Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-08-26
! Mr. Da yidssh's Speech in Nashville

Mr. Da Wilson's Speech in Nashville.
The Aas4rlAe Union which came
to hand on last Saturday evening,
contains the following remarks upon
the "cut and dried" speech which the
talented going Irishman,P James u.
Damdsoa, Esq, delivered in the city
of NashT ille, on the 18th inst =
Read them and see the impression
which the distinguished Orator
made on that 90 casion;
Gle (Davidso NJ then said THAI he
asked the attention of the audience;
stating that he wished no missels to
be thrown at him-that he did not
come-to the city of Nashville to be
Iinsulted, &c. If this observation
was intended as an intimation that
the citizens of Nashville were dis.
respectful to public speakers, it was
lindecorous and untrue. lift was In
tended to defy, in advance, the dem
ocfatic notices Of his speech, it was
simply piece of braggadocio, fol
which, we at least, feel a most per-
feet indifference. We take just pre-
cisely such notices of wbig or demo-
cratic orators, as suits US, and leave
the PR ErENDERs whom we castigate.
to take just precisely such a course
las may silt them. Mr.. Davidson s
sensitiYeness to newspaper criticism
lis not unknown, and we would advise
him that he is likely to add but lit
tie to his own reputation for common
ehse, by such boyish Stiffness
III avins thus laid down the. law, We
propose to take such notice of Mr.
IDS 81 eech, as we think it deserves
setting down naught in malice ant
being Equally particular not to ex
tenuate anything.
GAS an orator, Mr.. Davidson is
lhumblg. He has no element of the
real orator, except a good voice, an{
that is not cultivated or subject Il
control. His taste is lorid without
being brilliant, and fanciful without
Imagination AS a reasoner, he is
disjointed and fragmentary, stating ;
fact here, pitching in an argument
there, and thf rowing in an illustration
Iyonder. A better idea could not b.
given of his style of logic, than We
once h card given, as the scriptura
definition Of man, by wag, ''won
derfulIy made and feartaly flung 70
gether. |" Imagine a house with /;
brick at one place, piece Of stone Il
another, and q plank to fill up The
interstices, and the reader has !;
very fair idea Of the argument Mr.
d. constructed As for the argu
ments themselves, they are the same
stale stuff with which the common
run of Scott editors and Scott ora
tors regale their readers or audiences
Jas the case may be, excepting some
VERBAL bubbles, showing that tht
speaker was fully as ignorant of thu
principles Of the English language a
he was of the principles of American
politics. So much forMr. David
Ison, whose expected address wa
looked forward to as a political fpocl
by the Scottites, and whose dctua
address was not altogether unlike
Mexican pronunciamento, "solndan(
fury, signilying nothing"
H "When Mr.. Davidson con cluded
i the restless audience at once yellet
out loud and long for Haskell, Has
IIkell.'
/ With areference to sev4 ral othe
speakers who we're called On to ad
!. dress the "Whig Young Mems Club,
to whom Mr.. DamdSOn had Just spo
Il ken, the Union closes his repor TT thus
/ "Whigs left disappointed, d nd tn,
/ few democrats present someNh hat in
| dignant at having Davidson palmeC
off upon them as a real on ,tor, +
/ Hurrah for the Juveniles. I hey art
smarter than We took them to be
when they refused a division Of time
with Davidson, and proved they
knew the calibre of their man bette
THAN democrats did, ?