Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-04
Tho ity Prose-

Tho Il ty Prose
Tie Cnioz end Anunienn Oar opposite-ihs-
n.x-hoteI contemporary hasscared uPa Ss'uIh
Carolina bucket, and has gone to pouring
cold water upon tho-e patriotic assemblies
the proceedings of which you will hnd F'-
cori.d in the newspapers Of the day under
the head Of
.UxIoN MEETINGS"
He il not, We take the liberty OF preSumIng-
an anii-Uuiou- Mcrtingi-t per &c that IL. be
has en- raised TO think thai Union Meetings
are not positive TREASON against the South If
you will hold them d 'wn in a daIk crllnr
and take care not to let the prOces dug fall
into the hands of HE EbOu e publicans. " be-
as is we'll known, are so constituted hy na-
ture thai the reading OF such thing c"nsincts
them that all Ibe Shu'h,rn people " ho are
unwilling to see the iiun with all it bles--
ings and its glory said to The Genius "f HUN
for a mess OF iil-eDokrd portage, are ready To
join Northern faBatici-m in any crusade u
may preach and precipi'ate upon the S"uih
and her Institutions (; but be is an anti Union
Aeetiueist merely fIon desiie not To let the
North know that we are a little anxious 10
save the Union. Ia short. for sbOIiness l.
not a merit we can claim for the last sentence
be is down upon Union Meeting because he
thinks they Courage the Stockholders In
the Underground Railroad aud Personal
Liberty Bills to believe that al ibis talk
about going out of the Union among th'-
Southern hotspurs Is mere snund aud Jury.
ha mfr nf i.t
contem porary of ours i getting ir d. We fear,
OF the Union business and would sell out his
interest in the concern at cost and ,rIiIge-
He is great on what the politicians t. chnical-
ly call .-Guaraniees.' If the Nor,h will
Come down with large cargo OF Guarantee.
he does mt care how soon the music strikrs
ND for Mr. LIHcoIN's administration, but un-
less the NnIt shells out Ih"s- Guarantees IN
the twinkling OF b,d prst. he has fully
made up his mind TO sma<h the hddi's int"
kindling wood and blow out The lights. We
want some Guarantees too. We want seVe
raj of ih,m. Bat we haze no id a ct going
out OF the . nion To get thin. People mo
have ben there tell us that they are not 10
be had out there-ihIt neither tue CLIMATE
nor the soil is adapted 10 their growth, aud
that many insuperdbic obstacles are encoIn-
tered in attempting to import then. The
South must have Guarantees. Everybody
knows that. But We don't think she will gel
them by bullying the manufacturers of The
article. The North is white man. wi b at
least few OF white mans instincts, and is
too much Of FALsrAFF 10 do any hing np"n
compulsion- The bert way for the S"uIh'rn
people to secure the covered Guarantees is
TO hold Union Meetings. tell the North frnl y
but Rrpectfully that these Guarantee
are abs oiutely necessary to her peace OF
mind and health of body, and that uni IS
they are forIhc aiming. not in>tanianeou-ly,
for that Il asking tor much. but IA soon as
they can Conveniently he gotten up and sent
on, she will feel CONSTRAINED to dissolve the
cOr-Ftnership OF States, and go into business
on her own hook. Lit u have the G AL an
tees by all mean~ but let III go about the
work of getting th' m like men oil sense, and
not like a parcel of mani+c-. with how
ines, gnashing- of teeth. and Il arings Of hair.
The Mo- Oh is already cnnviGced that a god
Union anyhow, take whatsoever c0nciliatory
steps she my 10 prevent it, and may not
feel inclined to exert themselves to stay the
ravag"s of disease which has run into a
galloping consumption ard an unalierablt
determination on the part of the PARENT &c
cut bis own throat at he first symptom %
getting we'll. The North has inf CT. evils up
IN us. There is a way to remedy those wells
other than that of crushing them ne tt
the ruins OF our county. LIT Us look f"I
that way until We fi'd it. 1t is ceriainl,
worth looking for. When We have eonvinc d
ourselves that il cannot he found, then lei
us sever the cords which bind IA TO the
Union, and drift away upon that treachrron'
Sea of Doubtful Experiment whose shifting
shoals are all unmappsd. and upon whose
phaniom waves a thousand -hip'
Are drifting with the dead
To shores where all Is dumb"
The Gazete-For some lime past tho On
zeh has b en- swimming very dep in tbs
ourstions of di-union and secession; but it
up to The cry OF "A Ikes!' and let fy thei
barpoons, for il has at last come to the sur
fac, for breathing spell, and throws oil
merely few editorial paragraphs on It's p
subject.
The Bannr-"Sovereignt of The People
Humbug of Politicians" is the sui eci of IN
leading article in the Banner. Th- olirct O
our neighbor in writing this article is 10 shoS
that the politicians aud not the people AT
responsible for the -upspringing Of all hi
fuss and feathers which threat Ia smOthe
the country, and that IL the fuss j. 10 be i
fenced and the feathers baled up and put on
OF the way, it must be done by the peopl.
who are the maste5S Of the politicians an
ought to apply the hickory and thrash thef
into q better cour-e uf conduct In this Oh
contemporary takes direct issue with til
hon. GEORGE E. ProH. who said ia sp zee
tie other day ia Cincinnati. that 10 the Pc
pie themselves rs due this troubl nus stale 9
things; and that in atITibutrng the wor
To The politicians. you give them credit e.,
power and influence they do not posSes
In our opinion. which ought TO be wor,
something, u it is very scarce, the penpl
a,d the politician. are both to blame Ii ib
latter have kicked up the dust, the form.
furnished the facilities with which il wa
done, and must come in for a share Of ih
responsibility. The people knew very we
how prone the politicians are now that
cha day e virtuoas politics . pasti~
8, bring sb 'ut that state Of things which Ii
Trench call u diatis ~ asz saekss, and The