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BLACK Repubiitan View of the Late El &c.
lions.


The Cincinnati Gaelic of the Sd says:
A more thorough examination of the returns of
the elections here and elsewhere dispels much of
the gloom which their first announcement created.
In Connecticut there is large gain for the Repub>
hcans over the Gubernatoral election last year. and
beth branches of the Legislature supporters of
that party. In st. Louis last fall the vote stood
Lincoln, 9,945 anti-Lincoln, IA, sO5-making ma
jorty of almost COO in favor of the latter while
on Monday last. with complete fusion of both
branches of the Democracy with the supporters of
Bell, their majority but from 1000 TO 5000.
There has never been a tine before when the Re-
publican party, without outside aid, could come
within three thousand of the combined opposition
of that city. Heretofore as at present, the Repub
licans have had plurality. but not majority.
The same may be said of this city. The combined
anti Republican vote last November amounted TO
1886 over that given to Lincoln, and the majority
| against Brinkerhoff was 2,44j, while Hatch's ma
| jority yesterday was but ,l9s.
1t ia not to be denied, however, that the Rspub-
cans generally, did expect to elect at least por
ton CT their ticket and that they greatly dis
| appointed in the result. They presented fairly,
the issue of the enforcement of the laws and they
had right to expect aid from party that made
such loud pretensions In that respect six months
| ago The endorsements under which Repubh-
cans labored, were Of no ordinary character. The
policy of the Administration thus far. has been
temporizing; and the Republicans themselves felt
as if they were without leader, while the thous-
ands of Americans and Democrats, who would have
seconded Vigorous national policy, received no
encoursgements to abandon old associates and par
ty affiliations. The reinforcement of Fort Sumter
would have brought every patriot in the nation to
the support of the Administration, while as things
were, even the Republicans not sure that they
were endorsing an Administration which reflected
their sentiments. The opposition politicians wer
not slow to avail themselves of the advantages they
and hat TIM usn0e lahorad fn0pthar har~
monieusy. How long that entente corddIe will last,
and how the combination will effect the two parties
to the bargain let the history Of past fusiOns in
this county and elsewhere teach
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oITIzEss Having been repeatedly urged b NJ Pc
ea friends ali parts Of the county, 20 become eandi-
date to represent you in the Lower Branch CT the General As
ssrhy, take this method Of announcing myself candidates
and in doing deem ncam on s, state, briefly,
my position the great suesians that ssc. prsoally the
peopieof Tennessee.
dis Communication, deliberately comment the troSbs, with
wh country is now AFFLICTED, the which have
given rise to existing troubles 1t Is suceut for to know
that hey arc upon Us, and to give expression concerning
them favored the calling Of Convention by the special
session Of our Legislature, for believed adEisahle thai
Tennessee should take circumstances 40
usnded It'll lowered State Rights doctrine fol
confidently believed, believe, that per
Tive duty to cast our lot with the Southern sate unless VI
soud obtain constitutional guarantees that our rights shoud
held nvioae In the Territories for have ever COMMANDED thai
there much blood she'd and money contributed b.
Southern people acquiring those Territories
der this territorial question a. nere abstrs-tisn"
"impracteabls measure"
Placing implicit confidence in the wisdom and paotis
the delegates to appointed the State Convention be he
in NasAvs the lth Of May next feel willing to plan
myself on the pfftrm that win there adopted
FOR me to say have been Democrat tina Jack
son school, would fact well 70 all
Jhave only inform in conclusion, that 1t vii be NJ
spend my time from the State Convention un
Thursday in August next canyassinE county,
q will afford great pleasure meet my oE eitssns,
parties, suitable times and places when expect
able present freely and fully vi the politics OF %
dsy. Your fellsw-sisizen,
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s0bscriier Of the Chsttanoosn Gosa's aiscon-
tinucs his paper n letter 70 she editors Of that
uaper he thus assigns his reasons for doing so:
have all my life long been . Clay Wing and op-
posed to Andrew johnson on principle more par
tcnlarly since his celebrated Jacobs Ladder ON
versizg lines message as Governor Of the State
have suffered my mind to become imbued with the
belief that he is demzgogue, adapting all his MI
sures with view to his own advancement. / dc
not think he is the leader of the Union party in the
State. think John Bell, 7. A, X. Nelson. Andre v
Ewing. far better entitled to the honor and re-
l0andS of that position.
see from your last paper that you propose TO 60
over, horse, foot and dragons to the support Of
Andrew Johnson This from an old Old Line Wing
paper is more than can stand st one time. How
ever, you have your rights as journalists. enter
my protest.
The editors reply at length, still sticking to his
ex-Excenency. Among other things they say
We know it is customary for all public men % 10, .
denounced as demagogues by their opponents. me
have, in times past, thought that Gov johnson wa
demagogue, but it is possible that we may nave
been mistaken.
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COMMUNICATION.
NASHVILLE, April 4, 10

