Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-09-12
CITY OPPOSITION TICKET.
FOR MAYOR:
S. n. HOLLING WOR L III.
TIE NosrH ALBANIAN AND IT'S EDITOR In


the second-story of a time-worn and Venera-
bic wooden building. standing on one oil the
quiet streets of Tn-cumbia. is the printing o.
flee of the old North ALabdssaaa, newspaper
which. from the widely-extended and salutary
influence il yields, its firm and undertaking
adherence to the cause of Truth, OF Justice
and of r eht. aud from the high respect it
commands among all parties wherever it is
read, may justly be called the National hateit-
qenoer of the country press-the honest and
conservative minds beau ideat of public
journal. Always honest. capable and jnst-
ever uutrammelcd by unworthy prejudices,
and
''Unawcd by influence aAd unbrbed by gain,''
the North ALatazsias, for long and eventfnl
years. through all the vieissitudes of parties,
the ignoble rage Of conteRding factions. and
the dstracting din q sectional strife. has
chung with Spartan 6rmness to its stainless
integrity-has ever been true To its prnci-
pies, true 60 It's country, tr0e to lt-eH. True
to everything else, it has never once been un-
true to it's promises and ats patrons For u
.ou ,rtrr of a century, it's weekly coming-f1rth
has been as regular and unftillng as the up
rising of Friday mornings sun. For TWEEN
ty-6ye years il has made its appearance upon
.itsappointedd day Ut publicauea-some thirteen
hundred daaes--without missing singl" num-
her. To maintain for so long period of tifne
its character for puRctQalIy, il has not &C
complished impossibiliiies, OF course; but ali
the unlncky contingencies and hinderihg &c
cideuts, from which the best regu lated print
ing Offices are not always eXempt, were
strictly guarded against and provided for,
and by the exercise of judgment and lore
thought. Circumstance, which makes Or
mars the fortunes Of newspapers AZ ~ell as
of men, was al ways disarmed aud made 10
yield up its power for mischief
The inb-deprtment OF the Nortk A1StaR'idn
Office is much the largest and most cosby III
North Alabama. and is able 10 compete, and
does compete successfully. both ia It's pric"
aud the neataess and elegance of it's work,
with the Memphis establishments "A Aumor
OF experienced printers are CONSTANTLY I'm
Moved. adj tie year i0aud, Ia doing every
description OF job-work, aud had the Pr"prie-
tors prices he equal To The qualify oi MS
work he would nov be u much richer man
than he Is
Anoug tbr uressess in this WrIlarrangcd
and Mechanically conducted Oitae, may be
seen an antique and venerable concern, made
mostly of wood, which the Hun- N1NRY b
Fn,rrE who WAS once "a citizen of TuscumDia,
printed a political newspaper Ia tue outset
of his career Raore than thirty years ago
The old press has lived TO its first propri-
etor win his way to u gubtrnatorial chair,
u id 10 "A re,t in The Senate OF the DuIted States
and though now somewhat worn and rlckety,
i, sill able to do good work for It's present
,onwer
In the outskirts of the old bat still pretty
village of Tnscumbia, embowered IN leaty
trees and towering shrubbery, is a neat white
cottage. in whose peuetraiia the blessed geni
of Peace OF Contentment and opeu-handcd
Hospitality sit perpetually enthronrd.
That cottage, beside whose genial hearth
stun,, the writer If this has often felt
"Hou nuiseless falls the feet ~ time
That Only Ireads ON uo~ers,'
is the home of the Editor of the North AIa-
Blrqtan--a home nade thrice happy and
smiling by the presence of kind, loving aud
accomplished wife, and several beautiful and
Intelligent children
1t is a pity, and misfortune, that the
press of this country cannot boast ct more
such men as WILLIAM ROI1-sToS. II is such
men as he-thc ieW-and -far-between ADMIR-
BILE CRIcnToNs OF onr fraternity-who re-
feet honor upon the editorial p otession, who
mould its highest influences and direct tn m
for the good Of mankind and for the best
Interests of lhc country We do not claim
for him THAI he is cjthrr infallble OF fIuitlcsS.
but there is little of dos ia the pur,. gold
.of his composition that it were unjust TO
stamp him at any less than twenty-foar
.carats. Brave as the Lon; true, constant
and conuding in friendship; aud honest
.open-heart"d and generous at all times, he is
one upon whose brow il would seem that
g. Every god h I'd set h.s seal,
To s,f,.. a sT.rIJa n MAJ