Washington telegraph., 1848-11-01
rourIeAL MEETINGS u MISSISSIPPI
SPEECH OF col. JEFFERSON
DAVIS.
ELOQUENT TRIBUTE To eEAs TAYLOR.

EHaQEENr gmUurE 10 GEA. IAfLaa.
Tae Presidential contest IN he saIe
= Mississippi, is becoming aaIaafsd. aud
HHzzIsz arr uruyiHg IhemsaiKsz VIII zaaI.
uHdaf Tie muuga of herWsnaeiHe liz
M 4 huJ of gaH1r-measIue Was
HaIa q Raymond ou Friday aad saluz.
~. In 22d ud 23d uIL II winch Ils
Iaaa.Hal =pgakrr of the sfafa NE HFs--
- nj iha crowd oil ,oygfaizHs seems,
iHam Iha accounts, 10 have bsrH IimIsad.
sH#aahas were made bv Massf-. Wm Il.
Nile. Wm. a. Lake. ". $. Budley aud
Amos r.. johnson, on the part Of the
Wings aud by Gov c. W. Mathews,
c&-Goy. A. G.. MrNult W. Melville,
aud Senator H. s Folic.
Aiiaf daEk ON Friday evening The other
Dutei States Senator Col JEFFERSON
DAVIS, aud Gov Brown, adJicssld the
people a. iho court house. Colonel Dayi,
paid O. mcfIiod aud most eloquent labHte
10 Gen. Taylor an account OF which is
thus given by "a correspondent Of lhe
kicssJurg Wing, who, iu speaking OF Dis
speech, says
lie ran over some Of the most prom.
inui measures OF public policy ia which
heto1k an Interest during the late session
o.. Colgre-s--poaa in terms Of severe
condemnation concerning DC detection
To-. lasilu aud Houston ou lAl Oregon
t-.-saIl nothing about P5.h-gayc oui
ilaI ila Northern Democrats were uo
ilaus worthy of bgiug called "a.iig- io
lha South and ho should never ugliu
-pak uI them ns such, anI camr at lns.
with evident reluctance. To the pc-idau-
t.a. contest lie said it any pafsun cA.
HraIal huH 90 speak cyil .Gwc.gi Iay.
lpf laey VOJ.J De disappointed lie
7now nu evil OF The old hero, and sposc
of hin as one %. Iha pu1st and uu5lc-i
m,u ,Ie world Aul oyorseea. The Colo.
Hoi seemed gvHt.y moved in zpeatinr an
GgH Taylor aud DIS cui14y 0n ihe u.l
in0n vu beyond ull question tle aIa-t
wr ever ha1.d. ll was received with
lhu.ters oi involuntary applause. Hr
r,.lrgI 90 The hluiug.. aal almost pl.
reu.a. sagarj shown hy General Taylor 10
che Mis-ssipp.ans under his command,
and wa. agDiu interrupted bya storm ot
yasas.
Ilc a.d The Ola Gcdaml stood god
uhcg 10 tae cons 20. Ml..i.irpI whou.
omI lua war and smoke of me dght.
,bey were baptized 900 blood ON the heights
of Bueun Nisu--lud was again compelled
TO pause uy O hurricane applause. flc
sand t.at during the progress Of The battle
after Doc Cto! Dagi-) was wounded, Gen.
Taylor c1mr and 500 down by him-the
im determination ON his brow seemed
Struggling with uu expression of deep
sorrow for tho brave fellows who had fll.
an and those who were yol TO bite the
ju-i-wheu, on being iutgrrogalJd as to
hts purposes, hc replied, while the life ol
aH uuc1u1uarcd wi, CLEANED in his eye
--"u u'y r9pH1H arc 6hiH Oic. am !
WaH 0rlrr P#Fy Hcm aiirc" Abou.
lii- time, the crowd became -o excited
THAT they wetc almost ready 10 carry lhc
Colonel rom the stand, But he was not
done yet He said that, after aIl, Gen
Inylor in political point of view, mu-,
be regarded as ldeuihpd with the parry
which had nominated him, and that,
therefore, be Che Colonel would be
obliged TO vote for Coss aud Butler
Following uphi- remarks, ho danouuc-
ed Van Barren, end expressed the e1uf-
dence, that Cass would prove more honest
.laulhe sage Of LindeuwaId Through
out ms speech, so every turn, he confess
ed insgb-umca, that nothing but br- allie
glance to the pluy which had elected
him United States Seuaa- restrained
bm from voting 'o.Gou. TAvlor Tie