Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-11
The City Press.

As we take up the pen TO begin this article,
.'the rain, the rain, the gentle rain is coming
down upon the dry and thirsty earth. 1t is
sweet to look upon the summer rain when all
things are suffering for its ministry and re-
joice under its refreshing influence. Let US
hurry through these hasty paragraphs, and
from the open window watch it as it falls.
Tile Ga-dte-Such Of the public as may
chance to glance at the Gazette without read
ing it, must not think that our neighbor is
going to discuss the splendid little platform
of the Union party because he takes 1.-The
Enforcement of the Laws" as the SUBJ sct of
his leading article. He merely means to
show what Judge GHOISoN OF the Virginia
Circuits" said about the enforcement OF
grand juries. a large majority of Cur read
ers would no doubt like to know the general
drift of what Judge GHOISON said TO that
jury. and also what the jury though about it
after be had said it; but we haven't got room
enough in these columns to tell people all
they want to know, nor half they ought to
know; and so, for further particulars we
must refer them to the Gdzetts-Vol, XVII,
No. 1913.
Tie Uaion.-With the tenacity of grim
death to a deceased African, the Union still
ciings to ''Mr. BELL and his past history con-
nected with the public service" We prom
ised in our last to do the reader the kindness
to leave this subject in the hands OF our
Breckenridge contemporary, and it is not our
intention to violate that promise. The
Unioa's last article on the subject is about
three columns long, and, from a rough calcu-
lation, contains 7G0 lines, 1000 words, and
80, 500 letters. And yet, with all this mag
nifcent display of dictionary and printers
materials, and although the article is very
gracefully written, its true value is not above
that the moon is made of green cheese. 1t
is a melancholy spectacle to see so much Ia
Dor expended to so little purpose.
The BalnT-The BreckinriGge newspapers
and speakers are charging disuniOn senti-
ments upon JoHN BELL" and the Bonner
do nothing Of the sort. 1t is Mt at all neces-
sa-y. If all the Breckenridge Democrats
South OF Mason and Dixon's Line were 10
s wear that Mr.. BELL entertains the shadow
OF disunion sentiment, they wouldn't be-
lieve it themselves. There is not much
danger, then, that they will make anybody
else believe it. An attempt is being made to
prove that Mr.. BELL is also an Abolitionist
According to the same authority,
In 1910, Gen. Harrison an '-AbolitiOnist;''
In 1874, Henry Cay ''Abolitionist,''
In 1913, Gen. Taylor AbOltonist;
In 1852, Gen. Scott was an 'AboltOnist''
In 1856, Mr.. Fillmore was an -'Aboltonist,'
and it would be little singular if Mr.. Bell
were not an "AboIitionist'' too If to be
made the instrument in the hands of Heaven
for the abolition of the Democratic party is
to be an Abolitionist, why, ,hen, it can't be
denied that Mr.. BELL has become very obnox
ious to the charge. But it is not his fault
it is merely his manifest destiny, the accom-
plishment of which will win for him
''The thanks of millions yet to be-
and place his name next to that of WASH |
-NGToN among the benefact 0rs OF his country. |