The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-30
rhn Rnntunkx Election.

NAosAana~hcCfsidtuf W1f-fake Place
next Monday in Kentucky. The Union
Democratic candidate is Judge Bran
a hearty and nrnest supporter Of
the war, and of the Administration
phich sally can prosecute the vlF. <His
eppondh is Hon. ChAKleseW iollifs, a
Violent arid bitter "a hinistra ion
DcmocFst of the val And gham school.
We hops and believe ~ pdge Bfam-
lotte will be elected. Within the past
fow days VIC have sdsvsd private adj
vices from one Of the largest slave
holding districts in that State, which
mako us much moro hopeful than wo'
have been. still the prospects OF a
Union victory are not 50 promising 0s
wo would desire them. The leading
newspapers Of Kentucky, are for the
most part enlisted wholly in the in
terests Of a pro-slavery clique Of poll
Risiaps, whose bitterness rivals that of
ksissippi and South Carolina fire.
As Indicative of the temper and
se5tim 3 Of the two Louisville news
papers, We need only refer 70 the fact
that q few days ago, the Democrat
charged the Journal with saying eve.
are for the Union with slavery OF with
a slavery"
Tho oommente of the Demoorat showed
that II feltithad dealt a staggering blow
at les adversary in fastening upon it the
heinous offence of saying, IN the sacred
soil Of Kentucky, that If preferred She
Union TO negro slavory. It was dread
full charge, sad the Dsmorat made che
most Of IL. Bat the Journal, which never
had q patriotic pulsation in its heart, in
dignsntIy ropels Tho calumniOus charge
that it loved tho Union of Tho States
moFo. than IL loved negro property, in the
following words;
The Democrat of yesterday imputes
this expression to tho Louisville Journal.
If the journal has over used this express
sion, the DcnsocT1t, we presume, can say
whom, We call upon tho Democrat TO
do 80.
It il not hard TO say what the chArao-
ter Of that patriotism must be which is
instilled into tho public mind by snch
miserable bigOtod slavery far les.
Both of the Louisville papers hayo len
off greatly in influence, but so lsr as they
exert any influence whatever, they de-
bAuch the popular mind and build up the
cause Of treason and rebellion Neither
Of those newspapers has ever had one
friendly, cheering word to speak 10 tho
Administration, which is bearing upon
its shoulders the fearful burden Of wag-
ing q war to preserve the Government
against the assaults of a powerful
and devlish domestic tebellion.--
On the contrary their pages have teemed
with denunclatiOns, robukes, hypercriti-
cism, hypOoritical earnings, ins~inuations
and base inuendoes. They have charged
the President with Outraging the South
ern people, with ~fisgrantly violating the
constitution, with ~disregarding his oath,
and with setting at naught all the rules
of civilized warfare. They have mani
fested on active sympathy with the ha-
bess corpus cOnstituti -as it. is peace
Democracy Of New Jersey and Indiana.
The Louisville Democrat even protests
against that excellent law passed by the
Kentucky Legislature in 1862, prohibit
ing rebOls from voting, and says:
There is no power anywhere butin a
State Convention, called according 10 the
Constitution, 20 add anything 20 these
qualifications or take anything away.
Judges will notice the penalty for refus-
Ing a voter with these qualifications.
Still IL must not be supposed that
these cOpperhead concerns are represent
tstives Of the loyal people Of Kentucky.
We know that there are many thousands
who utterly abOminate and abhor their
heresies, and who are resolved 20 stand
up firmly TO tho Administration. in
Sighting the rebellion with ell available
means. We expect the patriotic Gen,
Clay Smith to be elected to Congress in
the COvington district Brutus j. Clav.
who took an honorable stand for the Adj
ministratiOn in the Legislature, will DO
elected in the Ashland district, and 80
will a majority Of Union men DO elected
in tho Congregational delegation and 70
tho Legislature. We think Bramleste
will beat WiokllGe also.
But we shall not be surprised 10 hear Of
w~ide-spECsd troubles in Kentucky with.
In Tho next Ten days. W. have reAson 20
believe that desertors from the rebel
army and loading citizens, who have
been released by Gen. Boyle on bonds
and paroles, have been preparing for
mischief aud violence for some Weeka
back. Those villains will endeayor 70
corporate with tho rebel foroa which
was reported yesterday TO be in tbo
neighbOrhoOd Of Lexington, and en-
%deavOFing to disturb Che Federal Soroes
as much as poafiblo. They have bson
treated 90 lenienty by the Federal com.
mAnders before, that = re-capture would
havF but fow terrOrs fOr them. We
trust that the Government has been