The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-10-03
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SPEAKING AT COBB'S STORE THE 9TH.
Mr.. EprroE-Demoearcy having bsen gen.
teely logged and routed from this place on
the SOth ult.. and not feeling so comfortable
under so severe a castigatiOn in the first eff.
fort, reinforced and made second attack with
three to one Eaj. Ballew, G. W. Bridges
Esq, and Col. Blackwell were the Democrat
ic speakers. However. Col. Blackwell did not
speak, whether he came to do so or not can
not say.
Mai. Ballew opened the discussion in his
usual felieitous manner. and spoke one hour,
running over the usual democratic routine Of
argument that every mill boy already knows
by heart. He made labored effort to prove
that the present Democratic party aud its
platform was national and the only national
party in the country. He apologzed for Blu.
ehanan's federalism, by saying it was a nat
ural result for boys to imbibe the principl,
of their fathers, but that as soon as he was old
enough to know better he abandoned all his
Federalism. He spoke one hour VIM. c.
Vaughan followed him, consuming one hour,
making decidedly the best speech we ever
heard him make, to the length of it, causing
the Democracy to hang their heads almost to
man; and Maj Ballew, as if taken by sur
prise. commenced pacing up and down the
grove (for the speaking was in the grove) in
very hurried and restless manner, then seat
ing himself in the same confused manner
made an attempt to take notes, as il prepar
ing to reply to Vaughan's speech, when con-
sultation was held by the eomprct (Ballew
Bridges, and Blackwell,) and Immediately
thereafter noticed Mr.. Bridges with pencil
in hand preparing for the reply; and the Ma
jor would have gotten easy had not Vaughan
been coming down upon him like "a thousand
brick" Mr.. Vaughan, in very ingenious
manner; dissected the Cincinnati platform and
showed clearly the kind of material it was
composed OF. He proved, from Democratic
authority, that it consisted, in the language
of IL great man, of the rag tag and bob tail
of creation" Mr.. Vaughan then went on to
| prove from Democrats and Democratic press
es that the party was denouncing Gen. Jack.
son for a liar and slanderer of Buchanan, be-
cause he (Gen. Jackson) would not clear him
of the charge of bargain and intrigue upon
Henry Clay. Vaughan more than sustained
himself in this discussion of two pluck one.
BY the time Vaughan was through, the
countenances of all Democrats proved con.
clusvely that he had given their man the
Major merted drubbing, and in the Ian.
guage of one old Democrat-hell.
Mr. Bridges, sure enough, made the reply.
He spoke one hour and quarter and until it
was too late for Mr.. Vaughan to have pass
at him, or he, too would have suffered in the
flesh as the Major had done. In justice to Mr..
Bridges must say he made a pretty fair
Democratic speech for the first. His whole
argument was to remove 1ii possible) the I'M
favorable impression from the minds of the
audience that Vaughan had so firmly fixed
upon Bogus Democracy. In no case did he at
tempt to misrepresent Vaughan, only upon
the subjects Of the repeal of the compromise
and Democracy upon Gen. jackson
Col Blackwell did not enjoy himself very
well, if we are to judge mans feelings by his
physiognomy. Maj. Ballew was in an angry
mood, and seemed inclined to want to quar-.
rel with Vaughan after the speaking was over.
Numbers considered, and our speaker tied
down to so short space of time, we gained a
much greater victory than we did over Black
well at this place on the Both August last
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