NASHVILLE, April 4, 1851.
Editors Union and American:
In your paper Of this morning your Little Rock
correspondent regrets that the citizens Of Nashville
are wasting their emotions the following Dispatch
taken from the columns of the "Memphis Ava
ldnehs" of the 26h ult, which ''condenses so much
misrepresentation"
NASHVILLE. Esrch 20.-Muoh excitement fol-
lowed the rejection Of the secession ordinance at
Little Rock, Ark, yesterday. compromise was
made that the people should vote on the first Mon
day in August for cooperation or secession dele
gates, to be cent to Border State Convention, and
repor. at the re-sssembling of the Convention, on
the third Monday in August"
The dispatch being in almost the words of con-
densed dispatch, which / sent the Eastern and
Southern agents of the Associated Press pre-
sumo it wss copied from of those papers, and as
by q slight error in punctuation ''much misrepre-
sentation Is condensed" deem il my duty to cor
rect your correspondent and Others who may have
only seen the dispatch published in the Avalanche
By removing the comma after the word "dele-
gates and placing period after the word seces-
sion," as Il was in the original dispatch, you viii
| see that il "condensss considerable truth"
A dispatch made up from the same original, as
was the one in the AValonche was published in the
New York Herald on the 2lst as follows:
'.NAsHvILs, March 20, 1s6l.-Great excitement
has prevailed at Little Rock, krk following the re-
lection Of The secession ordinance. A compromise
has been made that the people should vote on the
first Monday in August uext for cooperation or &C.
cession.
Delegates are to be sent to the Border State Con-
venton and report in the re>assembling Of the Con-
vention on the third Monday in August"
Respectfully, J. W. FI,HEl.
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STATE CONVENTION /:
SECOND SATURDAY I'm M

SECOND SATURDAY IN MAYiI
After consultation with many Of our politica
friends in various portions Of the State, it has been
agreed to hold State Convention, to nominate acan-
didate for Governor, on Saturday, the llth day Of
May We hope that our friends in every county wiIl
st once take steps to be Represented in that conyen
ton by full delegations. State rights and the rights
of the South viii be seriously endangered by the
triumph of our opponents. 1t behocves all who OPP
pose Black Republicanism, Federalism and civil
war, 70 buckle on their armour for the contest Let
Us be up and doing.
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The southern Caafederacy.


