Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-17

| \ PTnFUL FAISEHoOD.-We learn that a rumOr pre-
walls among the Breckenridge Democracy here that the
Union party members of the party, have threaten
ed TO pet Mr. Yancey with rotten eggs if he should
make speech in Nashville. 1t is hardly necessary TO
that such threat has been made and that the
Tumor Of such threat has been set atoat for party
purposes. Nr. Yancey could speak here thousand
times without receiving the slightest discourtesy from
any member Of the Union party.
This way the Democracy have of attempting to ac-
cOmpsh their purposes by such underhanded schemes
IS unworthy of any party II is contemplate. If
they not able to make fair fight in this contest,
they ought to sell out to some party that is
We clip the above from the local column
of Yesterdays Patriot. 1t speaks of "a ru-
NOR that "preVails among the BRECKINRTDGE
Democracy here, that we never heard of I'M
Ill we saw this article in the Patriot; and we
have yet to find the first man OF any party
that heard of it. The ''local' of the Patriot
has the same right to express his political
sentiments that any other person has, but
we have vastly mistaken the character of the
editors of that paper if they sanction so un-
called for and unjust, Ito use the mildest
term,) an attack upon ''the Democracy" as
is contained in the concluding paragraph. 1t
comes with peculiar bad grace just after the
discOurtesy that was shown by some of the
members of the BELL party to Col. HAYNES
on Tuesday night.-Lhi0H and American,
The above exonerates the Union and Ameri-
en- from any knowledge of the rumor that
'the Union party or members of the party
have threatened to pelt Mr.. YANCEY with rot
ten eggs if he should make speech in Nash
Vile" Nevertheless, such q rumor did ex-
list. and we received the information of its
existence almost direct from Breckenridge
the highest standing in this community. We
were sure it was entirely unfounded, and can
conceive of no motive that would induce a
Union man to set it on foot. We could at
tribute it with reason only to the Breckin-
ridge Democracy. That such rumor, be-
ing u1founded, was an ''underhanded scheme
unworthy of any party" and that it was
contemplate, no just and fair mind can ques-
ton. We regret that such a rumor should
have gained currency; but findingi it abroad
we felt it due to the Union party of this city
to characterize it as We did, and as we will,
as often as We shall meet it.
The duty of advocating and defending the
broken down ard whipped out Breckenridge
Democracy is not particularly nor generally
conducive to amiabiIity, and we can there
cans unkind and ill-tempered thrust at the
"locaf' of the Patriot. As matter of "val-
liable information to be remembered" we
beg leave to say that the principal editors of
the Patriot have very little more to do with
its local columns than the King Of Tombuctoo
or the Tycoon of Japan. We write what we
please, when We please, how we please, and
as little or as much as we please, and if we
fail to make what we thus write acceptable
in any respect. we alone are responsible for
the failure. II our memory is not as treach-
er0us as some of BUCHANAN's officials have
proven, themselyes-and we think it hardly
possible it can be-the Union and american
was informed of this fact, by the principal
editors of the PATROL, some time ago. We
hope this will suffice.