Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-13

| to the world, and as IN your earnest desire 10
promul gate the true faith, ten thousand CO.
pies have been scattered TO the four winds of
| heaven, far be it from me to suppose that
there breathes, lives or exists a single mortal
in the county of Davidson, who is not fully
conversant with its contents,-and let him
who is fool hardy alone dare to dispute thy
statements. Nay, we chronicle it as tact,
that there is not single maiden in circuit
of fifty miles who has not taken thy procla-
nation to her heart of hearts, recognizing
thee as her true knight, who will upon occa-
sion be willing to redress her wrongs, for
thou hast thus most conclusively proven thy
self to be the incarnation of chivalry itself
Far be it from me, then, to treat thy declara-
tons with light consideratiOn-nay, we are
all ear to thy brilliant conversations with the
pampered worldly Sancho Panza, whose COM
prehension is too dull and heavy to under
stand the brilliant scrintillations ofthy nigh
tv intellect LetP ANA speak chen =
'Puissant Lord and wOrshipful master, the
tenth section of the first article of the Con-
stitution saith truly among other divers mat
tiers, that no State shall emit bills Of credit"
in that thou art undoubtedly correct-and
as have never for my own part entered into
the consideration of the relation which
'.bank bills" bear to "bills of credit" would
not DISPUTE thy statement-but as l have al
ways found that the little paper money which
came into my hands, has Immediately found
its way into my stomach, and suff1ced to buy
the wherewthal TO keep the hunger from my
belly, wish, forsooth, that | had some OF 1t
now in these hard times ofdearth and famine,
nav. would as lief have it as the gold itself
But, pray tell me, wOrshipful master, thou
true knight if it a grievOus sin to issue paper
money, how came it to pass that almost every
State of the Union, has thus wantonly acted
in violation of the constitution of the United
States? How came it to pass that democrat
ic Governors, who are the opponents OF the
true doctrine, sworn to act in accordance
with the constitution of the United States,
have so ruthlessly violated their oaths as to
sign bank charters? How come it to pass
that the Senators and Representatives of the
United States-such men as JOHN Z. CALHOUN,
MARTIN VAN buren,. JAMES X. Polk. STEPHEN
| A. DoUGLAs. FRANKLIN PIERCE, Gov. MARCY,
SuAs WRIGHT, JEFF DAVIS. all knights of the
| true faith-were so derelct of their duties as
never TO arraign the States for such wantOn
breach of the constitution? Pray tell me,
puissant knight and flower of chivalry, how
i. came to pass that South Carolina, that
strict consiructionist, which the foul breath
of federalism. whiggism and demagoguism
have never tainted, chartered the Bank OF
Charleston? How is it that Virginia, the
right bower of democracy, has ninety-six
banks and fifteen millions of banking capital,
while democracy is opposed TO banking insti-
tutious? Far, far be it from me, worshlpiuI
master to assert that democrats of the true
faith, who are dyed in the wool as strict con-
structioHists, can so far depart from their path
of duty as not to practise what they preach
and may the blessed virgin be my witness.
that never doubted the purity of JAMES X.
Polk, JAMES BUCHANAN, 'or any other of the
brilliant or chivalric knights of the true de-
mocracy Pray tell me, worshipful and puts
SAINT lord. the expounder of the true doctrine,
how all these things "came to pass"
Thereupon the valiant knight refined in his
steed, aud, turning to Sancho Panza, said:
.'Cease thy idle prating, Sancho-thy
thoughts are low and Crawling, and thou
talkest of things which thou canst not under
stand Even if | should tell thee, thou
wouldst not comprehend it,"
And the knight and the squire rode on for
some distance in silence together. Soon al
ter they got into The hoods, and the underbrush
was SO thick that it was difficult to proceed
and Sancho Panza grew very faint and tired,
aud longed 10 be at home, nay he swore in
his own breast that he would never desert
his Jack plane and go forth again on any other
adventures against the banks, for they were
terrible monsters of whom he was afraid;
perfect ogres who eat up poor widows and
children in the darkness--fear crept upon
his soul and hunger preyed upon his loins.
And Sancho. turning the valiant knight,
said: pray tell me, worshipful master. 'cas
Washuagton deRlagogaief"
Thereupon the knight became inceused,
and struck Sancho with the handle Of his
lance upon the back, saying, What meanest
thou, Varlet, by thy impudence?"
And Sancho cried Justify, and said, Pardon
me for my ignorance. most worshlpful master,
for am only am humble shower OF the jack
plane, aud do not understand these things, but
II seems to me that when Alexander Hamil-
ton induced the Congress Of the United
States TO charter United States Bank, that
Washington the President must have signed
the bill, and that, rs Washington made Ham
ilton Secretary of the Treasury and always
selected him rs confidential adviser. he must
have eoincided with Hamilton in his views
aud therefore must himself have been "a
hated Federaiis;" rs well as Hamilton, and
only ffsred In name from the "baHk-sAaVers
and deagSeg,aes teAO HaaHa9sS % eheHt Che Ftsf'is
oua Of thar coassitsfsoiaal Figkts.v &NE
And pray tell rue, worshipful master and
puissant lord. for long 70 become acquainted
with the truth, is Il fact that Alexander
Hamilton. James Madison aud John jay, who
assisted jefferson Ia framing the Consultation,
who were authors OF the sFederalisi, who
usrd their pens and swords In hchalf o. the
country. during the Revelation. who were
unceasing IN their efforts 20 induce the difftr-
ent States 10 accept the Constitution. one Of
whom founded the public debi.and reduced the
finances Of bankrupt eonntry 10 order
bringing them into healthy state by meanssf
fsBa,lhiess fnasAl Unissd States Paser Money