Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-03-14


The events Of the last few DAYS point with almost
unerrng certainty to Edward Bates, Of Missouri as
the nominee Of the Opp0sitons for President Never
perhaps in the history Of parties, have opinions
erystalized so rapidly, as amongst the Oppositiors
in Congress, and the feeling is almost univer-
sal, thar the Missouri Statesman Is the man for the
hour.
We find the foregoing in the Baltimore Patriot Of
the 7th Besides the Patriot the following papers
are favoring the presidential pretentions of Mr..
BATES New York Tribune, Fredonia az. " AdUsr-
tise, Albion az. - Herald, Cumberland (Nd) CiUL
iu,, Elkton MD Wing, St Louis (AlO) NelOs St
Louis (1lo9 Democrat, Boston (Aiass Spirit Of &c,
n Bloomfield pa Ad0ertiSer, and Evansville tInd)
,J0urrcI, - additional indications of the promi-
nence Of Mr.. BATES, we may add that tie State
Convention Of the Missouri Opposition held in JET
ferson The 18th February declared in their plat
form that among the eminent men whese names
have been mentioned in connection with the highest
Office in the gift of the people we know Of no man
so well qualified by his talents, his incorruptbe in
tegrity and ms devotion 10 the Union and to the
Constitution to fill that important post as EDWARD
BATES, Of Missouri" And we learn from our tele-
graphic reports that the Black Republican State
Convention Of Missouri on the 10th inst, adopted
pies set forth in the call for the Black Repub-
hcan Nnatioual Convention. and recommending
EDWARD Bates for the Presidency The ques-
ton viii very naturally suggest itself to our
readers What affinity is there between the
Black Republicans and any body Of Southern men
that could occasion such a rapid crystalization Of
opinions amongst the Oppositions in Congress-
What bond Of sympathy can there be between the
Missouri Opposition and the Black Republicans Of
that State that should occasion such cordial re
commentator Of the same Presidential aspiraRt by
each of their conventions! What is there in the po
litcal principles Of Mr.. BATES that should commend
him to the favor cf the political papers North and
the political papers South
It is true that the Black Republicans and South
ern Opposition are alike opposed to the Democracy.
But while they agree in their opposition to the Dem
ocrac party will it be said that they agree in the
reasons of their common opposition? The recently
elected Black Republican Mayor Of Chicago defines
this Republican party to be "a mere fusion Of mer
agreeing upon one question. and differing upon al
most all others" 1t is well known that the on,
question npon which they agree, and which is the
basis Of their party-union, is antslavery. The
Black Republican platform Of 1856 declares that Il
is "the right and duty Of Congress to prohibit il
the Territories those twin relics of barbarism pO
lygamy and slavery" Mr.. SEWARD in his Ohio
speech in lS4e declared that the provision Of the
Constitution which requires the surrender of
fugitive slaves is ia violation Of DiUiRe 5qc. "
In that same speech he further declared rs SaUay
can and must be cJoisled, and you and must do It,
lie exhorted his hearers to extend cordial 5rsc0me
to The fugitive 17lo lays his oeary limbs at yOaa door
olsd DEFEND HIN AS YoU WOULD YOUR PATEENAL GODS.
Correct you oa error that SlaUsry Is CONSTITUTIONAL
UARANrEE rlicl may not be released and ought not to
be TeliggWsbed' IN his Rochester speech, in 1888,
Mr.. SEWARD announced that there is an irrepressi-
bic conflict between free and slave labor lohici
means that He Uailed States MUST and triH sooner or
later become either etireya Stare holding nation or en-
trsly free labor uatioa7 The call issued by the
Black Republican Committee in December for the
Chicago Convention is but a synopucal re-iterahon
Of the Black Republican platform in 1856. The n.
Y Tribune commenting on Mr.. SEwARDs recent
speech in the Senate says: The Trepressible conflict
never was more broadly affirmed. more distinctly
set forth than in this very speech We earnestly
invite the attention Of Southern men to the avowed
principles of Black Repubcanism. and to the seem
ing tendency Of political crystalizatons and call
upon them IN the name Of patriotism, to at once and
forever brand with intamy any and every effort to
bring about a fusioq between Southern men and
and those of the North who approve and applaud
whatthe Nashville Patriot very appropriately terms,
the brutal and bloody doctrines OF the Rochester
Manifesto"