Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-02-28
TO Or FRIENDS

To OUR FRIENDS.
Rude are We in speech, and little used 10
the set phrase of too limited circulation;
bat hear US for our cause. and make no noise
that YOU NAV hear distinctly, for we don't in
tend to speak loud. and what is less to be re-
GREETED, We don't intend to speak long. As
YOU are aware, the Union is in danger. The
sword which is TO sever the cord that binds
the States in one glorious bundle, hangs sus-
pended By a single hair, and that hair is al
ready rOIting beneath the cOrrOding touch of
Southern ire-eater and Northern fanatic; and
If something is not done TO arrest its decay,
or take down the accursed weapon and con-
vert it into a plow-share or a pruning hook,
the Union must b. rent asunder "a the young
melon is rent in twain by the wooden sword
of marauding boyhOod- What f-llow-citi-
zcns-and we ask you the question with the
assurance of one who Is conscious Of bis abil-
ity To answer whatsoever he asks-what. fel-
lOw-citizens, can transform that crumbing
! hair into Il cable a. strong the chain OF
years which drags Us TO eternity. and as en-
! during a. the iron fetter Of the lame Lem
/ Man which bound PRoMETHEUs TO the rock:
What Is the wondrous spell which may change
/ into a rack Of cloud. or wreath OF smoke,
that impending sword. 80 terrible in its power
/ to crush the sacred altar upreared by the
hard Of patriotism amid the gloom aud peril
| Of wars dread reign. and con>ccratcd by the
blood which smoked the first Offering upon
/ Its virgin shrine? Subscribe for the Patrigt and
| compel your neighbOrs, at the point of the
bayonct, If necessary, to do the same thing!
In one hand you hold the destiny Of the na
tion. In the other you hold three dollars
/ (0r FIVE or light, according to the edition OF
our paper you want). By transferring 10 u
| the contents of the last named hand, you rem
der the contents of the other as glorious as
the brow of the Eternal City when Kingdoms
TT. mbIed al her name and empires withered
in h-r frown. Refuse to sub-cribc, and you
disIudge the avalanche IF disunion which
shall make Pcnberton Mill case of the Re
M Iic and call up the raven to flap his tune
raj wing above the green land where the
genius of peace now sits brJCdiug like Il
dove. Refuse to subscribe, and you knock
III. bottom from the cloud OF secession which
looms in cullen grandeur above the South
ern hills, and pour out upon the country
temp st OF red (and also blue) ruin Us terri
BILE As the storm OF fire and birthstone which
swept from existence the idolatrous cities of
the plain. Then turn out at once and devote
the rest OF your lives to the Patriotic work of
saving the country by excluding tue circu-
lation of our paper.
'sCome to the briIII-chamber, Death
| Come 70 the mother when she feels,
For tn FIRST time, her lrst-born's breath
Come when the blessed seals
That elise the pes,icuce broke,
Aud crowded cities wall the stroke;
Come IN the euItLq AXE ami the storm;
Come when the hear sats gh aud warm
With Newsom's best aud Long Worth's wine,
| And tiou at terriD.e-ths tear,
he groau, the kneiI the pail, ,he bier,
Aud all W. dread, dream, lear
Cf agony are thile.
But tu the fellow whu has poured
! Subscribers on US fast anu free,
Thy voice sounds like a prophets word
! And in ils hollow tones are heard
lha thanks Of millions yet 10 be l'
| II this don't run our subscription list up to
/ half a million in three weeks, our confidence
/ in the practical utility of appeals" OF this
| sort will b. considerably shaken, not to say
crushed. But the CIlOn goes farther than
! We do. 1t says TO the people: "Yo- can't get
/ along without the paper. Your wife and
/ your children can not do without it." That's
I true; Il. ' cant begin to get along without
I IT,. But the endurance and fortitude Of some
IN not
along without it, il won't be for the want OF
an fort We know several people who,
for 5 vcral years have been getting along
even without the PafTiOt, and though they
are having a miserable time Of it, they
doggedly persist in swallowing the Oblivious
antidu;e to the knowledge of the fact that
..nov's the time to subscribe"
The Banner is pOking DOUGLAS at our
cornrr-Of- Church-and-C herry-stree cOtem-
porary. The JEion asked the Banner tue
other day whether Mr.. BATES would receive
support in the South a. a candidate for the
Presidency''-just As if anybody intended to
fish for the Presidency with that sort of
Ba.e(s). To which the Banner says: I'VE
could give our opinion very readily upon
that point, but We have question on file
which has precedence. We have never been
able to get categoFic answer from our con
temporary as To whether he would support
DoUGLas in the event he was nominated at
Charleston.
Will the GIsi0s and ABasTioza support STEPHEN
\. DoCGIAs. if that gambler in politics. is
nominated by the Charleston Convention?