Washington telegraph., 1843-07-19
TENNESSEE ELECTION.

IENNL>SEE ELEC llDN.
The canvass between Juues and Polk for
Governor Of this state is now al lis height.
in August ana the result will soon be knuwn.
We have seen recently several gentlemen
from that section who concur in the belief
that Junes will b. elected by an ovrrwhelrn-
ing majority. III. has suffered much from
lndisp"sliiun during the cnn;esi, bot he has
nevertheless al all times fcarlcssy me, hrs
opponent ON the stump. vanquished h;s
sophistries, and ouiwiiied The iurce of his
anecdotes. The following j. an extract of
ieiier 10 The editor Of the Nashville WING.
written i!0m Athens, and dated June Slh.
Isi3:-
The frsi place where have had The pleas
ure Of mectin. with Gov Jones and bfs m
ncnt was ai this place to-day. and | r,-i.,:re
thai did sacrifice one dar % tie plrasnre
] derived. ~ hearin. III. abIest refnIaiiou
of the doctrines uf modern dcn,nrracy
have ever listened 10.
Al an early hour The crowd commenced
pouring 10 from The surrounding country.
and hy III A. NJ. the new and spac;nm-
Methodist Church, the largest burltIinu IN
the place was filled io ovcrilowinH, some
seveH or eight hundred pcr<ons were resent.
and many others who could not obtain n
spot Ia siaaj ia the church. Polk led of
in The hes, speech which | have ever heard
him deliver, and continued E,r two hours
and half. lie commenced with ia. Rank
IN finn a-,H .bf,a
was, that il was useless for The suyctei,n
people Ia give themselves any rrurI,Ie on
that subject as there was not the mnst re-
mole prospect 81 geiiIn. Bink inIo oper-
alton under three nr four years. He nrxt
pr"ceeded 20 charge the wings with incrca~-
Ing The Pnhiic expenditures, but failed mn<I
sienally % addncing Arguments wllic could
by any possibility convince even the most
ultra Of his own parrizans.
On the Tariff which he next broarhcd.
he endeavured nnsucccssfnllv a an,icipst,.
Jones Arguments on that question. hut IN
fortunately he had f.rgorien that This was
the very SPOT where he had de ennnnred The
wings for their tariff an Tea and Coffee
moi smile or grinace enliveaed h,s speech.
which was quietly listened 10 throughout.
aud he deprecated, he remarked, any al.emp
al leviiy--ilIe fac. is he was the very pcr-
sonfcaiinn ofgraviiy. When he concluded
Jones replied in a speech 81 two hours. in
has happirsi manner. he was frequently ia,
terrupied by bursts of applause which the
audience could not restrain themselves
from, aud this was The very best effort |
bave heard from him and thai is the highest
eulogy can pass upon his speech.
On the Bank qnesiinn he had decidedly
The advantage OF his opponent, both in arnn-
ment and the fact, thai large portiun Of
he democratic part of the audience were
Of the same belief with himself strange as
this may appear, bur snch is the fact, ibar
great number IF the democracy of this
portion cf East Tennessee are Bank men.
On the Tariff question, which The Cover
nor handled IN the most felix iious manner.
he proved ~ the dosrRaIis, rtai his oppo-
nent had gone With Mr. Clay 10 every yoie
he had given on that question. and his pic
iurs of The holy horror Of Pix al the vhip
Tea and coffee Tariff, was The most amusing
exhibiiion Uf fdemagogueism nnrnasked, s,,at
| eyer witnessed. The manner of Jones
was inimiisbie, and cannot be described
wherein he represented Polk only shor,
year ago, (wben in the capacity &c a private
geDileman) he iraversed East Tennessee
making speeches, abusing The unfortunate
wings for This measure oeIpolcy, and calling
upon The good ladies' Of McAlipn county.
when they quaf1ed their cup of Mocha, to
look carefully into The bottom of The cup
where they would discover the hateful; i'm |
age Of vile whig, who had taxed their
iavoriic beverage.
lie then produced the proof 70 show ,ba,