Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-08-18
Giles Speaks s:pronOunces', for the
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= Model Ere810emts
PULASKI, Aug. 18th, 1856.
EDrroRs PArRIoT: We had some glorious speech
flying here yesterday Our electoral candidates
for the Tn District, both live in Giles, and both
have warm, devoted partisan followers They are
the types Of distinctive classes both clever gentle
men, but offering in their minds, manners and adj
dress, the most striking contrast you ever behed.
Brown is an old stager the political turf, he
comes herslded by the partizan prejudices aud as.
sociations connected with Aaron v. Browns name
He has drank deep at the fountain of "Pisgahs"
teaching, and has all the Prophets easy oness and
some of his serpentine ingenuity. But through
the velvet of his oily address you see protruding
occasionally the claws of partizan rnalgnity, and
when be softly sawders old line Wings and Ameri-
cans, you are reminded of the gentle pufring of
panther, that if opportunity offered, would spring
at your throat.
Grove, on the other hand, has no artificial or
hereditary claims t. excite respect call forth par.
tizan homage. He is yet a mere bow and his past
lie has been OF struggle with circumstances of
an adverse character that few would have success
fully surnounted. He is the child of Americansm
politically, and he worships it with devotion and
sou-fe love seldom felt for abstraction. Ii is part
and parcel of his nature-it is his element and he
cannot live out of it.
His style has no slime or sycophancy about it,
1t is the rapid aud resistess rolling of pure and
dashing torrent that sweeps away obstacles and
CALAMITY bears along on its joyous bosom the ene-
my's outworks and citadel before be dreams of at.
tack He has probably better enemies and better
friends than any other man in the State. 1t was
not regular appointment, but there was an i'm
mense crowd in town, and the friends of both pars
ties we're anxious to hear them. Mr.. Brown open
ed the debate in two hours speech, in which his
whole object seemed to be to kill time. His points
were first, an elaborate history o. the settlement of
Kansas, beginning with Reeder's appointment and
ending with the shooting Of Sheriff Jones. This
consumed an hour. What it meant or what he was
trying to do, no one knew, unless as Grove said
he was smitten with ambitious aspiration to add
another chapter to Bancrohs History Of the United
States He tried to prove his party did not repeal
the Missouri Compromise go it 10 not responsible
for the present unhappy state OF affairs. He reit-
Grated the old stale charge of aboltionsm against
Mr. Fillmore. He never argued principle in his
platform-never manfully met an issue between
the parties but lodged and sqrmed aud shirked
around all the real live questions of the day.
Next came Mr.. Grove, and now was Il moment
of intensest anxiety to all. HIS friends never fear
failure from him. But it was known he came
from his bed, and had been canvassing for month,
day after day. until his physical strength was al
most gone, aud during the last week he had been
speaking two and halt hours daily with the flux
ravaging bis system, and the result was feared
He rose pale and emacated, and a gic change
came over the crowd They had grown careless
and tired, and were lounging about in groups, but
when the orator appeared all was aItention-the
outsiders poured in until every nook and corner of
the spacious room was filed. He began in a weak
tremulOus voice, but had not finished his graceful
and touching exordium before he was himself
again. The old fire began TO burn in bis bosom
il liz up his cheek and glanced from his eye, and
from that moment the crowd were his own. He
took up his opponents speech and exposed its
ugly proportions exposed its glazing contradictions
and pointed out to all its wild Inconsistencies.
He then came to the real issues of the canvass,
aud more thoroughly logical, clsste and convnc-
ing orator l never heard. 1t WINS platform
speech, the first one we have heard in the can
vass. he took up and dissected plank after plank
of the Democratic platform, and then held up the
mass to public scorn. On the squatter and alien
sovereignty feature OF the democratic creed, he
was close, argumentative aud tou"hingy eloquent.
When he painted the white haired Am, rican father
who gave up his noble son TO die in Mexican bat
tie, approaching the balot>boy and beaten back by
the Mexican dog that shot his son to the heart, a
thrill pervaded the vast assembly, and many q
stern eye was with tears of honest Indignation
and many stout brow rowned in anger, and al
strong muscles worked nervousV when be fasten-
ed this accursed policy on Buchanan and his party
l cannot follow him on. Suffice it to say his
speech gave most unbounded satisacton-conVert-
ed democrats and sowed in the hearts of others
seed that will bring forth fruit on the 4th of No
vember. However, he made one point that is so
strong aprOpos and forcible that | must
give it to you, even at the risk of being tedious
The great argument of the democrats is Fillmore
Is sound but he can get no votes. Buchanan is
the strongest therefore should all quit Fillmore
and support Buchanan" Suppose, said Mr.. Grove
| should address you thus, Jesus Christ was Ger
tanly the son of GOd-he taught lessons OF sound
moraIity-he was the true Messiah, the Savior Of
the world, but the una Orty OF people do not fol-
low Christ, the majority are going to the Devil
therefore according to this newly discovered dem
ocratic rule Of logic, must all go to the Devil,
because the majority are going that way"
He exposed not only the detestable spirit of this
argument that would sacrifice duty to expedlency
but its falsty far as fact is concerned in a man.
that satisfied every friend of truth aud admirer
OF argument
Mr.. Brown never attempted to come back, in his
reply, he did not attempt defence of his platform
candidate, but tried to break the crushing weight
of the argument against them by reading DOnelson
on Fillmore, and abusing the Major. Mr. Groves
reply was the most gallant and complete vindica.
ton oil the pure and patriotic Doneson, who loved
his country better than caucus, aud would not fol
low Pisgahs priest into the dark den Of disunion
If the Major, on every arena, had such defenders
as his eecsor, be need not fear the puny pack of
sanderers who are bsrkng at his heels. A healthy
revolution has begun in Giles that will bring her
right in November
l cannot close without paying the Patriot the
heartfelt compliment every American owes, it is
doing good service in glorious cause May il wave
on until it extends ito the rivers and ends Of the
earth"
Truly yours, AMERICAN.