Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-01-18

mr.. HeII and she Presidency.
The Nashville Banner and other Opposition pa
ners Of Tennessee have ralsed the name Of Hon. I
John Bell as o candids,c for The Presidency W. /
have great confidence IN Mr.. Bell as Unloa' con 1
servatiYe man. We cannot believe him really de-
sirOus of any further extension Of slavery, on that
he would willingly. any mere than Henry Clay
would have DONE use his official influence, IN any
position, 60 promote that object believing TINS we
could ourselves even support him for the Presiden-
cy, were there possibility Of concentrating the
Northern Opposition upon him generally, and were
it not for the persistency OF his political friends IN
maintaining principles Numerically opposed 10
those alike OF the Republican and Old Wing parties.
They insist keeping him on their odous PLATFORM
In the present state Of affairs, and with such extra
VACANT assertions Of the constitutional rights OF
Slavery in the Territories, as are now adhered 10
by the friends Of Mr. Bell, we see no posslDlty Ol
his having any party at the North; Wnethei allgIs
Americans Old Line Wings or Republicans. Ills
platorn is an intensely sectional one, 1t can never
receive the sanction Of a national lndoIseHlent
Slavery prOpagandism viii have TO go TO tne wall
On any such platform as now avoWed Dy buchaiS
an land Endorsed by the friends Of Bell) ne would
not have received Northern electoral vote IN 800
To illustrate this intolerable attitude OF the
Southern Opposition, and the hopelessness OF any
union between them and the Republicans we WIN
Quote paragraph from the same NUMBER OF tiie
Nashville PGdiOt in which ground IS broken Iof lhe
nomination Of Mr. Bell the taYorlte OF tennessee
Commenting on thes mOderatetOned messages OF
Governors Chase and Morgan, neither OF winch CON
tains any expression on the slavery question which
is not sustained by Mr.. Fillmore late Union letter,
and in accordance with the universal sentiment Of
the Old Wing party Of the North, the Patriot says
sTusin the midst OF ali thu excitement caused by the brutal
and bloody conspiracy John Brown have the ougvings Of
Rerublican in grave Staepapers Whilst condemn
ing invasion Of Virginia they are firm in the expression Of
determination drive the Southern people from the enjoy
men OF the right slaves into keep them in the ter
right guaranteed them by the constitution as expond-
ed by highest authority known TO governments the su
preme Court This is question shan be compelled to meet
publcanism reodes from its position thing atogeh
er improbable at present.
It is more than improbable, most assuredly, that
the Republicans will ever recede from their
present position Of hostility to the cdous Buchanan
doctrine that the Constitution carries slavery into
the Territories. Even the Northern Democracy re
pudiate that mOnstrOus and utterly unWarranted
assumption. No man who upholds it can get an
electoral vote from the Free States.
Thus spoke the Cincinnati Gazette of the 10TH
an organ Of the Black Republican party Of Ohio,
second, in influence with its party to no paper in
that State. The Black Republicans Of Ohio, speak
ing through this accredited organ, have great cor
fdence in Mr. BELL as Union, conservative man"
They do not believe him really DESTROYS Of any
further extension Of slavery" But they do not
ike the platform upon which he is placed by his
friends. otherwise they might even support him
for the Presidency" His platform is an intensely
sectional one 1t can never receive the sanction of
q national endorsement. Slavery propagandism
will have to go to the wall" " To illustrate the
utter hopeessness of any union between the South
ern Opposition and the Republicans" the Gazette
quotes the paragraph from the Patriot. We ask
our readers to look carefully to the sentiments con
tanned in that paragraph, and see if there is any
thing objectionable to any Southern man. If that
platform is acceptable to the Patriot and to its
southern readers. while we would not presume to
dictate to the Patriot as to what is its duty in the
premises, we do not hesitate to say that the only
course for it to pursue Is to boldly and unequivoca
" inform the Cincinnati Gazette and Mr.. BELLS
