Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-08-13
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Vaughn and McGaVOck at Dog Crecl

Vaughn and McGaVOck at Dog Creek.
AUGUST l. 1855.
The above named gentlemen were with US to. day.
The debate was opened By Mr. Vaughn who after
brief allusion to the custom of the country, state
of the parties the pledges of democracy, and their
failure to redeem them, in thrilling and impress
sive manner, be turned to Mr.. Buchanans low
wages speech, and thoroughly aroused the men Of
"labor hardened pursuits and sun Drowned broWs."
He portrayed in language that burned it fell,
Mr.. Buchanan's want of gratitude, and utter disre
gard for justice, in refusing to remunerste the pa
triotic citizens of Buffalo, whose property had been
devoted to their country's cause, and such des.
troyed, his ingrattude to the widow of Gen. Brown
and Mrs. Denny, revolutionary matrons, the one of
whom bad given husband and fortune-the other,
a husband and only son, as sacrifices upon the al.
tar of their country; contrssted with the anxiety
to give an actual appropriation Of $50 900 to estab
lish paper for party purposes, how he retired in
disgust from the legislative hall when the mechanics
entered, and then asked if Mr.. Buchanan chad
one generous emotion for the great majority of the
people who constitute "the bone aud sinew" OF
the land. He then opened his federal record -
his Lancaster speech, in which Mr. Buchanan said
that the democratic party has accused Washington
of committing larceny upon the public treasury and
now was the candidate of that very party. He next
took up his slavery record-bs Texas speech
and showed that upon all the great questions of the
day, Mr.. Buchanan had been on every side that
he was not a man OF nerve aud boldness, upon
whom the South could rely in hours OF danger
He told us of the Cincinnati Convention, read Ben
ton, and told OF Halett, the infamous author of
the platform, and how Mr. Buchanan had sunk
himself into that platform and said he intended TO
be mum. He then turned With telling effect to the
bargain and intrigue" showed how Mr.. Buchanan
was wanting in honesty and msnliness, in this
affair; read Gen. Jacksons letter to VIM Lewis;
said that he had heard that his competitor had said
it was garbled; so he denied it, he had seen the
original He then alluded in a neat and chaste
manner to Mr.. Fillmore, told OF his early life, how
he stood and conducted himself in that high Office
which Providence, not man, bad assigned him and
how Mr. Fillmore, in a recentsspech, had denounced
the agitators of the North, as guilty OF moral
treason, and how he then and there turned with
pride to his past administration and said that should
be bis future guide.
Mr. McGavock said That be that had got pair
Of bucks horns in Dixon, to give TO Eastman that
the democratic party was the only national party,
and their candidate pe tOort6y Of such party,
there man at our elbow laughed, and said he
thought so, tOo,) he then made q long argument
upon slavery; said that he opposed to sauatter
sovereignty, that The States had exclusive riohts
over The naturalization idios that Mr. Fillmore stood
no chance that his record showed him to be of
abolition tendencies that in private be was a gems
teman; that HE had gone TO school with his son.
felt an interest in knowing what Mr.. McGavock
said about that letter of Gen. Jacksons to Mr.
Lewis; he said, land now / come to that letter,
understand that have been arraigued at Nashville
for what said at ClarksVille. | understand that
/ wss reported as saying that this letter vas gar>
Ned" deny 1t. ] said there what now saw here.
and that is that all OF that letter was not publish
ed that the ThOie OF il has never been brought
out, portion OF it has been suppressed. That is
what said, and that is what now say
Mr.. Vaughn then concluded a reply, in which
the fun "grew fast and furious" he told how his
competitor had received Mr.. Fillmore, when at
Nashville, said that he was FIRST to meet him, first
in white kids, 20 receive him in, made mad rush
for the carriage that Mr.. Fillmore had taken bis
seat. but falling. tosk the second. Now he held
an umbrella over Gev. NELL 5. Brown, while be 90
eloquently addressed him, and gracefully bowed
assent 10 every sentiment, written now high in the
synagogue, be said that night al party given 70
Mr.. Fillmore, and then asked him IL he knew thu.
be taking 10 his bosom aboiiticuiss This
was enough.t Mr. McGAvoek replied brief man
ner; said he did receive Mr. Fillmore, and bad also
vent to see Mr.. Sumner, ~hen be was In Nash
vile. JUNIUS.