Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-09-05
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER s, 1850.
mr. Rucbanan,s sanford Letter.

mr.. Buchanan's Sanford Letter.
We publish to-day Mr. BUcHANANs Sanford letter
written in Is4s. At the time that the letter was
written a struggle was gong on in Congress be-
tween the friends of the Wilmot Proviso and those
who preferred the Missouri Compromise. Those
who now constitute the Black Republican party de-
sired to apply the Wilmot ProvisO TO the territory
which we had then recently acquired from Mexico |
The object of the proUiSO to prohibit slavery In
the territories The Democracy and those Wings |
who acted with them in opposing the Wilmot Pro
viso desired the extension of the Missouri Compro
mise line to the Pacific Ocean. characterization was
afterwards abrogated by the compromise measures
of 1850. more especially of the Kansas-Nebraska
act of 1854 and finally declared unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court in the bred Scott decision, made
in March, 1851 The Sanford letter was published
and republished and read again and again from the
stump IN 1856 by the Southern Democracy to prove
that Mr.. BUCHANAN did not hold that Territorial
Legislature had the power to exclude slavery from
the territories In that letter he declared that he
had never maintained the idea that the population
of territory in an unorganized capacity had the
right to control the question of slavery in such ter
ritory; that in his opinion the inhabitants of
territory, as Sucl no pOllllNaA AASAe9'
they possessed all the private rights of American
citizens and they could neither iuterdict nor estao
lsh it, except lvben assembled IN Convention TO form
State Constitution" This document of itself is con-
elusive evidence that Mr.. BUCHANAN did not in 1856,
favor Mr. DOUGLAS doctrine Of Territorial Interview
ton The Black Republicans insist that Congress
has the power to prohibit slavery in the Terrific
rtes Mr. DOUGLAS insists that the Territorial Legs
ature that owes its existence to Congress has that
power. Mr. BRECKENRIDGE denies the right Of either
Congress or Territorial Legislature to intervene
against slavery. In his opinion Government was
established TO protect and not to destroy property.
The right of to his property is certainly as IN
herent and as iualienabe as his right to egislate
about his neighbours property. The right OF man to
his property IS not derived from government 10
secure this right Is of the reasons that cause
governments to be instituted among men, deriving
their lust powers from the consent Of the governed"
The UNION AND American persists in calling the
Baltimore Patriot =" Bell organ" when 1t knows
that paper has been repudiated by the State Execu-
tive Committee of Maryland. and the Union press
and the friends of Bell and Everett everywhere.
Il is Black Republican organ in disguise, and every
intelligent man who reads it must know the fact
1t Is therefore unfair and unjust to persist IN quot
ing il as " Bell organ" Will the UNION AND AMER
IcAN do its opponents justice in this respect Ban
Rer.
We have already done our opponents justice in
this respect by publishing similar article from the
Banner. The Baltimore Patriot claims to be better
friend to the BELL EVERETT cause than the Banner
We have no desire to do injustice to the Patriot or
IN the Banper Whether the Patriot at heart desires
the election of Mr.. BELL it is impossible Tor US 70
know We can only speak of its professions.
urges the election of the Banners candidates anu
therefore we put it down BELL organ. Ii we
were TO call it the organ of any other party
we should have to do so in the teeth OF Its daily
professions Il endorses BELL and EVERETT aud
their platform So does the Banner. II the Ban
yer will be more specific in the announcement OF
its opIpions. then we can tell whether or not II
differs in its political doctrines from the PdtT1oL
Tho rlatform of Messrs BELL and EVERETT
certainly permits diversity OF opinion among
their sUpnorters upon the question of slavery. L
the Banner will point out any particular doctrine
on this question maintained by the Patriot that MT
BFTr and Mr. EVERETT do not hold, then we shall be
able to determine more definitely whether the
Patriot is sincere in its support OF those gentlemen
Mn FrUEETDGE AT SoNERvILE.- The Somervllle
Democrat. says the Memphis Bulletin, has the follow
ing notice of the recent speech of Mr. ErHERIDGE al
Sor,arville The Democrat DOUGLAS organ, strongly
,ndorses his views upon the slavery question:
Hon Emerson Etheridge delivered an able speech
NJ three bours length in this place on yesterday
We will not refer to any other part OF ms sPeecl
save that part in which he discussed the sit'eIl
question lie took the ground that slavery = t th
position of Judge Douglas, and IN II We luiiy ""
cur. o..
The Patriot few days since disavOwed Tor IL
candidate some sentiments said to have been u'ere'
bv Mr. ErHERInGE We call its attention and tna'
the Banner to the sentiment of Mr.. sETHERIDGE' eX
pressed in the above that Slavery IS the creature
positive and municipal lGlc," and desire to kno"
whether or not that is the position held by Mr. BEL
and Mr.. EVERETT and their party in Tennessee! Mr.
EHERrDGE is now stumping the State for BELL aiC
EVERETT He is deservedly regarded as one of th'
ablest men of his party in the State. He and Mr.
BELL have harmonized throughout on the Kansas
policy Let us know whether the BELL party
endorse the sentiments of this leading apostle O
theirs.
It's a singular coincidence that the resolutions o
Senator Davis demand Congressional protection whel
7eceSSdru and the black republican platform de
mands Congressional prohibition when necessary
Ahem!-N Memphis Bulletin.
1.-The resolutions Of senator DAVIS thai demanl
Congressional protection when Necessary" wer
voted for by both of the BELL Senator'S, Critic,
.pEv of XIV. and KENNEDY of Maryland. Does tn
B,ve,iu or any other BELL organ in this State di
sDnrove of the conduct of those Senators IL so d.
ing: Ahem! -
Tr,s E,rcrIoy-The Austin State Gazette of Il
18th ult contains returns from slXty-h'e eouuu
of the late election in Texas for Attorney 0ener"
Comptroller and Treasurer, which shows an aggr
gate Democratic majority of 1925. There are Oh
hundred and twenty Sne counties in the state. La
year HousroN's majority fox Governor in the who
State was s.Gs5. No wonder old SAM withdre
from the contest for the Presidency.
Mr.. BELL N observation-disclosures NLsMpIIAE
Esq., editor G the Philadelphia North An,elcaE, 4
old Wing organ Of PciledeIphla, made speech at
recent Republican meeting at Beverly " j. and
the course of his remarks he sand. with d
highest regard for Mr.. REE- he would say 1t. and
nm a sprrit of depreciation, that JOHN BELL would \
get five thousand votes in Pennsylvania.
The Patriot says that "nOne Of TIE organs
either BREcKINRIDGE or DoUGIAs) IN Virginia a
shameless enough to claim triumph lin that Sta
i'm the present conditi0E of the party"
Nevertheless the Richmond Enquirer does ella
-;.,,b for DRECKrNRIDGE and LANE in the Old
1,irio1 over both BELL and DoCGLAs.
The Banner says the St. Louis Rspa's1'a' is go
n.nocratic authority" The Banner is vel avn
that the Republican is one of the btteres1 Oppone
whose money he carried of. "A
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