Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-01-01

IT, The following are extracts from the
letters of Independent" from Washington to
the Philadelphia North American
The publications recently made BY Soma
tors Slidell and Jones, of IOwa-the latter
Just reproduced here-prove cnncluSively
determined purpose to drive Mr. Douglas to
the wall either by personal affair. or by
fixing a disgraceful brand npon his brow.
There can be no installing the intention of
these cards. il the DIES gn was not generally
understood in all social and political circles
here. But since the quarrel belongs excu-
sivply to that harmonious democratic house
hold of which all these parties are professedly
orthodox members, the Opposition need not
exercise themselves unnecessarily as to its is
she. They should be permitted. by all means.
to settle it as the champions of the Nebraska
bill contend it regulated slavery-'.in their
own way" Mr.. Jones seems to have selected
some of the choice epithets which Mr.. Doug
las hurled at Mr.. Sumner-a protested nom
comhatant-when he stood in the democratic
lead, with all the chivalry at his back, inst by
way, probably of emphasizing his meditated
ndgnity. The Senator from Illinois will be
here shortly. and these fiery spirits might
curb their wrath until he can stand up to
confront the storm. 1t is not altogether gem
erous to assal him before his coming though
perhaps some justification may be pleaded
for this course, far as Mr.. Slidell is con-
cerned. in view Of the passage between them
in open Senate at the last session. when the
language and the manner OF the Senator
from Louisiana were quite as positive his
expressions are now. 1t is difficult to con-
ceive how these indignities can be borne with
out notice. or recOnciled but by a disavowal
which would reflect upon their authors, if
possible to be made Ivy erthPr of the parties
cOncerned--a concession entirely beyond the
reach of probability.
If the appreciation of the Presidents mes
sage may he measured by the attention it has
attracted in Congress. there can be but one
opinion of its being signal and Notifying
failure. month has almost passed since
the delivery of that precious document and
it has produced about as much impression as
one of John Frost's declarations from the
steps of the Girard Bank. 1t prepared
with peculiar care for a sensation. and Cabi-
net ministers looked mysterously wise, and
shrugged their burthened shoulders. when in
sinuatng the terrible commotion that would
follow its PRONUNCIATION. Europe. the United
States. aud the rest Of mankind. were 10 he
astoundcd, If not positively shocked, aud the
fragments of the shattered democracy were
forthwith to be gathered together in har-
moaious unity for continued possession Of
power. These predictions have fallen short
OF luiHImeht, ana. IKE lnOSt implements Oi
Asiati" warfare. Chinese gongs, have not she
ceedcd in soaring the enemy. In fact, every
body is tranquil under this Barnrmizing eX-
pertinent of acquiring Cuba. Selling Mexi- |
CO. and telling our god Terminus to pull up
his stakes. and plant them. for the present.
any where between here and manifest destiny. |
Not even grOwl could be extracted from
Congress and Mr.. Hale on the first day gave
it n quetus in his funny way, from which il |
is not likely TO recover for some time. This |
is the first time a message has been treated |
with such marked Indifference; and, as a sort |
of compensation for the neglect, the court |
journal is now reproducing all the mragre |
scraps of notice which the subsidized papers |
over the country have thought tit in charity. |
to give. Ii is really melancholy TO see so flat |
a failure in the second year OF the Admins |
tration, when it might be supposed to have at |
least some little hold upon its wcll-paid bene- |
fciaries. But there are none so poor as to do |
it the reverence of even censorious criticism. |
II the concern had been exhnmed from an |
Egyptian pyramid. it could not have a more |
departed 0dor about it, Everything smells !
musty, and il is certain the White House |
needs the ventilation which is preparing for it |
in 1860. by that great public benefactor, popu-
lar sovereignty.