Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-04-07

MIR. Albert Pike.

Mr. Albert Pike.
This fine Arkansas gentleman" appears Ia
be ambi ious of notoriety, and is not very
particular as to the kind. The Mobile AGrer
tjser not indsposed to aid him in attaining it
gives him the following notice gratis:
A DOSE ON PlKE-RA-We have succeeded
in wadirg through the self compIacent. ego
tl~rica censorious and djctatorial epistle con
tributed by Mr.. Albert Pike of Arkansas
we believe he balls from there addressed to
the Southern members of the American par
ty, through that very American, patriotic and
immaculate sheet The Washington Union
The channel through which he seeks the
American ear, is 10 admirable keeping with the
advice he Obtrudes upon the party. We do
not profess ever to have had Il very exalted
opinion of the sound Judgment, political sa
gacity, or statesmaE-like qualities of this Ar
kansas poet-polirci,n, romancer and orator,
and his last attempt at instructIng The public,
has not greatly increased our estimation
Of his abilities. The cool assurance with
which lac issues his commands to the n NIX
and file" Of the American party. is in
tinteIy amusing, and the influence he expects
his missive to exert must be incaCulahle. Witt
what inimtable grace does he vault into the
official saddle, and with what dignified condo
scensiou does he issue his "order of the day!"
Such small lights as Crittenden and CLAY and
Walker and Zocotfer and Humphrey Marshall
and Stuart and Graham and other Sou hern
men, Of whose names some of Us have heard
how cumplarently are they pu-hed aside to al
low this great Arkansas luminarv full scope 10
shine Poor blind hoodwinked men, their
small understandings could not comprehend the
wrongs at Philadelphia-the South in them
had no projectors and defenders-none
At all to VI Aipert Pike, on the faith of
the old superstition, perhaps, that wisdom
consist in the beard was reserved, the'intelect
to perceive, the bOldneSs to dare and the abili-
ty to overcome the dangers that encompass fit
teen Sovereign States. Wonderful man! let the
glad tymba sound! let the deep mouthed can
non belch forth its eloquent praises, and le,
all tn, people shout aloud fpr-Pike!
The greater part of this interesting epi>tle
Is taken up with comments on the action of
the Special Council at Philadelphia, starting
ont with the, i'll Mr.. Pixies case, inexcusable er
ror of fact that the council and cOnv, ntion
were in effect one-the contrary OF which we
have more than once concIusively shown. We
do not propose to detain our readers with
review OF this romantic epistle-thougn, were
the game worth the candle" nothing were
easier THAI to rebnt every material ale gation
it brings and as for its couusel-well gratuT
JoUs advice is not always the most highly
priced or generally followed. We may say,
100, that when we are politely invited to pro
nounce the distinguished men we have named,
together with the highly respectable southern
delegation at Philadelphia, either knaves
fools, we must have higher authority han Nj
Albert Pike for the charge.
But nice little scheme peeps out from the
mass OF verbiage OF our volunteer mentor, aud
perhaps will give Us the key to his unbOuuueG.
Indignation. Read his:
"Aud now AS TO the candidates. That ma,
not b, misunderstood, LEI me >al thai | wuo
alloays Wing until joined the America
party. | Was II supporter of Mr.. Fillmore
administration. | was indignant when he was
thrown aside tor General Scott Wiur
thought OF him then | think now.
"But when we formed the American party,
we assured our Democratic friends who Joined
Us that it was not meant To be the Wing party
in disguise. They joined Us in that belief. On
my motion my State council declared that the
nominee for President ought to be a Northern
man, lrhoSe aHtecedeHts had been Democratic. /
ooas playing tdirly.'
art thou here, true penny e "On my mo
ton, H,y State Councll declared that The nomi-
nee Tor President ought 10 he Il Northern man
chose aBtecedeH's toere Democratic. rds play
ing GtirLy" PA, NJ fairly; no doub of It. Il
wa emlueutly BIT and proper that 4 Northern
Democrat be selected President and thea-
what theul Why then, ct course, Southern
man of Wing autecedents-a South Western
man probably would Il, turay be selected for
Vice President, aud who so likely, in his own
h. oil in tbgf mp
poet. . ican and orator Some people COM
. ain of Major Donelson's slection bu, let
them "thank God aud take courage" at the
thought of what might have been, had the
Arkansas programme been carried out.
MIR Pike was AT Philadelphia; he retired from
the Council and would none OF the Convention
does not the little paragraph quoted from
his letter indicate the reasoul We had heard
it whispered that he desired II nomination, and
it Is quite probable that among all the names
cauyu--ed II Pl ladslphia, the sweet music OF
bis patronymic, 10 that connection, never once
tell upon bis waiting ear When Percy Walker
and Gov. Call lett the Convention they were
sought ont by Southern men and urged 10
return; but we nowhere find any record ofsuoh
advances being made to Mr.. Pike. Nobody
spoke OF hm-nobody missed him-cld Earth
continued to revolve, and the Convention went
on with its business as # no hing alarming had
occurred, and now We must all suffer the
dreadful consequences Of this inapprecation Of
Mr. Pixies deserts
But we must beg pardon to our readers for
detailing them so long what Is really OF SO
small Importance our apology must De the
death in the news market consequent upon
the failure Of the mails.
The VrRoIS or sonRows."-The Or en- Of