Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-08-13
GEN. Rarroxv ar sycnmore Mills

The American Barbecue at Sycamore Mills
on Saturday, the 9th inst, was exceedingly
well got up, and was one of the best things of
the season.
By o'clock in the morning, the sovereigns
from the hills and hollows commenced coming
in with their wives and children, and by IL
o'clock, the crowd that had assembled in one
of the most beautiful and shady spots we ever
saw, numbered from eight hundred to thous-
and-certainly not less than the former and
many estimated tie number much higher.
There were from two hundred to three hun
dred of the fairer part of creation present to
grace the occasion, and if one could judge from
their beaming eyes and fixed attention to the
speaking, they were much delighted, and will
do good in the cause of the patriot Fillmore.
Gen. Barrow appeared upon the stand about
III o'clock, and we do not hesitate to say that
the comprehensiveness and force of his argu-
ments the eloquence of his manner and the
mastery arraying of the facts brought to bear
upon the great question before the country,
constitute it one of the best speeches of the
present canvass. He commenced by drawing
q mastery picture of the alarming state of our
domestic relations, showing that the continual
agitation of the slavery question must end in
the dissolution of our glorious Union, and call
ing upon all true patriots, without distinction
of party, to rally to the support of WILLARD
FILLMORE as the only true, conservative, and
national candidate before the American people.
We have not time in this brief notice to dwell
upon the various points made by the General,
but we cannot forbesr saying that his explana-
ton of Squatter Sovereignty and its effects
ION which he dwelt at some lengthy would
not fail to satisfy every unprejudiced mind of
its baleful effects.
The parallel drawn by him between James
Buchanan and Millard Fillmore, was listened
to with the most fixed attention, and the vast
superiority of the latter in all the essential
qualities of q statesman was demonstrated
in so thrilling a manner as to bring tears
from the eyes of many grey headed lis
tener. His address to the ladies, in conclu-
sion, as mothers, wives, sisters and daughters,
was done in most happy manner, and when
he called upon them to make use of all the in
fuence in their power with the rougher sex to
save the country, one could see from the nod
of appreciation from them, that the appeal will
not be made in vain.
At a little before 2 o'clock, the audience ad-
journed for dinner, which was abundant and
sumptuous, and full justice was done to it and
the good things were rapidly consumed.
After dinner the audience were addressed by
John F. House, Esq, of GAINESVILLE, in one of
the happiest efforts we ever heard, for about
one hour and a-haf-his arguments were pow
erful and his anecdotes rich, now exciting the
audience to convulsive laughter, and again ap-
pealing to their sober reason. There was not
a person upon the ground who was not i'm
pressed with the belief that We had scarcely a
superior in stump speaking in the State, and
all regretted that the approaching shades of
evening compelled him to STOP as q large por-
ton Of the audience lived at some distance
from the ground.