Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-10-27
a few more Words about the Canvass in
LOuiSiana-KnBW-NOt
From the New Orleans Catholic STANDARD

From the New Orleans Catholic Standard.
We think we have already shown that no Catho-
tic can vote for the Bell ticket without sacrificing
selfrespect or countenancng insult to his Church.
In our remarks ON this subject we have been gov
erned by partisan spirit, unless earnest adyO-
cacy OF Holy Religion and the rights Of our Co
rellgIOnlsts be regarded Is partisan. We have
shown that If circumstances were reversed and 1t
Was Calvanism and Presbyterians who had been
sailed by Catholic candidate for the Presidency,
and not CdthOlIcity and Catholics by Presbyterian.
that not Presbyterian could be found who would
be so base rs to directly or indirectly promote the
success OF the Catholic candidate and we have L.
Ultimately argued that if in the one case Presby-
tcrians would be restrained by selt-respect from
supporting their ant-Prcsbyterian calumnatOr and
OppressOr IL tie ether, under the actual cIrcum-
stances, Catholics should be prevented by their self
respect by their traternal feelings for their COel
gionists, by their love and reverence for their
Church, from aiding and abettin: in any way. their
anti-POpery opponent.
There are, however, certain persons who, appa-
rently as devoid Of intelligence and scnsbty as
oyster, Light Of the insults and prescription
they have suffered from Mr.. Bell in his attacks upon
their cO-rcgiolsts Catholics. This tame. craven,
tme-scrving disposition presents human nature IN
Its meaHest. if not its most tagitiOus side. In no
ticinS this poor spirited class the New lork Tab
ist thoroughly Catholic and courageously Celtic as
it undoubtedly is, says:
But they are nos only dumb-(dumb in being
silent to Know Nothing insult) Their senses
are paralyzed. They stricken with blindness.
They have lost even the sense of smell though they
were famed in former times for the keenness of
their scent, their nfallibility of nose. They are
deaf. Their memory is destroyed. Their blood
which was wont to be rather disagreeably etferves
cent now courses tamely cOldly and sluggishy
Their stit.neckedness and stubbornness have chang
ed to angelic meeknesS. II q BODYBUILDING should
sHsje them one cheet they lcOud SmahagLy offer him
the other, and bid him pound atrdyfOr the safety Of the
Clton. should the dangerous position OF the Con-
tederacy require personal application of Know
Nothing sole-leather, their patriotism we believe
would be equal to the occasion. In short Hey haze
groJra 50 mid and forgirng that they no Longer de-
nOlHce hOl0 AOttiHg, 50 blind that they could
see one If he wers to put out halt dozen electoral
tickets and oblyiOus that eytorge that there
party loidc bore that deteSted names The
formation is really one of the wonder of the age
Shall this revolving spectacle be exhibited i'll New
Orleans and Catholic Louisiana III the approaching
election? Will Catholics be true to themselves
VIII they eYince that noble constituencies with re
gard to the honor of their Church, that Is ever
ready to repel insult? will they be faithful that
Christian fellowship which incucates the defence
Of their coreligionists, against caumny and OPP
preston: To feel with them, to act with them!
$50 glow with one love, with resentment burn
The facts of the case appear to US not only to
justify but to imperatively demand union of all
Catholics. and all naturalzed citizens against the
man who openly proclaimed such .monstrous and
OdiOIS sentiments as giving bad notOrlety to the
extarcts from his Knoxville speech which we kept
standing in first column.
There Is, happily, no Lincoln ticket before the
people in this State. The Black Republicans in New
Orleans are compelled by the terrors of public opn-
ion to refrain from a State nomination. There are
but three tickets before the peOpe-ths odlous Bell
ticket, and the tickets two wings of the De
mOcracy. The attempts at fusion between the
Douglas wing and the Bell men has we believe. sig
nally failed. 1t has been efectuay prevented by
no less person than Mr. Bell himself HIS Knoxville
speech has rendered it quite out of the question that
any Catholic can support him, and also prevent ma
nuraized citizens from giving him their suff ages