Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-08-27
EpIroREAL coRREspoNpENoE
iNessrs. Nebtett & Grand.


EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Messrs. Ncbiea 4, Grant:
Gentlemen The vermillion Springs,
where / have been encamped for some two
weeke, is very romantic spot, affording
varied prospect of hill and dale, forest
and glade, moss-covered creeks and limpid
streams. The water, an analysis Of which
I am not prepared to furnish you, is high
" medicinal, and, aided by the pure air
and the perfect quiet that reigns almost
uninterrupted, can not fail to be beneficial
in most Of the maladies that belong to this
latitude. And to one who has, for years,
been looking upon bricks and mortar,
treading upon pavements, and liste ming
to the rumbling Of drays and the other
noises incident to the busy mart, such a
retreat is truly refreshing and invigorating.
And not alone to the body is it refreshing.
The silent converse with nature begets a
sympathy with its harmony, and love
for the pure and beautiful, which elevates
the moral tone and fosters all the better
feelings of the heart. And under these
influences, should be unable to write
harshly even of locofocoism, but for the
fact that use the same pen l have welded
for years, and no effort of mine can soften
its diamond point.
Could locofoco politicians bear com
munion with their own consciences amid
the quiet of scene like this, I would re-
commend it, after lie; We, as a retreat for
them feeling assured that they would re-
turn from it better men and patriots--less
in love with plumber, and more in love
with their country and its institutions
A city locofoco is something comprehen.
sible but locofoco in the country is a
strange anomaly-comprehensible only
upon the supposition that nature is to
them sealed book from which they can
learn no lesson, gain no insight into the
J wisdom which teaches that quiet order
and conservatism, SO conspicuous in the
operations of the physical world, are nc
! less essential in human government. In
: cities, where men jostle each other in tn,
| crowded avenues of trade, each striving t.
, sieze the gilded bait, all excited, and the
|, baser passions brought into play by rival
J ry, and seeking their qualification BY
| means of fraud and treachery, locofocoisn
, finds in abundance, the elements that sus
5 tain, and the causes that produce it; blu
. in the country it can exist only as con
: tagion-the most loathsome diseases ar,
found in localities where they could neve
: have been generated.
f You see my pen will have its way, an,
, can no more let locofocos alone, than the,
can keep their fingers out of Uncle Sam
, pocket. Do not suppose from my remark
upon the quiet of this retreat, that it i
g out of the world. There are substantial
. people living all around it, and most kin,
and neighborly have they proven them
selves to be; and, being accessible fror
all points, agreeable visitors are no rarity
and, among them, some highly accom-
plished and beautiful young ladies VIII
were, doubtless, attracted by the fame O
i the extraordinary beauty conceded to m
2 by some of my brethren of the press
Y And nothing was lacking to confirm tn
a impression Madame Rumor haG made, blu
: the presence of Charley Faxon, as a con
f trast. should have invited him out, bu
a was afraid he would ramble about tn
o neighborhood and alarm the good peopl
e by creating the impression that some
I body's menagerie had passed through an
e left something behind-in critical case,
his appearance might prove disastrous
But my beauty and his peculiar ugly
e are the gifts of nature, and should not b
e imputed as merit to the one, or a detneri
to the other, and whilst am too modes
T. to boast, am too charitable to disparag,
Editing paper, so far away, is very in
a convenient; but l hope to be at home i
# time to attend better to theme issu,
r and make amends for any deficiencies i
the editorial department, growing out {
y my absence. r. w. T.
e Mr.. Buchanan's letter-writing has ez
|, hibited itself in at least three degrees