The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-24
A EEnardin, Kenmnh.

We protest sgaiEst the introduction Of
Yankee customs into this State we all
know what e. great people we are, and
there are noas but fully appreciate the
degeneracy which viii follow the intro
duction Of Yankee institutions. Could
we, opulent first families, surrounded By
our hundred niggers, including q gOOdly
huber Of OctorOon ohambeFmaids, endure
to see our beloved Tennessee transmOg-
rified into a second Massachusetts Not
by any means. Have oar undetermined,
high-toned FOOte supplanted by mere
babbler like Wendell Phillips our Sc
hon give place to . BeechsEP Perish
the thought. Have we not on more Occa-
sions than one, given innOvstOrs a ticket
on 3 rail-witEl the road left Of-thrOugh
pure jealousy for our manners and Gus
toms If the gentleman thus cOmpli-
mented were to protest that he was not
partial to free rides, he was told that
such was the custom of the country from
. period so remote, that "the memory
of man runneth not to the contrary" as
Bob SOuthey said to Meg Merrelles, in
the play of "Lsger Beer Don't Intoxi-
cate" sad he was accordingly compelled
to accept the hospi5alities of the chivalry.
None but are aware of the fact that a
standing notice has long been in exist
ence, wsrning away all kinds of innova :
tors, from preachers to peddlers; and
both have generally found it healthy to
remain in a climate . little more frigid
than that of latitude $50 3O'. We threw
around Us the tri-cOlored shield, com
posed of negro men, mulatto women,
and ootorOon children, and woe be the
man who struck it with the point Of his
spear: and no disinherited knight was
found, with sufficient Of the desperate in
the composition of his character, to chal-
lenge the wearers to single combat.
There was, however, partial of ex-
ception to the general rule. The school
master, under certain restrie tons, was
admitted. He was, however, to conform
himself strictly to the rules of presently
as we had established them. The poor
white trash were not be instructed; but
then there need have been no injunction
upon that point, as Yankees never work
for nothing, and the prices Of tuition
were entirely beyond the purse Of those
who were allowed no employment, SO
long as q niger could be found but one
habit, which was 3 secORd nature to him
must be abandoned; he must have q steady
home; under no circumstances must he
aboard reound ;" that would be an intOl-
cradle innovation upon the. staid habits
Of the commonwealth and would, in ell
probability, sap the very foundations Of
our aristOcratic society.
With due veneratiOn for the antiqusted
Institution meath which We were nurtur-
ed, we are amazed-shOcked to see them
IA danger in the very house of their
friends. Isham @. Harris, the great
champion Of frst familydom; prophet
in Israel; knight Of the Order-nO al
fusion to the Sons Of Malta; the man
clothed with official robes Tor the very
purpose of protecting his constitu-
ents against a lcveling process; the SiE
Leicester Dsdlock Of Tennessee; has
been guilty Of infringing one Of the old
est customs Of the country, aud in iis
stead, has adopted the low, vulgar, re-
voting practices Of the Purilans; in q
word--has taken to baardin' reound."
Il is enough to call forth from the
shades Of another world, the ghosts Of
ell his predecessors to enter their pro-
tests il behalf Of the State; while we
don't know bow many thousands Of cut