Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-12-24

El.c,ion in Nav next. DEBATE
The Cry PREss-The Necs lays down the
proposition that "extremes meet" and pro-
ceeds to illustrate it by showing that the Re-
publicans of the North and the Democracy
of the South meet and unite in cobdemnlng The
Union Meetings of Boston, New York and
Philadelphia. There are many extremists
among the Southern Democracy and the
Northern Republicans who are anxious to see
the Union cleft in twain, not because they be-
lieve there are sectional aggressions demand
ing such a severance, but because they hope
thereby 10 see their chances for promotion
doubled The one class OF these treason
connecting demagogues is not more worthy
of public scorn and condemnation than the
other This is simply very small part of what
THE CRY Press thinks of the rougues who
would see the Union dissolved. -. The local
Ne,cs is numerous in politics, giving us no
less than five ARTICLES on political subjects.
The principal one is a glance at the Free-ne-
gro Bill. The local Neus writes well upon
every subject be takes up. But we neither
endorse nor condemn the sentiments he ex-
presses in the last-named article. We know
nothing about the merits of Mr.. BARKsDAI.E's
bill. We are not the owner of any free-ne-
groes lust now, and we think it hardly prob
able that we ever shall be. Under these cir
cumstances, it is we'll enough TO be non-cOm-
initial as to whether they be suffered to stay
with us, or be forced to go from US. We leave
the question IN the hands of the most potent,
grave and reverend seignors who reign and
rule on Capitol Hill, and from whence they
thunder when they please. If they say go TO
the disensbraiIed of the house of HAM. why,
let 'em slide and if they grant them per
mission to stay, then they needn't slide il they
don't want to. which is quite likely, as COM
Portable stopping places for that GLASS OF
slders are becoming scarce.
The Banner has an article corrective of the
Lnion's statement that Mr.. NELSON opposed
the resolution of Mr.. CLARK declaring that
no endorser of HELPERS book was fit to be
Speaker of the House. "The fact is, says
the Banner, 'that Mr.. Nelson supported Mr..
Gilmer's resolution in lien of Clarl's as being
more broad and comprehensive in its provis-
ions. The Clark resolution aimed blow at
none but the endorsers of Helpers book--the
Gilmer resolution struck Mt all political slave
nv agitators." The Banner informs us that
since the Harper's Ferry affair, the ladies of
Richmond have determined to throw their
silks and satins to the dogs and come out in
homespun from head to foot. And when
they have put on their homespun, how long
will they keep it on' Why, just as long rs
they can stay at home and resist the inclina-
ton to go abroad to see and be seen. We
regard woman in the abstract as the greatest
institution of the age. Weknow she can and
will and does make great sacrifices for prin.
ciple. But when you ask her to take off her
Northern silk and put on Southern cotton,
YOU ask her to make a greater sacrifice Of
pride than 10 principle, and she'll be hanged
if she'll do it, But we shalt see. Aud in the
mean time
go woman, in our hours n ease,
Unoertnin coy and hard u please,
variable as the light sha e
BY the quivering aspen m de;
But when Old Brown kicks up a row,
Awar.r OF Southern homespun thou ~
49,. The local Bmner has summary of the
non-proceedings of Congress, and an article
on the late stampede of the Southern Medical
Students iu Philadelphia. Also "heart
rendering" account of The collisions of GER
tain steamboats, and the piers of the Rail-
road Bridge at GAINESVILLE, by which nobody
h.r nj la Y
scared.
From the tone of the leader in the Gazette
we infer that its editor has a rather con-
temptible opinion Of the Union meetings that
have recently been held at the North. We
don't mean to say that the opinion of the
Gdzet> is contemplate, but simply that its
editor so regards these Union meetings. We
fear our neighbor is getting to be something
Of fire-satcr, and will 60 in after a while
for dissolution of the Union. He says: "A
popular assembly, enlivened with music,
speech-making, and fair sounding promises of
future good, is one thing. A quiet submis-
sion to insult, robbery, oppression aud wrong.
is entirely another VIII the penny catch
ers Of the North let US know at their earliest
convenience, which Of the two sorts of proof
they requirew We assure our neighbor
that he is mistaken in his opinion OF the
Northern people. Its unjust to style them
penny-catchers, as not one in thousand Of
them will catch at penny when a pound
may be caught at on the same terms.
The Ua,oa has an article beaded Judge
DOUGLAS suggested as the candidate OF the
Opposition" and goes on to state that a
communication has appeared in the Memphis
Bulletin urging 4 the opposition Sonth,
the FTLLNoRE n North aud the DouGtAs
Democracy shall nbine in the next can
vass to elect Judge 'DouGLAs." The U,ioa
NAV rest assured that whatever the Opposi-
iion South and the FHLsoRE men North do
in the next Presidential contest will be all
right. and that IL the Dou0t.As Democracy
help them. It will be no further wrong than
that much Democracy Will have tendency
TO make il wrong.