Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-03-11
The New Trick.

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The New Trick.
Credulity is one Of the common weaknesses Of our
nature but il isevidently cOmmendable weakness,
since the entire absence Of it would all of our
pleasures in this ife and dsqualy for the life TO
come And yet, commeudable as it may be. it has
always been the weak point through which the devil
has found admission to the citadel Of virtue. 1t
was the credulity Of the woman that first brought
sin into the world and all its woes, and notWith-
standing that sad history of our primeval mother
has been q constant warning to her pOsterity
through all ages the same excellent weakness, the
eredulty of mankind has continued TO be the means
By which the devil has poured his poisonous dstill
ments into our ears. The liar, the lbertine, the
ssnderer, the empyric and the quack al approach
their victims in fair exterior through the means Of
our common weakness, credulity.
So it has ever been with the Opposition" in
politics They have lived upon the credulity Of the
people Their sole strength and their only hope
hiss consisted in their natural talents and prsctced
arts at deceiving and beguiIing the people. No i'm
position has been too monstrOus for them to under
take no exposure and condemnation Of their course
sufficient to discourage their efforts. They would
change their clothing assume q new name, and
again start forth before the people with much
seeming confidence as if their impOsture was upon
its FIRST legs!
They swore in the days Of JEFFERsoS that the
Democratic party of this country was allied with
the Red Republicans of France, and was danger
GUS to civil liberty They installed Mr.. ADAMS in
p1wer and passed the Alien and SeditOn laws, SEEK
ing to perpetuste their rule by manicling the peO>
I'D fhoirb pla nd
spit upon with an indignity that became freemen.
For time they seemed extinct, but soon commeno-
ed their busy work again. Not the same old Fed
eral party-thAt would never have dOne-but in the
simple form Of Opposition" to Mr.. JEFTERsoN and
DISQUALIFICATION. They selected the meaSest man in
the Democratic ranks, AARON. BURR, and run him
as their candidate. The trick failed and again
they sunk to their merited disgrace; unable to make
but feeble effort, here and there until the memors-
BILE contest of 1924, when, again selecting spurious
Democrat JOHN Q. ADAMS, and in q manner most
discredlable TO American Congress, they defeat
ed the peoples choice, ANDREW JACKSON, and
orswled into power to enjoy another brief term Of
patronage and spoils. Four years with the patron
sge Of the United States Bank and twenty millions
of its means in che hands Of politicians, made them
bold and determined. The desperation with which
they contested the election Of Gen. JACKSON is still
fresh in the memory Of many Of readers
They declared that it would be better to have
s'War pestilence and famine, than that
military chieftain should rule over as" Coffne
hand bills, posted over the country--chArges of
cons piracy with BURR-tAe vilest eaumnies against
the purify of his domestic relsiiOns-Wers some of
the means 10 which they resorted to encompass his
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be played upon that time. FOreWarned by the
election of ADAMS, they were fSre-armed. lmme-
distely the Opposition began TO seek new devices.
They originated the idea that a high tariff would
make cheap goods-that great National Bank
would furnish money without requiring due pro-
portion Of labor-tbat Internal improvements by
the General Government would enable the people
TO secure the benefit of such works without the cost
OF building them-that distribution Of the surplus
in the treasury, and the proceeds Of the public
lands among the States, would furnish the people
with means for educating their children and Of
supporting their local government without taking
any thing from their own pOckets-that a national
bankrupt law would relieve every body of their
debts and do away with constsbles and sheriffs.
They ran along with this elsP-trap through the
election Of 1910; when, taking advantage Of the
circumstances of the times with the aid Of lOgesb
ms coon-skins, hard cider and promises Of two
dollars q day and roast beef they again beguiled
the people into their support. 1t is needless to
speak of the fraudulent character Of these Devices
which have since been made apparent to the whole
country and admitted by men OF all parties.
In time the Opposition became AbOltionis at
the North, and narrowed down to the idea of anti
IN fha SAINT
called themselves >sOers, and insisted that Con-
gress should prohibit slavery and shareholders in
the territory, belonging to the States in common.
The Democratic party, composed OF national men
North and South, defeated their tROrts snd finally
passed the Ksnsas,NebraskA bill, establishing the
principle of nOnNinterveAtiOn by Congress and the
right of the people Of the South, with their proper
.ty, 70 move to and enjoy the public dOmain-Whieh
prineiple has been ratified by the Supreme Court
as the doctrine of the constitution. In the means
time the Opposition free sellers, like the Opposition
uuder all its other names, saw that it could only
triumph by strategy. Hence in the succeeding
Northern elections of 1854 there is no abolition
free>soil ticket such, in the field. A neW and
mysterious party is sweeping over the country,
bound together by Oaths, and grips, and sigus AMI
MISUNDERSTANDING to have arisen upon the ruins
end corruptiOns Of the two old parties and not
bound by the violated pledges Of either-but with
the single purpose of Allaying sectional strife,
breaking down the growing influence Of the Pope,
aud checking the tide Of "Paupers and criminals"
IN this country. II triumphed In all the Northern
States and elseteda Black Republican RsajOrytO Con-
,rs,,y This throwing off Of the mask ought to
have relieved their allies South Of the hopeless
labor Of attempting such = trick here; but
such was their confidence in the credulity Of the
people that they did not for g moment falter. Ev>
.srywhere lodges were organised, blue books were
sent out, secrecy was established, innocent men
we're duped in and msnscled with Oaths, obliga>
lions and penalties. We will not enlarge upon
these things All have . disgusting remembrance |
Of them The elections in 1856 overwhelmed