Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-03-01
SENATOR THOMPSON LEAVES us.-r

SENATOR THOMPSON LEAVES Us.-Dr.
THOMPSON, Senator from Smith county in
our General Assembly, has become thorough
ly disguised, We are panied to say, with the
anti-secession sentiments of the people of
Tennessee, and has determined to secede on
his own hook and annex himself TO the South
ern Confederacy. He is now travelling in
that happy young republic, calling on the
editors along the route, and telling them
what he has done, and what he is going to
do. The editors then tell it all to their read
ers, and seeing his name in all the papers, DR..
THOMPSON thinks that everybody in the
Southern Confederacy is very anxious TO have
him stay and succeed JEFF. DAVIS as Presi-
dent, which, for ought we know, he may Sc
riously think of doing. The Columbus (Ga.)
Times says of him
.sHe is thoroughly enlisted in the secession
cause, and is Inundated and chagrined at
the submission OF his native State 10 Adolf
ton rule and dominion. He leaves her with
regret, but with the proud resolve never to
live 10 country that will not maintain her
rights, and cast bis lot in the future with his
own brethren of the Confederate States of
America, that he may enjoy the pure sun
light of liberty and freedom. We welcome
this noble man to home in the land of the
South. We have our own rulers here.
We don't exactly know what the Times
means by that last sentence, unless it means
that they have plenty of rulers down there,
and don't want to import any from Tennes-
see.
The Doctor penetrates still further into the
bowels of the land, and arrives at VI ontgom-
cry. He calls on HOOPER of the Maii. He
tells HooPER who, what, where, which, how,
and when he is, and HOOPER says of him
next morning:
"Dr. Thompson has arrived in Montgome-
~ and favored US with q call this morning.
From brief conversation with him we are
prepared to welcome him to the Confederate
States We should be pleased to know that
he had determined to become 6 citizen of
Montgomery"
When the Doctor read this long time be-
fore breakfast he must have felt that he was
not creating that sensation in the capital of
the Confederate States that his merits and
distinguished determination to become citi-
zen would have warranted. The whole
thing, be must have felt. did MT rise to the
dignity of an attempt to damn him with
faint praise. And this from the Memphis
AraLazcsei is not much better:
"Dr. Thompson will be recollected as the
immediate secession Senator from Smith, at
the late session, who boldly fought Stokes
and bis host of subs in debate, maintaining the
right, as well as the duty, of Tennessee to
secede. Whilst we regret the loss of his eff
cient aid in yet redeeming this State, We are
pleased to commend him to the highest con-
sideration OF our friends everywhere in the
South
Doctor, if you will go-if you will leave
US to the tender mercies of the Abolitionists
we bid you an afftctionate ga jew" We
shall try to get along without you and if
we fail in that "try," you must attribute the
failure, not to our unwillingness, but to our
weakness. Yes, Well try hard to get along
without you, and would be glad to try to
get along without several others here who
think just as you do. Once more, in the
name of Tennessee, who weeps as a mother
for her dead baby, farewell!
We wear the usual badge of mourning fo
thirty days.