Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-01-04


The CnY Press The editorial pen and
ink of tue GGzne, from the limited display
they make OF their united efforts in the col
umps OF that journal, are not entirely inscn-
sible to the frosty Influences of tn" present
SELL of WEATHER With the thermometer
away down yOndrr as it now is. and has been
for number of days past, the words Of The
Rewly-wedded poet are emnenlly true
sFaere i no; IN this wide world happier lie
Than l. ST by the ztoye-pipe and tickle your wife,
10 Kiss her warm lips IL your moments Of gIee,
And twist the cai'stsi when ii jumps your knee''
And when you find nothing but dali scissor
ing in u newspaper. you may take II for
granted that the editor has dropped his pen,
and gone to seek in the bosom of his family
that comfort which is not to be found III the
Arctic atmo~ph,re of the sIuctum... The
local % the Gozette, in its Struggling about
town, has discovered a number of unclean
posters fufe-tfug the dead walls of the city,
and cali upon the police to run aud take 'em
down. The local Gazelie, still under the in
fiueuce Of Christmas. Is trying 10 raise row,
merely fIr the fun OF the thing He'd better
uuft crUwding around then bills" As
friend TO the Mayor. and one OF the custO-
dams of the city's quiet, we hereby read the
Riot Act and order the local Gazette to dis
perse to bis se=eral homes Ii he dioObeys
the command - shall order the marines 10
fire in among him, regardless of consequen-
ccS-
Tie UaioH has another pOnderous leader on
Mr. FILLMORE Ia that article the Union un-
alphabetically asks: lis man once can
didate for the Presidency always a candidates?
Why our ar fellow, most uuquestionably-
Every natural born male citizen of the
United States Is standing candidate for the
Presidency and be never wiihdrIys from The
field until age or iIi-hcalGh has rais-d the cry
of No c'Ilnc.' and the inariic;ilIte tcsti-
1nony uf Death confirms the truth. We are
caudidat- Tor that office Ourselves, and though
the prospect of an carly election are not as
hattering a. our national popularity and
splendid administrative abilities would
seem to warrant, Il is only in times of great
pecuniary distress that we could be in
duced to take fifty dollars for our
chlnces. We have organized and revrgan-
liz d our cabinet half d. zen times with
in the last ten years, and 10y rigid aud
thorough system Of retrcnchmcut aud re
form. we have reduced the annual expcndi-
tures o. the Government from eighty millions
of dollars down To torty-we mean forty mil
lions of c0ursc-incinding sealIy. and 9th
er p-rquisitcs W. intend To make this gov
ernmrnt what it, founders intended it should
b., and what the Democratic party seem de
termined il sham; be-a model OF its kind.
such a. shall challenge the admiration Of ell
Hght-ned statesmen for all time 10 come
Yes, we are a candidate tOc the Presidency;
aud though we Htay not win the goal we seek,
as several OF our comp .titOrs, having more
bottom and probably (buL not necessarily
more brains, are leading u by few rods,
vet we shall remain -in the hands OF our
friends aud continue to look forward hope
fully to successful result OF The face until
it comes. or until that period in our history
when it won't find us if it does come. Not
all the gold in the Bank Of Tennessee could
bribe into our TO Om a doubt Of our cotem-
porary Of the JiIO1' veracity, but we would
much rather be wouldn't tell us be is not an
opponent Of our in this contest, for we should
be compelled t. regard the declaration rs
either very poor j,ke or a very ung rnr,lcd
remark Taking Il Tor granted then that the
prop sitTcn i uu,Irnisbl- that every Ameri-
en- ci-iz-n Is a candidate for the Presidency
and always will be, the CHiOa's question
above referred t. may b. regarded as a sim
ple al miti-n of the fa-t-"vucc 4 candidate
always "a etEditue-T Bat it the Uaioa 5 Oh
jet Is o drive NJ FLiA,EE cut Of tie heat
which : to bc run tie present yer. &c may
spare it-eIi tn IIbIr. f,r that gentleman has
never consulted "a, about the property OF
the thing. and = Is not At ali lirobIbIc that
he would take - import nt step without
such = consultation II the U,ai0 finds tie
Speakership TO delicate subject as it
now It Inds before tie cOuatry, 10 eTpeud
its fniu- upon. and = in plr-aiI Of al un-
embarrassed subject under difficulties, let
IL write an article about ths weather
1t Is subject which is much neglected by
the newspaper press Of Ihe country, and con
sequently there l. i great demand here Tor re-
liable information with regard to IT,
The Nssrs advises people to KEEP their
front doors locked aud gives weight 10 tue
advice by relating Tie following hearI-Iend-
ing incident:
'-OL sunday night last. sO;us uncircumci-
sed scoIHdrei cHterued the ir.Jut do Z Of the |
residence VI the senior editor OF the .Nrscs
and Sb,II acted his hat from the rack in the |
entry. Hingiag would be Too god for sacI
q wretch
That's a fact hanging lie too good for him; |
he ought 10 be condemned To read the Pre- ST. |
dents Message. wed=eply sympathize with |
our neigbLoE aTIuHd the corner in thu loss OF /
his hat and TO show that ours is no idle or /
empty sympathy, if anybody will furnish the |
money, we'll buy a new bat aud make him a |
present OF il. The editorial articles 10 the /
-asrs are brief, and present bat few salient |
angles
TheBaHnsr, in an article on '.the organiza- |
tion ofthe House, says ''the Administration |
party i the 'Caudihe Forks" We should |
raih think. from the impos<ibilisy Of bend |
ing them doxa t. their d Iiy in the elecIi
Of Speaker, that the "Caudine Forks are IN
them The Ba1.ner still declares thar the
Administration Democrats are responsible
for the lay "a organizing the House. We
made tue same declaration tao CT three
times, but having found no Democratic pa
per with the afirontery 20 dispIie il, we set |
the Thing down as a settled gu, stion, and |
ID ,5ght 10 mfr about il.