Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-02-07
The Patriotism of the Tub Will. .

Time was when Patriotism was virtue.
A man loved bis country. obeyed its laws.
and was ready to die for it, because il protec-
ted bin in his ..life, liberty, aud the pursuit
Of happiness" Now. however, with a very
large proportion of the people Patriotism is
avery different thing. 1t does not respect
government and laws for the advantages and
blessings they confer upOn the whole peopl".
The greatest good to the greatest numb-r."
is q maxim which they rej ct as the utteranee
Of fool or a knave- -Grist for my Tub
Aiil;" this is the motto upon their standards;
and the end they " uld have the government
subserve.
The secession orator, understood this. when
he spoke few nights ago of the probability
that. if Tennessee connected herself with a
Southern Confederaey, Nashville would be the
seat of Government, and detained upon the
benefits this would confer upon our city Put
money in your purse, good people OF Nash
EiIle; secure grist for your tub mill, though
in doing so, you aid in the destruction of the
temple of Liberty, and in blighting the hopes
Of the lovers of freedom throughout the
world.
You, city OF Memphis, having dared in the
Presidential election, TO make an exhibition
Of your conservatism, apologize now, array
yourself against the Federal Government. or
you may lose the handling of the cotton cent
You by Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.
Destroy your government; bu: save the
grist for your tub mill.
,FC 1Il D., l.
Of Academies, who draw the greater portion
Of your revenue. from the pockets of rich
planters, in the Cotton States, do not. If you
respect the condition of your purses, presume
20 interpose by speech or act, to arrest the
downfall of the government whose free insti-
buttons have been the chief source of your
intellectual, moral, and social advancement,
bat embrace the fell destroyer, lest the grist
for your tub mills. be taken hence and build
up other Colleges and Academies
You. men in offices under the Federal Gov
eminent 1t Is hard TO give them up and go
20 work. 'Six days shah thou labor" saith
Holy writ. but you have disobeyed il so long,
it cannot be expected that you would sue
eamb without an effort to avert such fate.
Therefore. exert all your energies of mind
and body to dissolve the Union, and form
Southern Confederacy- You may retain
your Offices, and continue to live at your
ease and enjoy your cigars and politics.
Break up the government which has fed you.
and save the grist for your tub mill
You, men 0f-military aspirations, and ad
venturous spirit The Union is peace. and 50
long rs this is so, there is little chance for
chivslrous adventure, or military distinction.
SILVER. the Union. -'from turret To foundation
sto ne, +" create q separate government for the
South. A standing army must be created,
and there will be officers of all grades to be
commissioned navy must be built up, and
it too must be Differed. Your chance for
Office, and adventure may come. Bid adieu
TO the old government, grasp the new, ard
you may get grist for your tub-mill.
Young man, you are out of employment
and can get nothing to do; willing to work,
you are forced to be idle. Don't bear your
misfortune patiently, in the hope that ''bet-
Ter day Is coming" Turn incendiary, fire
the hruse and home of your youth and man
hood. aud another may spring up, as if by
magic. and you may find in it grist for your
tub-mill-
You, Mr.. Loafer, who have subsisted by
sponging upon honest men-too indolent TO
pursue any profitable employment. waiting
like wilkins Mcawber for .'someIhing to turn
ap," join the ranks of the seditious. they will
take care of you for a season, and should
they succeed In dragging Tennessee out of
the Union, and attaching her to the SOrth-
ern Confederacy, you too may get grist for
your iub-mill.
And finally, Mr.. Partisan. you who have
all your days blindiy followed the lead of
ambitious men. who have never enjoyed the
pure delights of free thought and indepen-
dent action, and are still following the old
party bell-weather under the impression that
because they are for secession, it is right,
and sops are to enure 10 you from it go
on, when the Union is dissolved, you may
save some grist for your tub-mill.
But, men of Tennessee, you who do not
sel6shly set up your tub-mill, as of more i'm
portsnce than the government framed for
you by the heroes and sages of the revolution,
You who do not worship at the shrine of ihe
Golden Calf-siand by the Union, maintain
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