Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-06-07
Presidential SPecuIatiOns.
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WAsHNGToN, May 81, 1860
The Bell ticket is a failure. 1t produces no en-
thusiasm, no confidence, no hope. 1t awakens no
satisfactory response from any quarter. We have
not heard of a solitary old line Wing or American
who believes in the possibility Of this ticket being
competent TO carry single State, or to make the
result in a single State different from what it would
be were there no such ticket that Of Bell and Ev
erett in the field Those old line gentlemen Of this
Union party who sufficiently well to do in the
world 10 be utterly Indifferent about the spoils and
plunder, who are satisfied with principles, and do
not care to trouble themselves about eXpediences,
nor with those contingent expenses and drudgerles
| as necessary TO organize party to keep it to-
Cether-thOse old fellows are the nucleus of this
new party movement, which at once explains Its
ImpOtcncy.
No party can do anything without organization ;
no party organization can be made without good
workers upon the entertainments, and these good
workers cannot be secured without reward, or
reasonable prospect Of reward. And this is the
trouble with the Union party. 1t has no workers
in its camp, because it offers no rewards nor any
reasonable hope Of reward. 1t is drift mere
basket thrown into the at venture, to catch
such stray gudgeOns as may fall into it. And this
Union party is a failure. An intelligent gentleman,
anxious 10 get 1t in motion, not with view Of posi-
tive success but simply TO break down the Black
Republicans, tells us despairngiy that 1--WE are at
sea we can get no money to print pamphlet; we
have not a man OF means influence in the CON
Germ who cares a copper for our party; we cannot
ferret ont prominent man who seems to thin. it
worth while to do anything for or to expect any
thing from this ticket OF Bell and Everett
We have heard from another source that EX-
President Fillmore has been sounded, and that his
present position may be regarded as very dubious.
he has secured his revenge against Seward, and he
has no reason to love the Democracy. He Is SILVER
iur in the wind, like the sails Of a vessel on the
point of lacking about. Ex-Governor Hunt has
larger indictment to satisfy. It is not confined to
Seward, Thurlow Weed IL Company, but it compre
hcnds the whole Republican party. Any thing to
defeat them But beyond a speech or a letter what
can Governor Hunt do for this ticket Of Bell and
Everett
So it is, that the few active managers in behalf
of this Union party. whose object is to carry the
election into Congress- are beating about the bush
for some other device than Bell and Everett with
which to cut under the Republicans, and cut them
out of the election. To this end these active Wana-
gers are still hoping that Douglas may be put up by
the Democracy at Baltimore, or by the Northern
wing of the party, so that the old line Wings and
Americans OF New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island,
Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois may have a
chance 10 strike blow which will break the back
bone of this dOmineering Black Republican party.
Possibly. too this dead failure Of Bell and Ever
Ctt and Tins desire among the rump Of the North |
American party to give helping hand to Douglas,
may operate at Baltimore to put him in the field,
with on without the consent of the Convention his
mplacabie American element has not not been with |
cut lis influence In Strengthening the hands OF the
Douglas Democratic engineers. Indeed taking one |
thing with another, Notwithstanding the proposed |
peacema6er in the person OF Horatio Seymour, the
chances are, perhaps. more strongly than ever |
agaist any reconciliation of the Democracy at Bal
tmOre.
In this emergency Bell ana Everett should be III /
duccd to withdraw in favor of Houston and Hunt |
This is the simplest way of replacing dead ticket
with a living one, and a living ticket competent to
carry the election into Congress. and cOmpetent /
thorc from its balance of power. to control the /
election The late New York Houston meeting
points in the right direction