Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-10
OUR NEIGHROIs-THE PATR10T.


smiable disposition Of our nsighboT Of the Patriot
All through the spriEg months his feelings have
been as placid and his temper as serene as The
sky tinted surface Of a mountain lake. BIS gen
tier uttsFanoes were like the music Of lady's lutte,
and even his censure was conveyed in The soft aad
melancholy notes Of The cooling dove. hesditorial
sanctum Of ths rPatri0t was q perfect palace Of
dainty delights and nothing issued thence to dis
turb the reyeries or the repose Of its readers It's
ways were ways Of plessantness. and al its paths
we're peace. Bat suddenly our neighbor's wrath
has been kindled. He RACES like the dog star
through The MONDAY heats, and even the approach
Of dewy twilight and tranquil eve cannot restore
the serenity Of bis temper. All the milk Of human
kindness in his bosom is converted into bonny-
clabbsri and his tender sympathies have grown
hard as adamant Why, only few weeks ago our
DeighboF would not have harmed a worm, but now
he reyels in human suffering and ezults in thu tor
tuFe Of his victims We could hardly realize, a
short time ago. that he could cherish resentment,
but row he ia msroiless. even in hismildest moods
Iisreally frigktful to hear him ak about broil.
ing people on the Goals tol ing them on gridirons
and al fhose savage sorts Of things. he is par
tioularly feFooious towards Gov. J oHEsoK He has
determined to cook the Governor. He has oOOlly
resolved to roast him, and is barbarousy Indifferent
whether he shall End it most convenient to broil
him on the fryiDg-pan or barbecue him by The FIRE
He is willing that the Governor should consult his
own feelings in that matter He will allow him to
exercise his preference Is to the manner IN which
he shallb be served up. He had firmly resolved on
the gridifon process at frst but on reflection, he
viii generously permit the Governor to select the
embers, if be desires. BE is immutable On one
point, however He viii have him basted. That
is fixed fact and all Of the plssdine Of the Gov
ernor and his friends cannot move him from that
determination.
We are Is some loss 10 understand what hiss
aroused our neighbours anxiety to exercise his Gull
narystill on fhe seGrsenviIle Senator. - What has
he done to excite cur neigbbor's ire In one para
graph, we think the Patriot has fallen out with him
for being demsgogues' p giving away the public
lands to poor people in order to secure their votes,
but the very next sentence he complains that the
Senator is donggreat injustice to that class Of oi
Gems A'vho have no ownership in the soi p and in
Inmates hat his policy leans % The establishment of
property qualification At one moment We think
the Governor be sscri6eed for being too kind 10
the poorer classes, giving them homes. sc but The
next discover that he is to suffer martrydom for
showing too much favor to the land owners We
imagine sometimes that he is to be roasted as an ir
reelaimable agrarian and democrat, at others We
find that he must be bastsd On account Of his exeu
sive and aristocrafic sentiments Our neighbor.
perhaps, adopts the plan Of charging him with
variety Of crimes thinking it possible that he might
convict him Of some one Of them. He is fishing with
grab-hooks, that he may leave him less chance Of
escape.
But, seriously, we do not exactly see how the Pa
tiot reconcile all its conflicting charges against
Gov. JoHssoE and his Homestead Bill If be is
blamed for giving away the land to those Who have
no homes, how can be be charged with legislating
alone for the benefit Of the land owner and doing
injustice 10 those who have no ownership in the
soil, Ifhe is an agrarian wishing to distribute
the land equally among ell classes, how can he be
accused Of making unjust distinctions against AIRY ?
We leave the Patriot to sxplan these Inconsistencies
and until be does so we beg him to suspend Gov
JoHEsoE's execution in order that he may learn for
what particular afence he is to be punished.
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DEFABCATION OF THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.
In another part Of cur paper to-day, we print the
report Of the investigating Committee, showing that
Dr. BuEToE the late SecretaryO Of State retained in
his own hands about $4,000 Of money received
from the turnpike companies, and is dsfaulter to
that amount to the State. The manner in which
this defslcation is treated by the Know Nothing press
is certainly very curious, Their -ceusures are /
entirely visited Gov. JOHNSON, because the bond
which the Secretary was required to give cannot be
found. Judging from their comments, they do not
think il at all strange wonderful that the Seere
tary should have thus mis-applied the public funds
That, in their judgment apparently, was to have
been expected so much as matter of course, that
the only wonder in the whole matter is that
the bond to indemnify the State in case SO natu
rally TO have been expected, cannot be found
Gov. JongsoN is a very careful business man. He
is confident that a bond was taken and it is GER
taiRly very possible that Secretary of State adrOit
enough to pocket thirty Eve or forty thousand dol
lars Of the States money could hare known where
the bond was and have managed 10 pocket that
also .
However this may be- the attempt to direct at
tention from the Secretary who took the money,
and who is now fugitive from justice, by assail
ing the Governor for what, ia any event. was only
an oversight is disreputsbe in our ootemporaries
10 say the least Of it. The fact that the attempt is
made ustifesa word of xpIanation which we should
have been 10th to make, had the matter been fairly
treated. Gov. JOHNSON is a democrat. The late
Secretary Of State was an ''ihtsRss American" !
nominated and elected by such The ComptroIler's q
'lerk is Of the same party. And no democrat is S
implicated in the frauds which the committee are
developing In such a state of facts, our opponents
hOuld be very discreet in the manner in which q
hey treat the subject
~ They are taking down our old house, on the .
Orner Of Cherry and Spring Streets, to give place
o the new block we are building on the same n
ite We ieveat the demolition as though friend i
lad fallen. For it was in that building that our =
aper achieved its greatest victory in conquering s,
aH. new house was, however, necessary to accom- N
lodate our business and the old gives place to ny
The old citizens tell us that the house was one NJ
the Oldest brick dwelling houses Of the city, and Ii
the period Of its building one Of the finest We tn
lall very decidedly improve upon IT, in capacity n
least, in our new house. -.- -
DHFcUIrY BETWEEN HARMS AND HUGHEs.- DE
Ouse-Mr. Savage said that acting as the friend n
Dir. Hughes in the recent difficulty between him cd
Id Mr. Harris, Of Illinois, growing out Of language
5ed IN the debate the Minnesota election case FL
, had met with Mr.. 90 II. Polk, the friend Of
r Harris, and they had come to the opinion that "