Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-26
The Vice RIeAidencY.

The Richmond Examiner. in recent ar
ticle making an unexpected and bitter assault
uuon Vice President STEPHENS, expressed the
opinion that he ought 10 be supplanted. 1t
prof ssed to believe that fair play to the
Border States dems nded that they should be
REPRESENTED, in the Vice Presidency, 10y Some
one of their distinguished men. inasmuch as
the Presidency was universally conceded to
the Cotton States. Personally, it objected to
Mr.. STEPHENS on the ground that be was a
supporter of Mr-DOUGLAs. chung too long to
the old Union. aud is the fIvOrite of class
of persons, which should he reprObated, the
hunters after government contracts. The
Examiners article has been The occasion OF
much comment on the part OF number OF
presses in several States, none OF which, we
are gratifed TO say, approve IT. On the con-
trary, it is generally condemned as uncalled
for, iIliberal and unjust.
As we have stated on former occasion.
the Border States" do not desire that either
President DAVIS or Vice President STEPHENS
shall be laid aside. We have commenced the
war of deiiyerance under them, and desire,
Heaven willing, to finish it under them. We
desire. furthermore, that to their hands shall
be committed the new aud permanent gov
eminent, confident that they will exert every
faculty OF their minds to so shape 1t that our
Liberties shall be guaranteed and protected
BY it IN all future time. We do not believe
there Is amongst the distin yuished statesmen
of The Border States,n one who would, if be
could, supplant either; certainly none who
is worthy Of the confidence and support of
the psOple of the Confederate States. We
NAV add that there is no statesman within
the limits of our New COnfederaey whom the
people of the Border States would exchange
Mr.. STEPHEN5 for. They have the fullest con-
fidence in his integrity and his patriotism, and
regard him as one of the first inteliects that
the South has produced His support of Mr..
DOUGLAS and his desire 10 preserve and per-
petuate the old Union, so long as there was
ground in his opinion for hope, do not con-
stitute a reasonable objection to him. If
they could, it would be better to sunder at
once the connection between the Border
States" and the Cotton States" fOr on the
same ground no Border State" is worthy OF
the association. The objection to Mr.. STE
PHENs, that be is the favorite of a reprehensi-
BILE class, it seems to US, is entirely gratui-
tOus. The ELdIsiHer must have put that in its
bill of indictment for the want of something
better. Mr.. STEPHENS served many years in
the United States Congress, around whose
doors scores of corrupt contract-hunters con-
stantly swarmcd, and he came out of the
crucible in which he was there tried without
the smell of fire upon his garments. No pu-
rer man ever graced seat in that body
none ever left it with higher character for
probity and honor.
We hope that in future discussions, the
press of the Confederate States will use no
such distinctions as Border States" and
Cotton States" We are one people. Let
US do nothing, and say nothing, having a
tendency to build up sectional interests. We
81 ould support no man for office on account
of the State of his residence. Honesty, c.
pacity, and faithfulness to the government,
should be the standard of qualification. "