Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-04-03
The City Press.

"The African Slave Trade" Not upon the
African Slave Trade as an Institution that
may chance 20 affect the politics and parties
of the country in the next or any succeeding
contest for the Presidency; but upon the AT
rican Slave Trade simply as series of con-
traband transactions in Congo wool that the
American and British governments find it i'm
possible to cut Off The Union reveals to us
much of the niodus operandi of the trade, gath
ering its facts and figures in the premises
from the New York Times. whose editors seem
to be as familiar with the mysteries of the
business as if they had been engaged in it
from boybood; which is probably not the case
African Slavery is, in this country an insti-
ton peculiar 10 the South. the African
Slave Trade belongs almost exclusively to
the North. And nine-tenths of the Adolf
tionists who are so heavily down upon the
South would embark in the Slave Trade
themselves, if they had the money. and were
not afraid of the consequences. All that
kept WENDELL PHILLIPS from being the cap
tain or one of the crew of SLAYER, was the
want of a chance. The same thing may be
said Of the rest of them. For q thousand dol
lars aud oath of secrecy, the last one of
them would send an overseer and load Of
cotton-seed 10 every square acre of territory
in Africa. From an article in the Union it
would seem that the Charleston Convention
will not prove so splendid golden harvest
to the hotel keepers of that city as they had
reason to expect The delegates from Mas
sachusetts, New York. Pennsy vauia, Virgin
ia. Southern Georgia, South Alabama, and
Louisiana will go in steamers to the Conven
ton. and as to finding, at S. day. an abode
at the hotels would be to be bored they will
board on board; while ''the California and
Oregon delegations" says the Union, shave
made arrangements 10 take with them to
Charleston tents and camp equipage, furnish
cd them by the War Department for the pur-
pose, and will take to a field and enjoy them
selves in real border life style" Fool who?
The Charleston hotel-keepers may be an un-
i, commonly sharp set Of fellows, and no doubt
are; but if they come the sciences over the
I Great National Democracy, they'll have to
I lit up all night, or get up very early in the
morning. But what is the Tennessee delega-
3 llOu SolHS W NO W save iEelt HOuSI. 1Snl
. there War Department around here some
where TO lend til, m few tents, blankets, and
frying-pans for the occasion? But then. as
the prOperty-hOlders of Charleston would
probably want to charge them five dollars
day each for lot-rent, they'd better go TO the
Convention as parcel of gentlemen, put up
at the hotels, take off their boots when they
go to bed, and pay their bills like white men.
aud be done with it.
The Banner.-The Banner contains a valua-
bic statistical article on Cotton and it's
Manufacture" Being engaged just at this
time in neither the cultivation the man
ufacture of cotton, we can't see the point of
the joke in what the Banner says as clearly as
some others can ; but we know good article
; mot of cotton, but of editoriaD when we see
it, whether we fully comprehend it or not.
In the local Banner. the devil of that estab-
listsnent is having conflict of rhyme with
Mr.. DANIEL Era PARIS, ''of''-extremely Of
1.-The Eclectic Mgg1zine,' who formerly run that
pc iodical through here under the name and
style of DANA ERA PARIS" There is not a
great deal of poetry wasted in the fight, but
if DANIEL will come to Judgment, aud hear
our verdict, he'll put up his .'hafp" and let
that devil alone.
The Gazette.-The Gazette writes an article
on Passion Week" 1t doesn't exactly write
it itself either but it has one ON that subject,
nevertheless. 'No one" says our theOlogi-
cal neighbor, "can better describe it to US
than ST. CHRYsosroM, one of the early fathers
of the Church" and accordingly draws upon
that sainted gentleman for the article In
question.
The .Ners-Another article on things
political and Presidential" A little over
a column long. We read it, not because we
feel much interest in the subject, but through
respect TO our contemporary. We begin to
don't care who is the next President-just so
it's JONI BELL The junior of the Meas has
perpetrated pun: A first rate one: Under
the following circumstances: Which II must
be confessed were favorable TO tue business
To wit mister WM. OuGHToS married a
young lady in Montgomery county" says our
"juhior contemporary" "named JOHNSON. un-
der the belief that she possessed a large
amount OF property" Git is singular fact
that most young men are liable TO marry
young ladies under similar belief land
when three or four days afterwards. he learn
ed his mistake. he incontinently went and
left for parts unknown" Whereupun the
junior aforesaid proceeds to remark: Hm.
OugLfoHt 10 DO so. Our neighbor is right.
WN. OUGHToS ought Mt 20 have done so.
The man who marries girl for money aud
deserts her when be ends she has n { got il.
is just such a man made the invention of
devils and so forth post mortea necessity. II
we were the constitution and laws of Tennes-
see, We would contain a clause making il in
cumbent upon every citizen of the State to
shoot such men down like dogs. To marry
girl for her affections, and finding she has
none, to run away with her money, is merely
q harmless sort OF joke, for which the very
most you can possibly do is to send the poor
fellow 20 tue penitentiary but to miss the
money and run away with the affections, is
crime that annuls the riot act and pleads,
like angels. trumpet-tongued for a rope or a
donbIe-barreled shotgun. No; WILLIAM
OUGHroS'T 10 do SO.
Atkins FAMILY KSIrTISo MAcAISE.-The
most Ingenious piece of mechanism We have