Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-06-08

Constitution: and that no doubt might be en-
tertained OF his meaning. be gaze the first
Office in the Cabinet to the author OF the bum
bug, Gen. Cas-
Il is thus seen, gentlemen, that what is
called the Democratic party has shifted its
position, from time to time. in order to catch
the votes of the people. The two extreme
sections of the Union have been held togeth-
er by the cohesion Of the public plumber.
each ready to help the other, whenever there
appeared on the political arena a conserya-
| tive man or measure. Seward has pandered
to the South. uniting with it to break down
| the force of Gen. Jackson's proclamation.
The South has done the same thing for Sew
ard By admitting construction OF State
rights which looked for remedies for sup
posed grievances outside of the Coustitu-
tion.
But time has opened the eyes of the peo-
pie, and this coalition of the extremists can
no longer be made available in the election
Of President. Seward has fallen, a victim
to his own articles, and the Democratic or
ganiZation tumbles to pieces from the weight
of its own corruption, and the inherent
weakness of its principles.
Messrs Yancy, Davis, Toombs and the
other great apostles Of the Southern rights
party declare that Squatter Sovereignty is all
a humbug, and poor Buchanan and Cas- are
obliged to employ Their patronage 10 break
down the very principles which brought
them into power. -
In such state of the public affairs, what
else ought to be done than to bring into
power two distinguished statesmen who have
been uncontaminated by the vices of two
sectional parties which have SO long agita-
ted the country, and have brought the Gov
eminent to the very verge of dissolution
and what better names could we have offered
you for this high mission, than John Bell
and Edward Everett? They have been long
known in public life, and have a record for
purity, ability, patriotism and statesman
ship, equal to that of any men in the Re
public. -b
Here, in Tennessee, We all know Mr. Bell
intimately. lie commenced public life whilst
q very young man, and has filled many i'm
portant Offices. His career is furnished by
no vice. As Senator of the United States,
as member and speaker of the House of Rep
resentatiyes, as chairman of the most inn
portant committees, he has been in contact
with all the leading men of the day for the
last thirty years, and has been respected by
them all for his ability, industry, indepen-
dence and patriotism.
Mr.. Everett is no less distinguished. His
fame as scholar and statesman is not con-
fined to the United States Abroad as well
as AZ home, he is recognized as pure and
gifted man. If he had done nothing else
during his life than to give US the most per-
feet pOrtraiture of the character of Washing
ton he would have done enough to entitle
him to our gratitude. There is no sculptor
in modern times who has produced a work of
such merit, or one that will last longer as
monument of national patriotism ard love.
It is said that these gentlemen cannot be
elected, because their names do not excite
enthusiasm in the masses of the people. l
trust, gentlemen, that this is a mistake. 1t
is true that their services are not marked
by the brilliancy of the battlefield, or the
romance of hair-breadth escapes in the mill
tary annals of their time. But is military
merit all that the country needs al this time?
l think the people are prepared to say that
the period has arrived when the country
needs craftsmanship. There are abuses to
correct in every department OF the Govern
ment. Both at home and abroad, in our in
ternal and external relations, there is need
of reformation, and l know OF no public men
better qualified for the HeicuIean task,
than the men We have presented to you.
1t will be said by the modern sham De-
mocracy, that Mr.. Bell is not sound on the
slavery question. The people of Tennessee
will reject this charge as the suggestion of
party malice. Mr.. Bells votes and speeches
through long public career, will dissipate
all that ealumny can invent on this subject.
1t is also stated, as an objection to Mr..
Bell, that he left General Jackson's Admin
istration and gave his vote to Judge White,
and not to Mr.. Van Buren,. In doing SO,
mistake the sentiment of the people OF Ten
nessee if they permit this to be set down as
grievous fault. 1t was not Gen. Jackson
that Mr.. Bell opposed, but Mr. Van Buren,, as
being less friend to the interests OF the
South than was Judge White. @
But, gentlemen, will not occupy your
time by the answer to objections which can
have no serious weight with an intelligent
and virtuous people. As an old friend of
Jackson, raised, in great measure, in his
family. and associated with him confidential
ly and intimately in the most Interesting Pc
riod of his life, | I'm satisfied with Mr.. Bell, |
and shall do all that l can honorably to pro-
mote his election. He is truer friend to the |
memory of Gen. Jackson Than any one now |
with the seceders and fre-eaters |
of the South, or than any one who upholds |
The corrupt Administration of Mr.. Buchanan. |
Mr.. Bell, in his last speech to US here, told |
us that if he could recall Gen. Jackson to |
the scenes of the world. he would gladly |
place him in the Presidency, to cleanse out |
the Augean stable, and bring back the Gov |
ernmeDt to its original principles.
Mr.. ID. then examined, in some detail, the |
gross attempt of Mr.. Buchanan, as the agent |
of the modern sham democracy, to control the |
votes of the people by the use of the public |
money. He contrasted his conduct in this |
respect with that of Gen. Jackson, who de- |
ciared, in his inaugural address, that it was |
the most sacred duty of the Presidedt to see |
that the patronage of the Federal Govern |
meut was not brought into conflict with the |
freedom of the State elections. Mr.. Buch- |
anan acted on totally different principle
His newspaper organ at Washington boldly |
assumed the ground that the office-holders |
should contribute from their salaries towards |
the support of the party in power. This
was, in substance, saying that the public |
offices could be bought and sold. 1t was
such logic as this that brought about the de-
cline of the Roman empire, whose chiefs first
bought the votes of the people with their
own money, and then enlisted them in the
service of despotism. 1t will not be surpris-
ing, therefore, if We witness many such de-
falcations as those OF the late Postmaster at
New York before the Administration closes
it's term of office. That Postmaster is
generally understood to have been an anna
BILE, good-natured man, and is not suspected
of having used the public money to benefit |
himself. His object was to make himself &C
ceptable TO his superiors at Washington, and
tc acquire the reputation of being a first
rate party man. a real tip top sham Democrat
As a remarkable instance of the monstrous
abuses of the Executive patronage, 1 need
only point your attention to the course of
the Administration in relation to the elections
in Illinois, and other Western States. The
object of the Executive was to break down
the influence and character of Mr.. Douglas.
but the people would not sanction this inter-
ference with their rights; and the result is,
that Mr.. Douglas, amidst the wreck of the
Democratic party, is the only leading men,
Der of it who possesses the respect of the
country at large. For one, gentlemen, do
not hesitate to say here that honor aud re-
spect Mr.. Douglas for his frmness and
patriotism in opposing this glaring attack of
the Administration upon the freedom of cleo
tons. -s- a
A friend of mine, discussing TIE case of
this defaulting Postmaster, told re an anec-