other Northern friends, who could even support
him for the Presidency" that when Mr.. B. declares
himself as favoring the Black Republican policy Of
the prohibition Of slavery in the territories by
Congress, he commits aggression upon the rights
Of the South which renders him unworthy Of the
confidence Of the Southern people But did the
Patriot do this? We regret to say that it did not
The Gazette having placed Mr.. BELL on the Patriots
platform thereupon declares: We see NJ posi-
bility of his lr. b. having any party at the North
&c. Thus speaks the Gazette in Cincinnati on the
morning of the 10th. The Patriot seems to become
alarmed for its candidate. It is essentially neces
sary that he should get some votes North Of Masons
and Dixons line, and as there are but two parties
there. respectable in numbers, and as there is no
hope of Mr.. BELL getting any Democratic votes, it
follows Of necessity that to secure MS election he
must be supported by the Black Republicans
Hence the Patriot in quick response to the Gazette
says in Nashville on the morning of the 18th
The Cincinnati Gazette, in an article relative to
the support of Hon. John Bell. for the Presidency
BY the Opposition presses in this State, quotes
ticle from the Patriot as the platform upon which
Mr.. Bells friends place him. We must bespeak for
Mr. B. Justice at the hands Of the Gazette His re-
cord Is before the country and upon that platform
alone he stands He is a true conservative and con
sttutiOna union nssn, and such Is entitled TO the
confidence of all who wish to preserve the Union.
and tOIrestOre the sections to harmony and trater-
nal affection. lie is not responsible for any sentl
ment the Patriot has uttered, or may utter;
nor are we responsible for any sentiment
he has uttered or may utter, until we ap-
prove and endorse It. Upon grave issues Of
public concern, now belonging to the past, Mr.. Bell
aud the Patriot differed We have never desired him
to abandon his views and adopt ours. And with the
greatest respect and reverence for his wisdom and
sagacitv, and his great ability as a statesman, we
have felt due to our manhood to MAINTAIN and de-
fend our individual opinions even against the weight
Of his name and authority. And this we shall con-
tinue ID do Nevertheless, we do not choose to let
a difference Of opinion upon measures OF past po-
Icy. intervene 20 prevent US from expressing
wish 10 see the affairs Of this nation placed in his
hands, or from supporting his claims warmly and
zealOusv. Our country calls for some sacrInce, on
the part of the patriotic. for the promotion OF the
welfare Of the people and the perpetuty OF our IN
stitutOns and we are willing 70 make our part VIII
the Gazette do as much? 1t acknowledge the pro
found craftsmanship, and conservative public life OF
Mr. Bell. Is it prepared to make sacrifice to secure
such chief to the Presidential chair
e We must Jespe1l for l B. justice at he hands Of
the Gazette His record is before the country and upon
that platform alone he stands. lie is a true, coDserUa
lice and constitutional Union man." &c. The Gazette
did nothing but put Mr.. BELL on the Patriofs plat
form Was that injustice to him? If SO, in what
If there is anything in the paragraph
quoted by the Gazette from the Patriot which Mr..
BELL does not endorse, and which it would be I'M
Just to Mr. B. to say tha5 he did endorse we would
be glad for the Patriot as one Of Mr.. BELLS fore
most friends to point il out.
Mr. BELL" says the Patriot, " is true, oanseryas
tive and constitutional Union man. Is there any
thing in the Patriots article which any true, con
servative. constitutional Union man" could not
heartily endorse? If there is, we ask the Patriot
to point It ont and rctract it. We regret to see the
Patriot manifest such overweening anxiety to con
vince his Cincinnati cotemporary that Mr. BELL is
not responsible for any sentiment that the Patriot
has uttered OF may utter We think the presump-
ton of the Gazette thai Mr.. BELL stood on the Pa
,ss platform was not unreasonable, as the "atrtot
had hoisted his name fop the Presidency. and de-
clared him the proper man to heal the disteHPeg
Of the times
From Washington
WASHINGTON, Jan. I6.-The Senate, in executive
sn.sinn has confirmed the nomination of Mr. Fank-