Amidst the darkness and gloom which has over
hung our political prospects and dimmed the wOnted
brightness of our National escutcheon it is cheer
ing to see our neighbors Of the Southern Confed-
erRcy making such suspicious and promising
start in their national career and that they have
ignored all those abominstons and tom-fooishness
which the Black Republicans and their sympathis-
ers said would mark their policy. Tney have adop-
ed the Constitution of the old United States, with
no alterations or amendments whatever, except
such as the experience and practical workings of
that monument of the wisdom and patriotism of
orefsthers for seventy years, has proved to be
necessary and proper for the government of free
people Upon the subject OF slavery they have
added, or subtracted nothing, but have merely
smpliAed and explained what was contained in the
cid Constitution, TO place it beyond csvil or
dispute; and have forever prohibited the reopen
ing of the african slave trade. Their Constitution,
in brief, is such one ss must and will commend
itself to the appreciation Of every fair minded man
and true patriot upon the continent of North Amer
ca and to the lever of liberty and progress through
out the civilized world, and the policy which they
have adopted is in keeping with the statesmanshi2
which 10 manifested in the framing Of their Consti
tuition. No high protective tariff, for the benefit Of
the few at the expense Of the many, finds any favor
there. Every avenue TO the extravsgsnt and pro-
Aigate expenditure Of the public money is COM
pletely closed up; they do not allow worthy and
competent eficers Of their Government to be re-
moved merely ior Lne purpose OIL making roon Ior
unworthy and unscrupulous psrtizans and political
renegades and hungry sdventurers. Common
sense, statssnanship, moderation, and an earnest
determination to perpetuste American liberty and
institutions, mark every step Of their progress
far aud this being so, il is but reasonable to sup
pose that those who have been so terribly brighten
ed at the bare thought Of being attached to South
krn Confedersey, BY the stories Of oppression and
exrsyagsnt taxation, property qualification for
ters an sristocrAto government, and all that will
row quiet their fears and lose no more sleep upon
the subject The fact is that economy, equal rights
and an enlightened liberty toward " sll the world
and the rest Of mankind " are the disting gushing
features Of the new Southern Republic which iR
nov fairly and fully In operation. 10 all this No
have the gratifying and incontestble evidence that
the spirit which actusted the great minds Of Wash
ineton, Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, and other
Southern patriots still lives, fresh, green and vigOr
ous as ever. Losg may it live
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-04-05

EVACUATION OF THE TRIBUNE 0FFIcE.-It is evil
dent that Mr. Lincoln has determined upon an eyac-
ustion Of the New York Tribune office, if he has not
already decided about Fort Sumter. The following
persons attached to the paper have been appoint
cd thus far: Vim. H. Fry, editor, Secretary of Le-
cation 70 Sardinia; Richard Hildretb, editor, Con-
sui to Tripei; James S. Pike, (''J s. Ply corros-
pendent from Washington, Minister resident to the
Hague; James E. Harvey, Washington reporter,
Minister resident to Portugal. These appoint
meuts, except the last we're Mr. Lincoln's, regard
less of Mr. Seward, who bears the Tribune no love.
Mr.. Hill, one Of the Tribune, is an applicant for
Consulship; and Henry B. Staunton, writer on
the Tribune, is Q candidate for Southern United
States District Attcrneyship Of New y0Fk.--N y
Herald.
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A few weeks since the Bonner used the following
Language about the institution Of slavery, portion
Of which we emphasize;
70 ouestion the moral right, or 10 moot the ecomo-
,u;e vropristv of species Of property 50 sensitive
az that of slavery, In the bosom of q community,
a msiority Of the members Of which do not possess
an immediate personal interest in Il is greatly to
impair its security TO depreciate its value-and TO
initiate the means for its destruction. Our princi-
cDles and our sentiments alike disncline us 70 the
discussion of subjects fraught with such conse-
ouencee.
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Fro,u yIrrinIn.
To the Cincinnati Eaquir.r

