Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-07

VI the Democratic party, have ever beer
found acting upon Wing principles, from th'
nrst 10 the last. Increased applause.) Ba
have known Mr.. Douglas in the public ccun
ellis, and have acted with him. Although gen
orally opposed, and especially upon party
questions, we have at times acted together
and particularly upon one momentous occa
sion, when we acted together in opposition t.
that infamous Lecompton Constitution
(Deafeniug applause.) Mr.. Douglas wal
there making great sacrifice to his sense o
duty. tAppiause.) He was sacrificing hi
connection, on that occasion, with many Ole
political friends; be was breaking up the re
atlons OF a long political lie; he was sacri
doing as iiatIering prospects for the highes
'ffice IN the Government as any man in tht
country had. 1 fully believe he did what b.
conceived to be his duty; and, in defiance o
all opposition. the rack of the President. of
Tended friends, and open foes, be acted like
man. Tremendous cheering.) He NIGH
have been mistaken in what he did. but tina
little diminished The value of the act. HI
thought he was right, and he knew he wa.
making a sacrifice, and he was capable of ma
king it. when he believed that the interests o
his country demanded it. (Cheers.) | car
have no quarrel with him: he is Union man
(Cheers.) And Union man can Away.
trust, when believe him to be sincere anG
IN earnest, as l believe Douglas TO be. (Con
tinued applause-)
But stun this is not the question. Mr.. Doug
las represents an old party. at feud, in th,
first instance: with the Republican party
calling forth its bitterest opposition, and now
at ieud with the Southern wing of his OWE
party, that has rejected him for another. His
would be an administration of continual coz.
6ict. The country could hope for no restora
ton of peace and good government. He
therefore ought not to be preferred in my
Judgment, to Bell and Everett. CHEERS
have spoken not to compliment Mr.. Doug
las merely; | have spoken because desire to
give my testimony to his truth. l believe
Mr.. Douglas to be a patriot, and | know him
to be a Union man, by all the evidences that
one public man can give another of his SEN
timents tApplause.) He is generous, bold
man. speaking what he thinks. and doing
what he knows to be right. repeated APP
plause) But am opposed to Mr.. Douglas.
[ am for Bell and Everett. Immense ap-
plause.)
We arc noa left only to compare MI. Bell
with the third candidate who stands in oppo-
Breckenridge. And here again,
as in respect TO Mr.. Douglas, my objection is
not to the candidate as an individual. L
should hope that Mr.. Breckenridge was not 4
disunion man. "a voice-Yes, he ISL He
ught not to be. He belongs to tribe OF
faithful. devoted Union men--the tribe OF
Kentuckians. Great arplause.) He must
have been seduced away from the path
Of his duly, far from the path in which all the
impulses of bis blood ought to carry him, if
he has become disunionist. But Mr.. Brock
nridge has made himself the head Of party.
He is part and parcel of the present pur
noses of that party; and, as in the case of Mr..
we must Judge of his public course
,y the party that he consents to represent.
Who are they? There is not diSunonist
onth of Mason and Dixon's line that know
# who does not belong to that party. Gap
'lause.) We have for long time heard NUT
erinss Of disunion in the South-more than
than the whispering of
uch sentiments. We have seen them pro-
laimed by high men in high places. We have
cen conventions assemble for The purpose of
the cause of disunion. We have
cen it first assume the character and name
{ nulIification-the State claiming the right
D annul the laws passed by the whole people
the United States, to annul acts of Con-
ress-and from that day to this we have seen
assuming one form and another form, one
ice and another, one pretext and another, by
MS man and by that man, by conventions
ssembled for the purpose, by open negotia-
ons carried on between the States, and by
ublic declarations that the movement was
because not enough States in the
outh cOuld be got to go into the enterprise
} make it successful. We have seen all these
Vidences of a spirit of disuniOn. 1t is not
laterial 10 say Eow from what causes this
Dirit has sprung; but let me for single mo
lent allude to this subject. Why are they
Dr dissolution of the Union? What harm
as this Union done? Wrongs may have
cen done individuals. They may have re-
eived wrongs by unjust legislation upon the
art of Congress. Our great men may not
are had their fair share of public honors
ON the hands of the President. They may
ave received wrongs of this sort. but is the
niOn the author OF such wrongs? What is
ne remedy which must be sought? 1t is to
I'm out of their places, in the proper consti-
ltional mode, those who have misadminis-
,red the government. The government has
one no wrong. The Constitution and the
nfon have done no wrong. They command
lual justice to be done to every man and
very State and every section. Their agents
lay have disobeyed their iDiunctions, aud
verything may have been done wrong
trough individuals, but individuals are
What remedy would the destruc-
ion OF the Constitution afford? Could they
ct out OF its ruins indemnity for the wrongs
n account OF which they would tear it down?
'Ould it give any satisfaction? Could it
rake any atOnement? No. And yet by some
TRANCE perVersity or other, their minds have
cen brought to look upon disunion as rem
dy Tor political wrongs. It has caused none
+ them: the destruction of il would be a
emedy for none, but the greatest of all evils
o the people OF the United States.
Others have taken different view of it.
hey look with disaffection towards the
: nion, and openly avow it. The ultra
southern States participate in this feeling,
nd Senators in Congress, men, know, of
haracter and reputation, espouse the same
atal cause. This is the party of which we
nay entertain apprehensiOns that it will eff
ect the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the governments.
iany OF its members are noble-spirited gen.
lemen. 1t is only upon this one subject they
ave been misled or have misled themselves.
they have been betrayed into this delusion.
n ali other respects they are generous and of
Ugh characters, but the spirit of disunion
Prevails among them, and it is only the more
dangerous when entertained by such men.
They openly talk about it, they write about
t, they invite it. They have rocked them.
elves into the belief that the Government
must be dissolved. They want to meet the
necessity at once; they want to d s.
olive the Union Immediately, to precipitate
he people into it. The people are not SO
ar-seeing as they are. The leaders antici-
'ate overt acts on the part of the Republi-
ans, and want now to effect revolution in
be cotton States, and establish a new gov
rnment- These sentiments pervade the
iouEh, and make up the body and soul of the
'arty which has nominated our fellow-citiZen
lr. Breckenridge. as its candidate for the
'residency. Is there no danger that by elect
ng him you would give new energy to that
retructlve impulse, and new power to this
IsunioD sentiment, and to the cause of dis
nion? hr. breckenridge himself follows in
be lead He is part aud parcel of the great
ariy. You see this by his nomination and'
cceptance of ii, and can hence foresee with
learness the disasters that would follow bis
aecess. Possibly it may be the policy of
hose who nominated him to unite Old Keu-
ucky to this new Confederacy. Old Ken
ucky is quite an important State in this
-nion. (Applause.) she is in the heart of
she Is the heart of it. Immense enthusi-
sm.) To obtain her concurrence is of the
reatest possible consequence to those who