Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-01-06

! strangely OF cur TefasaltO insert mere than they
| bsrgained for. Now, IS il is a bad rule that vii
not Werk DO h ways, we propose 10 all SUCH that il
theJ sill give as two hams Of baeon or Two barrels
| OF -four, when We purchase one; and If a dry Goods
merchant, ii he viii give US elJth for two eesls ov
silk for two dresses, when We purchase and paw fov
but one, then all such shall have four squares of
space, although they pay for oDly two The prin-
cple is idenuealy ihs came, and We hope those sho
have only viewed one side Of The question, viii vine
their 'specs" and take a look at toe other"
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The Freedom Of the City---What!sT M
/ few weeks since resolution was Introduced
into the Common Council a tend riog to a vsry
worthy gentleman the freedom Of the ciry >
for having successfully accomplished an enterprise
BY which he aud his associates expected to .sput
money in their purses" member inquired what
was meant by the g freedom of the Oiiy '-whsther
it was intended to invite the gentleman intended to
be honored to one of our hotels and feast him upou
the fat of the land; or was it to show him around
generally, that he might wonder at and admire the
beauty of city, ia its natural grandeur and its
architectural proportions and the enrgy aud enter
prise Of our citizens or yet was it a mere empty
honor which he could carry in his pocket, under
the atesta;ion ef the Recorder that it had passed
the City Council by unanimous vote. Whether
these inquiries satisfactorily answered we can
not say further than that the resolution was ADOPT
ed in both branches Of the City Council by uusni-
nous vote, We believe As to the furthersproceed
ing with the intended honor We are not advised.
The other day the Hon James Orr, the Speak
eF Of the House of Representatives. and the Hen
s. A. Douglas, one of the Senators fro II illinois,
visited the city of New York, and the freedom Of
the city" rendered them by the CITY Council,
of the eonferring Of which honor the New York
Times, Of the S1st ult, furnishes the following &C
count.
The adventurous few who yesterday traversed that
stony desert called the Park in the early afternoon
when the Winds of heaven blew The widest aud the
small sweepers at the crossings shrank appalled,
from thu ir =" dreadful trade" we're refreshed aud
delighted with the sight ofcur couniIy's Gag proud
ly floating over the half fchsrred ruins Of The City
Hall. In fact they were refreshed and delighted
with the sight Of tC0 Of our ccuntry's aags-one at
each end Of what vas the Palladian temple Of our
liberties before it was offered up as holocaust
on The altar Of our national enterprise ana Of Mr.
Cyrus W. Field.
The spectacle was as unusual az xhilaraiiug and
those who could keep their eyes clear of the snow
long enough TO see it, must have wondered what it
meant. Had they ventpred up the steps immOrtals
lied by the siege of Mayor Wood and into the great
reception hall Of our Hotel de Vile, thsy would
have found therein show not less surprising
There, among the dead Governors and Comm Olores,
and other famous people, stood tie living Speaker
of the House OF Representatives Of The United
States engaged in the solemn ard mystic ceremony
OF accepting the freedom Of the City Of New York.
A stern simplicity pervaded the arrangements Of !
the august occasion, and the distinguished South
Csrolrian hero of the day may we'll have felt his
spirit move within him to profou1der reverence for
the Spartan virtue Of the great metropolis, when be
cauFasted the uHdadOrned beauty Of Councilman
Bunee AID Mayer Tiemann with the siiken and
purple splendOTs in which the officials Of his own
Commonwealth Gre wont TO drspe their stately per
sons.
The ''freedom Of the City," instead of being de,
gr tdedinto gold box, as il Ally is in the eete
monarchies Of Europe, was silently and secretly
conveyed, like surrep itious billet dOnr, into The
Speakers hand when the warm grasp OF our cordial
Mayor clOsed afectiaOsteiy upon ii. There, take
it," the h0spitabe Alr Ticmlnn seemed to say
lake il, my dear Mr.. Speaker AMI much good may
it do you! No thsnks-don mention it, il really |
is hardly EoTih talking about-but Il Is the best We
have, aud yCU are heartily welcome TO it.. Imagine
how overcome the generous S-uhron must have |
been, what natural manly tears must have swelled |
into his eyes, when the distinguished burghsrs |
throDged in upon him to confirm the civic gift and /
make him quite st home They came in crowds !
the distinguished burghers Isaiah Rynders was /
there Marshal Of the State, and Mr.. MOloney, Who /
governs the AmshOuse, and Mr. Ward, who COM 1
missions the Police, and the Rev Matthew Hale /
Smith, with the fellowship of the churches in his
friendly hand. There was no husllng aud pushing |
only perpetual shaking Of hands and the rapture |
Of rapid inirodue:ops and the klndling interchange
Of The most magnanimous sentiments. There we're
no ham sandwiches with sherry-the5e things being
reserved for sensual Turkish Paehas-only feast
of gsbble and how of bosh, such as always qcick-
ems the hearts Of freemen when they meet together
TO gorify Themselves and our ample institutions /
and the flags tapped exsltngly, like to pull down /
their poles and small boyseheered under the cothes>
lines in the beautiful PARK turned eestac somer
sets in the snoW and New York triled through all /
her homes With silent joy that new son was born /
to hertO bear her banner in the fray and wear her
colors through hundred wars. and when the |
nigut fell, the distip gaished burghers came back
about their brother, and carried him off in triumph
the theatre, there to show him, in the Merchant
Of Venice" how much finer is the City that has |
claimed him for her own, than the proud bride of !
the Adriatie ever was.
All this is very fine; and We ought TO be thankful
not only that We have freedom enough to give some
of it away to our friends but also that we have q |
City Government capable Of doing the thirg 90 /
this the more earnestly, that we |
have another candidate fer the franchise upon our
hands, who will be hOnored in the like manner to-
day. The two flags will be hoisted again to-day |
and the distinguished hurghers will a semble togeh.
er as before, and New York will receive another /
citizen in the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. And there |
will be more shaking of hands, and more making Of 1
speeches. and more shouting Of email boys; and /
then in the evening, suppose, another visit 10 /
the theatre,Only there mast be justice done 70 all
parties and so, perhaps, Mr.. Douglas will be treat
ed 10 "0ur American Cousin"
So far so good. And now what is the meaning OF |
all these mummeries? What in the name Of COM /
mon sense is this ''freedom of the City," which we
keep ''tendering" as if it sort Of steam>
eDgue, to all our illusIrious guests-which we
'fendered" TO General JAcKsON in goid boz, and /
which stayed of its own accord IN Tennessee when |
the gold box came bask with Councilman Van Tine |
10 be very Pandoras box Of mischief to all oar !
gallant Volunteers Did anybody ever zee the /
freedom of this City? Is it Of the nature Of that
freedom dreamed Of by the boy who declared, in !
homeiy verse. that when he is the President Of !
these United Sta es she win suck molasses candy !
and swing upon the gates?' Does il confer any
such privileges upon Mr.. Speaker Orr aud Mr. Sen
ior Douglass Does it enfitle them to vote at our
elections, ward di .trietto accept any Office un-
derthe Mayor--to ring the City Hsll bell whenev-
or they wish travel free upon the ferries and
the avenue railways? .' % -l-ai -- -.
When London gives her freedom in 3 gold box to
some 80 distinguished gsiter" The gift carries GER
tain substantial fra lc i3es with IT. Lord Derby
holds the freedom OF the city, and being elected in
virtue thereof member of one Of the Twelve Wor-
shipful Guilds, 1--WE believe he is a ishmODger, as
Lord Pa merston also is, be enjoys all the rights
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