Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-10-24

through the machinery Of party, regardless Of the
real good Of the country.
Sir, there is a large body of conservative men
In this Republic, known as old line Wigs; and
such of them as are here to-day will doubtless be
pleased to hear your counsel, as you are known TO
be one of them. And for my humble self, desire
say that if there be here who hesitates as to
his duty in this contest, there seems 10 me to be
two reasons alone sufficient to decide the doubt.
First, Fillmore and Donelson clearly the con-
sentative, Union candidates; their opponents are
sectional. Secondly, the representatives. of the
shg party in National convention, have unaRi-
nously and enthusiastically adopted Fillmore and
Donelson as our candidates And now that see
that glorious host of old line wings marshalled for
he contest and uniting their flags with that of the
American party, feel coD61eat hope that they
will be borne in triumph in November next, and we
nay able to say in the language of the bard Of
Avon
Now is the winter Of discoutent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York; p
Aad all the clouds, that 10 v'rd on our house,
In the deep bosom Of the ocean buried. ~
l will no longer detain this waiting multitude
from the rich treat that awaits them. Again / bid
you welcome, thrice welcome TO our county, to our
town, to our hearts.
Ladies and gentlemen, introduce to you our
distinguished guest, the Hon. John Bell. Hear
him for his cause and be silent that you may hear.
Bells speech was one of the nobest and
strongest of his make, just such speech for
all the world as we wanted here. The great
mass of Smith countians are patriots and desire
to get right On all questions, and having great
confidence in John Bells honesty and sagacity,
came in to hear him and did hear him and
were satisfied. The dinner was one worthy of
Smith county, bounteous and excellent, and
the crowd most nObly demeaned themselves,
except little confusion by some of the Sag
NIGHT leaders, whose names and conduct /
would give but for giving them that notoriety
they SO earnestly seek. After dinner, Col. Bell
having spoken two hours before, the crowd
returned to the stand and he resumed his argu-
ment and spoke for something near two hours
more. The Hoo. John S. Brien was then called
to the stand and made q shor: but pertinent
speech.
at night we had jubilee of the raciest sort.
our old friend and fellow townsman, DR.. John
J. Burnett, addressed the crowd in his usually
eloquent and happy style. While on the stand
Burnett did the speaking and the crowd did
the shouting and hallooing and sppsuding.
The Doctor having closed with glorious APP
peal to the ladies present, and beautiful and
concise peroration, our young and highly gifted
friend sgd. S. Stanton, of Gansboro, was loud
ly called for and made US a most eloquent
speech. Stanton is one of the finest speakers
of bis age in all this hill country, and well may
Jackson county be proud OF him-he reported
favorably from Observation-Disclosures and Donel-
son will make stout gain there. After Stan
ton, Gen. Pickett-our own Jo-was called for
and made US a short speech, such as Pickett
alone can make-he can come nearer running
a crowd wild with excitement than any man
in these woods.
We are all delighted at the result of Satur-
days work. AS / intimated above, we have
Fillmore and Donelson Democrats here-men
who have always, up to this day, voted the
Democratic ticket, who will now vote the
American ticket. We can name them-they
name themselves, and boast of it as they ought
to do ALPS well here. Smith will make
large gain in this election. Yours, &c,
HEARER