Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-12-15
Let N. understand each other.


Our contemporary, the Union and Arleri-
can, Of this eity,i fed with the late
sletter of Mr.. BELL and Ex-Gov- n. S. BRowS.
1t seems to US { bat those objections are uR-
stenable-we will no. say frivolous-and we
desire to Know if The out-giyings of our
g. neighbor are to be construed into desire 10
= perpetuate party warfare in the State of Ten
nessee, while the deep foundations Of the
Eoyernmeut are tremblig for their safety. Is
lit proposed in this State to foster and keep
alive the partizan prejudicies which have
scharacterized Tennessee politics since 1885?
- These feelings which have been so warmly
displayed and so often exchanged, beginning
with the alienation of JACKSON on the one
hand and WHITE and BELL on the other, and
reaching their last phase in the presentation
. Of the three ca nddates for the Presidency,
BILL, BRECKENRIDGE and DOUGLAS, in 1860
@ are these still to be the rallying cry, at q
tine.when we know not whether we shall have
Union but for very little while longer?
Or, are we TO divide on the new issue of i'm
, mediate and unconditional disunion for pres
emit evils, or the patriotic trial of measures for
reQTeeS anu edlctI d1u S1G5CStCN ~
the eminent men among US? Or, further
still, shall We lay aside those partizan feel
ings engendered in times, on questions and
2 in the midst of scenes, far different from
those which claim attention and demand So
luton now and come up together in the
character of wholly disinteEested patriots. to
work in common for the salvation of the Re
Of the
Unfon2 Let Us understand each other on
these subjects Above all, lei the people of
Tennessee, who, will be more or less influ-
eneed by the press of the State, understand
upon what ground they are invited to stand
in the Sc times of portent and peril
For our part, We have sedulOusly RETAINED,
since the election, from expressions and dis
customs, calculated or designed to open
afresh or to keep open, the ancient wounds
created by party strife We have declined
to enumerate the multitudinous warnings
which we have given, Of the causes which
have led unerringiy to the results, which We
are now realizing and are about to realize
We have declined to point to the exactitude
by which our representations have been
justified. We have studiOusly avoided the
array of the evidences which we adduced to
sustain our prophecies, no longer sgo than
last summer. But, deeply and regretfully
feeling the indifference with which those
warnings and prophecies have been received
and treated, we have chosen to look alone to
the misfortunes that have befallen US and to
the best means of extricating ourselves from
the grave difficulties that surround Us. We |
have not only expressed freely our own con- |
Tictions of duty, justice and wisdom, but |
have admitted into our columns speeches and |
communications, without endorsement or /
protest. that the people might have the views
of all sides upon which to rest their judg- |
ment We have treated the extraordinary /
restlessness and fruitfulne q of Individual
and general opinion, with a liberal and Ca
tholic spirit, hoping that the people, and We
among them-for we are of them and will
never abandon them-might arrive at some /
conclusion from that multitude of COUNSEL /
that might lead US safely and honorably out /
of present darkness and gloom into the light |
and glory of better day. In our estimation
the issue in Tennessee, to be put in few |
weeks, is, whether this State will follow South |
Carolina Internationally out of the Union, /
and such other States as may go with her, or |
make temperate and statesmanlike effort TO |
preserve the Union, and with it all her rights, |
under the Constitution, in such form as her |
people may deem most expedient and effect |
ual Which side does our contemporary |
take?