Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-30

Mr.. BATES. OF MIssoURL-The N. Y. Iff-
bttne is satisfied with the letter Of Mr.. BATES,
although il thinks there was no necessity for
production of that character from him.
The Tribune adds
Mr.. Bats voted in 1856 for President Fill
more, as did the great BODY of the Republi-
cans of Missouri Germans and all; "a did the
Republicans of Delaware and MARYLAND with
nearly Four Hundred Thousand Electors re-
siding in the Free States. That -Four III IN
dred Thousand hold the Issue of the next
Presidential Election in their hands. and. pine
teen in every twenty of them would b, ariily
support Mr.. Bates if nominated at Chic ,go.
If so nominal ed, he could Certainly be elect
ed even without vote from the Slave States.
And vet the st ntiments avuwrd in his lett,r
to our Miss uri brethren as distinctively
and unequivocally r publican as tho-e of
any of our prominent statesmen. Col. Frr
mOnt's antecedents and avOwals did not so
clearly and fully identify him with us in SO
as those of MIR. Bates do him in 1860.
In regard to the probability OF the support
of Mr.. BATES by the Northern FILLMORE men
of 1856, it may not be out of place to re-
publish the following remarks of the Buffalo
Commercial advertiser, the reputed organ OF
Mr.. FILLMORE:
The true theory of the action of the Balti-
more Convention seems 10 us TO be. not es-
pecially to exhibit the power of the conserve
tive sentiment of the country, bat to make it
practically useful. 1t is doubtless true that
the candidate presented at Baltimore, who
ever he may be, will faithfully represent the
principles best adapted to the present good
and final perpetuity OF the Union. But ii
does not therefore follow that an independent
nomination should be made. The coAserUd-
tires OF The North t0iu refuse 10 support third
caHd,dfte e1crpt under pressing necessity. Should
bo b the Charleston and Chicago Conren-
tions nominate noioriOusly- sectional men.
then our friends at Baltimore can pat their
man in the field, with an insured confidence
that he will rally around him gu enthusiastic
aud Elective support But the in event OF
prudent and conservative nomination at Chi-
cago- and there are several candidates OF that
character prominently before that Conven-
tion-wc are compelled to say frankly to our
Southern conservative allies, that wItL be
morally impossible 10 concentrate any eoHsderab
strength on a third nomination. We say iurj her,
that It is wrong TO demand negative action
of the North, when positis good may result
from an affirmative course.
The conservatives of the North are relia-
BILE for two things. II the Chicago Cony"n-
ton dominates a sectional man. they cannot
be induced TO support him. II that ConueHiion
nOTnInGtes national nun, Il trH be equally tn
possible TO prepeat them from voting for HIM.
They recognize a possible Necessity for a
third candidate, and will yield TO that neces-
sty when it comes. But TO expect them TO
commit themselves in advance, to shut their
ewes aud 90 it blind Is tax upon them a lit
tie too severe To be impa'irntly endured.
Supporting that patriotic devotion 10 The
nationality of politics should demand the d.
feat of the Chicago candidate, il Is pretty es-
idcnt that he must be beaten ut the North, II
anywhere. There would be no Sou, hern bat.
tlr-field in such a contest. The Northern na-
lionals would act on just plea OF arg ent
necessity. Their action would be defsnsible
and pairiotic But with a nomination made
at Baltimore on the 9th of May, the great
force of their argument woulfbe broken. IL
would he said that they pr cluded the posi-
biity Of prudent action at Chicago, pledg ed
themselves in advance to refuse support TO
any Republican candidate, however accepia-
bile, and 30 compelled The nomination vi a
distinc lively sectional man.
The Commercial Adperfiser accordingly re-
commends that the Baltimore Convention be
pos tponed until the 23l Of May. or course
this recommendation will not lie accepted
The National Union Convention does not, aud
will not, look to Chicago for either nominee
or an endorsement.