Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-09
: FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 9. 1860

| The CRY PREss.-The weather is dreary
and damp-we might almost say dreary and
wet-and the city papers now before us are
what the individual who adopts the comic
almanac as his standard would call dull
That is, they are not as full of spirit and
| sprightliness as they usually are. This is at
tributable, no doubt, to the state of the at
mosphere. We have all he varied elements
of life, vigor, and so forth, in the editorial
fraternity of Nashville. and when the papers
are wanting in variety and interest. (Which,
however, is very rarely the case,) it may be
taken for granted that the atmosphere has
been tempered with, and that the quicksil-
yer stands at the wrong figure. You may
also take it for granted, if yon are disposed
to do so, that ULLNAN's Oriental Talisman
and Weather Indicator is plotting high trea-
son against the sunshine.
The Banner is not so much depressed. Its
leading article is over column in length,
and does not read as if it bad been written
under whip and spur. In other words, it
doesn't read az if the intent of the pen which
wrote it was pricked with the spur of neces-
reading is always the result of the hardest
sort of writing. The article in question is on
the subject of 1.-The Union Movement" and
may be regarded as kind of sermon preach
ed TO the Republicans, urging them, as it
earnestly and pathetically does, to look TO
their salvation, and TO snatch themselves as
brands from the eternal burning of political
overthrow. "The Republican party" says
the Banner, ''has been steadily losing ground
since the last Presidential election" IF the
Democratic party would take part of their
plumber. invest 1t in soap and water, and use
them literally, their loss OF ground would be
greater than that of the Republicans.
The Cnion is strongly in favor of sound
circulating medium, but it exhibits more
anxiety about its own circulation than that
of anything else. A brief but earnest man.
Hesitation of that anxiety constitutes the
sum aud substance of its editorial.
Gen. Jackson once said, BE not deceived
by names ; disunion by armed force is trea-
son." This remark may be found in Gen.
JACKsON's Proclamation to the people of
South Carolina when they were about to null
lily things and go out of the Union. A large
slug of the Proclamation itself may be found
in the editorial columns of the Nesos. with the
% be not-deceived-b y-namesdisunion- by arm
ed-force-is-treason," printed in capitals We
ought to have somebody at Washington now
to talk to the Me1icans who are turning up
jack on the Texas border, as Gen. JACKSON
talked to the Nullifers- Gov. HoUsTON would
MT then be under the necessity of threatening |
to take matters into his own hands and make |
Texas do what ought to be done by Uncle |
Sam. But none of the Presidential attrib- |
utes of Gen. JACKSON have descended to Mr. |
BUCHANAN, except the salary.
The Gazette touches briefly upon the subject |
of "A Protectorate in Mexico" Our con-
temporary thinks the aspect OF affairs on the |
Texan frontier indicates war, and that sit is |
not improbable that the Administration will |
lie glad of any movement which will precipi |
tate the conflict" If the President is likely |
10 come out of a war with Mexico with as |
little credit as he gained by the war upon the |
DOUGLAS Democracy in Illinois, we would
advise him to keep out of it. The Gazette |
says:
Col. ]. T. Pickett. of Kentucky, has been
appointed Consul 10 Vera Cruz, vice Il. Il. J. |
Twyman, recalled
Vera Cruz is the key to Mexico. The lock |
is about there somewhere, and the fact that |
Mr.. TwYMAN has been unable to unlock it, is |
why the President is now inclined to Picket.