Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-09-21
rne O,po.itionin AIaban,u.

The Montgom HIil, whilom 'he central
Know Nothing organ of AIaoama, presided
over by one Of that delectable fraternity
known as The Southern League is about
to take prec edence o. all other disGnion or
gans in the State OF Alabama 1t is vigor-
Gus supporter Of BRECEINRIDGE. We look TO
;t for tue best disuniUn literature afloat. 1t
has not got down yet to the publication Of
the fiery pronunciamientos of fellow they
cell'' wv. +. SANFORD, but il is momentaTily
expected to. We think ii il likely it voted
for him for Governor last year, and it ought
now to pay bis opinions the respect of q re-
publication. The -AqA gives Us seBtentious
advice how TO dissolve the Union. Ii tells us
TO run three candidates in opposition 20 the
Republicans, and that will insure LINCOI.S's
election, and that viii insure dissolution. 1t
tells Us TO provide for the consequences by
rrfusing to pay our debts to Northern people
keep orr money mt home and bring on
money panics aud financial crises among our
enemies, AID ;nzn We will have them in such
. futter OF tear, they can do nothing. Wise,
precedent, patFiarchsl HAL! But the Natl
does not stop to consider that about all the
provision operators in Alabama and else
where in the South, are buying bacon and
corn and -four from the North to feed the
hungry people at the South when the crops
have been cut short by dry weather. in bills
on Northern Bankers. Brokers, &c, to be paid
in the future. It forgets that under its adj
vice, these bills would be diseredited, and
the South b. left with half rations and star
vation. The Md probably thinks a revolu-
ton could be Carried. on without bread That
may be so, but will the 5iad join the army on
that principle?
The MI tells Us that Judge WATTS, gen.
tleman 10 Alabama TO whom Mr.. BELL ad-
dressed letter some time ago, and the leader
of tn. Opposition in Alab2ma, bias declared
that the eIecriUa OF LINCOLN would be sniff
Client Cause fer dissolution. and then sets
down the opposition in Alabama. in that cat
Pgory. The Nashville JH,O7 and 1meTIcan
quotes the NciI to show shat tie Union party
q; Alabama is disuniOn party. Thus tie
thing goes all around, and it will probably
he repeated from every stump occupied by
Brrckiuridge speaker in Tennessee for the
rest OF The canvass. For ourselves, we do
dot know wha; Judge WATTS may have said;
but We do know one thing and that is. that
Judge WATTS is an earnest supporter of JOHS
Bell snd EDWARD EVERETT. WDetseT me be-
Iieves or has sad that LIACJIN's election
would be sufficient Cause fUr dissolution, or
not, he is doing bis uimUsI 10 prevent the
happening of that event, by an enthusiastic
support of The only natiOaal ticket nog be
lore the American people. aud the only one
that stands ANY chance 10 dcleal LINCOLN. In
doing this he IS doing 3 noble, glorious, a
patriotic work. Whatever his opinions may
he Of the course proper to bc pursued in the
event OF LIACoLN's election, he is doing all
he can To prevent it. In this he is as far
from the YANCEY school OF disuniOnists a the
North and South Poles are apart. They
broke up the d, mocrstic party and are now
supporting BRECKIShIDGE to secure the cleo
ton of a K Publican, tnat they might have a
pretext for dissolution be is doing all he
can to defeat both their sche me and LINCOLN.
That Is the difference, and it is very wide
one. Tue u-e that il made of it is the des-
perate resort of a desperate cause. And we
have only this TO say: go on, gentlemen,
and make the most Of %.