Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-09
The CITY Press.

The Lraon and Arlericzn--Our contempt
rary of the Union and American gives US to
understand in an article under the head of
stirring Events" that he has lost all hope
that the Federal Union will be saved. To
lose hope like that Is 20 sustain a heavy
loss indeed. He says the indications are
that the entire belt of States South of Us
will secede before the lst of February, that
war will be the Inevitable result of any at
tempt at coercion on the part of the incon-
ing Administration, and that the seeding
States will have not only the sympathy but
the substantial aid of the people of Tennes-
see. There can be no longer any Doubt"
says he, "of the necessity Of united action
In the South We have been struggling
about too long. Let the ranks be closed p.
Let our Legislature furnish speedily the ND
nitions OF wtr, and the men to use them are
ready" These, as they say in the classics,
are words with the bark on. We should be
quite shocked, bat "with the present lights
before u.s." we cannot say that We would be
much surprised. if the fates should turn out
series of events pretty much after the pat
tern our contemporary lays down. But we
don't know that it would be wise or prudent
for the Legislature to go down into the base
ment of the Capitol and hand out those mus
kets- In fact we know il would be neither
wise nor prudent just now, for there is yet
no necessity for such step, and it would
have a strong tendency to create q still
greater excitement in popular mind already
too much excited. It would block up the
avenues of commerce and trade, and still
further add to the stagnation of business.
Let the Legislature wait till there is de-
mand-a necessity-for munitions of war,
and then come down with them. Tennes-
zee is as yet in no danger. She has
Away. been dutiful. effectionate
daughter of her poor old Uncle whose
family of States l. about to be broken
up, and let her not, by arming herself, add
to the disturbance Ia his family until she
herself has ceased to be member of il
When il Is time for her to arm, it will be
time for her to go out. That tina has not
yet come. and we conjure asr in the name OF
her JACKSON, her WHrrE, her GRUSDY, her
PoLx. and all the honored dead who sleep
upon her bosom, not to take so important
step till The time does come. Nor must it be
permitted to the historian to say that Ten
ne..ee seeded from the Union. Let not the
fabric of our Confederaey crumble away
piece by piece, as crumbes the Coliseum be-
meath the hand of time; if il must fall, let it
perish at q single shock. The right of re vo-
luton cannot be denied the States-the right
of secession can be and Is denied them. But
to tell you the truth. as we have always en-
deavored to do, we don't know a COMPOUNDED
thing about these matters, and If Tennessee
il fully satisfied that she does, and places
higher estimate upon her own opinion than
upon ours, she can act accordingly, and If
we don't like her action, we can contrive |
some way or other &c lump it.
The Bann~.-Our Deaderick street neighbor |
dsvotes the whole of his space to Congress
sional proceedings, with the view, evidently. |
of reducing our stock Of something to write |
about" Ii he thinks to crush Us out by |
such course Of conduct, be will 6nd out in |
the end that he has bee0 bombarding the !
lOftesb oi tue IyEamlos Win loEpeuots.
Like the Rock of Gibraltar, like the fortress |
of Crons,adt, we are impreguable. and hav-
ing an ample store of provisions in the rest |
of the city papers, We can even laugh a |
.iege to scorn.
Tie Gazate.-Our neighbor around on |
Cherry street is indignant at the |
Cincinnati Gaz>re, which he styles "thst vile |
Abolition Sheet" for saying. with its char
aeteristic audacity," that "war is fairly be-
gun among the rebels" He tells his Porko-
polls name-sake that
"Years ago the .rebels" of Southern Anne
RIGA conquered Old England, and If another
Resolution must conn. the descendants OF
these "rebei" sires will conquer New EGG
land and al who don't like what they do.
They never 60 In except to win"
To "pa.s over the dead bodies" of Penn
sylvauia, New Jerrsy and New York to get
Ia conqaering distance of New England, as
our "rebels" would possibly hsve to do,
would be, to borrow q histrionic phrase,
rather 'heavy business" Bus if New Eng
land 10 at all short Of tobacco, she can put
he 0asaz4s hint In her pipe and smoke it,
my how. a smoke 10 = smoke, whether you
~ reealia Of the tobacco Of Cuba or the
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