Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-01-13


FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, Isoo.
TIC Bus,u and palna Of yesterday announced.
III glazing capitals, ana after the usual sensation
manner, thal the Opposition members Of the Ten
nessse Legislature, (5rty odd Ia number,) had
held a meeting and nominated Hon. JoHS bEiL for
the Presidency. We learn that the members were
Ell present with one or two exceptions, though The
weather was inclemeut = that enthusiasm feryor
and eanestness characterised te action Of the meet
ing;o that DR. Jxo ". RrcHARBsoS, presented Sc
Iries Of resolutions 4eEbodying the sense Of the
meeting; 2 (the resolutions were not published, ow-
ng we suppose. to the lateness Of the hour;) that
sIoquent speeches were delivered BY ExGov. Mn
s. Bnowv. Gen. Jo C. PlcKErT, WV EwDo, Esq and
Hr. Caldwell; AMI thas the great State Of Tennes-
see is Sin Inotionlr We further learn thar State
Convention is recommended to be held in this city
On the 22d Of FEBRUARY next for the purpose Of apr
ooiutpei8eleeatest 70 THE Natoaal U5sion C0pDca0n'
This last sentence is little ambiguous There
are two National Conventions called, or suggested,
claiming to have IN view 'the integrity Of the I'M
ion = one called by the National Republican, Com
mittee'' to assemble at Chicago the I5th slay Of
June next; the other 10y the National Union Exec
utve Committee" Of which Nr. CEITrENDoS is
Chairman and the time for the meeting Of which
has not been determined The former contemplates
Convention wherein Black Republiearism shall be
the controlling element, and opposition to the ex
tension Of slavery" the one grand idea-the othe-
Convention that shall assert the formation Of new
party, to be called National Unionists, with the de-
sared purpose Of displacing the Democratic party
from power, AMI claiming to be the only party ca
oable Of Saving Che Union" To which Of these
Conventions the Tennessee Opposition propose to
send delegates is not clearly stated unless some new
light shall be thrown upon the subject by the reso-
buttons when published Mr. BEu9 we presume,
viii be aboutas acceptable to the one as to the 9th
err and gratided to receive the nomination Of either
lIe has oag stood in high favor with the New York
Tribune and the leading spirits of which that
paper e she organ, and they would not fear
70 f-Tsf him if placed upon their platform.
The Cine matt Gazette, paper that claims the right
b peak II that party in recent editorial, headed
-MR Bml AND THE Presidency" in response to
rae oppos ton papers of this city, says; We have
gre4. confidence in Mr.. BELL as Union, conserve
tive man. We cannot believe him really DESTROYS
Of any further extension Of slavery, or that he
would willingly, any more than HENRY CLAY would
to promote that object Believing this we could
ourselves even saport him for the Presidency, were
there possibility Of concentrating the Northern
Opposition upon him generally, and were it not for
the persistency Of his political friends in maintaining
principles Numerically opposed sthose alike Of
the Republican and old Wing parties And thus,
according to this Black Republican authority,
most excellent candidate candidate whom @we
could ourselves even supports being hopelessly
ruined by his own friends at the South by placing
him upon an odious platform, in relation to slavery
Numerically opposed 10 the Black Republicans;
for continues the Gazette, 'it is than mproba-
bic most assuredly, that the Republicans viii ever
recede from their present position OF hostility to
the odious BuoHANAN doctrine [embraced IN the
DRIED SCOTT decsion,l that the Constitution carries
slavery into the Territories
It has not been long since Mr.. BELLS party friends
at the South were seeking, in the language Of Mr..
B0rrs, to unite with the Republicans in forming
patriotic Holy Alliance " to meet the Democracy
IN 1860, Aand extirpate them forever and since a
leading Black Republican paper, the New York
, Tines, was led to excaim: 1--WE have very little
doubt that leading Soahern men viii be found in the
Republican ranks, shaping its organization defining
its purposes, correcting its errors, giving 1t conser
vatsm and nationality of tone, and aiding to place
II ia eOHrOcof the Federal Governments" and since Mr.
BELL himself was addressed by HORACE GREE1Y
Truman SAITH, Raymond Books, and others, ex-
pressing their profound and increasing admira-
ton" for his patriotic services in the councils of the
country, and rendering him the compliment Of a
public dinner; to which Mr.. BELL replied that 'in
the present posture of public affairs mo assurance
animated by the same patriotic inspiration, and act
together fer that great end, by which the country may
be redeemed from the rule of ultaism the excuses
Of party may be restrained; stagnant commerce
may be revived, and suffering industry protected"
Ana, but the other day, the Baltimore Patriot, the
leading Opposition organ in Maryland. boldly de-
Tended every proposition laid downin the Black Re
publican call for convention, hostility to the bred
Scott decision included and favored a cooperation
with it by all oppos i to the Democratic party.
In view Of these things, we say it viii require an
explicit statement in order to understand what
Convention it is the Opposition members of the
Tennessee Legislature recommend their party to
serd delegates to, suggesting Mr.. BELL a suitable
candidate fer the Presidency To say simply thatit
is the National Union Convention" signifies moth
inr. since the Black Republican party declare the
"perpetuation Of the American Union to be a
matter which they have in hand, and which they
intend to accomplish, by coercion, if needs be.
HELPER himself declares our motto Is and we
would have you TO understand it the abolition Of
slavery and the perpetuaton Of the American IN
ion" BEEcHER has said: a great many raise
cry about the Union AMI Constitution if the two
were identical but the truth is is the Constitution
that has been the fountain and father Of our /
trouble"
The movements that are now going on in the /
great army Of the Opposition" North and South, /
are highly entertaining and important to be observ-
ed We trust the public will keep IN eye on them,
in order to better understanding Of the real merit
and true relation of parties in the important polit-
cal struggle INTO which the country viii soon be in
volved determining, as it must the virtue and sta
bility Of American institutions or the utter worth
Iessness of orr present Union.