The Nashville Daily Union

Where the devil rebelled in heaven, and raised the flag of revolt in the skies, he complained, according to the testimony of the poets, that the Almighty was a tyrant, that his "rights had been trampled on," that he belonged to a "master-race" of angels, and was not going to be placed on a level with ordinary "mud-sill" cherubim, that he had "cavalier blood" in his veins, and if with all these qualifications he was to be forced to "serve in heaven," he would a deuced sight rather "reign in hell." In fact the devil's complaints, and claims so strongly resemble those of the modern Southern rebels that no one can doubt the paternity of our chivalry. In one respect, however, the Devil behaved better than our rebels. He didn't ask for a safe-guard over his property, and he didn't claim all the rights and privileges of a well-behaved, law-abiding angel.