Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-10-21
.Tne Uh,on or JOhu Bell party. ,,

A few days since says the Louisville Courier, we
referred to the fact that the Bardstown Gazette
the only DOUGLAS paper in the State in whie we had
seen one word against JoHN BELL Ityet stands
solitary and alone In its Opposition to the Know Moth
ing candidate. Hence we more cheerfully make
room for the following from the Ggsete of Saturday
last
Last week we promised our readeas dish " of
the diStion sentiments uttered by the leaders of the
Bell, or Know Nothing, party South. We shall pro
coed to fulfill our promise The Union" men Of
Florida have in Estate Convention proclaimed their
oltindtuuH. Read it. we Union savers of Kentucky
Resided THAT IF THE NEXT OR ANY
OTHER CONGRESS SHALL PASS LAWS DIRECT
LY OR INDIRECTLY PROHIBITING SLAVERY
IN THE TERRITORIES. AND THE SUPREME
COURT OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL De
CLARE SUCH LAWS TO BE CONSTITUTIONAL.
THE SAFETY AND HONOR OF THE SOUTHERN
STATES Will, REQUIRE OF THEM EXTREME
AND DECIDED MEASURES; THAT IN AN EXT
GENCY so IMPORTANT NO PARTY SHOULD
PRESCRIBE THE COURSE TO BE PURSUED"
The Democratic party stands pledged to sumit to
the decision of the Supreme COurt-the Democratic
marty has never resolved, that we remember to IA
vor dissolution of the Union because the highest
judicial tribunal in the land may decide that a law
passed by Constitutional Congress is Constitution
al But the Belleverett party have declared in Con-
venton assembled, that extreme measures will be
q
Court decides that Constitutional Congresspass Con-
stitutional laws" Mr. Hill, of Georgia, declared in
long and able letter, that unless the South can
have her right guaranteed it is the duty Of the
people of the Southern States to dissolve their con-
nection with their Northern brethren " a Govern
ment that will secure to them their rights" AND
Mr. Hill is elector for the State large on the Bell
and Everett ticket. Mr. Hill also says that Nj Bell
ought to be supported in the South because he IS OPP
posed to the dogma of Squatter Sovereignty. Mr. Hill
says
II repeat we have four candidates in the field
and of these John Bell is the only candidate who has
always voted directly against both the Wimot Pro-
viso and Squatter Sovereignty"
And yet DOUGLAS Democrats are asked to vote for
Mr. Bell A little further Mr.. H. gets off the fol-
lowing: .z--
q If the people were led to indorse the Kansas
bill and to abuse John Bell and drive him from the
Senate because he told them the Kansas bill was
deception and dIsturber of the public peace and
| if the very men who led the people to ndorse the
Kansas BILL and repudiate Mr.. Bell now admit that
the Kansas bill was q cheat. swndle, and the fruit
of bargain to keep irreconcilable party togeth-
er for spois will not the people say that their very
honor, selfrespect and sense of justice will require
them to repudiate those who deceived them and hon
or the noble Roman who lost his Office rather than
! join in the deception
| So it will be seen what the leading Bell men of
| Georgia think about the Kansas bill. And yet we
fear that many of our Douglas friends favor the cleo
| ton of Mr. Bell. No doubt Mr.. Bell is noble old
| Roman-one of that sort who want little more
| Democratic and Irish blood sprinkled" upon the
streets of our large cities And yet Mr. Bell expects
to carry Kentucky by the cooperation of Douglas
! Democrats We don't believe he can do it. We
shall make further quotations, from prominent Bell
men in our next issue, to prove that they are Dis
unionists.