Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-31
LETTER FROM PITTSBURG.


nabobs cannot breath without uneasiness
and gasping. One Of these Ia Republican
who keeps Abraham Lincoln's portrait, in
gilded frame, hanging in his library as
sured me, that though he is interested in
bonds and national banks 10 the tune Of
sixty thousand dollars, he couId not see
how the payments Of bonds in greenbacks
could be avoided These rich iron workers
and iron>mongers begin TO see, that if every
body else is TO be choked to death, they can
not long aconsummaiion of Re.
publican loyalty. To stand upon this con-
tinent, the last men, even II they conld rat
tie gold interest and principal in their
pockets. would be lonesome. But then,
they are shrewd enough TO comprehend,
that if all other interests be smothered ont,
aside from the incidental damage they
must sustain in sympathetic way, they
must in the end pay all the income tax, all
the stamp duty, and all the tariff on i'm
ports During these dull times, they have
leisure TO look at this view Of the subject,
as Hamlet looked at the skull of poor
Yorick; and it is but too plain, that TO this
we must come at last
There is a stiffness about many grand
Oln DulihlilEbs nlCt iull VI
industry, which reminds one of the sus-
pension in 1S6l-the collapse which pre-
ceded the Igreenback initiation and the in
toxication Of war supplies. Idle men go
about the streets in crowds. The "work-
ing men" begin TO look sullen, and inquire
whether noisy philanthropists would not
do well TO consider their interest little
whether those untold millions squandered
on the Freedmen's Bureau, and on the tyran-
nical proconsulships of reconstruction,
would not pay better il used helping the
white men Of the North 10 buy shoes and
stockings for their wives and children. They
wish to know whether it il fair play, TO
starye and freeze their families. that
Southern negroes may be forced into rail-
road and street cars beside white women,
upheld ia idleness and theft, while hypo-
critical fanatics rant about equality be-
fore the law"
BY the way, there was a convention here
last Wednesday night of the almighty mig
ger" really did not think to go. Negro
meetings are 50 rare in Nashville, il is a
great wonder had not been down to the
Pittsburgh convention of coIored men by
sheer curiosity. But Dogan's barrel fac
tory in Allegheny City was burning about
the time these cOlored leyalists were in
council, and was looking across the river
at the great blaze and the reflection in the
water. The telegraph has informed you
how they determined it would not do to
"give it up so, Mr.. Brown" and how they
expressed a preference for Chase over
Grant as a candidate for the Presidency.
/ regret my absence on the occasion, as |
should have lobbied for the mention of my
old friend, w. G.. Brownlow, as the most
suitable person TO run on the ticket with
Mr.. Justice Chase, as candidate for the
Vice Presidency. Brownlow would adorn
this ticket admirably on both sides. Ii is
to be Radical on the front side, and Con-
servative on the back side. The parson,
Senator, and Governor would suit the
ticket, because he long since proclaimed
himself a Federalist; aud if there is any
conservatism in Chase it must be the con-
servatism of Federalism. Doubtless he is,
like Brownlow, a consolidationist in prin-
ciplc Then he suits the Radical side ex-
actly, because in that position he need only
point to Tennessee, by way of demonstra-
ton that a white man, when he behaves
himself, is not half so good as a negro; /;
and 10 give an account of his own work,
he need only exclaim, See where she
standsP'
But this day is the Sabbath, and / should
not forget the interests ofreligion. Besides,
the name of that holy man, Brownlow,
naturally turns ones mind upon heavenly
things. There has been a convention here
Of delegates from the Young Mems Chris
tian Associations. Its sessions were held in
a spacious Presbyterian church on Wood
street The pressure of worldly business
prevented my attendance as a spectator,
except incidentally one night Stepping
in for lust a few minutes-ds far as | could
get in for the place was literally packed
TO its utm0st capacity-l was glad to see so
much interest manifested in the religion
of that meek and lowly Person who said
First cast ont the beam which is in thine
own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly 10
cast ont the mote which is in thy brother
eve" A very animated speaker had the
stand, and his soul seemed all on fire with
! his subject His remarks, however, and
those ofoihers who followed him, convinced
me that Northern religionists, though they
| have had full swing in hammering at
the mote in our Southern eye, for 10 these
many years, and have within the last six
eyentful years hammered il out and onr
eyes with it, and the brains out of very
many too, and have had the pious gratiii.
cation TO see pyramids of human,h piled
al the foot of that meddlesome aggressive
god whom they have created in their own
brain, as for the beam in their own eve
they cannot perceive it. | can see it, with
my unregenerate eye, through all this
smoke
These pious Christian ministers, to
whom listened at the convention of the
Young Mems Christian Association, were
| all yehemently eloquent IN exhorting young
men 10 90 out into the highways and
HEDGES after the wicked, and persuade
them 10 have a care for the salvation o.
their souls. ] liked this, and listened Il
| hear the exhortation take practical turn
but il didn't. What | mean by pracfiod
! turn is. such a turn a. would take in the
bodies of the wicked, as we'll rs their souls
! Now il has always been considerable
marvel 10 me, that airy set Of pious meT
| should find their hearts oveTiowing witt
kind regard for the sinners soul, while
they don't seem to care 3 cuss for hi'
suffering body. May be, / am carnally'
| luAnuNus nNA all nv ~ 81 ~ 'Aaa'
soul, abou, which there is such superfinitJ
Of talk, can't see il. And by way o
proof, tha; more pious people than can
not see il half so much as they pretend,
will try to quote, in substance another pas
sage Of scripture OF course, / can onlI
give the substance, as the Bible Society
has not placed bibles in the rooms Of TIN
hotel, and / neglected to bring mine witt
me, as is my custom. II is asked some
where in the New Testament II you low
not your brother, whom you have seen
how can you love God, whom yo
have not seen?' Just carry out thi
inspired idea, and you have this searchin
! question: IL You care nothing for IN
suffering bodies Of these wicked, abou
whose soEls you fuss 50 much, while III
former are ever before your eyes. and th
latter are invisible, what discerning ma
will take your evangelical zeal for anythin
bot transparent sham ~
But ] am stretching this subject too IA