Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-24
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The CITY Press.

The Banner takes for the subject of its lead
er the tricks Of Democracy-the Charleston
Convention From a time whence the mem
DRY of man runneth not to the contrary, the
Democracy has been noted for its tricks upon
travellers. The Banner thinks that this five
dollars-a-day business at Charleston is
trick invented by the Political Gambler and
manufactured by his friends TO brighten the
North IN delegates from the metropolis of
the Palmetto State, remove the Convention
to a point farther North aud get rid of the
adverse Southern influence that viii assemble
at Charleston. The BDaEer is induced to be-
Iieve the whole thing is trick because the
Louisville Courier, Democratic paper, says
So. The Democratic party just at this point
in it's history, more than ct any other period
OF It's existence, is eminently an institution to
be sorry for. 1t ha@ called for music on a
large scale at Charleston, and just as the
players are all set and the strains are about
to break out, it fluids that the cost of the con-
cert is going 10 OVERSIZE its pile. According
to the way things are now being licked into
shape, the Charleston Convention will cost
the Democracy somewhere in the neigbbOr-
hood of two hundred thousand dollars 10 ho-
tel bills alone. This seems to be largr sum
to expend upon the nomination of a couple
of men for offce-a couple OF men who may
fail TO get the offices after all. But the De
mocracy ought MT to grumble at the magni-
tude of the sum, though 1t were seventy-hve
per cent. more mdgni,ldtnOus than ii is. The
Administration that can't pocket hall mil
lion of dollars in perquisites the first five
months of its career, is no administration at
all.
The Gdzette writes a long article on the sub
ject of Geographic communication between
the Eastern and Western Continents. Our
neighbor is pretty sure now that the thing is
going to be done-that we are to have tel
egraph wire, not from New FOundland 10
Ireland, but from San Francisco to Moscow,
the ancient capital of Russia. He does t
| say-he does Mt even intimate-that he has
large amount of stock in the enterprise (;
but from the earnestness and enthusiasm
with which be writes, we are inclined to think
be has. We have always maintained, and
shall continue to maintain. that the only way
a telegraph can be successfully built between
the two continents is to throw substantial
wire-bride across the Atlantic from Brooklyn
Heights or Bunker Hill to the Rock OF Gil
brulter. Once build this bridge (Which
would he a great convenience to people who
want to come over here to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket and are afraid OF being sea-sick)
aud the telegraph is complete and in good
WOE king order for the wires of which the
bridge is constructed will be the very thing,
or if they won't, you can easily send over the
messages by SLOAN or SULLIVAN, who, even
between Cincinnati and Nashville, are al
ways twelve hours ahead of the mails.
The Nesn. has become a squatter, and settles
down temporarily on The Public Lands. "
The Savannah Republican having expressed
| it's surprise" at the action of the recent
| Democratic State Convention of Georgia,
the Macs says: I'VE profess our surprise that
any body, much more, every body, should
be surprised at any thing which Demo-
cratic Convention, State or National, could
| do Excepting always clear, distinct, ex-
| plicit enunciation of the principles of the
Democratic party. Such an enunciantion
would indeed be surprising"
The UniOn has had two questions frequent
Iy submitted to it by enquiring friends
Who will be Ghe nominee of the Black Re-
publicans at Chicago. and what will become
of the small faction OF Southern Opposition
| in the great Presidential struggle next sum-
mer?" The Union very justly marks that
mo one could reply to them with any degree
| OF certainty" We presume our contempt
! rary's "eHquiring friends imagined that
some Que could We think it likely that
| Mr.. BATES will be the nominee at Chicago,
and that the small faction of Southern Oppo-
sition will spend the Summer at the springs.