History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . ionallines. Tennessee was devoted to the Union. It was a Tennessean —Andrew Jackson —who made possible the preservation of the Union in1861-65.^ His victories in the field brought shame and odium on thesecession movement of the Blue Light Federalists of New England in1812-15 ; and his courage and patriotism as chief executive of the nationdefeated and destroyed the nullification doctrine, in 1832-33. 352. Johnson Defeats Gentry.— Notwithstanding their firmattachment to the Union, the tendency of the people of Tennessee, asof all the South
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . ionallines. Tennessee was devoted to the Union. It was a Tennessean —Andrew Jackson —who made possible the preservation of the Union in1861-65.^ His victories in the field brought shame and odium on thesecession movement of the Blue Light Federalists of New England in1812-15 ; and his courage and patriotism as chief executive of the nationdefeated and destroyed the nullification doctrine, in 1832-33. 352. Johnson Defeats Gentry.— Notwithstanding their firmattachment to the Union, the tendency of the people of Tennessee, asof all the South, was to come together in defense of the right of tendency was causing the disintegration of the Whig party in theSouth. It was not long until such prominent Whigs as James C. Jones ^ Judge John M. Lea, President of the Tennessee Historical Society, quotedin a paper on Andrew Jackson, Tennessee, and the Union, by A. V. Goodpasture,published in the American Historicjal Magazine, Vol. I, p. 22?, Andrew Jackson and Isham G. Harris. 20I. Meredith P. Gentry. and James Williams came over to the Democratic party. In the mean-time, a secret political association, called the American, or Know-Nothing party, was formed, andmany Whigs, out of accord with theirparty in the North, found it easier tocooperate with the Know-Nothingsthan with their old antagonist, theDemocratic party. The Know-Nothing party, therefore, naturallygave their support to Meredith , whom the Whigs broughtforward to oppose the reelection ofGovernor Johnson, in 1855. Gentrywas a statesman of solid parts, as wellas an orator of towering Ouincy Adams pronounced himthe greatest natural orator in Con-gress. Johnson made Know-Nothingism the leading issue of the can-vass, and in a memorable campaign defeated Gentry, being the firstgovernor after James C. Jones who had been reelected. 353. Election of Governor Isham G. Harris.— The Democraticparty had now gained a permanent ascendency
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