Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-11-21

From the London Tines, Oct y.
II Ia difficult to keep Up a fast frisndship with g
man who has frequent fits Of the gout or chronic
tOOthaehe, or exeoriatsd epidermis. He may be
a very valuable man to know, and az fond he may
have 4 real affection for you. But you can never
be quite free and Unconstrsined in your companion
ship with him you are always afraid Of coming q
little too near his equity toe or opening window
and letting in cold draught that may set his teeth
and temper ragings if You poke ever gentle bit
of fun AZ him Il is not certain be viii throw his
eruteh at yeur head; if you nudge him Playfully
in the ribs he is almost sure 70 scream and abuse
YOU He may be almost overwhelmingly efasiVe in
his moments Of intermittent good humor, but sud-
denly comes that tWinge in the toe, and down 90
the corners Of his mouth that wrack Of pain, and
up goes his hand to his face aud then be becomes
touchy and iesty and quaFrelsOme, and then you
are tempted to say, g COnfOund the fellow. III let
him alone He's capital companion when In good
humor and there is no one I'd rather have BY my
side in case Of tight; but be is 90 erotc6e'y ana
uncertain that l never eau be sure that l should
have him on my side. If We got into q msetes he
would be Just as likely 10 break ny head IS that OF
one of our antagonists" and thus yea grow more
polite and less friendly, aad your hOl~temEe cred
friend who repressed your famliariiss, ehaies 81
your indifference
VIII our newly made neighbOrs on the other side
Of the Atlantic, nov only cables length of, par
dOD Us If apply this passing reflection to them
Not that we would Tor q mOment insiuuate that they
in their body poiic. afflicted with govt or With
tooihache; for our fat fOO'sd young friend strides
with the tread Of Juvenile giant, and bis grinders
/ are 90 hale that, having munched up bali new
world he is rather suspected Of INDUCING CASTRO
nouie designs upon Oihsr portions Of it In fact,
If be has fault respect of his teeth, iteoDssIs
in Just little too much iOndness for showing then
But there is something rather wrong sboRt our
j friends skin. The oil Of human kindness in which
he vas dipped vas little too hot, snd has scalded
/ off the onter eutiele His sensations seem "a be
rather akin to those Of the ancient invaders Of Esg
/ land morssls Of whose skin are sill under the nail
/ head Of our old church doors, or to tho OF that
IN used saint who stands IN We forget which cOEii
ueu al cathedral, draped in his own Aayed-Of hide
He ouiVers to every touch and but thai his museirs
are large and bis strength and temper are dang p
our to any one volunteering the friendly operation,
a good healthy tar aad fea' herring would do bin a
| world Of good 1t Is our own fste always 70 be IN
I difficulty with our sturdy friend. We can never
beouiok enough % meet his hot fits Of affection, or
20 get out Of The Vay when the boot jaek and the
Ro1s-si0ol are flying scrOss the room We are al
WAYS doing something 10 CONCEAL bis gushing SYM
pathies or to hgighteu his iil temper. The New
York MorRng Courier takes Us 70 task for this. oar
misconduct in q spirit Of courteous admoniiions
bicb AZ il is not very commoa on the other side Of
the Atlantic, may not be passed over without the
eaurFsv Of aFeply. Our transatlantic femonsiFanti
after general charge Of ancient grievances, which,
As they are not specified cannot be reiuted, does ua
| iustice to ADMIT tne tlteSt WueA 0fih
and it's institutions has usually done
al IN A fair sDiriip Wen, that is something W.
have not been false to the Fundamentals Of friend
| sbip We may have thought It a matter Of duty Il
ten him he was rather sharp in foreclOsing the mort
qaee on that Mexicsn's state, or that be must DO
disgrace himself in the eyes Of his country 81 steal
Cd ing thai Spanisrd's tobacco box, or thai he ouga
10 keep his sons from riding over his Io1r neigh
bors, or that We should be obliged 10 him not Z
poaeh- more thanhe could help n our fsbpOnds, an
! We have even gone go far segently and meekly {
hint a complaint 10 him Of The nuisance srisin
from the cries Of that blaek servant whom be is q
ways tbrashing
We have never, il is true, done any Of these thing
without putting him into terrific passion, oat v
cannot in our conscience think We were IN faulii 10
even the indictment against Us admits that ne an
: his family have always been treated with due p
speet, and that even our friendly remOustrane'
have been made in fair spirit. Our pew crime j
however, we can feel slmOst unpardona0ie Y
h have made . mistake about that trsnsatianiio tel
graph Cousin Jonathan intended 10 be eublim
and We in our error sneed be intended 10 be ride
lous We uuhappily mistook his pathcs for basho
- He entertained as Eilh performances which be j
; tended 10 be most affecting, and We had the mi
e fortune 10 think it was farce which he neant us
= laugh It, So we poked our little BIT Of fun 81 bin
q return aud in due promptitude the goutstOOls 81
d the bootjaeks came flying about our ears next nor
ing cams the more formal and courteous ePistle
= which We are now replying. Nov, our New 1o
contemporary is much mistaken II he supposes tn
B. the people Of England were not quite IS mu
g pleased ct the apparent accomplishment Of an J
:. 5tantaneous communication between thstEe natio
Is the people Of America we're. There VS. seq
promptitude in the royal MESSAGE conscience -,
" oouid onlv n. fuanirad by strong interest," ~