Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-31
SATURDAY, MARCH 81, 1860.

1Ee Lfss6N and Hnctc1S LOOKS 10 me lem
ocrafic party, not to any man, as the only in
rtruDeBfalify whereby our Consututiona
guarantees can be maintained and the pros
perisy of the country perpetuated. We hay'
so hope outside Of that party. No man whs
j. nominated and supported by the Blaci
Republicans. and who would, il necrssary
be surrounded and Influenced by them, i
eiected, and who would necessarily have te
reiy on them TO carry ont the measures of biz
administration, could receive our support al
though be wire ..Bative here" and had all
the political experience aud saeacify of Mr.
Bell. The Bonner would fain make its read
err believe that We had rather not commit "
ourselves Has The Banner forgotten that the
rcsoiutiens adopted by the Democratic State
Conyention pledged The Democracy of Ten
snessee to the support Of the nominee Of the
Charleston Conyentionf Our Sta.e Conven-
ton believed that any man in the Democrat
ie party would be preferable as candidate
for the Presidency at The bead of the party,
surrounded and CONTROLLED by Democratic in
nuencte, TO any man Sufficiently in the con-
fdence and interests of ibe Black Republicans
- receive their nomination. Hence, as wide
ly as we differ from Mr.. Douglas, as Injurious
as We believe bis nomination would prove TO
the party, the linton ana .fiaeTsean souid sup
port him, If nominated by the CharIs ston
Convention, an event which we are eraIified
to say. from present indications, is not likely
10 vccur.-CIiion and ABleTlcdn.
Our contemporary of the Union and 4Anseri-
can asks us to give the above place in the
PATRIOT. We take pleasure in complying.
Ii contains his pledge to support Judge
DoUGLAs should be be nominated at Charles-
ton. 1t will be seen that the chief ground of
the pledge is that .'any man 10 the democrat
L. ar4r - IL
for the Presidency at the head of the party,
surrounded and controlled by democratic in
fuenees, TO any man sufficiently in the conf
dence and interests of the black republicans
to receive their nomination" Cunningly
devised, but not so much so as to escape de-
lection. What has the republican nomina-
ton TO do with the matterl The decision
for you to make is whether you will, because
a National Convention says you must, sup
port .'gambler in politics" and a traitor to
the democratic party, whose doctrines are
''worse than the Wilmot Proviso," and
''short cut to all the ends of republicanism,u
or refuse To offer premium for treason, re
ject the nomination, and give the weight aud
influence of your support to some other DEM
ocrat Gov. JOHNSON for instance,) whom you
regard as worthy of the support of Southern
meG. This is the question before the House.
What matters il. though man be surround
ed by democratic infueuces'-bow can that
circumstance improve his past record or
determine his future Intentions! Was not
DouGiAs surrounded by democratic infiuen-
cess when he. in an evil hour, abandoned the
party, and defed the lash of the President?
IL, as leader in the Senate Chamber. he
bearded the South backed by BUCHANAN and
the power and patronage Of the government,
what will be not do shonld he attain the
Presidency and hold in his own grasp the
party whip aud the publis plunderi Why, |
democratic influences" would be no more to
him than the wiihes were TO the bound SAxP-
son. He would bresk through them az
though they were but rope OF sand. Does
not our contemporary see, and feel, the I'M
pleasantness of the dilemma? Or has he,
away down in the bottom of his heart, q
monitor that tells him he has been unjust to
Judge DOUGiAs, and is his pledge, therefore,
The result really of ''compunctious visitings
of conscience :"