Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-09-26
For the Nashville Pa. rio t.
L. M. Temple at Trenton.

TRENTON, TENN. Sept. Goth, 1854.
The chivalrous aud eloquent Temple in company
with the gallant John d. Brien, of your city, was
with US here, on Thursday last, and can assure
you, more glorious day never dawned upon the
American party Of old Gibson. have never before
seen visbly stamped upon the countenance OF our
party the traces of victory, and that OF disastrous
defeat upon those of the Sag NIGHTS than upon that
occasion Temple has added another laurel to his
already brilliant chaplet and ere he reaches Nash
vile, you may rest assured he will be covered 'al
over' with glory.
A very large and respectable audience turned out
to hear Mr. Temple, notwithstanding the vast
amount of public speaking which We have had here
within the past few weeks As soon as he arrived
III town, a committee of Democrats waited upon
him and requested division Of time, which Mr..
Temple unbesitatingly accorded. Mr.. T. j Frees
IN IN, formerly an old line Wing and defeated can
didate for Congress- was put forward as his oppo
nePt. Mr.. Temple bad the opening speech, and
for two hours and half he poured red hot shot
into the faltering and trembling ranks of the papa
and foreign dynasty. 1t has never been my good
fortune to listen to a more logical and powerfully
eloquent defense of our party, and more thorough
and crushing expose of the rottenness of the so-
called Democracy than fell from his lips. He show
ed Old Buck up in his true colors-reeking with
federalism, freesoilism and squatter sovereignty;
claiming for Congress the exclusive power to leg
slae upon the subject of slavery in the Territories
who voted for the annexation Of Texas 10 the
United States, because it would limit, not extend
slavery; who pronounced slavery great moral evil
and curse TO our nation and above all the enemy
to the widow and the orphan Such was the fair
record of the pure Democratic candidate as shown
up by Temple, and he makes no assertion left I'M
proven by facts. He further showed that Buchan-
ans friends in the South had made the contest a
sectional one here, and were as cUlpable as the
Fremonters at the North, and that Fillmore was
alone supported as a national candidate. If he had
nothing more to recommend him than this fact
alone, this sufficient to cause all Union low
ing and conservative men to rally to his support
We have not the space nor the time to give you
partial sketch of this most able and mastery
effort of Mr.. Temple. Suffice it to say that he
achieved most triumphant victory, and has won
golden opinions in tits section.
Mr. Freeman's reply Characteristic Of the
sag -nicEt orators 1t consisted in extracts from
the Nashville Union to prove Mr.. Fillmore an abo
htionst, and from the New York Tribune to prove
that he had no chance. This is about the course
they all pursue, even from the Hon. G Harris
dOaon to I. j Freeman, Esq. Mr.. Temples re-
joinder was q complete crusher, and sOrrOwful in.
deed must the says have felt to the little, puny
arguments Of their orator, swept away, in few
words from Temple, as chaf before the storm.
Shout after shout went up and rent the very air,
from the overjoyed Americans, as the eloquent ora.
tor proceeded in the most caustic and whitening
terms to apply the lash of criticism to the reckless
sophistries and Misrepresentation of Mr. Freeman
And when he concluded, it would have done you
good TO see the long faces the democrats wore.
They well knew Temple had made a lasting impress
sion, and one that would rebound to their lasting
injury.
At night, Jno. D. Brien, E-q addressed the Fill
more Club of this county, in a very happy and
pointed speech, which was frequently interrupted
by rapturous applause Mr. Bren, though young
man, acquitted himself in highly creditable man
ner, and greatly to the satisfaction Of his friends
Both gentlemen have made many warm friends
here and we hope the time is not far distant when
we shall again have the pleasure of greeting them
here in the same glorious cause of Fillmore Dom
eiSOn and the Union GIBSON.