Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-07

Zen. Buffers friend, Mr.. Speaker Blaine,
Of the distant Slate of Maine, has taken
upon himself the task of preaching the
gospel of hate. Mr.. Blaine is a simon-pure,
unauthorized Grant man, and takes to bis
work naturally and with a vim. Upon
reading the letter Of Senator Sumner to
the colored voters, he at once saw the eff
feet that it would have upon the reading
portion Of that class Of our population.
Hence he at once begins to rake the embers
and blow the smouldering Goals that he
may re-kindle the fires Of hate. He imme-
diately writes a letter which be intends
shall countersct the effect Of Mr.. Summers
letter. He directs it to Mr.. Sumner and
grossly insults him by reference to the as
sault of Preston Brooks upon him In the
Senate Chamber. To show the venom
with which the Grant party are conducting
their campaign, We extract the following
from Speaker Blaine's letter:
"Your power to irjure yourself was not
fully exercised until you announced an
open alliance with Southern secessionists in
their efforts to destroy the Republican party
of the nation. l have but recently read
with much interest the ciICumstantisl and
minute account given by you in the fourth
volume of your works Of the manner in
which you were struck down in the Senate
Chamber in 1856 for defending the rights of
the negro. The Democratic party through
out the South, and, according to your own
approved that assault upon you. Mr..
Toombs, Of Georgia, openly announced his
approval of it in the Senate, and jefferson
Davis, four months after its occurrence,
wrote a let er to South Carolina in fulsome
eulogy of Brooks for having SO nearly taken
your life. It is safe to say every man in
the South who rjoiced over the attempt to
murder you was afterward found in the
Rebel conspiracy to murder the nation. 1t
is still safer TO say that every one of them
who survived is to-day your fellow laborer
ii the support Of Horace Greeley. In 1856
be would indeed Lave been a rash prophet
who predicted your fast alliance sixteen
years after with Messrs. Toombs and Davis
in their efforts to reinsiate their own party
in power. In all the startling mutations of
American politics nothing so marvellous has
Toombs, Jefferson Davis and Charles Sum-
ner in Joint effort TO drive the Republican
parry from power and hand over the Gov
eminent 10 the practical control of those
who so recently sought TO destroy it,
Mr.. Summers reply, which We publisht d
in full yesterday, has satisfied Mr.. Blaine
that he has FASTENED too rapidly to the at
tack on the Massachusetts Senator. We
republish the following from Mr.. Summers
letter in response to that portion of Mr..
Blaine's letter above quoted:
"You entirely misunderstood me when
YOU introduce an incident of the past and
build on it an argument why | should not
support Horace Greeley. What has Preston
Brooks 10 do with the Presidential election?
Never while a sufferer did anybody hear
me speak of him in unkindness, and now,
after the lapse of more than half genera
ton, [ Will not unite with you in
dragging hin from the grave where he
sleeps to aggravate the passions of po-
Htical conflict and arrest the longing for
concord. And here is the essential differ
euca between you and me at this iuncture:
l seize the opportunity TO make the equal
rights Of all secure through peace and re-
Cancellation. But this infinite boon You
would postpone. Seven years have passed
since We laid aside oar arms, but uDhappny
during this period there has been hostile
spirit towards each other, while the rights
of our colored fell-citzens have been in
perpetual question. Seven years. mark a
natural period in human life. Should not
the spirit be changed with the body? Can
we not after seven years commence a new
life?"
In these extracts from the letters of these
New England men, one Senator the other
the Speaker oil the House, one a supporter
OF Greeley The other of Grant, we see the
spirit Of the contending forces fully display
ed. The Grant man breaches hate for the
Southern whites. The supporter Of Gree
ley breaches PEACE AND GOOD WILL,