Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-03-27

A few weeks since, when the New York Tribune
was urging the nomination of Mr.. Bates as the
Black Republican candidate for the Presidency, on
the ground, in part, that such a nomination would
secure for the Republicans an electoral ticket in
several Of the sqUe States under the lead said that
paper, "of such men as HENRY WINTER DAVIS, JOHN
BELL and JoHN J. CETFTENDEN, we trust, we asked
the Banner, as the recognized organ Of Mr.. BELL,
how far the Tribune spoke truly in the use it made
Of shat gentleman name? The Ba7ner would not
answer. 1t could not have been tortured into an
answer. an the rubies in the world could not
have purchased an answer Why, we leave the
public to conjecture.
Mr.. BATE had not then written letter. Recent
ly however, he has, virtually ignored the Southern
Opposition and trusted his fortunes altogether in the
Black Republican boat; AMI to this end has written
to the Missouri delegation to the Chicago Convention;
and to use the language of the Louisville journal,
'has not merely subscribed to theentre Republican
PLATFORM but he has subscribed to in the peculiar
Republican spirit" Whereuron the Banner is con-
strained TO throw Mr.. BATES overheard; but not as
the reader would suppose for having subscribed to
the Black Republican platform-fOr the Banner says
the question discussed is one upon Jsbict coHserCa-
tire Union-i0UiHg men must and lsH difr''-but Mr.
BATES is thrown overheard for whatthe Banner re-
CARDS as a much graver ofence-that Of giving his
views upon the questions relating to slavery at all
That the reader may see we do no injustice to the
Banner, we append the following paragraph from
that paper containing the pith Of its article on this
subject
Leaving out of view the question to the cor
RICHNESS or incorrectness Of the views upon the
subject Of slavery which he has put Forwards
question upon which conservative, UnionIOvlng
men must and viii dIier-he has completely and
entirely forfeited their support a candidate in
the approaching Presidential canvass, by permit
ting himself, under influences and from motives
which we shall not attempt to define, to become
wholly seCtionalzed and by conserving to be cOnsid
cred sectional candidate for the first office in the
government
He cannot expect, Of course, after this letter, to
receive the support Of the Unicn party. lie has
put forth manifesto in which he discusses the very
question which the Union men Of the country are
seeking to put at rest by refusing to agitate
It viii thus be seen that the Banner makes no oh
lection to the Black ReplJlicqndcc Of Mr.. BATES
letter On the contrary it expressly leaves out of
view the correctness or incorrectness Of the views
upon the subject Of slavery winch he has put for
ward" Any other view Of the slavery question
that could have been taken by Mr.. BATES wouldhave
heen equally objectionable to The Buuer. The point
Of offence simply is, that he has consented to give
his views upon the question, question upon
which" the Bonner SAYS, conservative, Union
lovingme must and will differ Even the Louisville
journal, which we thought had as great leaning
towards Aboiuonism as any other paper in the
South saws that this letter shows Mr.. BATES to be
just as good or bad a Republican SEWARD or
CHASE or LINCOLN is And yet the Banner not only
fails to make objection to this but expressly pre-
termits it, saying it is a question upon which con
servative, Unonloving men must and viii differ"
Thus it follows that if Mr.. BATES had kept these
Black Republican sentiments to himself and not
written them down upon paper, he would have con-
tnued according to the Banner, sound, able and
patriotic statesman The offence does not consist
In the fact that he has shown himself Black Re
publican but Ia admitting &C. We understand from
e Banners logic that it would readily support
man for the Presdency entertaining the sentiments
of Dir. BArEs if he would only consent to play mum
and refuse to make known his opinions.
We think we now begin to understand why the
Banner has declined answering for Mr., BELL when
Intercepted as TO the correctness of the use that
the New York Tribune had been making Of his
name. We believe that Mr. BELL and Mr.. BATES
agree in sentiment touching the slavery question,
and that the only difference is that one has had the
nanliness to give publicity to his views, whilst the
other regarding himself as already sufficiently I'M
derstood at the North, is endeavoring to conceal
them at che South If we are wrong in tins cOnclu-
sion it will be an easy matter for the Banner 90 put