Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-07
The civ Press.

The CHLOn--Our distinguish lfItuu, Tue
Hon. ANDRkw EWING, without intending any
thing Of the sort, has gotten himself into the
newspapers almost up to his chin. The oheF
day the Banner had a long Article, the Object
of which was to show that Mr.. EWING does MT
entertain the same opinion now upon the
Territorial question that he did in 1856. To
that article the Union writes column and a
quarter in reply. We don't know much about
the Territories, nor the Territorial question
When we belonged to the debating society,
we were always compelled, through the ex-
IRENE partiality of our fellOw-members, 10
occupy the Presidential chair, the very ia
tiguiug duties of which denied US the pleasure
and profit of taking part in the mastery de-
bates OF the institution; and besides, the Ter
ritorial question had not then been sprung
upon the country, and of course did not come
up for discussion by the society. This is SIM
ply the reason why we know nothing about
the question. We might write column after
column on the subject, as other one-horse ed
itors do, though we knew confounded sight
less about il than we do; but there is neither
that sort, and we accordingly refrain. Con-
gress may have the power to intervene to
protect slavery In, or to exclude slavery
from, the Territories, or Congress may not
have that power Who knows And what
is almost as remarkable, who cares? So far
as we are Individually concerned, we do not
know; and within the same compass of per-
sonal individuality, we don't care. We have
never asked Congress to protect our slavery
in the Territories. aud we don't mean to do
so. We own but one slave (the writer of
this,l and with pair of BITTERLICH's uner-
ring three-inch bulldogs. he feels fully COM
petent to protect himself in all the Terrific
ries he is likely to go into soon. Under this
tranquil state Of things, why should we
bother our brain about Congressional protec-
ton and matters of that sort2 Mr.. EwING
may have favored the doctrine OF non-inter-
vention in 1856, and may favor that of inter
vention now. If such is the case, and the
Banner doesn't like it, and the Union does like
it, why, i, t them settle it between themselves
-it'p nobody else's business. We never could
of foolscap in trying to prove by memorable
logic and old documents that a man stands
here or that he stands there, or that he
doesin't stand here, or does MT stand there,
when, if one really wants to know where he
stands, one has nothing in the world to do
bat step around the corner and ask him. If
the Banner and the Union were going over to
Edgefield tomorrow to enquire the price of
putty, they would hardly spend couple of
weeks in going up the Cumberland on this
side, and coming down on the other, when
they know that the Suspension Bridge would
lead them over in five minutes. And yet,
they are spending week. and perhaps two
weeks, in an attempt TO reach Mr.. EwING's
true position on a certain question, when TWO
minutes walk would take them to his Office,
where the whole thing could be settled so
quickly It would make their heads swim.
Mine Got, vat peoples these political editors
arel
Regularly every morning the Union gives |
half column or so under the had of "Ex- |
tracts from our Business Correspondence"
Uqio. has the most re-
markabIe set OF business correspondents |
that ever newspaper had. We do |
not remember that we ever had the I
pleasure of meeting more patriotic aud |
intelligent parcel of gentlemen. One OF
them mentioned in the paper before US is "a
very close observing and calm, considerate
gentle man." another is lone of the most in
telligent and reliable gentlemen of Maury |
county," and then there's "a sterling Mis- |
souri, Democrat" and "that sterling Demo-
crat, F., at Paris'' The latter assures the
Union that "AlPs well in old Henry county"
We are certainly very glad to hear il. We
had feared that there might be some little
sickness in the county, especially among tie
Breckenridge Democracy, whose health is
everywhere very precarious.
The BnHner.-The leading article in the
BOHssT has the startling caption
''WHES THE UNION Is DIssoLvEpi,
That American heart must be dead to every |
patriotic impulse aud emotion which does not |
shudder at the sight or the serious utterance
of these words. "When the Union is dis |
solvedra Think Of it, o We who love and !
revere the name and memory of WASHINGTON,
of whose great and noble and unsullied heart
this Union was the only idol May century
after century of peace and prosperity and
happiness pass over our country ere that Ca
lamity-ihe greatest of all calamities-great-
er than years of war, fire, famine and flood
shall come upon her. Accused be the hand
that would precipitate that calamity and turn
loose upon ms the many dread evils that |
wouz1z Il Sc 49, y Abe |