Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-02-18

little anxiety TO know two things: LIST, were
these resolutions sent to the Governor of
= Tennessee. and I'd, if they were, what the
mischief has become of them? We have MT
any information of this sort about our clothes
W just at this time, or We would gladly let our
neighbOr have it. We are no politician now.
having retired from the profession in disgust
and shattered wardrobe, after following it
Ii for six or eight years, aud can't be expected
to know a great deal of the merits of these
South Carolina Resolutions but it strikes
Us with the blow of sledge-hammer that it
does MT make the Ieast difference in the world
= l. they were not sent to our Governor.
~ What does the conservative, the patriotic
~ State of Tennessee care for your sectional
resolutions and your fre-devouring cOnven-
tions1 She got up a thing two of that
in her own house once or twice upon a time
suffered others to get it up for her, and al
though she regards il now ''the greelea
bu spot in memOry's waste" she would much
prefer that the world should waste no memo
~ upon it. Let her palmetto sister, any
OF her other Southern sisters, prepare to seek
adventure home beyond the pale OF the
.o' Union if she they Will, but the true, loyal
It heart Of Tennessee is unswayed by the
nymphoIepsy of Secession, and when her sis
TT states abandon the paterual roof She
like dutifuI daughter. as she is, will stay
at hume and take care Of the children.
s.ROck-aby baby upon the tree-tOP,
= When the wind blows the cradle will rock,
When the BREAKS the cradle will fail,
And down come rOck-a by baby and all"
81 The Banner also has an article on the Con-
ventiOnaI Rate of Interest Bill. giving it's pro-
visions in full Having capital, this Bill
can never be of any Interest to Us; very
az little, at any Rate We learn from the Ban
ner that the Opposition party of Livingston
] county, Kentucky, held Union meeting in
n, n. Smithland on the 9th inst, and out in
> favor Of Mr.. BELL Tor the Presidency. We
n. are glad to see that the heart-throbs of the
, Opposition OF Tennessee ia favor OF Mr.. BELL
I have sent an electric current down the Cum
y, berland to print ,Ihem with the relegruphic
instrument Of patriotic sympathy upon the
IN. hearts of the people OF Livingston Among
"a the delegates to the Stale Convention al
So Frankfort is Mr.. E. H. ANGLE, vino il, We IN
~ derstand one OF the salient angles Of the par
To ty in Livingston. He knows that the Dem
g, ocratc party should be crushed out, and |
p though it may be rather difficult to &C
q cOmplish, he is determined to try. That's
right, ANGLE; try ANGLE. the Ui,i0H
SD and Anerioan," says the BanRer, copies all
Ell extract from late letter OF one Mr.. WALL,
Z, =, of New jersey, to the recent Union meeting
held at Philadelphia announcing his de-
70 termination to act with the National De-
40 mOcracy." Our contemporary of the Union
IA has difficult battle TO fight. and We are not
9.
be "driyen to the WALL" On its fourth page |
vi the Banner produces BRYANr's ".Shanatop-
- sis" This is probably the first time the edi-
ST tor of tie New York Post ever suff red for the
- want of his 7.
The GazetLe, in its leading article tells us |
something OF ''The Benefits OF Railroads" 1t |
p says: III the whole increase in the value of /
property, caused by the building Of railroads, |
F' were TO inure to those who build them they
ly would be the most valuable property in the
10 country" And the railroad freshman would |
be the richest men in the country. Our
T. young friend p. g. PRIcE is. we learn" says
of the House. Mr.. p. is a young gentleman
;. of steady aud Industrious habits, aud is ia
every way qualified fofnhe position 10 which
=. h. asPires-' We don't know what tue clerk
sf ship is actually worth, but we agree '. ith the
Z. Gasefts that it will be very pruitably disposed
OF if the House get that PRICE for it, The
E Quite h article headed ..GidmJred Con-
version of DANIEL. L. SICKLE" We knew
n that be very nearly convicted sometime
u ago, bat this is the first iutnaIion We have
had that he has been converted 1.-The Pope's
R-ply TO the Irish Address is the subject Of
another article in the Gazefe. We presume
I il ID simply the Pope's bull following one re-
: eeauy turned OUT by the Irish.
The Union writes a sort OF statistical artic-
: lie on the United States Public Lands L.
says:
: The public domain now covers n surface |
: exclusive of water, vt l45O .0JO. 900 Of acres
a, The government has sold Dat about l2O OOD.- | .
\ QUO Of acres oi land during the last quarter
\ of century, aI something less than $780,
4 O.0Oo- Ii will thus DC Uncle Sans !
: farm is still sufficiently large for practical ,
T. purpJs-s, and though he should sell OF lands |
L for centuries 10 come, he would have an
abundance still
And YET the UEioa's party have long con- !
tended, still contending, for the acquiSi- :
tion of more lands to this same farm of UNCLE !,
SAM. Under Democratic training UXCLE
SAM has become so grasping that be abso-
luteIy does Mt want auyboIy's land to Join
) his at any point Of the compass. lie not ouly
wants TO be monarch of all he surveys" but
, Of immense tracts that have never been sur
veyed. and upon which be has no right to
send q surveyor. At the same time, Que of
the organs of the party which have planted
and reared this cupidity in his breast, tells Us
that Though be should sell of lands for cen.
turtles to come, he would have an abundance
STILL ''Yeou git eOutri
/ omcers Il. a. %. IT.
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