Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-01
TALK WITH our oONTEmPORARms.


He sees The country il distress its resources vast
ing away and its substance almost exhausted. He
finds democratic administration standing by the
suffering state, binding up its bleeding wounds,
sustain ng its failing strength, and restoring its
hausted energies Union q AmerieaE.
The above has reference TO the Federal Treasury.
Aemocratic administration finds the treasury bleed
ing from veins check which it straghtway Opens
.the arteries. 1t finds a stream trickling from the
arm, which can only be oounteraoted by promptly
gashing the aOria Most excellent logic it out
does Jeremy Bentham, in his most metaphysical
and incomprehensible essays. Il is sort Of Poiu
oo-medico financial poem, as opaque to the common
understanding as the most obscure passages Of
shelley's Queen Nab. Let US have foOt-notes,
hb0r.-PGtTi0t
JEREMY BENTHAM wrote profound Treatise and
SHELLEY produced magnificent poem If the edi-
ter Of the Patriot cannot comprehend these produc-
tons we are not surprised that he does not under
stand our reasoning. Isn't the Obsourity in your
own brain, neighbOr? We fear your acquaintance
with Queen Nab is g good deal like Bottoms after
he was TRANSLATED -
MILITIA DRILL The good old custom Of drilling
The militia Of State, having long since fallen into
disrepute, from the manner in which the laws upon
the subject we're executed, has been abolished The
democracy, having taken possession Of the state
have substituted their peculiar drill They not
wholly without analogy, and the latter, if well Kept
mp, is about unique and interesting, as the former
The democracy are about uniform we're the late
miliia-their principles are Just about various
were the ''arms" which the militia legiOns were
wont TO grace their exercises Withal-PatrtOt.
And the Patriot might have added, that the most
brilliant achievements of the American militia
Bunker Hill, Bennington, or New Orleans-Were not
more brilliant than the victories of this democratic
militia over the trained and disciplined and sworn
cohorts of Sam in l855-56-57. Great guns how
we slashed 'eml-UnJ0a and American.
Most assuredly. good suggestion; it puts the
shoe on the right foot In the one case the Ameri
can cohorts victorious, in the other the Amer
lean phalanx was oversWept by adverse fortune.
The difference in the results is painfully apparent IN
the condition of the Country after the respective en-
gagements.--Patriot
The difference is, that at New Orleans in 1872 the
naiurazed citizens aided troops in repelling the
invasion Of the British. At Louisville Baltimore
and New Orleans in '55 and g. Know Nothing Bullies
slaughtered native Democratic voters and unofend-
ingforeigners That's a shoe for another foot neigh
Dor We shall have you shod all round" soon.
The URion and American cOnours with the PaTioH
in condemning the reckless extravaganza Of the
Federal Government; but attributes the eztraordI-
nary expenditures Of the present and preceding Gd-
ministratiop TO numerous unnecessary schemes pro-
iected By that Of Mr.. Fillmore. viii our acc0mmo-
dating neighbors give US the facts aud figures from
the record f-FGtTiot.
We would refer the Patriot for 'fscts and figures"
to TON CoRwIN, Mr. FILIMORE's abolition Secretary
Of the Treasury. Perhaps Mr.. c. can make some
disclosures with regard to the GAIPHIs and GARD
SER frauds, by which the treasury was plundered
to theamount Of several Millions and in which the
honorable Ton was pretty largely implicated If
any confirmation be required, our neighbor will
please consult AsDREw J. DoNELsoN, his late candi
date for the Vice Presidency.
- The Trenton Standard K N. organ, says we
ought to strike out the word American " from the
title Of our paper. The only objection We have to
that part Of our name is that the StaHdIrd and its
party have disgraced it.
A CASE OF SPONTANEOUS CoNBU sT1oN.-A horrible
case of spenia ueous combustion Is reported hav
ing occurred at Cairo, Ill. Il seems that man by
the name Of Paxton, suffering under deliriunl ire
Mons entered saloon and called for glass Of bran
dy Immediately after drinking it, his breath came
in contact with a lighted match in the hands of
bystauder and instantly took fire and burned for
nearly two minutes when death ended his fortunes.
The agonizng screams Of the wretched man are de-
scribed as having been horrible In the extreme
Exchange.
The above extract, which has been going the
rounds of the papers, is bOsz, gotten up by
JonesbOro (Il) paper at the expense Of our friend
FAxoE, Of the Cairo Times and Delta. Mr.. FAXoN,
in late issue Of his paper protests that he is still
alive and will be kicking as soon as he comes up
with the Jonesbors editor. w
Mr. F. is a perfectly sober man and high-tOned
gentleman.