Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-10

for we have many times been told that con-
sisteney was a jewel of great value. Please
to think of that, and have little regard for
great things. or some of the big ones may
leave you.
Let Mr.. PILLOW explain how the Central
Turnpike was paid for, and some one should
| let us know a little more about them Stale
bonds, the Exchange Bank, the Bank of East
Tennessee, and Mr.. CHURcHwELI., for L have
to worN aud pay my debts, and paid for my
/ Turnpike without the aid of State bonds.
/ could name other things that would not
be beneath the notice of such men as WASH
| ington, Franklin, jackson and White; and if
Won or others will get back in their tracks,
and pay more attention to little things about
home, and let Kansas alone, will support
you or them again; and if you let others get
their track, the blame will rest on you, for
| you have had your way and sway, and made
we little ones pay for it.
| While YOU were making debts for US to pay,
And giving the public lands away.
1 am willing for each family to have 40 acres,
| for that would not tempt the speculator as
I6O; and the Franklin family lived 800 years
| on 80 acres.
Messrs Editors, think that if you and the
leaders and managers of yodr party would
| take SOBER second thought about the condi-
ton of our country, and the way you have
been acting, and count the loss and gains,
and see what you have made by tricks. avail
| ability and changing of names, it would make
some of you ashamed. as well as me; and
do hope you will repent and confess, as have
| DONE and 90 back TO the tracks of Jackson
and White, aud examine and republish Mr..
BELL Vauxhail speech, made about the year
'35; and remember ours is Democratic Gov
| ernment, and that Mr.. Clay said he thanked
his God that he was born a Democrat, and
had lived so, and hoped to God he would die
| Democrat; and as many of us loved the
name and principles of Democracy, Jackson
| and White, think that if you would come out
under their banner, and calmly and plainly
give us TO understand that you would try to
walk in their tracks, and reduce the expenses
and corruption, in and out of Congress, you
could carry the State by good majority. l
hope we will all find better ways and days,
and be conservative and forgiving, and have
more regard and respect for God, truth. our
country, and little U, and less for big |, self
and try to do for others as we would wish
them to do for us, for extravaganza and cor
ruption, at the expense of others, has and
will produce discomfort and destruction.
As have bad health, but little education,
and no experience with government, hope
you all will forgive what you think is amiss,
and say and do something better, for L have
been travelling and looking from Canada to
Texas. and l do think we have much cause to
want a change for the BETTER
Yours, very respectfully,
S. W. ADHESION,
March %, 1859 4 Mechanic.
NIB hope this will be republished and
read by all; for, as Gov. Johnson said, it
contains some important facts, and think
dollars and big 1 Self controls as much as
Providence in this age of progression.
S. W. A
think it is said that the meek shall inherit the
land; that righteousness exalteth natiOn and that
the fear of God the beginning of wisdom Please to
remember it is only the big Democrats in the State
that think would be the better by having few eath
ers taken the wings of their imagination and put
the tails of their Judgment TO keep them lower and
straighter.