Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-02-08

THE CRY PREss.-The Union has long
article in reply to thai of the Banner to which
we referred yesterday, but entirely ignores
the proposition to give 500 to the Orphan
Asylum upon a certain condition. We knew
IL w.uTd turn ont just in this way. Money
is money these days (wh-nit doesn't happen
to be counlerfeit). and the Union is not the
newspaper tn risk q cool hundred upon a bar
rem unccrt inty. The Union speaks of ''the
healihful spirit of Democratic principles"
Democratic principles may be healthful when
taken in very small do~es; but they have
been crammed down the throat of the country
until its constitution is nearly broken down.
and half dozen undertakers are already
kicking up fuss ab-'ut the privilege of SUI
perinle;Iding its funeral. There i also
healthful spirit in arsenic and The "dpadly
night-shade,n but you'd b liter not swallow
too much OF either, unlrss you have arranged
Iur temporal AFT irs, aud are ready to hand
IN your checks. 1t is the same way with
these Democratic principles they're talking
about. small dose i calculated TO do no
great harm but duuble-it a time or two. and
The country is dying from the eff cts of it
every day, aud its spa-ms are shaking the
continent like an earthquake. But the peO-
pl. have found an antidute in the principles
OF the Opposition party, aud We hop to see
1t ADMINISTERED before Iue expiration of the
present year-at least we hope the country
will this year consent TO take il, aud swallow
il the aext. This il must do SOON, or its dis
soiuti IN Is inevitable.
The Neus bas gone into the biography
business. 1t gives us from LANAANs Dact,0a-
airy of Congress orief biographical sketches OF
the Hon WILLIAM PENNINGTON, thu newly
elected Speaker, aud the Hon. WILLIAM a.
N SMITH. who wanted to lie the newly 'lcci
. ed Speaker. but c"uld Mt From these
SIX tchcs we are glad TO learn that PENNING-
TON and SMITH are both clever fellows. The
Aescs says tue Louisiana D,m Icracy are III
"mu,s" The Democracy Of every State IN
the Union has a muss OF their own, and they
are all going to Consolidate them at Charles
ton. There's going to be some FARE fun Ill
that Convention, aud front seat will be
worth more than ten circus tiekt t.. And
speaking Of tickets. Tie local Ae'rs has an
article on Complimentary Tickets In
which it endeayors to impress ii upon the
minds of the owners of theatres. concerts,
railroad. &c, that when they present free
tickets to the press, they are an
immense pack Of fools if they rcgari
their bits Vt p'sieb"ard as brides III
strsd of mere compliments. Don't you see
what our local contemporary is driving ar de
means to pitch into Somebody show soon.
and " wants to prepare the establishment for
the shock. Well. it's clever in him TO warn
fellow of what's coming, anyhow.
The Banner goes around to MCCALL Il Co.'S
and buys tbree-pronged PItch-lork, and
" des into that strsw-stack of the Ua'on 10
which We referred yesterday. II lumbles IL
about consid rably, too. 1t then takes up
"The Speaker of tine House oil Representa-
tives," and proceeds to show, by ex tracts
from the newspapers. who he L.. bow he If,
when BE- is, where he is, how loug he has
bren there, and when he intends to return
There is no Use in talking. Mr.. PENNINGTON
is all right or SO near il, there is no fua IN it,
10c IuaH WIZ Was 'toiu u i''NN "
Wing all his life. and intends to die one, eau
nSv.r be anything else than very safe mate
ri Il out of which to make a Speaker.
The Gozefte has discover,d a spank of Con
serva.i-m in Connecticut" 1t was struck
out by the atIrition of manufacturing minds
ut "A late convention in that STATE, which
adopted resolutions condemnaiory oil all sorts
and ,iz.s of agitation between the South and
tic North. Our Connecticut friends are
afraid the spirit OF agitation will block up
the Southern market for their cheap clucks
and wood=n nutmegs. But they 6eedn't be
afraid: the Southern people must know the
time o. day and have nutmegs 10 put In their
puddinss and sherry cobl.lers. and they are
not going 10 cut off the supply u'd'r any
consid,.rl tion. Then let the Con eciicu ters
60 on with their machinery. aud quit doing |
unnecessary violence TO their feeiiags aud
sentmants by re olniiOnary condemnation /
of the underground railroad and the results
Of it, operations. A short time ago our Neigh |
Dor aTouId the corner was coming out and |
going In strongly for non-int rcuurse with |
tie North. and nov il is encouraging tue I
blue-law Yankees of C"unecticat in tueir at
tempts TO fix things up between The two SEC
|tions. We suppose the recent Legislative ex- |
cursiou to Ono has brought the Gazette up TO |
q more conservative way ~ thinking.