Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-02-14
aaERxgyfS OF THE RAILROADS.

nj THE CrrY PREss.-Having been arraigned
before the bar of public opinion by the Union
for an act of cruelty, or injustice, or some
L thing of that sort, to Mr.. NICHOLSON, the
Banner walks up to the Captains Office, aud
in yindication of it's fair fame, submits, like
JOHN HANCOCK and bis compatriOts. an article
of facts and figures to candid world. or to
, a world which has the reputation OF being
candid, whether ii is or not The act OF in
justice of which the Union complained was
!. committed By the Banner when it took the
. mirror which Mr.. NICHOLSON held up to the
1 Republicans, and exhibited to the Democrat
ic party its own chas:e and beautiful image
lying like reposing angel within IFS magic
depths. We won't say that this act was IN
just to Mr.. NICHOLSON but it was certainly
,unkind. if not unjust, to the Democratic
party thus to force it TO look upon its own
iInage-an image of which it is heartily
ashamed. Besides being unkind the Banner
has ben very impolite- For long time
after Sir JOIN MoNTEITH betrayed the noble
Sir WILLIAM WALLACE into the hands of the
English. giving the signal for his enemies to
rush upon him 10y turning loaf OF bread
bottom uppermost on a table, it was cOnsid-
cred ill-breeding to turn a loaf up side down
(oT down-side up either) in the presence OF a
person named MOSTEITH. 1t il exceedingly
impolte to jest about false teeth in company
where there is q lady with a mouth full of
them and it has always been regarded as
very bad manners to speak of the gallOws
to a man whose father has been hanged.
The Banner should remember these things.
Il. L. V.f.
= son party who which is ugly enough to
break it inIO thousand frag menls at single
glance Our contemporary may, without i'm
Propriety, obey the injunction of the poet,
and
'.HoId the mirror up Nature"
a but never to the Democratic party. But
we forbear. as copies Of CHESTERFIELD may
be had of all respectable booksellers through
,out the United States and the CanadLs-
Il Owing to heavy press of jOb-wOrk." or |
g1sickness among the hands in the Office" or
Ato some other insuperable obstacle in the |
wprimrOse path of editorial dalliance, the |
tr6azeas comes to Us with three columns of
dProof that if the pen IS mightier than the
lsword, it is sometimes far less active than the
scissors "a Newburu paper" remarks the
Icity, lately delivered of four sturdy
/ ibeys- We know not what day may bring
! Iforth-" Why, the fourth boy, OF course.
l. The Nesos has article If half a column
u or so on the committees appointed by Spea-
8ker PENNINGTON and another article on s-Coun
ty Meetings" We give few glimpses at
4 the latter, that our readers may see how
Writings is wosking." AT the meeting in
Jefferson county, 1.-The utmost harmony and
good feeling prevailed throughout" This
must prove highly gratifying to the Peace
Society" of New York, which is constantly
sending copies of it, periodical to this Office,
(with the object evidently of converting our
Military Editor from the error of his war-Iike
ways.l We trust it will consider this extract
from the Neacs as ample compensation for its
courtesy. as we can repay it in no other way.
At that IN White county, .'the finest feeling
prevailed, and the people were full of enthu-
siasm-" Not too full for utierance however,
as they uttered some very good sentiments.
THE resolutions adopted" by the Giles coun-
by meeting. "have the ring of the true metal.'
we hope we shall have enough OF that metal
no put up BELL At the White House next
Fall. Though borne to the ground by SUI
perior numbers, the spirit of the Henry
f,unty Opposition remains uncoDquered and
.Inconquerable." A remark in which we
heartily concur. Make a mental substitu-
ion OF conquer for concur. and you have the |
point OF the joke.) Haywood county. though |
apparently under the shallow OF lOcofocoism |
p not TO be given up" As the Opposition are |
f,oing to annihila.e Locoiocoism in short |
Dime, we would advise the latter 10 go down |
20 Haywood and
''secure the shadow the substance fade
The Opposition meeting at Huntingdon on |
nfoaday last, was well attended. and the finest
kpirii PREVAILED" We are glad to hear this.
We have known many a county to be- carried /
u the Democracy 10y very inferior article
pr spirits and we can zee No reason why Car
oil can't be carried with the finest; unIe IS it
s,e that the marketable Locofocos Of the
county don't happen to hold in their hands
z>he "balance OF power" as is too often the
Ease elsewhere. since their own party il gen.
nrally the highest bidder. aud gets their suf-
YFragcs by making them suffer ages from the
fects Of mean whisky. bradley county
will not be behind her sisters in the good
york of opposing modern democracy She'd
letter not. We are gcing to have q hot Eight
pf fl, and as our battie-cry is to BE- "deril
Lake the hindmost," those 10 whom the idea
d falling into the hsnds OF that extreme
,outhern gentleman is repugnant, will do
yell to examine the stock of safety toward de
the head Of the column before purchasing
Elsewhere. The people of McMinu county
opposed to democracy assembled at Athens
Ipn Monday last, and adopted q resolution sp-
proving the nomination of joan BELL foe the
Presidency" 1t is a singular fact, as show
ing bow the thinning out OF candidates is cal
t,ulated to arouse the masses into action, that
no sooner did We announce our with |
firawal from the present contest for the Presi- |
4 dency. than the Opposition Of nearly half the
counties 10 the State held meetings and pass
ed resolutions recommending our friend Mr..
BELL. for that posiionl We do not hesitate
TO say, (since it looks as il nobody intends 10
SAY it for u.s. that our example is a noble
tone. Il is unprecedented. thus TO sacrifice
for four years the highest honor within the |
,gift Of the highest people on earth. and
xhe sum OF twenty Ave thousand slug. per
Annumi But the close reasoner will ar
que that we are yet young and vigor
pus in years, however venerable and de-
crepid in administrative wisdom, and can |
pnord to postpone the harvest of honor for
Fven longer time than four years We ad-
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