The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-07-24
Canvass for Congress-speaking at Port Royal
Anti-Americans Refusing to Divide Time &C


Canvass for Congress-speaking at Port Royal
Anti-Americans Refusing to Divide Time, &C,
We extract the following from the Clarks-
vile Chronicle of Friday. Mr. Payne, it seems,
was too good an economist to travel ninety
miles just to have the wind let out of his
speech by one of the sharp-spurred young
knights of the American party of Montgomery
county:
On Wednesday the candidates for Congress spoke
at Port oya and with the same result that attends
them every where-the Sag Ncht being fairly
crushed by the facts and arguments of Gen. Zolli.
Golfer If Colonel Torbett has other business on
hand than trying to get to Congress he had better
60 home.
After the candidates had closed, the ti-Ameri
cans attempted a sort of rally. N. II. Allen took
the stand and spoke awhile, just for ''greens," as
the saying il, for he is not a candidate Alter he
had relieved his oveIburdened heart of its load Of
patriotic soicitude for his dear country, endangered
by the action of the Amencan party, he subsidized,
and one Mr.. Payne arose, his arm nerved and his
appetite whetted by the recollection that his 81 600
salary is the gift Of Andrew johnson, and that its
continuance depends upon the re election of his
benefactor. We neither know nor care what be
said--it is enough to know what he said it for.
The Hon. Cave Johnson there, too in the
shape of bull-we mean a paper bull-issued
against the American party, but the animal is horn.
less and harmless. Dir. j. is very indignant at the
supposition that be is Know Nothing, though If
there is wrong in the charge it has fallen other
shoulders than his. Perhaps we appease him
by the assurance that the suspicion-if there be
any-is, or was confined to very few, and we sus-
pect the letter from Stewart was pretext to bring
him out, and the answer seems to have been no
unwilling task. At all events, the question is now
settled-the tone and character Of the letter will
sutisly all mat mr. Johnson is not member OF the
American Order, and it will salty not a few that he
never should be. But to return TO Port Royal
1t was announced in the morning. that arrer he
candidates had spoken, the volunteer Sag NIGHTS
would divide time with the speakers of the Ameri.
can party, and preparations were made accordingly.
But as the time drew near Mr.. Payne's courage
evaporated, and IL was made known that there
would be no division OF time. The Railroad Com.
missioner had travelled ninety miles to make
speech. The salary is too precious to be hazarded
for glory and in that crowd were men from whom
be could win no laurels-men who could shake his
rotten cause 10 pieces aud taking council OF bis
salary, the debate was ingloriously declined. We
understand that q gentleman offered twenty i've
dollars for the use oil the stand for twenty five min
utes, or two hundred dolirs for equal division Of
time. But il was decided that the dear people
ought to hear but one side, that they have bust
ness to reason and compare for themselves, that
their duty is blind obedience, and so investigation
was denied to them. As contrast, a gentleman
read the list of appointments made by the American
party, and invited the Sag Nicht speakers 20 attend
them all with the assurance that they shall have
fair division of time. Truth never shuns the light,
aud the bearing Of the two parties is enough TO sat
isfy discerning men that the anti Americans
scious of error, and Temble at the approach Of
truth.