Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-12-25
CHRIsTMAs.
THE BANNER AND THE BANKING LAW.

played 'mum" with admirable pertinacity, during
all the discussions of the Bank question has sudden
ly grown apparently lugubrious but really quite mer-
~ the passage in the House of the Senates bill
with the comparatively unimpOrtant amendments
ii calls them, put upon it by the House GAS the
bill" says the Bonner, sis a party measure ne
doubt exists but that il will be speedily enrolled
among the statutes Of the State, unless, indeed
some of the faithful removed from the influence OF
party drill during the holidays, and thrOwnin coils
ion with the people, may come back determined to
bolt the edicts Of democratic conference. The
bill received the undivided supporter the party 10
the House, though there we're among those who
bowed down and worshiped it, brave and fearless
youths and vigorous old men, who, during the pro-
lOnged discussion of the question, had set their po-
itica lives upon very different cast, and made the
solid foundations and supersructure of the capital
ring and echo with their resOunding denunciatiOns
of the leading features of the compromise bill The
fight upon the bill was purely internal in the Demo
cratic party Any attempt by the opposition to en-
graft a principle upon it, they met with united
front, but having the power in themselves to legis
late they spent weeks in fierce bravls, violent con-
tentions, and occasional compromises" sc.
We have copied thus much from the Banner, be
cause we want to exten kno wledge of the fact,
rObOrated by leading opposition, that
to their everlasting honor be it said ers srs brave
and fearless youths and rigorous old men, rho during
lLe prOOngsd discussion Of the question: had set their
political tDes upon very ereHt cast andmGde the solid
foundations and supersuctre of the capitol ring and
echo k their TssOuHdiag dsnuneatiOHs Of The leading
features Of he compromise biz"
We want, moreover, that our Democratic friends
shall be fully impressed with all the that
be inspired by denominations of theoppositOn jour
nails that the democratic party are to be held res
p0nsble before the great body Of the people, Cor al
the errors and shortcomings of whatever measures
may be adopted in reference to the currency cues
ton.
We doubt not the Banner would be quite pleased
to have us go before the country upon the bill as
amended by the House. But let him not ''lay that
fattering JUNCTION to his soul" The so called "com-
pErativey immaterial amendments put on in the
House." after exhausting sitting, and in the be-
lief that il was all that could be accomplished, Lave
yet to undergo the revision Of the Senate before '
is enrolled among the statutes of the State" There
viii then be time and opportunity for more careful
examination Of the comparatively immaterial
amendments" and if the editor of the Banner will
dOs Democratic Legislature the honor ofhs presence,
We venture to promise him an additional specimen
Of the Democratic fire that inspired the souls OF
the honOred, 'brave and fearless youths and vigor
Gus old men, who, during the prolonged discussion
Of the question, had set their political lives upon
different cast, and made the solid foundations and
Of init 81 nd Nit
their resounding denuncations of the leading fea-
lures of the compromise bill"
We have still another reason for copying from the
Banner. We want to give greater publicity to this
recorded evidence of the fact, that of the most
Astute Of the opposition journals, even after
ture deliberate and undisturbed examination and
comparison with the Senates bill, came to the con
clusion, as doubtless the friends supporters OF
the bill did, that the amendments adopted, were
" comparatively immaterial-" We know that such
the views Of many who voted for 1t. The effect
Of IN amendment, especially upon intricate
subject, cannot always be understood at a single
glance and we are glad that the Christmas holidays
will intervene between the adoption of the Houses
amendment and The acti n of the Senate. We are |
glad that our Democratic friends removed from the
unTholesOme atmosphere Of our Bank-rdden city, |
will have the opportunity Of refreshing their spirits
by being Thrown in collision with the people"
Ihe undismayed, unterrifed Democracy of the cOun-
try. We venture TO assure the anxious editor and /
other members of the opposition, that they will re
turn to the work of reform with renewed energy and
resolution, and that they will have learned that the
so-called Comparatively immaterial amendments"
strike at the very hesrt Of the Seaates J eaUing Il
tW the Shddow, skeleton only Of 1rhat a ras
leIssS corpse, nth scarcely the seRJlancs Of Ualty
P0OerIcss for yOd and full Of sp and that coatinu
ally"
Let Bank cease to aatter themselves that their
sOrrOws are at an end. The cat which had been so
cunnlugly concealed in the carefully worded amend
ments, the seemingly comparatively immaterial
amendments" is already seen and known of, and in
the absence of the democratic Legislature" we
will venture to give the Banner and the public
peep at the little animal
We have not room to day, for notice of all the
81 comparatively immaterial amendments, though
We shall endeavOur to complete the work more salts
iactoriiy before give it up For the present, we
ask attention only TO one, the seventh section As
he bill came from the Senate it contained this sal
ltary provision, the very cream Of the whole BILL
Ind without which it is but skinned milk, with which
lad been to the well that and had got its cooring
natter from the apOtheearies shop Here it is: t
SECTION !. Be IL further enacted BIZ tie autForits
JofesIld That no bank branch bank in Tennessee
mali Issue, emit Orpay out, any bank not on It's
ace payable on demand az the where issued
United or payed out. a" a
Now compare carefully with theabove, the follow
ng prOviso, which was added on in the House. and
hen teli US if it is comparatively unimpouant St
meudEent. If yea, then may Congratulate d
be freIds Of the original BILL il came from the !,
enate, that for the sake Of harmony, perhaps they
lay get the united support of the Bank party in h
etstoring il TO its original shape. The Houses b
mendmentreads: "ProUsiei that no parent or branch
1Hh shlit be prohibited from paying each others nj
-f schUsly, after they hare ONCE been issued thar h
'UHter d" A comparatively immaterial amend l.
lent say you. We will try and show in future, "
,st there is slight difference. Just the difference
lat there is between the geutest puss thst ever tn
nrred at domestic iresde, and the widest noun W
lin cat that sioalthily roam the forest Just the al
inference that there is between bear the woods
= d a bear ina cage; a serpent with fangs and he
srPent without taugs; between with claws and he
cat without claws between Satan eg loose and Sa 'e
N ID CHAINS the difference, short that there is nv
etWesn paper promises convertible into coiu and pa iii
sr promises uRcOnretj6ls All this. and more. we
romise TO show in future numbers of cur paper.
Ia The following which We copy from the mo
emPhis appeal, is merited compliment to one of Is
e most talented and worthy young democrats of Tn
le State: do
90 RISING MEN ihi
Among the rising in our community, we h'
low OF no one more prominent than our young VI
lend, II. S. BRADFoRD, Of Haywood county. Al "
ough this hishrst entry into any legislative body SO
dehberative hail, he has already made his mark :;
a man of character. lie has shown himself equal
every emergency. On the bank and currency 81
lestion especially, be challenges admiration WI
ID we knox we do not 60 far OF the mark, when LEI
y that his position is the position Of the entire
'nest, labOring working community. We have
nversed with men of the country, aud know r
eir sentiments They are in unison with those e.,
ivanced by our young friend BRADFORD, in his A.
'eech on the bank question He has struck the %
1puar heart or the popular heart has struck HIM, 81