Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-10
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1866
TEE CRY PEkss.-In an article on the sub

The CRY PgESs.-In an article on the SUD-
iect of Railroad Engineers the Gazate-
But lust here, while we think of it, which
we NAV not do again in week
However, on second thought, we won't men,
ton it now There's nothing in it nohow.
The Nesps-by the. by, this reminds US of
the vast difference between the interest we
all feel in the news of to-day, and the inter-
est inspired by that sort of thing fifteen or
twenty years ago, when the news we got s0as
news sure enough. In those days we didn't
learn the result of the Presidential election
for six weeks after the election took place,
and the fever of doubt and expectancy was
delicious in { ne extreme. Steam and light
ming have done more to break down and de-
stroy the enjoyment Of mankind than all
other causes combined. In the Flooding times
Of old, men were happy, because they took
things as they came, and were never in a bur-
~. Now, they are miserable. Life then was
as a summer lake, embosomed among quiet
hills and unswept by storm; now, it is as
restless sea whose waves, dashed by the angry
winds, know no moment of slumber or re-
pose. When stage-coaches were in the as
cendant, and the stage-driver was the most
important man in the Union, except the brig
adier-general who put the militia through the
corn-staIk exercise at the battalion muster,
il was really pleasant to pack up a few shirts,
kiss the tears from the gentle eyes OF your
wife, aud go somewhere. You dreamed OF
the trip a week before it came of, and talked
of il for a week afterward. But railroads
have driven the pleasures of travel. with the
stage-coaches, beyond the Mississippi, and If
we wish to enjoy such pleasures agsin-the
| pleasure of going anywhere-We must go
there to do it.
The Union, with all the minuteness OF .
New York daiiy's European Correspond
enee," manufactured 10 the Office of the paper
in which i, is published. discusses the war
between Spain and Morocco. Our contem-
pOrary takes up for the MOors, aud tells
Spain, in pretty plain terms, what he thinks
of her conduct. eff Spain is SO abundantly
able to overthrow the Moor" asks the Union,
"why has she not accomplished it alreadyf'
Our neighbor must remember that Rome was
not built in a day. 1t took several years to
do it; bat nobody doubted the abundant abil-
ity of the Romans to accomplish ii in the
end. Everybody knows that Uncle Sam is
fifty per cent. more than able to whip Mexi-
CO, and although she has been spelling for
fight for much longer period than Spain has
been fitting against Morocco, Uncle Sam has
not even doubled up bis fists to begin. The
Uni0:a thinks that because the Spaniards
don't whip the Moors quick enough 10
make their heads swim, they can't do it
at all. Well make an even bet with our
neighbor. Well bet him one copy of the
PATRIOT against ten copies of the Union,
that Spain tans that Morocco in less
than six weeks from to-day. We take no in
terest in the war ; we don't much care which
whips but when two nations go to war, We
dislike to see third power step in and at
tempt to paralize the hopes of either party
by deserving the justice OF its cause and the
proves of its arms. If the Union will ex-
tend aid and comfort to the MoOrs, it must
not be surprised that we raise
"a shout for the spears of Old CASTLE"
the glory of whose renOwn appeals to our
admiration for the past, and almost compels
our sympathy for the future.
The Banner has an article on 1.-The Pros
pect of War with Mexico" Speaking OF
wa naturally reminds US of one dear to our
hearts, and to the heart of the natiOn-one
E who has fingered long in other lands. We
refer. of course, to our Military Editor. who
1 is still beyond the great waters. The myri-
ads of charming young ladies in this country
who have so long tried in vain to make an
impression with the diamond-pointed beam:
Of heavenly eyes upon his iron heart, will be
surprised. aud, we fear, mortified, to learn
that the granite fortress of his affections has
- ut last surrendered at discretion, and that hC
: has been made to
+ Own, with rapture snitten frame,
= The power Of grace, The magic Of = name"
:, In word, or rather, in several words, tha
a he who AN hundred times has stood, firm anC
' amending as the eternal Pillars of HERCULES
e mid tempests OF leaden sleet and storms o
iron hail. before whose pitiless rage the ser
rid ranks of battling armies melted away
D like the tail grass of the prairie in the ho
i. breath of the "Red Demon" when he rides 9
: steeple-chase with the wind has finally wilted
6 In the warm splendor of woman's lOveliness
as the cabbaye-leaf willis in the beams of &
midsummer sun, and has become joint pro
: prietOr of
1.-TWO souls with but a single thought
vi Two hearts that beat as one"
!. But to descend to prose and particulars. In
. the gay capital of the Celestial Empire,
g where Beauty is the reigning goddess, and
: where TO live an hour is to love eternally, oul
= Military Elitor. forgetful Of "the neighine
) steed. the spirit-stirring drum, and the bis
wars that make ambition virtue.'' has pitch
I'd bis silken tent on Loves Field of the
Cloth of Gold. and is revealing in 1.-The rich
plumber OF q taken heart" II seems that the
5 beautiful and accomplished daughter of the
Emperor, now in. the first sweet blush Of
tender gidhood (having just attained her
thirty-tifth year. the age at which the Chinese
ladies usually put on hoops aud high-heels
and "set out," corresponding therefore with
the age of six in this country has confessed
her admiration for his military aud literary
genius aud his shape aud owned to an inclina
ton TO
clay aside her MAIDEN gladness
| Dor name and for ring -
at the same time requesting him to become
principal party to the transaction Whether
or not he has yielded his consent. we are
not advised; but poem which We received
from him by the last steamer (unaceompani.
ed by letter, on account Of the POSTAGE
would seem TO indicate that be has, or will
IL he has ut. Singularly enough. the Pekiu
journals are silent on the subject,
As the PArRIor has a larger circulation
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