Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-08

upOn him. If we run a parallel between him and Il
his competitor upon ths point and calculate me
favor Of Judge White lie has been consistent IN the
s,,oort Of his present principles and The principles Of
ne administrations his competitor has not. If it shall
10 said that tie friend ard supporters Of Judge !
nrineIpes answer, that they more likely TO be /
homogeneous in sentiment than the supporters of |
NJ van Buren,, so far principle is concerned |
Cbodd JUDGE White preUqi IN the contest oUsr his oppO
f ,,relj he 0reaf Democratic States acch 4 is said
qcH support Mr. Van Buren,, loR not desert their prin
cires because their fdUOre leader shall hare lost his
election Their cherished Democratic principles
win undoubtedly continue dear to them under the
lead of Judge White. Unless then, the great body
of Mr. Van Burens friends shall desert their prin-
ciples the Democracy Of the country will still be tri
umphant But aCe cannot suppose so great and gross
detection from principle at least n the loOls STATES ard
so those fathers of the Democracy of the country,
and who it is said much grieved at the pros
pect Of division in the Democratic ranks may dry
up their tears"
Mark the earnestness with which he speaks of
q the happy consequences of Gen. JAcKsoN's GREAT
SUCCESS that himself and those whom he was
leading of against their party into a factious sup
port of Judge WHITE, would not seek to disturb the
tranquility Of Gen. JAcKsoN's administration or to
defeat unsete any of those great questions upon
which he has acquired much Of his (hen) present
power and influence in the country"-that 'oppos-
ton to the administration of Gen. JACKSON is the
course which the loeTSt enemies of Judge WHrE de-
sire his friends to adopt" but that they viii adj
here to Gen. JACKSON and his administration from
CONSISTENCY, AND RESPECT FOR THEIR OWN CHAR
AcrER, and because they will be supporting their
own princples'-that if we run parallel between
him, Judge WHITE, and his competitor, upon this
| point, Judge WHITE would appear better JACKSON
| NJ. a.. shod
Democratic principles WILL undoubtedly continue dear
to them, under the lead of Judge WHITE that in
the election of his, Mr. BELLS candidate the Dernoc-
racy of the couatry will stN be triumphant that
those fathers of the Democracy of the country,
and who It is said, are so much grieved at the pros
pect of division in the Democratic ranks may Gry
up their tears"
Again we ask. was Mr.. BELL honest in these pro-
fessons OF devotion to the Democratic party and its
principles or he seeking, by the ingenious arts
of the demagogue, to isead and deceUe the people?
These are questions to which subsequent events
gin his past history, connected with the public
vice." will furnish conclusive answer.
Many of the Democracy of the State at that day
had confidence in his professions and through their
devotion to Judge WHITE separated with their party
and were eventually led into the ranks of the Oppo-
sition.
Gen. JACKSON had long known Mr. BELL. He kne,o
HIM at this time, will be seen by the following
extract from a letter addressed by him to Gov.
BLoUyT Of Tennessee dated May 10, 1885, thirteen
days previous to the speech of Mr. BELL from which
we have just quoted
Il would to God that our old friend, Judge White,
would soon dlsentangle himself from the false position
that he has been placed in by Bell, Crockett Co
If he does not, he will be politically lost. since John
Bel has turned good Wing, aud put him up as the
candidate Of the Opposition l wish he had said to
the Opposition, when they proposed to make him
| their candidate what the old Trojan said to the
| Greeks when they offered him the present of the
| wooden horse-I know the Greeks and despise their
gifts then the Baltimore Convention would consider
| his claims.