To the Cincinnati Enquirer
WASHINGTON, March 30-The news from Virgins
continues to depress conservatives 1t is admitted
by all that the Secsssionists are gaining strength
every day. and their ultimats triumph is generally
conceded The secession Of Virginia viii determine
the vote of Maryland, as the people Of that State
consider their interests inssparable from those Of
Virginia. Virginia can 60 peaeeably, out with
Maryland il viii be different, without army from
the Confederate States to drive cut the Federal
Government from Washington.
APRIL 1.-The Richmond Wig has been compell-
ed to yield its Union sentiments before the gradual
encrosohments Of secession. Robert RidgeWay, q
staanch Union man and an able editor, has with
drawn from its control.
10 the Cincinnati Gazette:
1t is generally believed here that the secession
feeling, strongly excited at Richmond is spread
| ing in Virginia
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The Banner publishes some extracts from the
speech Of Hon. GEO. W. SUMMERS before the VIr-
ginis Convention. The Banner calls il Gan able and
exhaustive Speech" "one Of the most thorough
arguments which the crisis has elected. We clip
the following:
Sir, when ct any period was the institution Of
slavery SO fully and thoroughly understood now:
It has been examined in all its relations, social,
moral and political. The political arguments, the
economical views and the social and moral aspects
of the institution have all been explored and I'M
dertake to say that the institution Of African
slavery has ct this moment, North and South, more
enlightened support and larger number of friends
than at any past period. We have them in the
North, and daily increasing in numerical strength.
There has been q waking up in the Northern mind
on this subject They have not only looked into it
IS connected with tho preservation Of the Union,
but as thing in the abstract, and how many thous-
ands Of them now believe that this institution is
not only not sinful, but that it is expedient. They
no longer look upon slaveryin the South adverse
to their interests. In my own opinion, the two
systems of free and slave labor not only with
out any necessary conhict-are not only entirely
free of all irrepressible sntsgOnism-but they are
mutually necessary to each other, and reciprocaly
benefc ial.
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ExcrTEMEST IN LEBAEoN.-We have received 3
communicat ion giving an account of speech made
by Col. RoDT. HATToN at Lebanon, on Monday, and
also the details of boisterOus serensde and bum
ing in sflgy of Mr.. HATTOE that night As the
Communication is not accompanied with the name
of the writer we cannot publish it. We can scarce
" conceive it possible that any native OF the South
could have uttered such sentiments as are sttribu
ted by our correspondent to Mr.. HATTON. If he
did, ought to be, Eve are not believers in the eff
oscy of efigy burning.) but he ought to be unani-
mously defeated.
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The british and American Ministers at
ConstanIinople.

The correspondent of the London Times, writing
from Coustantinopie under date of March LIST, says:
On Friday last there was reception at the Anne
rcan Minister'S in honor of the birthday of WASH
ington. At ball in the evening nearly all the re-
g;tb the exception of Sir Henry Bulwer, whose
absence has been the occasion of much remark. 1t
appears that some difference occurred between his
ExcelIepcy and the American Minister, in conse.
quence of the latter having requested the corps at
Loraatio,ls to attend the reception in full uniform
The result was that neither the Ambassador nor
any of his attaches were present.
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Gov. johnson ON G0vernment EcSnefs-
The Jonesboro' Express gives the following ex-
tract from late speech BY Senator se1nso1'
ucobb remained in the Cabinet untn the treasury
was bankrupt and the national cfeais aisgrsced
home end abroad, and then .ss noas 50
wera rahbsd Of q large portioE OF their patrimony
and then he conscientiousiy seceoeo, and Floyd,
mora honest than the resi- Hsited ANIL ne and hls
| fr;ends had taken some eight millions Of public
and private money, and snen he' peas soul, con-
| eo;antiouslv seeded too.
Tbis looks very wellin priut as against an organ
;od hand of robbers but there are those of US who
raco,leet that when Netheriand was charging all
this upon The Democracy, in effect, two year ago,
Gov. johnson was defending these thieves and back
! ing up Gov. Harrisl
Again, when the Bell-Eyerett Union party, was
charging this same yilliany upon the same men,
last fall, Gov. johnson was caLvassing the State
defending them, and urging the people Of the State
to vote for the Disunion ticket these men bad S.
sisted in bringing into the field, namely Breckin-
ridge and Lane. These facts, some may forget, we
viii not.-KnozUiHe WI 9.
We give it cur opinion that the Union party may
begin to make up their mind not only to take Gov
Johnson as their nominee for the U. g. Senate but
also to take another BREcKIsRIDsER Is their oandi-
date for Governor. Mr.. BELL will probably get the
nomination for Congress in this district Can ths
BELL EvERErrs of the party be greedy as to oh.
ject to thst division? It isn't always the hand that
| makes the tricks that holds the honors.
Important Rumor-The. Richmond whin
20 come out for SecessIOn-Withdraw
| of mr. Ridgeway.
| Special Dispatch to the Petersburg Express.
RICHMOND, March Silt is said that during the
mast week ssan irrepressibe conflict has been going
| on in the Richmond Wing establishment Common
rumor says that the Wing viii certainly haul down
the stars and stripes, and come out for immediate
secession tomorrow by running up the Palmetto
| flag.
regret to say that Robert Ridgeway, Esq. for
many years the able editor of the Wing, has with
/ drawn from the establishment
! 1t is rumored that paper advocating the cause
of 'Unionn will be started here Immediately. 1t will
be an utter impossibity, however, for it to supply
| the place of the Wing. IyASHoE.
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THE REVENUE OF THE CoNFEDERATE SrkTEs.-A cor
respondent of the Macon (Ga) Telegraph writes from
Charleston
son the subject Of revenue for the Confederate
States am credibly informed that Collector Bos
ton in Savannah, is willing to enter into bond to
turn out three million dollars to the Treasury the
first year. Charleston is, with equal confidence,
counted for five millions, New Orleans for seven,
and Mobile for three. There you have abundance
of money.
Charleston harbor is well stocked with chipping,
and it is odd to see the Confederate flag flying from
the Northern masts."
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For New Orleans.
For Pittsburgh.

