Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-21
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| siiion IN that State bad committed them
| selves-a large portion of them at least had
committed themsclves-to the policy Of sup
porting The Charleston nominees, in The event
that they should be conservative statesmen.
| They wished TO see the South ote as a unit.
The idea was that this was the best course
to pursue to render the defeat of the republi-
can candidates certain. The n, o. Crescent
the leading organ of the Opposition, took
this view of the matter. and maintained II
it up to the breaking dnxn of the Charleston
Convention. The article from that journal
which we suijoin. hearth endorses the nomi-
nations of the Baltimore Convention, and
may be taken as an indication Of the present
position and sentiment of the Opposition of
Louisiana. We feel well ASSURED that BELL
and EYEKErT will be cordially supported by
the entire Opposition to Democracy in tina,
State:
From the n. o. Crescer t.
The Presidential Election.
Present appearances indicate that there
will be at least four tickets for the Presiden-
cy before The people at the next general cleo
tion in November Tie nominees of the Con-
field. Two days from to-day the Chicago
Convention will meet, and that powerful sec
iional organization, the Black r publican
party strong in number. aud flushed with
the prospect of victory, will uufIrfits banner
and enter vi 2Oi ousiy into the contest. And
as 1t resp cts the democracy, there Seems to
be less probability now than ever OF re-
uuit q, either at Richmond or Baltimore,
of the two wings into which they are di, ided.
There will, in all likelihood, be two Demo-
cratic candidates in the field. and thus four
separate tickets will eventually be presented
to The people.
Thus will the opposition 10 Black Repub-
lica.,is be cut up and divided into three dii-
icrvnt parts, at the very time above all others
VIII, Ii tuere should be cordial uuion and con-
cert of action. Is there any NJ cessity fol-
tins? Nays it not The Imperative duty of
the conservatives OF all parties and all sec
tons to close their ranks, and present a solid
and undivided front to the sectional enemies
of the Constitution and the Union!
Until the year 1856, the telional party of
The North was but IL mere handful of crazy
fanatics. They were impOtent for evil. aud
were 20 Insignificant in numbers that their
movements scarcely a-res ed popular atten-
ton. But how is it at this day? This same
sectional party has advanced with giant
str.d-s through every Northern State. swell
absolute control of nearly one half the States
of the Coniederacy. 1t is no longer weak and
powerless, but bold. defiant. confident of vic
tory, and interruptions of the means neces-
eary to secure it. 1t menaces the South and
the union with its hateful domination. and
it will enter into the contest with that aSsur-
ance of victory which is, of itself, one of the
greatest elements OF success.
The conservative men, of all parties and
all sections. recognize the Importance and
necessity of arT-sting the footsteps OF TINS
powJ rfui organization, and checking its ca
reer at once by a decisive overthrow and de-
feat. 1t is believed, with good reason, that
this party is stronger to-day than 1t will ever
b.. agin. Ii is kept Fl ON present dissolution
O Ilv bv the folly of those opposed to it and
by the prospect of the spOils and plnndcr of
four years of The Presidency. Ii is believed,
more over. that the present is the most auSpi-
ciuus time for encOuntering this party fairly
and squarely upon the issues which il has
made and that the result would be its utter
rOui and destruction. Defeated in November.
il would never raise its head again, even as
a powerful faction. 1t wOnld sink into the
tenuiiy AID imbecility of the old Abolition
guard which was its predecessor, and venture
no more TO threaten the Federal Govern
ment with its hateful sectional domination.
WHY, then. we ask, cannot the friends of
the Constitution. of the Union and of equal
rights mite in compact array to overthrow
and destroy this powerful and truculent or
ganization? Is the repOse of the South OF so
little consequence that it may be hazarded
in consequences Of old obsolete party divis-
ions? l. the peace OF the Union. perhaps it's
very existence, TO he jeOparded because OF
unnecess try part jealousies and former party
antagonisms? b cause Wings and Democrats
once opposed each other, when parties were
national, is there any reason they should now
keep up the warfare when they are confront
ed with party whose triumph would i'm
peril the Union? Shall the memory of old
extinct issues still avail TO keep men asunder,
when there is SO pressing IA necessity for cor
dial and thorough union!
If the conservative vote in the Southern
States be divided between three or four cand-
idates, the triumph of Black RepuGlicanism
will be easy and complete. Some of those
States may be saved from the grasp OF this
party-but il can only b. done lay solid and
compact union among all the conservative
elt ctors of both parties. Not a vote can be
spared-not man can leave the ranks of the
unitcd Opposition without increasing the
chances of Black Republican success. Our
friends in the North. who are willing TO stand
by the Constitution and the equality of the
States, must present an unbroken phalanx to
the Toe or, by division, they will invite
disastrous defeat. But this cannot be done
III iDeft are tnFee ticketS DtiOfc tHe people,.
One ticket alone, and one sustained by
united South. eau avail to concentrate and
make effective the opposition TO the Black
Republican party in the States OF the North.
a ticket is already announced, aud two
geHtlrmen are presented to the people who
are known all over the Uniun. NORTH, South,
East aud West. for the moderation, cOnssr-
vatism. and nationality OF their ceilings,
and fur their devotion to the e Institution
aud the constitutional rights of all sections
of the country. These gentlemen are both
experienced statesmen, whose names have
been linked with the political history of the
nation tor third OF a century, aud whose
past lives afford The amplest guaranty OF
their honesty and their inhexi bic patriotism.
l. there any need that the contest be en-
barrassed by the presentation of other candi-
date! Il there any propriciy-is it not in
TACT the merest madness la the South-to in
wife defeat by the dispersion aud division of
our force! John Bell aud Edward Everett
are known to Ihe North and are acceptable
TO the conservatives Of that section \
thorough concentration of the Democrats.
Wings, Union mtn aud the Americans OF the
North upon these names would give them
the victory in several at the northern States.
Add To these the united vote ct the South.
aud srctianalism is crushed out at once, aud
the Black Republican party irTeirisyably
oyerIbrown. On the other hand, IL the con-
servaIiye strength be cut p-reduced TO
nothing by diyi~ion-the probability Is that
| the entire NUTth will be carried by the Black
| Republican ticket. and thus their success Is
assured. We enir,ai the people OF the South.
of all parties, TO think Ot these things. and in
an enlarged spirit of patriotism combine to-
gelher for the honor aud safety vi the Re
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