Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-10-09
Gov. johnson and Hen. S. Brien At
Huntsville. Ala.

Gov. Johnson having made an appoint
ment to speak at Huntsville on the lSt
inst, Judge Brien attended on the invita-
ton of the Americans at that place, and
the assurance that an equal division Of time
would be made, to meet him. The follow
ing extract from an account Of the meeting
which we copy from the Huntsville Ameri
can will inform the reader how the affair
went of:
When the time for the speaking came, the
7 eople land there was hest of the real sun
terrified" 10 town assembled themselves too
gether in the courthouse square. The Cover
nor was escorted over, took the stand, and ar
ranged an alarming pile of documents before
him. He then raised his lowering brows high en-
ough to exhibit very small pair of black cum
ming looking eyes, glanced over the crowd, and
saw from the faces before him that something
like passable Tennessee speech was expected.
Then let his eyebrows fall-studed for a mo-
ment, and then, in that same old sng-song
style of his, set out by telling a truth-yes,
solemn truth-and a truth that will never be
forgotten by those who heard him. He told
the crowd that they would be disappointed
that he was not going to make such speech
as they expected. II took him but ashort time
10 convince them all that what he had uttered
was Fundamentally true Their looks show
ed il, and not one who were there will deny
but that he would have saved a very large
amount of reputation by staying at home. To
give our Tennessee readers an idea of the Gov
ernor's effort, it is only necessary for us to
state that he set out with that same old speech
which he harped upon so much last year, about
the Know-Nothing Order-the horrid oaths-
the midnight clan--the blue book, and the
key, aud so notwithstanding the people with
solemnity that he had both the book and the
key. He barped upon this string for mortal
hour and half mot with his wonted ANNA
tion) during which time the crowd became
exceedingly restless, and some exhibited symp.
toms Of yawning. Many OF them wandered
uff, and little groups could be seen in various
parts of the courtyard. Even the Chairman
ofthe Democratic Committee of Madison Coun-
" had squad around him, talking over mat
tiers aud things generally, while the great mis'
sionsry was doing his level best to enlighten
the benighted Madisonians on the subject of
the "5lue-book, " and the nature Of the "horrid
oaths Our venerable neighbor of the Dem-
ocrat, after standing il as long rs he could,
stuck his thumbs into the arm.holes Of his
vest, aud walked off with his eyes bent upon
the ground, deeply detected. Quite number
/ followed his example.
After going on an iBterminable length of
time about the know Nothing thing Ia name
/ which the Governor politely applied To the
\ American party. he seemed disposed TO drop
il and take up something else. This pleased
the people, aud they elevated their ears with
expectancy. lie told us there were three
candidates for Presidency. One was John
| Charles Fremont, the candidate Of the Re
publican party the embodiment OF abolition
lsm-the quinteseencs OF abolitionism boiled
down. he then said that Mr.. Fillmore was
"sleeped In sbolitlonisIn deeper than FREE
mont.'Q) Said be wsuied lis hearers 70 re-
member that. The Governor dropped the
subject then, and went right back 20 the
s,Know- Nothing thing, the ablas- book, and
the ~horrid oaths, which be belabored not q
| little.
Finally be dropped the Know. Nothing
branch of bis subject again, and pitched out 10
prove what he had said about Mr.. FlIlmore's
abolitionism. lie said nothing new, but re-
peated the ssme old charges that have been