Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-22


of North Carolina, has been several times re-
ferred to recently by the Union and Anaerlc0H-
We repabIish IL for the information OF the
readers of the PATRIOT, and with the further
object of commenting upon it:
WASHINGTON, n. c.. Jan. %. 1860.
DEsR SIR -Yours of the 18th has just
,eacbed me. You request to be informed If
IL be true that have .'endorsed the admins
tration of Gov. Ellis" and you say that
s.u,any Of my friends are anxious to know my
position"
You will remember that when was can
didate for Governor, / ereryuchere announced
that had ALWAYS been and still continued
drmocrat. / differed with my party on GER
tain points and opposed its nominee, but
never sought any mans vote under the i'm
preston that was not democrat. can
not see how, when / am in an entirely pr1-
yste sphere, and wholly without any political
aspirations my position can be matter OF
any interest; nevertheless my respect for you
and those who desire this information forbIds
me to withhold il.
have returned to the Democratic orgsni-
cation and shall support its nominees (both
State and federal) who may be selected by
the conventions of the party at Raleigh and
Charleston. | regard the Union as in imIni-
ueut peril. A sectional organiZatiOn-strOng,
united. determined and aggressive, meDaces
the honor of the South, attacks her vital in
terests, and threatens her very existence. L
am DESTROYS to engage and combat this enc
nv inside the Union and under che Oonstitu-
ton, and by defeating him, successfully TO
maintain the one and uphold the other.
find but one national party with whom | can
affiliate In this contest. 1t is true small
band of conservative oppositiOnists" as they
are called (but coming entirely from the
South are standing opposed to the common
foe-and they have here and there an individu-
nj sympathiZer and supporter in the free
States-but they are wholly without nation
al organization. and as l think are powerless
to resist the common foe-and / seriously
apprehend that their effort to organize into
a separate body will but give strength to our
enemies and eHdanger still farther the Union.
/ have then but one reason to abandon my
points of difference with my party-enter its
organization and fight under its banner; and
/ would If could induce you, my other
friends and the host of patriotic old Wings
and Americans in the State, for they are
true. to fOrbear party and unite with us IN
an effort TO crush fanaticism, and restore the
equality of the States
/ expect Gov. Ellis will be re-nominated,
without opposition. 1.-The is shall certainly
support him. both because think he has adj
ministered the government with patriotic
purpose, and because by this means | will
contribute to build up the party which |
think the only party capable OF crushing out
abolitionism ara disuniOn.
You are at liberty to use this as you see
proper.
l am very truly and sincerely your friend,
ID. h. MCRAE.
The course which Mr.. MCRAE thinks proper
TO pursue, is not singular. Although acting
of late years with the Opposition the old
leaven of democracy was never entirely
eradicated from his heart: fighting the de-
mOcrscy he "had always been aud still con-
tinued to be a democrat" even whilst bear
ing the standard Of the Opposition. Defeat
ed, his standard trampled in the dust, clouds
and darkness hanging over the prospects Of
his allies, ii is not TO be wondered at that he
returned to his first love-" But, Mr.. Nc
RAE, though neither fool nor knave, does
not act ingenuously in the statement of his
reasons therefor. O. L regard" says he, ''the
"Union as in imminent peril. A sectional
Organization = strong. united determined
"and aggressive, menaces the honor of the
"South, attacks her villa interests, and
threatens her very existence. i am de-
s'sirous to engage and combat this enemy
"inside the Union and under the COnstitu-
"tiou, and by defeating him successfully
"maintain the one and uphold the other. i
"can find but one natioEat party with whom
al can affiliate il this contest" The Union
is not more peril now than it has been for
this past six years, or during the time Mr..
MoRAE acted with the opponents OF the de-
mocracy. If his reasons for going back to
them now are sound, they were equally
sound in 1858. He ought to have affiliated
then with the only Irrational party" and
should have supported Governor ELLIS
instead of taking the field against him as his
competitor for gubernatOrial honOrs. If the
Union is in "imminent peril ,"-ifa powerful
Sectional organization attacks her vital
interests and threatens her very existence'-
what causes have led to this state OF thingSf
Is not democratic organization, in a great
measure, responsible for it, Has not
it's agitation Of slavery issues been the
chief instrnmentalty in building up
threatens the very existence" of the South
We answer il is even so. How, then. are
we 10 maintain the Union and uphold the
by throwing ourselves into the
embraces of the party which has done more
than all others TO place them in jeopardy
1t seems to US that the true policy is TO break
down, If possible. the sectional organize
tion" and the national party" and upon
their ruins construct third which shall put
an end to slavery agitaiiens aud preserve the
Constitution and the Union. The formation
of such party may require time but 1t can
aud must be done, or all the evils which Mr..
McRAE apprehsnds may come to crush the
South.
Bun, ii is not merely abolitionism that Mr..
McRAE joins the democracy TO "crush out"
He expects through the same meals TO give
"disanionism" It's qnietusl II this were
not serious matter, the idea Of destroying
disunionism by means of the democratic par
y would excite mIrth. Why, Mr.. McRAE.
Who are the disuaionists' In the ranks Of
what party are they to be foundi Is not the
democratic party studded with them as the
heavens are studded with ssarsi Do they
not give law to the party in the majority OF
the Southern States /; and have they rot be-
come so powerful that the doctrines Of An
pzEv JACKSON promalgsd ia the memorable
crisis Of 1888, have become reprOach !:
We have bat recently passed throagh re
narkable struggle In the lower branch Of
Congress, In which was developed mneh Of the
disunlonism Of the country. To what party
did the members belong who were loud In
fhelr threats of disaaIoa' For the informa-
ton o. those who may ieel inclined % act
upon year advice. we append some Il The