The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-08-19
STUNNING THE STATE.

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The Philadelphla Sunday Dispatch Gan in
dependent jou,nal,) under dals of August
"a, makes the following sound observations
upon The late letter of lhe Democratic State
COMMITTEES to Gen. Packer against adopting
The plan ofa joint canvass with the Repub.
lcan candidate
aThe COMMITTEES say very correctly that il
is possible that very good candidates may be
chosen who have not ,s,ihs gin Of ihe.gab;"
and they insaabe BsSjamin Franklin, Simon
Suyder and Fraucis r. Skunk, as examples
of Governors who were not happy at making
public speeches. For the reason, and be.
cause the Democrats m ay hereafter desire 10
nominste somebody not fluent al mass meet
| ings, they suggest 10 Mf. Packer to decline
the challenge. The Committee are, we think,
sensible in theirconclnsion. There are plen-
ty Of windy orators who 60 through political
campaigns, each delivering the same speech
over and over, who acquire thereby an i'm
mense reputation for oratorIcal talent, but
who really have no more brains, compata.
lively speaking, than parrots. The effect Of
adopting the s,umping custom Of the South
would be 10 give these noisy, iro,hy, super.
fetal spouters, on cminence TO which they
are not justly entitled Good common sense,
administrative ability, information aud judg.
nnehi, wonld be entirely overwhelmed by
"clack," and very inferior men would be
thrust into public stations merely because
they had a facility of talking huenily abou,
nothing, aud expanding few unimporlant
ideas into a multitude Of words. The action
of the Democratic State Commitee is wise
one. The day has gone by when Ten or
fifteen minutes speech on a political plat.
form, al noisy mass meeting, will be &C..
copied as proof that the speaker has ability,
judgment ard experience" ..
These are the views of journal not poitI.
cal, and like those ol the Philadelphia Ledger
or our first page to-day, they are doubtless
those of intelligent and independent men
generally in this State. To show how this
system OF joint slumping operates in some
Of the Southern States where it has been in
lroduced, we cul the following extract from
the Weekly States Of June 9Th, paper pub,
lished at the city of Washington 2.
| GAN ExcTikc CoNTEsT.-The political con-
tes, in Tennessee, between The candidates
for Governor, is becoming very excited
AT Fayetteville, few days ago, General
Harris, the democratic candidate, and COL
liaton, the American candidate, came into
personal collision during a debate on The
political topics of the day. The Nashville
Union, in referring TO the difficulty, stales
that ''Mr. Ha,lon, near The close Of MS last
speech, said: "lf one State has the inherent
power claimed, then each State in the Union
has. In The exercise of this power, they
could confer The right OF suffrage on free ne
groes and aliens. In this way, persons
breathing the spirit Of tyrannical govern
ments might control our institutions. This
doctrine,' said Mr.. Hatlon, Il pronounce in.
famous I
CAT this moment General Harris arose, in
a manner cs,sn and collected, and said: 'Mr
Hutton, do ysu intend 10 apply the word IN.
famous 10 me? Ha,ton, under considerable
excitement, replied: General Harris, do you
wish, by arising in that manner, 10 intmi.
date me q Certainly not, said General Har-
ris, Il do not wish TO intimidate you or any
other gentleman; but think am entitled 10
an explanation of the language which you
have used q suppose, then, il is an expla.
nation of the language that you WANT said
Mr.. Hatlon, in manner highly excited. q
say again, that the doctrine is infamous; that
it is rank, and smells TO Heaven, and that
its advocates are'- Here General Harris
struck MIR. Hstlon, aud knocked him off the
platform amongst the audience in front OF
il, following him as he fell. A scuffle en-.
sued, and The parties were separated with
Out injury"