The Nevada journal., 1852-10-08
Public Disc ussion.

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date for the Clsrkship of de Supreme
Court and Nj. S. Lathams d smocrstic
candidate for congrsss-at the Empire
saloon. The speakers seemed tobs in
excellent vein, and spoke for ever an
hour each With much husncy.
Mr. Hawks led of the ball in q most
graceful style. He Is one of the most
polished and effective orators Of his ago
We have ever listened to. His speseh
svincsd high order Of thought, and
correct tone Of feeling, and he made O
very pleasing impression upon eur citi-
zsns generally. He vindicatsd the char
acssr Of Cen. Scott from the imputa-
tions cast upon him by those who pre-
tending with one hand to award to him
praise rs great man, wsro with the
other defiling his wsll-earnsd iaursls.
He reviewed the charge of abolitionism
preferred sgainot Gen. Scott, and show
cd how bassless was such an imputation
in the light Of his history and character.
Yet those who thus drag this charge
against the noble old virginian to light
-whe dip their hands in the cesspool of
political faction, and cast the miro up
on Gen, Scott, forget that their ewn
idol 10 deeply tainted with the sin they
dsnounce. By tho testimony Of demo-
cratic papers before his nomination, and
the cath Of the reporter he stood con-
victsd. ee r
He dwslt upon the hostility Of the
democratic party 10 internal improve
ments, and showed how impossible it
was for Pierce to sign bill for the Paci.
fc railroad without sacrificing all his
known principles. He spoke eleqnently
upon the importance to California of this
great enterprise, which should take the
goods Of India and Chins and send them
across the continent, and take back the
products Of our ewn nation and Europe,
making San Francisco the great miss
trsss Of the Pacific. No speculatsr
shosld have powe- to check and control
this vast tide of business, and say to the
merchants Of the werld-you shall pay
exhorbitant rates, or take your old, slow
way round the Horn. The government
alone could afford to fix such rates, after
the read had paid for itself, as would
keep it in rspair-lstting the great
commercial prosperity it would create
BE- the national rsmunera ton. If dem
ocrats had the rule in this matter the
rosd must be left to the. uncertain and
selfish movements Of private spectators
'-Bscauss they ala net - 4 na.ionsl
party bslisyss in the eSnstitutisnal power
of congrss,,t 70 make apprepriatisns fol- it
while VIII igs would make it .. national
question, and strive for its spsedy COM
pletion. adi b,ke. fi ed 4eSs
He spoke Of the studied and ssntsmp.
ious neglect Of California svinced by =
democratic Congress, that dolsd out ap-
prepriations for our bensht with such .
miserly hand-giving US 100000 for .
custom house, sum equal here to about
$4,000, whom for the same object . mil
lion was given to Boston, and million
and a quarter 10 New Orleans He
showed that in every other appropria-
tion the Same n:ggardly spirit had been
manifest. The attempt BY the adnin-
istrssien to apply suoh small sums as
had been given to the purposes dssig-
mated, would be mere farce.
Ne alluded TO the illastrious CLAY
as the renowned patriot whose earnest
soul and far reachiog vision had seen
applicability Of Whig principles to the
welfare Of the country. If the feelings
of sarth--its cares and sympathiss ever
find notice in heaven, the immortal
Clay yet lssks with interest upon the
success Of Whig principles, which
till bis latest mamsnts he lsborsd to
establish.
We here dismiss Dir. Hawks to no
tics Mr.. Latham. These who heard
him will not expect US to report all he
said. Those who heard him knew that
much that he said had
| but this defence,
| That want Of decency is want of sense"
1t is pity that q man apparently able
to deliver good speech, should enter
tain large audience with pot-hsuss
stories and brothsl wit. A man whose
mind 10 flled with such trash, and who
can 90 unblushingly and 80 smoothly de-