Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-10-11
FROM the Athens Post.
The Nashville Committee.

We last week published the famous resolu-
tons Of the Nashville Committee. on the
Bank Question Below we give extracts from
two of the leading democratic papers in East
Tennessee. in regard to the action of that
committee
(F,,om ne Cicreland BanRer)
THE CrRRENcY.-We perceive that some OF
our democratic friends have thought proper
10 recommend n ref, rm in the currency of
Tennessee. or in other words TO declare an
eXtrrminutiug war against the Bank Of Ten
nessce. and all other banks--the good AZ well
as III bJd We may not see as far into the
milestone as our mere sagacous frie IDS, but
we think he object is To force upon me de
mocratic party tire issue Of q merallic curren-
cy. Il thing that we will never subs ribe to.
The last l." gislature passed a law amply SUI
tfici.Et % reform the currency of Tennessee.
without the intrrposition of out Sidr. Great
men. while they attend to their legitimate bust
ness, should. and do, exert II controlling III
fiuencc. but when they digress from that and
try to Dictate TO people who have reposcd
confidence i'm them. We think ii Is almost in-
eXcusahle arrogance. We know the people
of this portion OF Tennessee are opposed 10
an exclusive metallic currency, and 30 are we
and the idea of forcing 1t upon them is rldi-
culously absurd and impolitic. We think
that the late action upon this subject compares
very fIvorably with the attack OF the buZzard
upon the drunken man. thinking he was dead.
just rs the buzzard poised his beak for one
of his victims eyes. the drunken man blarrd
open his eyes and said, "look here, Mr.. Buz-
zard, you are a leetle too id smart
amt dead yet" This might be applied TO
those wiScacres who have undertaken to regu-
late the currency-that is, they are lie, tie
too ID smart. We will allude to the
subject again more deliberately.
The Banner. we believe, is the organ of
the party in the District represented in Con-
grcss 10y Col. Smith, the Chairman of the
Nashville Committee. The article below is
from the Advertiser, which also claims the
high privilege Of being democratic organ:
From the Chattanooga Adrertiser.
The proposition submitted by the Com
mittep and approved by such of the Democ-
racy aS were present at the family gathering,
we need not say will meet with the hearty
approval of the masses throughout the entire
State. both Democrats. Wings and Americans
indeed we have heard many expressions of
approval of the sentiment contained in the
three propositions from various quarters The
honest hardworking people. the producing
farmer and laboring mechanic, have become
heartily tired of the shameful impOstiOns
practiced upon them by the almost monthly
failure or suspension of some Tennessee bank.
We have had. and now have, too many of
these incorporated institutions, call d bank
properly broker and paper shops, whose stock
is subscribed and owned by non-residents Of
the STATE, and who engage in, and carry on
the business for self profit at any expense
and sacrifice of the people. We are pleased
to see a moving among the masses in regard
to this question, and though the propositions
put forth are mild, and perhaps, too much SO,
vet they will serve ms a basis upon which the
people may begin to move.
We do not. of course, attach great deal
Of importance TO the above extracts, and
only copy them to show the discrepancies
no,c existing among tthe "Happy Family"
upon a question which will necessarily enter
largely into our next State canvass. IT is
not however improper to remark that the
Banner takes the more sensible view Of the
suhi ct: and we are confident it will not
suffer Itself to be driven or whe"dled into
the support of the hard money humbug.