YEyHE nne passenger steare LEoNoRA,DA.
vs. Master will depart for the above and all 49,
ineemediate Ian dings. this day the 5th inst at
o'clock For freight or passage apply on board orto
II Il. HARRISON,
apl5-lt A. HAMILTON, Agents.
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Under the census of 1862 Tennessee loses TWO
members of Congress. After the expiration OF the
next Congress Tennessee viii be ennued 70 Dut
eight Congressional Representatives.
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NOTICE.

yEyHE co partperhp Of Kmbre was dissolved By
tual the lat inst All those INDEBTED to
requested without delay call the Subscriber and settle
L. SIMS,
ap5-lIw No II Market street.
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FoR GovERNoR--A correspondent from Wilson
highly cOmmends Col. r. E. THOMPSON, OF that
county, as worthy and well qualified to carry the
Southern Rights standard in the app reaching gu
harnnfnriRl CANVASS.
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In the adoption Of that clause Of the COnstitu-
tiOa Of the Confederate States probting the African
slave trade the vote was four States to two Georgia.
Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi supported the
constitutional prohibition, while South Carolina and
Florida opposed it,
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The Valley Star, published ct Lexington, Va,
aha home Of Gov. LETCEER, has come out for secfs'
sion
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For sale or Exchange for Negroes,

0FFnR for ls my present rcsdsnee With Twenty-Five
Of The hssa garden land IN the State attached only
fourth Of mile south Of the city Of Nasyls Possession
given inzsdis,elF. Apply 70 or address
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FOR PADUOAH

YEyHK regular St. Louis, Memphis and LouisYle 4 :.
II connecting packet May Duke, DAVIS, Mas 49,
tsr will depart for above and intermediate land
ngs THIS DAY, the 5th ins at 70 o'clock NJ For siEh
or passage apply on board or to
apl5-lt A. L. DAVIS, Agent.
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ron LoU1svILLE AND CINc1SNArr.

FOR L0UIsyILLE AND CINCINNATI.
VVHE regular light drsught steamer Nash. s-s -
Vile, BARCLAY Master, sIppAL, Clerk will 1872
leave for the shove and all intermediate landings
SATURDAY, 9Th inst. o'clock, P. n. For freight
saze apply en- board or to n. H. HARRISON,
apls-I Htesb A. HAMILTON, Agentss
For New Orleans.
VyHE fine passenger steamer Il. Howard, $50
will leave as above and sl intermediate land NeS
ngs on Saturday the 9Th inst, at IL o'clock II.
For freight or passage apply on board or to
II. II. HARRISON,
ap5-td A. HAMILTON. Agents.
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New Spring Goods /!
CHEAP FOR CASH.
Special Auction Sale for Saturday
Morning, April 8, at 10 o'cleek
BENZ f. SHIELDS co.

TN7ILL sell for casho account Of whom
wv Of Smiths old Reserve WHISKY wsranted Cham
pagne Wines brsnds Fresh Oranges With remnant
Of varieties Furniture Mattresses etc., ETC. Sale positive
spl5-td BENZ. 7. SHIELDS 4 co.