Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-01-10

THE CTR PEEss--Tbe Banner takes for
tryt the broad and beautiful boast Of the
Ua;os, that There Is but one true and relia-
BILE Union party in the countryside Nation
al Democracy ard breaches from il a ser
mon which should sink deep into tie hea't
Of that party whose nationality consists bat
in its own beast that it i national; party
that is orthodox only in its Uniform and IN
changing heterodOxy. and whose -iIs and
heresies are sublime in their magnitude and
number. BHt Il won't do it. We've no idea
il will. Preaching to ihe Democracy Is like
attempting to purify the turbid waters Of the
Mississippi by calling up the spirit of the
~intry storm to sift it, feAthery snow fakes
upOn its bosom a the meek snow drops
float down like white-winged angels upon
their mission Of love- and meet and melt
into the redemptionlsss tide, and mingling
with It's teeminy impurities. are borne on and
on to the eyrr-sOunding sea, and return no
more forever, SD the words Of political piety
and wisdom the Opposition preach TO the
Democracy. resolve themselves. as it were.
into the impure elements Of The party. and
mingIing with its great tide Of corruption,
come not lack even after the lapse of llnger-
ing years Wien MIL4RD FILLMORE ruled
over the land with glory not OF the present
time. we were shOd with the preparation OF
Whiggery, and sent as missionary
among these political infdels; and when
we drew nigh unto the affairs wheTeOn
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gods whom they iguorantly worship, we
lifted up our printing-Press AID cried aloud
in small plea I'VE come to call. not the
Whigs, but LOcOfOcOs unto repentance; there
fore turn from your evil ways, house OF
Democracy ~ But the more we preached
and cried aloud and spared not, the more it
did MT do any good: aud when we saw this,
we turned to our devil and said: 'Behold,
they are Joined to their idols; to make
Right attractive in their eyes, jaundiced by
looking tno long upon the spells, we must
cloihe il in the garments Of Wrong This
we won't do. Let's quit" And the
young cuss, who had no taste for the bust
ness, answered: "You are ri sht, o Boss; it
won't pay" And so We threw up our com
UlI~slOu- EeLuIntu 10 tue ettitTlu- bt-
som Of party whose honesty is unimpeach--
able and whose purity is a1ove reproach.
The GGzaTe copies from the Union com
municaliOn on the Free Negro question. But
il does MT endorse it. Nor does il condemn
it. On this question, as upon political qucs
lions of all sorts and sizes, the CARTE is non
committaI. I've publish BAYS the GGseite.
a., 81.
our readers may see what is being said in re-
gard to a movement OF such great public i'm
portance" As this question should not b.
invested with partiZin character, and as
members Of both parties stand for and against
it, we think the Gazette might venture to give
u its opinions touching it without compro-
missing its flag of neutrality. Let it speak
ont. and il anybody has the bad taste to
kick up ut il and stop his paper, well men
tim the G0zsre's merits to the public. which
will of course makes its fortune at once.
.-Let il be borne in Inind.'' says the Nesr,.
"that Whisky sclls at 2Oi cents per gaIlon.''
Which we will strive to do; and If our cnteT-
porary keeps a first rate number one article
he may ship US a couple of gallons for medi-
cal purposes. WSwon't mind owing him IL
cents for that quantity. The only thing like
politics in the editorial columns of the Nslgs
is a paragraph in which il declares that the
President and the heads Of the Departments
are given to lying about Que another. Our
ncichbor ought to rem -mher. If it can con-
venientIy do so. that Old Beck was about to
get after his quOndam frien.i FORSEY not long
ago, with an action for defamation of charac-
ter, and that he may subject himself to the
same proceedings. However, truth is not
STAND T, and il neigilbor SHOULD be called
upon to prove that his Republican Highness,
tn. President has been guilty of uttcri1s
what is known In the higher circl.s of society
as ILLUMINATING enlargement of elongated |
verHcity," bat is called in the vulgate a |
laundering lie, he need not fear that We will 4
come forward and swear down his testimony. |
... The local Neps has article on the |
THATCHER Letter which came 50 near being /
the death-and a violent one at that--of Or. /
PALMER, of Memphis, about the time Of the to-
do at HArper's Ferry. DIR. PALMER fell vic
tim tn consumption week or since, and /
IL turns out, COW that the truth can do him
no good, farther than to wipe stain from
his character, that the letter was fabrica-
ton, and that be was innocent. Just a. We
expected and predicted. Ia a foot-note TO
this article the local of the y sros says: From
close observation. we have ascertained that
among thousand conscientious men-eyen
conscientious pious men there cannot be
picked more than one who will not lie-and
he will lie n little" We had hoped, we need
not say how earnestly, that our local CO.
temporary entertained higher opinion Of
the pious. As limited as our acquaintance
is.( and We Assure our heighbor that We mean
nothing the least personal to him by the re-
mark, We know quite number Of men who
make ne prstentions to piety. aud yet would
&c our contemporary as deep In the Demo-
cratic party as sledge-hammer would fall
in forty years, before they would vary from
the truth in any statement az much as a sun
beam varies from direct line Ia descending
to the earth. We need not assure discrifni.
mating public. that OF that class of men, the
is an honorary member la good
And while he remains thus In
cool standing. il cannot be said that he lies.
We shall give the local OF the Meas three
days, WI i,h is certainly ample time. in which
70 take back his wholesale drnanciatIon of
msnki ID, nd il be fail +, do 80, We shall be