Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-22

Radical fortress. We intended to renew
md press the attack to-day. We
intended to fix upon the public attention
''facts and figures" from which Mr.. May
nard could not escape. We concluded
our article Of yesterday by saying; ''We
will endeaver to recur to the subject to-
We have been diverted from proceed
ing with this advance upon Radicalism by
an assault from another source. Thisis the
more to be regretted, as we learn that Mr..
Maynard is in the city, and it would have
been agreeable to US to have placed be-
fore him few statistics for his breakfast
this morning, which might by possibility
have impaired his usually ready and
interruptions digestion.
The Republican Banner devotes two
of its editorials of yesterday to the
UNION AND AMERICAN. We thank it for
its consideration. There has been but
little concord in the policy of the UNION
AND AMERICAN and Republican Banner
since the latter journal took such open,
bold and defiant position against judi
cial convention; and even after that con-
vention had nominated as candidates for
the Supreme Bench gentlemen of high re-
speciality, it refused to place the names
of those candidates at the head of its col
umns. 1t will be remembered that it pre-
ferred to let the names of the candidates
the convention selected go forth only
through its advertising columns. 1t was
through the same medium, if we recollect
correctly, that it made known to the pub
lie the candidates of the Radical party.
Again, if We mistake not, it was 10th to
60 into a convention to nominate a candi-
date for Governor and fix platform. II
had an especial adherence for the word
Democrat, and was taken desthly sick at
the bare suggestion of merging with the
National DEMOCRACY. If we recollect
correctly, the Republican Banner said
to its readers:
decided grounds are taken against the
Conservatives of Virginia merging them.
selves by name or an fact into ana
national party" "The Conservatives
are erhOrted to stand by their name,
which can be borne equally by Wings,
Democrats and Republicans, and un,
der it to rally and organize in every Con-
gressioDal district for the coming fall
campaign"
1t was urged upon the people of Ten
nessee that in this respect
1.-THE course of the people of Virginia
is eminently polite and wise. No sincere
and sensible man will question this.
Tennessee should follow in the same
straight and safe pathway by all means. u
The Judicial Convention met and nomi-
mated its candidates, despite the efforts of
the Republican Banner. Those candi-
dates were triumphantly elected, despite
its refusal to place their names elsewhere
than in its advertising columns" There,
if we mistake not, it also placed the
names of Trimble and the other Radical
nominees. The Gubemstorial Conven-
ton met, and, despite the efforts of the
Republican Banner to induce that con-
Vention to take decided grounds against
the Conservatives of Tennessee "merg-
ing themselves by name or in fact into any
national party, " the delegates to that con-
ventiOn in express terms declared them
selves ''the representatives of the Dem
ocratic party of the State of Tennessee. "
They heartily united 'for the support and
vindication of the principles and policy
proclaimed by the great National Democ-
racy." The convention rendered its
thanks ''to the National Democracy Of
the North, and declared, che people of
Tennessee will cordially unite with this
party in the maintenance of the govern
ment."
So much for the recent part of the
Republican Banner. If we were dis
posed TO display smattering of bastard
Latin, we might borrow its frequent ex-
clamatiOn, o, Temporal O, Noses J.!
We prefer o exclaim in the language of
Hamlet to that adulterous woman, who
had "eyes without feeling, feeling with
out sight y
o, SHAME WHERE is THY BLUSH?
There may be some who wait to see
how ex-President johnson moves, and
then take contrary position. For our
selves, we prefer to abide the dictates of
our own judgment, without regard to the
course of individuals or papers. When
ever ex-President johnson or the Repub
Lic0n Banner shall take position which
our judgment shall approve, we shall cor
daily second it. Whenever either shall
take position which we disapprove, we
shall be just as prompt to express our dis
approval. In accordance with the urgent
wishes of Northern Democrats, who were
DESTROYS of giving emphatic denial to the
charge of Northern Radicals that the
Southern Democrats still favored seces-
sion, we desired an old-fashioned Andrew
Jackson expression upon that point. The
convention thought it a dead issue,
and ignored the question. 1t was
a subject upon which both par
ties were united here before
the war, and upon which there has been
no division since. The Radicals in the
South have constantly, upon every occa-
sion, in every convention, in season and
out of season, disavowed the doctrine of
and charged it upon the South
en Democracy. They did it yesterday.
They will do it to-day. They will do it
tomorrow, and repeat it the next day and
The next. Because they disavow, it is no
reason for our avowsl. Let us judge and |
determine for ourselves without regard to |