, by forbearance which has no mer-
il, and supineness which has no excuse,
you will have given to your children, for
their inheritance, this lovely land blackened
with ii negro population, the off c0uring of
Eastern Virginia. the fag-end of Slavery, the
loatbsome dregs of that cup of abOmination
which has already sickened to death the East
ern halt of our Commonwealth.
delay not. then, we beseech you, to raise
barrier against this Stygian inundation-
to stand at the Blue Ridge, and with sover-
eign energy say to this Black sea of misery.
Hitherto shalt thou come, and no farther"
Upon the foregoing extracts the Republi-
can organ makes the following remarks, to
which the attention of our readers is parti-
cuiarly requested. 1t says:
"Such were the views entertained by Mr.
Letcher in 1847. and he never formally disa-
vowed them. we believe, until he was in
danger of losing the nomination for Governor
when, Ike Peter, he moved by the evil
one to denial of the faith.
1.-The election of such man to the Office
of Governor would, TO say the least of it, ar
que growing Indifference to the distinction
of 'sOund' and "unsOund" upon the sui jet
of slavery: and for this and other reasons,
we confess that, much as we dislike the domi-
nant party, and desire its overthrow, we shall
be very well recOnciled to the continued as
tendency of the Democracy in Virginia. with
our weak and erring brother at it's head. We
cannot forget, at the same time. that Govern
or Wise, who, during his memorable campaign
of 1855, let fly many shafts of wit and ridi-
Guile at the slave-ridden agriculture of Vir-
glnia, is now supporting Mr. Letcher; and |
that which gives p. culiar significance TO this |
circumstance is the fact. that up to the day of
the gubernatorial nomination, the Governors !
organ, edited by his son, denounced Mr.. |
Letcher as an abolitionist, or something very |
near akin to one, in consequence of his con-
nection with the Rufner pamphlet; and yet, |
the next day. hoisted the name of that gen.
tleman as the candidate for GovernOr-an in |
fallihle proof that downright freesOilism, |
though somewhat repulsive TO the Governor. |
is not an insurmountable objection. Here, |
then, is progress. The world moves"
In this State, and, we believe. throughout |
the South, the Democratic papers have been |
in the habit of denouncing JOHN NJ. Boris, of |
Virginia who, as remarked by a Virginia con-
temporary, ''is only private man, holding |
no Office and candidate for none, simply |
speaking his own opinions, and entrusted |
with the lead of no party in any State" Yet |
have his opinions, uttered as his own indivi- |
dual opinions and not as the opinions of any |
party organization, been held up to view by |
Democratic papers of the South, as indicating |
the opinions of the southern Opposition |
These journals supposed that by abusing |
Boris, and connecting his name with the OPP |
position party of the South and with the |
names of distinguished men of that party, |
they could greatly damage the cause of the |
Opposition and the political standing of the |
gentlemen referred to. They still keep up
the cry of Boris, Boris, but have not a
word to say against LETCHER, whom the De-
of Virginia. out of all the Democrats
in the State, have selected as their candidate
for Governor. whose antecedents and suppos-
ed present sentiments on the subject of slave
ry, as we have seen, commend him to the
favor of the Black Republican organ at Wash
ington, and of whom the Richmond Enquirer,
in October last, while the expediency of his
nomination was being discussed, said
1--WE cannot now lay our hand on any
sentiment that Mr.. Bolts ever uttered that is
not parallelrd by Mr.. Letcher in 1877. If
Mr.. Letcber in 1859 is sound enough for the
Virginia Democracy, what objection, on the
score of stoUeg, can they urge against John
Minor Bolts in 1902"
In portion of Western Virginia, where
the ant-slavery feeling is very decided, the
remarks of the Republican organ at Washing
ton are calculated to aid Mr.. LErCuER. and
may have been so intended.