Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-06-17
SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE II, 1855.
spaAKINe Ar FeANkIIN were present Al ID,


SPEAKING Al FRANKuN were present at the
speaking il franklin on yesterday. The assem-
blsge was large, probably larger than that which
the candidates addressed here, and a more orserly
one we.never saw. Mueh interest was excited as
TO the passage at arms between the two combat
ants, and public expectation was fully grad6ed.-
A weeks rest had recuperated the exhausted en-
ergies Of BOTH and they come prepared to meet the
expectation Of respective friends. Gov JOHNSON
mSs his opponent in his own bailiwick, and to Sc
cure the success Of Col GENTRY certain, his friends
IN Nashville sent Qut large delegation to sustain
him They knew if they failed to carry the day
all was lost in Wiiamson--the old home of
Col G. Notwithstanding all the difficulties Gov.
J. had to encounter-the tremendous odds opposed
u-him, the fact that he was among bis personal
and political friends that Col Gs had made this
the rallying point of the CANVASS we say notwith-
standing these circumstances, Gov Johnson stood
sorth amid all the opposing elements and told the
pe5ple the truth. He seemed thrice armed for the
ccafet, and never did we hear such eloquence fall
rom living lips For an hour and G half be held
the vast auditory spell bound. No stone was left
raturned From the first word be uttered to the
close-there was scarcely voice heard above
w.asper, save his. He uttered his earnest appeal,
in -nguage simple yet burning with the true in.
spiAton Of ruth. 1t toldstoo with telling effect
o. the crowd. They were not boisterous nor did
tzey display the emptiness of sound and fury sig
nfying nothing, but it was the calm, solemn fee-
IL OF sobriety pervading the heart of the multi.
hde. They felt that the issues under discussion
we're pregnant with terrible consequences and thew
wished to hear what was said. They knew and
eli that he was telling them what he believed
ihey understood and appreciated his facts and close
ogic, and il we not mistaken Gov. ]. made
many votes yesterday. We think such win be
fand to be the case in August next @
Alter Gov. ]. concluded, Col. G. took the stand
ad gave Us, in substance, his speech here 1t is
needless to say that be did no. do his best-he
knew and felt that be was addressing men who
were waitiig to hear him, their favorite, before
they could make up their minds to vote.
10 any other cause GENTRY would have been
nvincible He evidently saw before he got through
Notwithstanding his persuasive appeals, that the
sympathy Of the crowd was against him, and was
with Gov. JOHNSON II was a matter of remark
tat most of the cheeriog-which fell still born
vas made by those young gentlemen of Nashville |
Nho went out for that purpose. Very few, if any,
a the old friends of Col GENTRY, gave any signs
IF appreciation. They seemed crest fallen and de- |
ec.ed. We canno. better illustrate our remark |
ban by stating that an old line whig, who had al
ways voted the wing ticket and who wssa warm per
sonal friend of Col GENTRY, remarked in our pres
ence that Col G. had not sufficiently defined him |
self to his satisfaction, and that he did not know
whether he should vote at all in the coming cleo
ion. That he did no: see how he could vote for
4 man who had branded him and his party with |
f" h!tamy Such, we think, was the feeling Of |
ute number present who occupied the same re-
alton
We did not hear the rejoinders, but learn that
bat Of Gov. j. was the most brilliant and wither-
g which he ever uttered, and that he made his |
competitor writhe under every blow of his well |
directed blade The democrats, who kept pretty |
Sent up to this hour, could restrain themselves |
nlongeT and gave vent to their feelings in bursts
of applause and boisterous cheering.
The day went Off glorously for our cause, and |
every democrat felt that Gov. JOHNSON had defend
ed it nobly.