The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-08

The patriot who has Just ma,!.. ~.
senate house ring with bic vehement de-
nunciations Of tyranny, uses the latch
key for admission 10 his own donlicil
with the nervous tremOr Of an inexpe.
rienced house breaker, and steals on tip-
toe mp stairs, his heart palpitating in his
bosom lest the crtal,ing Of a trcacher6us
board should awaken her from her early
slumber, aud unloose the tongue Of that
sweet saint who nightly rep0ses hv his
side. The poet, whose strains have enc
iranced The world, dares not for the life
Of him dine ont without permission
asked and obtained: aud woe be 10 him
il, IN q moment Of unihinljng hiiaritv,
be has been persuaded 70 quaff but one
cup more Of spurious liquor than is his
just and reasonable allowance. Hettibu-
ton comelh in the morning, and the Ia
rored Of Ph0bus, in order TO obtain ihe
assuagement of an additional basin OF
bohea, is fain 60 play lhe penitcnt and
submit TO q Lecture in which his intern
peranoe aud disgusting behavior is uula-
vorabiy conuasted with the habits Of the
beasts that perish
Even the veteran of q hundred fights.
/ whose valiant spirit qnailed not in tho
| midst Of massacre and death-who has
led a forlorn hope, plunged through the
| ditch, and scaled the wall by the shat
tered and vibrating ladder, when the
hostile bastions were belching fire, and
the ramparts bristling with steel-who
\ covers like 4 helpless lamb before The
wrath Of his dulcet Amaryllis, and meek
/ ~ implores her for that mercy and for
/ bearanee which be would disdain TO ask
/ by word or sign from the most truculent
! Goliath Of fOcman, even were his wea-
pom struck from his grasp or his sword
arm disabled by a wound
JOHN KNoX AND MS ooSJroAL RELATIONS,
John Knox, who fancied himself very
independent parsonage, and OF whom Il
| is tradiionally reported that he never
trembed before the face Of man, made
somewhat late in life, the discovery that
| the face of woman, after she had been
put in full possession of coniugal rights,
is something infinitely more terrible
The austere rrformer who Illuminated his
anathema against the Monsirous Regi-
ment Of Women and who showed him
self, TO use the mildest possible term
the reverse of polite in his demeanor to-
ward his anointed queen, was tempted in
his old age to WOO anoble damsel, and con
ducted her TO his home in the Canongatt
Of Edinburg with such grim rejoicings as
were then deemed admissible, aud not
savoring of idolatry on the occasion of I
Caledonian marriage But John soon dis.
covered that, in departing from the pre-
cepls of Saint Paul, who had little Hkine
for mairimony, he had made a serious
blunderShe Of the house Of Ochiltre coulC
not forget that the renowned preacher
was originally a yassal of the Hepbulns
and being lady of extraordinary en-
ergy and no small amount Of self-will
she fairly succeeded in establishing
within that queer litue manson, the bow
window whereof is still regarded rs a Gu
riOsity, that very same notorious femal
rule against which her spouse had. il
earlier years, most ychemently protested
Yet, on the whole, though somewha
addicted to gew-gaws and fal-lals w
doubt not she maze an excellent wife e
the veteran Rolormer. ahd perhaps i'm
proved the tone Of his manner and con
versation by teaching him tbs pralica
lesson tbst some where or other, Their
always does exist a power 10 which Oh
post Willlul and imperiOus must submit