Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-04-12
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The IS World - and .Ebr. II. p Ere.
The World, Black Republican papes published
IN the civ Of New York, has in its number Of
Anrl 9Th. the following in relation to one Of our
fellow-citizens
a., Movr I1NroR4rSA 7E.---A COPY Of the Horld
was returned by mail 70 our counting room the
o.ss. day endorsed. Stop tbs id abolition pa
per. D-n you" 1t is IN thus way. iadies and gem
R,a,,or that Mr. Paul Il. Eve, Of Nashville, in the
iaa State of Tennessee, Graves an introduction to
~ = We bestow on him that boon hereby Make
your bow, Mr. Eve, but withhold your thanks while
/ we expatiate on your merits. You may mean~
t} read Holmes last tale of Yankee life and find
there theory which may account to you for your
The irstEve was Adams wife. This Eve is one
of Adams descendants. This extract from his ped
igree identifies him as member of the human fani=
ly, and places him on an afectionate footing with
all of us. 1t probably peases him. as the truth thus
displays itself, to think how many hearts warm to
him and acknowledge the kinship. The bondsman
who sometimes covers under his curses and limps
under his kicks, doubtless forgives him freely az he
is reminded by his masters name that they had
common ancestor, and have the same inheritance
There IS good deal of old Adam left in me and
Massa Eve yet says the suffered Abraham or Isaac
And So there is in spite of Mr.. Ewes baptism: for
hls parents detesting the born devil in his infant
eye, tried to exercise it by bestowiDg on him an
apostolic -prenomen, and called him Paul-Paul
Il
they reflected before he successfully assail
this progeny Of our remotest grandmother.
The innocent souls little suspected how ma
ture would rebel against ceremony, blood triumph
over baptism: This Eve was tempted, and like the
other Eve he fell. Some serpent, disguised as
news agent, tried him with the apple of The World
Paul struggled with the tempter; but Eve came to
the serpents aid, and both together conquered.
The strength of female curiosity got the upperhand
of masculine discretion and the poor creature, as
1<.lI.
age stamp as a sacrifice. The old and lamentable
consequence has followed. Eve has been banished
from the Eden of his ignorance, and his eyes have
been opened to the shame of treason and larceny,
of which ne was before unconscious. There is a
word in the Southern vocabulary which, as those
think who use it, expresses the detail and the sum
total of all villiany. Eve knew the word for the
cason, and, as he found the gates Of his Paradise
Just closing on him, he turned his betrayor
and branded him with that dreadful epithet
emphasized by roaring curse. The original Eve
never swore and the original Paul has word to
say against profanity precept and example are OPP
posed to the practice, but Paul Eve dsgraces both
ends of his name by ming for san abolition-
list. And he does not humble the oath either !;
he writes it envelope, pays the postage on it,
signs his name, and Sl the pcstmastersbetween here
and Nashville certified, over P. Els own hand,
that he desires US to stop our id abolition pa
per. fTis bad thing to be an abolito1ist: tits
worse to be cursed abolitionlst but what an evil
beyond comparison to be cursed as an abolitionist
by mail, and to have cheap postal facilities thus
evailed of for our condemnation If anything could
make the calamity more dismal it is the sad state
of moral depravity on 2. Els part, which P. Els
prepaid eursing dscloses Could anything but
abolition influence, acting even original sin, have
led this heir of sacred nomenclature to add such
chapter to profane history? 1t would be wrong to
continue the application of such an irritant. We
viii withdraw it, and Eve may stop swearing.
Mr. Eve. we are now ready to receiveyour thanks
for this handsome and unbought introduction. To
detect an abotionist and doom him to perdition in
writing, regardless of expense, is good commence
ment of what must be high career. The next
step is to burn Take that step, and you on
the road to glory. You may die executioner-ge
raj of all who do not agree with you in the South
ern Confederacy.
DIR. EVE has obtained from the Post Master in this
city the following statement:
NASHVILLE Tenn, April II, 1861.
DR.. PAUL F. EVE of this city, called on me to-day
and directed my attention to an editorial in the
World, newspaper published in the city of New
York, of date 9th April in which an unjust attack
of personal character is made upon him. I haYe
no hesitation in declaring that such language as
attributed to him in this article passed through
this Office over his signature, nor do believe he
ever uses such profane language DIR. EVE Is strict
member and elder of the Presbyterian Church of
this city, and his character gentleman and ct-
zen is abave reproach In rejecting the World, DR..
EVE, to my knowledge, made use of none other than
respectful language W. D. MCNIsH, P. n
To those who know Dr. EVE, and fortunately his
acquaintance is very extensive throughout the Union
the statement of our city PosT MASTER is entirely
unnecessary. That DR.. EYE was a subscriber to
the World and that he ordered its disoontnuance is
most true. 1t is also very probable that he concurs
with large majority of the people of the South in
believing the World to be an Abolition paper, but
that he ever used the profane language attributed
him by the World is most false. In politics DR.. EVE
has ever belonged to the party which we have op-
posed. A Wing and warm supporter of BELL EVER
EFT but ever as now warm Southern Rights man,
believing that the rights of the Southern STATES are
paramount TO the perpetuity of the Union. He is
universally regarded rs one of cur most learned
and pious citizens. As Surgeon, he sdeseryedly
stands at the head of his profession in the South and
second to no man in America. The Worlds attack
upon him may increase its circulation in the anti
slavery States but it will not thereby acquire very
enviable reputation in the South. c E5rF