Mr.. BELL not willing that his candidate should
be regarded in this lightn Tennessee when to have
been so regarded would have been fatal to his pur-
poses. Therefore in the same year, on public &C.
casion in honor of Judge WHITE, he drank the follow
ing toast
'Our country and its institutiOns-the destiny of
both hang upon the triumph of the principles upon
! which Judge White is supported, AND THE OVERTHROW
OF THE NAXBlS AND PRACTICES OF THE OPPOSITION"
How far Mr.. BELL was sincere in these professions
with which he sought to beguile the Democratic
masses into the ranks of their ancient enemy, will
be seen in part by his letter to CHARLES CASSIDY,
dated May IL, of the same year. Mr. CASSIDY had
suggested the prOprety of making known the views
of Judge WHITE upon the question of the Bank,
which had assumed so important an aspect during
the administration of Gen. JACKSON and which opin-
ions had up to that time accorded with those of the
President To this suggestion Mr.. BELL, in reply,
says:
You will see from my letter all l know of Judge
! Whites views about the Bank. He doubtless never
will swerve from them, but it could be most omprece
denied and do him. and Uery justly too great INJURY TO
be declaring beforehand that he l0Oud put his UetO
anu measure lrhGeUcr. 1t would be said 10 be an
electioneering declaration, and besides Mr.. Van Bu
rem had given no such pledge
We have thus seen his professions of devotion to
Gen. JACKSON and the policy and principles of his
administration. No one, however, can have failed to
detect the iqsincerity and selfish and unpatriotic
purposes for which those professions were made.
No sooner had he succeeded, however, in producing
the wanted detection in the Democratic party, di-
vided the people. nfame1 their passions, excited
| their prejudices and committed portion OF them
to the fortunes of the cause in which he was en-
| CaCed-than he commenced a warfare upon the
very administration and The very party which he
mad exhausted his eloquence in eulogzng and to the
support Of which he had strongly pledged himself,
from considerations both OF policy and principle
In June 1885, but little more than year after the
delivery of his famous speech at Yauxhall he took
occasion to make a studied and labored attack upon
the President and his policy, but asseveratng at the
same time that it no assault upon Gen. JACKSON
whose great and eventful term of Office rapidly
drawing to a close. In contrast with these previous
and recent professions and the next link in that
chain of facts which constitute his past history
connected with the public service, we invite atten
ton to a few brief extracts from this last speech
referred to- which will serve to illustrate its general
character and scope. In his assault upon the policy
of the President in connection with the Indian wars
| he said:
"Sir, repeat the idea that our Indian wars have
! resulted from sense of the vast powers and re-
sources of this Government and The abuse Of its pat
rOndge While indifference, and even contempt, of
an Indian war; continue TO be felt by the Government
neither the vigilance, nor the precautOn, nor the
energy necessary TO prevent hOstlites, will be APP
piled Sir is it not true that Indian have been
| raging within the last six months which have cost
the lives of hundreds of our citizens, and will cost
| the Government more than ten millions of money,
and which have never yet been thought worthy of
communication to Congress by the President! Sir,
/ congratulate the country that may look tOrlcdrd,
,c confidence to times Che there ,oH be some reSpOn-
Sibiy fell By public SERVANTS and some dccOurtd-
bilty eracted from them by the people"
Again
If ever there was a time in the history of this
country which called imperiously called, for the
discussion and settlement in this place, in this Hall
of the Representatives of the nation, of great and
| fundamental principles; principles intimately and
ndissoubly connected with the liberties and happi-
ness of this people, the stability and successful ac
ton of our happy system of government it Is at the
present iuncture. Precedents and doctrines
being established and engrAfted not only in the pub
lie administration of the Government but in the
minds of the people, upon public sentiment sub
versive in my Judgment of the first and most cher
ished principles Of our government precedents and
doctrines destructive OF all securities provided IN
the Constitution for the preservation of free rep
resentative government; precedents and doctrines
at war with all that has heretofore been regarded
as fundamental and organic in the very existence Of
free Government.
sMr. BELL then argues to show that ''CONSOLt
DATION' is threatened by the policy of Gen. JACK
SONS administration-"a consolidation of the most
oteRSiue aid rcUoHing nature to the feelings and
.E.- L. al, oInr