Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-03

Is ssnuuestionably th2 ba1e OF the times. AID
every such difference in politics should be
pat down at ell hazards We have been
told this fery Often but never came 10 see
the case 80 forcibiy as now. Above ali diHeT-
enees previously known, and more irrepressi-
hIsr than any conflict before heard OF on this
oues;ion. the din and ferceness of the fight
now raging at Charleston Tises supreme It
ia there an intestine conflict. also, an interne-
cine. though scarcely civil war; aud ali
know that sach struggles are far more in
iurfcus to rhe country than contests between
regular and natural OppOsltes. The conflict
at Charleston is The worst, the heTcest :nd
the most destructive to the parties concerned
ever wagei on questions relating to slavery.
1t mast therefore, b. put down at whatever
cost. The authors OF it must be pro. cribed
by every political organization. ahd il no
existing organization quite meets the case,
let great Crushing Out party be at once
formed. whose sole purpose II shall be to de-
stray both the divisions now conteHding over
slavery al Charleston
The country never will rest until they are
crushed out. They must be cxtinguiShed. al
once and forever. Shall we permit any men
by whatever name they may call themselves
to handy fierce epitsets about the negro to
the utter exclusion Of every other subject %
public concern? What have they said OF the
revenues and Industry Of the country at
Charleston? What of our foreign relations
| and the future flights OF the American eagisz
What OF the nations and territory whose
absorption is so necessary to our safety, and
| even our very exiStence-to wit: Cuba and
Mexico? What can they say of all this until
they stop their furious s ght about the negro!
Nothing.
We therefore call upon every body not
otherwise occupied TO engage at once III the
| formation OF party to crush out the latest
and most rePrehensible conflicts about sldve-
~. The States voting for the majority plat
| form Just read at the Convention must be
driven from their ground, and the opponents
| of that majority report must also BE- siienced =
| No candidate nominated 10y either or b1th
/ factions can be tree from the stain now ia
| offaceably fixed by the Convention is II.
| We will vote for no such nominee, MOI can
! any conservative man who has tbE peace al
| the country at heart. Every voter who mas
| ideas Of political duty above or apart + ON
the negro question is NOW prrclUded from
voting for any drmOcratic Candidate puE Oh
| the country by that Convention.
In eOberu.ss We have had quite enough OF
democratic j-rring and democratic rant about
the differences of opinion entertained by
others concerning slavery We invite the
attention OF the Country To the great inter
ests for which it is the duty OF The govern
mcnt TO care, and we drlreciIe too much
attention to matters OF simple bltteTueSs.
But we also believe in the PROCESS ana
amclioratiOn OF the age, choosing to repre-
sent and sympathise with these rather ih"h
with 6espotism aud reactions For doih8 70
the party opposed TO democratic abuses mas
| endured az amount of outrageous abuse anu
| Misrepresentation, possible ohIy d. ue'ilO
| cratic hands and in an age of almost uITe-
| stricted license. The Pretence on which ali
| ibis was based is now shown TO be entirely
| false. and the claim of democratic superior
| ity to be utterly without fourdation- In the
Peoples party these differences are consia-
| tent with the general and adj anste atlehii'A
to other and all proper dutfes; In the ceIho-
cratic party they CAUSE fatal Intestine con
vnJsions and such .ries of rage and terror
A. now fiji the air fr, m Charleston. For this
aud other reasons; that party must and Vii
he mt down. Pint AOIlh -1neTtcGH.