Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-17
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER It, 1889.

The CITY PREss.-For a long time past,
the Hon. JomN BELL and the bank question |
have been made to serve as the two continu-
Gus bars of sort of railroad, upon which |
the locomotive Union drawing n full train OF
the provincial press in its wake, has been
dashing along at express speed, with scarce
" single stoppage at way-station- But
having exhausted its supply of fuel, which
held out wonderfully well. it has now
switched of on " The Effects of the Har-
per's Ferry Raid" leaving the bank part of
the main track undistnrbed, but dragging
the BELL section along with il. The at
tempted insurrection of BRowS at HAMPERS
FERRY" says the Union, has had one good
effect: that of arousing the South to the
dangers of permitting the Republican party
to administer the Government of the Union"
This may be so; and if another BRowN will
now come along with another attempted in
surrection and arouse the South to the dan
gers of permitting the Democratic party to
administer the Government Of the Union. he
will merit "the thanks of millions yet to
be-" and in striking the blow will more firm
" Intervene bis name with the wrb-work of
history than BRUTUs his when he
g. made the dagger's edge surpass
The conqueror's sword in bearing fame awuy "
The Republican party is the legitimate of
spring of modern Democracy, the incestuous
paramour of unclean factions and the sire Of
denominations. The latter has too clearly
demonstrated its capacity. not to rule, but to
ruin. and the people OF this section need not
be told that the capacity OF its offspring lies
In the same direction.
The Bill ito encourage the use CT private
capital" which passed the Senate the other
day, falls under the ban of the Banner, and
no doubt Justly. IT the Banners arguments
are good for anything, the bill il good for
nothing. We don't know anything about
this hanking business. however and in
this slate of bIissful ignorance, we have
the agreeable company Of several Dem
ocratic currency thinkers who think they
know all about il. ...... The local Banner
takes the Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
through a mild and, we trust salutary course
of sprouts on its high tariff Of freight charges.
An iliberal aud contracted policy seems to
prevail in the management of this road which
is not characteristic of the gentlemen who
compose the directory, and the sooner II Is
abandoned for something more liberal and
enlightened, the better it will be for the re ad
The Banner says:
oThe freight, which was formerly 35 cents
anon a hale of cotton from Thompson's Sta
ton to this city. was doubled upon the COM
pIejion of tn" road Ia Columbia, distance
Of twelve miles farther. and is now 10 cents
from Columbia to this city, distance of AZ
milps-the same charged from Dechard's to
Nashville, on the y. & e. X. R "A diStsnce of
IS miles THIS is progressing backwards.
From Lvnnville to Nashville, So miles. the
T & A. Road charges IS cents for a bale OF
cotton; from Reynolds, the present terminus
"A miles one dollar, and we understand
that the rate from Pulaski to Nashville, So
miles, a soon as the remaining eight miles
are completed will be 81 70, the same
charged from Nashville to Louisville, on the
L. & NJ Road a distance of 1855 miles. To
contrast still further we remark that on the
y. 4 g. Road cotton is brought from Christi
ana, As miles, for 80 cents, aud from Murfrees
borO 80 miles, at 40 cents. The same tariff
il applied equally, we understand, to back
frcights and to the whole business of tie
Tennessee and Alabama road.
In its controversy with the Neros, the
Union has brought up some old documents
written by the senior of the the Netrs quar-
ter of century ago. The object of the
leader in the Netos is to clear up and
explain these venerable documents, and the
object is accomplished in very satisfactory
manner..... In a hasty article about
the poor of Nashville we said something
the other day about charity. The local OF
the Netrs thinks we have got two grades OF
that article mixed, and tells us what ST.
PETER meant by the word charity
Whe, il comes ts downright orthodox. though
unregenerated piety. we turn our back upon
no man; and not having lately experienced
the bliss of ignorance with regard to the
palmer teachings of the scriptures, we are a
living witness to the fact that there is no folly
in that sort of wisdom; but notwithstanding
ali this when the local OF the Neaos makes a
CLARK Commentary OF himself, and dashes
boldly out into the great stream of scriptural
metaphysics, he goes entirely beyond our
depth and nothing il left us but to stand
trembling in the shallow ripples upon the
shore and admire the boldness and daring of
feat which we have neither the strength nor
the courage to initiate. The local of the
Ne1cs suggests that we preach our next ser
mon from James i, u. To obige him,
we will do soft we can find the text. AS
we have already intimated. we know some
thing about the scriptures; the local of the
Ners knows much more; together, we two
know all about them, and when we come
20 expound them through the Netcs and the
PATRIOT, the community may expect to be
enlightened. As learning should take prece-
dence of age in the pulpit, our contemporary
will preach the first sermon of III. series
Then, let him at once.
Z" Leave OF his damnabie face. and begin"
as the Prince of Denmark says in the play
The Gasett< informs us that Senator SUN
SER Ii goiug ~ rerisa his seat In the UaiteI
States Senate, and marry and settle down
in England. 1t would seem, then, that Sena-
tor SUMNER had rather run the risk of having
his head battered by the broom-stck of an
English wife than of having il a second time
broken by the wslking-stick of an American
Congressman. When he is gone he may be
written down as one
'who leaves his country for his oountry's good, %
and the Gazette will oblige us by doing moth
ing to detain bin on this side Of the Allan
tic.
Fair be the winds that wan bis barque
To shores beyond the seas
And foul the tempest which shall seek
To wan aim back 10 these.
This poetry. which Is justly regared as the