Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-19
From the Union and American.


rectly antagOnistic sentiment is expressed by
the srceder-. There il then hut little pros
| pect of a reconciliation between the two
| without an unexpected change of feeling.
But there is a large portion of the Southern
Democracy still represented 10 tue conven-
| tion. and they claim To have some rights
| which should not b. totally disregar'led.
| They do MT demand a slave code, and they
| will resist all efforts To farce upon the North
| ern Democracy u candidate OF that school.
| We disclaim for the Democracy
| of Tennessee any intention or desire to force
upon the Northern Democracy any Southern
extremist They will Oppose the nomina-
ton of such m one Is the South
! because of her minority in the Convention
never sgain to have Presidential nomina-
lion. Her longer exclusion would be both
unjust and uuwise- Let the Democracy Of
the free States make their selection among
Southern men and We shall be content, or II
We must of n, crs-iiy have u Northern man
let those Southern Democrats who adhere TO
the National Convention indicate who that
Northern man shall be. In either event We
cIn pledge an undivided Snuth for the NOM
luce; otherwise, We cannot"
The Memphis Appeal Is an out an out
DovoLAs organ, who is. we understand, its
first choice. IL deprccates the divisions of
the party and dcnouncrs the seceders. The
Somcrvile Democrat stands precisely on the
same ground. While on the other hand, the
Memphis 4AralaHe.e has the following strong
Southern outbursi, which is copied and
heartily endorsed by the Knoxville Rsgister'
Fr I'm the Memphis Avalanche. (eepicI aud endorsed
by tho Knoxville R-s'strr
at is useless 10 say tina, we most cordial
-s.f .rs1 II
sons Of the South. In fact, they could not
do otherwise Than withdraw. The South bad
presented a united front in opposition TO tho
mean and despicable dogma of SqRaitrr Sow
er.iguty. la almost every county meeting
aud State Convention the toui heresy was re-
padiaied. IL MAJ Justly regarded throughout
the South a. worse than the Wilmot Pro-
viso." aud when the dominant majority, from
the Addition States. interpolsted this mon
strour dogma upon the Democratic CREED,
the South could not do 9th, rsise than with
draw and wash thvir hands ct the foul deed.
Deeply shall We drplore
ih- hnal disruption Of the Democratic party.
But " il has become party organization.
merely for the purpose Of distributing ofices.
10 l. high time the South should know IL. 90
that che can insHsurats pasty anon rtain
we'll known principles. prominent among
which will be the principle that II is The oil,
vions. bounden, uuavosdaole Constitutional
duty Of the Federal Government TO protect
the property OF iis ciiizenS. whether IN the
T.rritories or the States. The recent eyents
Al Charleston will surely convince the North
that The Soafh l. ia enruesi, and n our rights
are siill denied al Baltimore, before nrxt
September the South will present united
phaiAnx in support Of some men for the
fresii-ney, vino will shield the Constitution
from destruction. and thus save The union-"
Ne ind the saejoiaed extracts In the w.
rioas papers TO sAieh they are ervdl.ed.-
They, a. well - the foregoing. Disclose The
noss radically antagonists sisws-sach, Ia
deed. as Ne can see no reasonable means Of
reeoaeiiiag- We eennraa % the serious
eonsidsr@,ioa VI cur readers: