Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-09-09
TIE CANVASS
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EGen. Bate and Mr. Goladay, our District Electors.
addressed the people of Rutherford at Murfrees-
boro on Monday the Sd inst Mr.. Golladay led off
in labored effort of an hour and half. He re-
peated the old story of Charleston and Baltimore
Conventions, and doomed OF Stephen A. Douglas.
He talked great deal about disunion Yancey and
Rhett seemed to alarm him very much. He said
the repeal of the Missouri restriction caused all
the trouble in the country. he read letter of the
members of the Tennessee Legislature TO Gen. Cass,
and imagined that the Democracy of Tennessee en-
d0Tsed Squatter Sovereignty BY it. His defence of
Mr.. Bell on his slavery record consisted OF merely
asserting that he was aiding the South in each vote.
He said Gen. Bate had charged him with once being
Democrat, and if the C4ss letter committed the
Tennessee Democracy to Sqnatterigm, it committed
him also. He said il was true he had been Demo
crat, but it was when he boy and before he
was voter. He generally pronounced the term
Niger with s7seer and spoke of " the eight tlHie
Niger cotton Stdtes.o What he intended by this
am unable TO determine
Gen. Bates arose in fine spirits, passed. glowing
eulogy on the democratic party, and gave brief
but satisfactory explanation OF the Conventions.
(There are no Douglas men here, but II one mad
been present he would have been SATISFIED that
the " Little Giant does not suit a DemocratD he
said that John Bell by the rule applied to Breckin
ridge by the Opposition. is sectional candidate, as
there were only twenty three out OF the Thirty three
States represented, and many of them by proxy in
the Convention that nominated Mr. Bell FOrty-nine
electoral vote were not represented Washington
Hunt who voted against the admission of Florida
because her Constitution was pro-slavery, and OPP
posed the annexation of Texas on the same grounds
and twice voted for the Wilmot ProViso, presided
over the Convention. Votes were cast for John
Mclean Black Republican judge, who dssente1
from the opinion in the bred Scott decision and
denied the South her rights, and for W. l. Sharkey
Mississippi fire eater and the President of the
Nashville Convention in 1850 He said Judge Shar
KEY and Mr.. Starke. the Commissioner from Mlssis
sppi to the late Southern Conference, and other
fire-eaters worse than Yancey, were supporters of
Mr.. Bell and yet Mr.. Golladay claims that his party
is the Union party, and because Yancey supports
Breckenridge the Democracy are disuni0nists. Mr..
Golladay, said Gen. Bate, has very accommodate
ing fear as he seemed much alarmed about Yancey,
and yet had no fears of Sharkey, Starke, and other
fire eaters, and the Black Republican, Lewis d.
Campbell, who stand by him as a brother in the
support of John Bell He then answered the
charge OF Mr.. Golladay that the repeal of the Mis-
sour restriction brought evil the country and
kuiltup the Black Repub lean party by showing that
Buchanan's vote increased 237 ,9l5 over Plerces.
He also showed that half million Of votes in the
North received by Scott were lost to Fillmore, and
that Fillmore increased over SCOTS in the
South, and hence the Black Republican party in its
first race for President was the bastard scion of
decayed opposition tree"
He SAID Mr.. Golladay pleaded the I" Baby act " on
his Democracy. but he read from the Lebanon Demo-
cTdt, edited by K. E. Thompson, formerly a Wing,
which stated that Mr. G. consulted his Democratic
friends about opposing him for the Legislature and
that the Opposition made big fuss over him when
he announced his determination TO support their
candidate for the Presidency. This took him out Of
the Baby statute"
Gen. Bate said it was true that he did sign letter
to Cen Cass, complimentary to his great speech in
defense of the South against the Wilmot Proviso.
To show the sentiments OF the Democracy then, ne
read resolution offered by him, declaring that
We assert that the territory acquired by the late
treaty with Mexico, is the common property of all
the people Of the United States. and all have the
right to move to it, and take with them their pro-
perry their religion and liberty. Congress did not
create property in slaves, it say they shall
cease to be property To abolish slavery in the ter
ritUres is to diminish their value and limit their
usefulness in the States. 1t is an appropriation of
the territories to the people of one portion Of our
country to the exclusion of another, whose blood
and treasure flowed freely in the war which ac-
quired it. The power of Congress to legislate for
the territories is to protect the zsnS and property
and not to declare what is property"
This resolution a complete vindcation of the
Democracy, it was supported by every Democratic
member of the Legislature, and stands as high
compliment to Gen. B. He first to have the saga
city and prophetic craftsmanship to declare for pro
lection ten years IN advance, and protection is now
the great issue before the country. -
Gen. Bate, 10 the great discontinue of the 0ppo-
sition then sifted Bells record, and showed thai he
had been on almost every side of every question ex
cept pace-hunting and that he had always been for
that Bell had been Tor the tariff and against the
tariff for the bank &nd against the bank; for Gen.
jackson when in power and against him when out
of power; for Henry Clay and against him, as it
suited his political advancement; he wrote let
ter for Martin Van Buren, and then turned against him.
Mr. Bell has been the arch agtator of the slavery
question he refused to support the Clayton Com
promise in 1913, which would have forever put to
rest the agitation in the Territories and measure
supported by all the Tennessee Representatives ex-
cept two. If the repeal OF the Missouri line caused
all the disturbance, Mr. Bell was equally responsible
for it Mr.. Dixon, Wing Senator from Kentucky,
moved to repeal it, and John Bell voted for it. Mr..
Bell conceded with the Abotoniss in reference to
Abolition petitions and the abolition of slavery in
the District of Columbia He voted to admit Cali
fOrna, with her antslavery Constitution. into the
Union; but when Kansas asked for admission, he saw
negro slavery dark spot her hand and reject
ed her, although her Constitution had been formed
under law of Congress. He voted against the !
Utah Bill lodged the New Mexico Bill, and opposed |
the annexation of Texas, when he negro slavery
there Gen Bate then asked Mr. GOlladay TO point |
out great measure that John Bell has ever naugu
rated. '... ...... .-
L have simply stated a few points of the discus |
sion never saw the Democracy so aroused since |
the days Of Polk and Jones. as cheer after cheer |
went up for our gallant Elector RUTHERFoRD.