Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-10-07
CORRESPONDENCE.
From Texas.


NEAR CEDAR GROVE, |
Dallas County Texas, Sept. Is, 1860. |
GExTIEMEEs-I received by the last mail the first |
copy Of the Union AND AMER1cAN since left South
ern Texas several months ago.
1t looks not little strange to see you Tennessee
ans engaged in Presidential campaign against JoBN
BEEI~ Who is JONI BELL? and who is STEPHEN A.
DOUGLAS so far as this canvass is concerned? What
ideas do they represent? The questions involved in
this contest are shall the equality of the States be
maintained-shall the Southerner have equal pro-
lection with the Northerner to person and property
in the common Territories BREckNRIDGE responds
yea; LINCOLN says nay. What say DOUGLAS and
BEII7 That is the matter in controversy, and who
is not for is against But he who fails to
plant himself squarely one side or the other Is
not principal in this fight, but mere freebooter
Hence, 1 presume, as it is the BELL squad of the
allies instead of the great division of the enemy
that are making guerrilla attack upon the unter-
rifed Democracy of Tennessee, presume you must
demolish them before you can march upon the great
camp.
Bnt a few who are called Democrats but are not
Democrats have gone off after DoUeLAs, while you
have received in their stead patriotic men, hitherto
active with the Opposition READY, understand,
is with u.s. STERLING CooKPEILis with GENTRY
can't 90 BELL STRAYHoRN formerly of Maury, has
come back But where is Gen. ZoLLTCoFFER, gal
liant man as ever represented Southern constitu-
ency. We cannot have confidence in Mr.. BELL since
he took an anti-Nebraska stand. | can't see who
he can support in the contest if not BRECKINRIDGE
and LANE.
We are all one way in Texas If there had been
any DOUGLAS or BELL organization here the late in
cendiary movement would have blown it up and
as for LNcoIN-ite we would hang him with as little
ceremony as we would MURREL-ite. And yet the
| Opposition prints say that we have manufactured
this excitement for political purposes. Do sober,
sensible men hang fellow white men and use the in
cendarys torch merely to raise political, parti-
san sensation? Admirable logic, truly.
But the YANCEY- BRECKENRIDGE Democracy are dis
unionists. stale discovery. Shrek we Union
savers. Ye who would tamey submit to the cleo
ton of LINCoLN-yea take Office under him. We
Texans who have tasted the first fruits of Black
Repubcansm in the ashes of our Wondering cities,
burning residences and corn stacks and in the de-
structiOn of our slave property, can but dread the
/ Inauguration of President elected for principles
avowedly at war our peculiar institution. G.
DR. G. B. PETERs.-It affords us .unspeakable
pleasure to announce that DR.. g. B. Peters, State
Senator from HaTdeman county, has expressed a
| determination to support John c. Breckenridge.
DIR. Peters has been the acknowledged champion of
the Douglas party in Hardeman county, but he has
become satisfied that Douglas has strength in Ten
nessee, and being too good Democrat to aid in
transferring the State to Know Nottingham he will
for the future battle for Breckenridge and Lane
We must confess are not surprised at Es course
No mans heart beats truer to the rights, the honor
and the interests of the South and the cause of De-
mOcracy, and in supporting Breckenridge DR.. Peters
has only assumed his appropriate place in the Demo
cratic party and in defence of the South. We were
panied to see him lending his talent and efficient
name to the Douglas cause, but we are rejOiced to
know that to have the aid of his powerful
services from now until the election in beating
down and driving back to its den, rampant and ex,
| infant Know. NOthingism Memphis Al,nL1ncbe