Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-03-07

HAfKELL. Inc recent sneer of the Nashville
Union-"WHERE's HASKELL Y"-is being very
energetcally answered from every part of the
state IN tones that show be is as much an idol
OF the people now as he was last summer,
when his wonderful eloquence electrified and
carried captive all hearts, from Memphis to
Knoxville.
1t is conceded by all who have ever heard
Gen Haskell, that he is one of the greatest, il
not The greatest, .of living American orators. A
genius of unsurpassed brilliancy and grasp of
intellect, no bounds can be set to his power.
no measure can be applied to his poteutialities.
He has never yet been placed in a position be-
fore the people where he did not rise superior
to all confess ants for "the laurel wreaths of
fame" When he first appeared 10 public life,
he leaped at one bound the frant rank of a.
Tnerican public speakers We well remember
the hrst time we ever heard him on the hust-
ings. 1t was in The campaign of AZ. He was
Elector on the Wing ticket in the Jackson Dr.
trict. At the solicitation of the Wings of this
District, towards the close of the canvass, he
made few appointments in their midst, CON-
mencing at Somerville. Twas there we heard
him-there we saw him meet and overcome
+. P. STANTON, then, as now. one of the ablest
Democratic speakers 10 the Union. Mr. S. was
the Democratic Elector for this District, and
in opening the debate, complained that the
Wings seemed determined to crush him, and
had ''set many, if not all, oftheir hest speakers
after him." mot content (said Mr.. StantOn)
with giving me a regular competitor, they rave
pitted against me the ables' men in the Dis
trict, (here he named several Wing speakers
who bad met him in debate, and now, to cap
the climax OF persecution. here comes nv gal
liant young friend, Gen. Haskell, of the Madi-
son District, to the rescue of his discomfittei
brethren of my 'baiiwicR' He has Quilted his
own legitimate field of labor, and with lance
in res. and visor down, he comes, like Don
Quixote, on bis political Rosinante. charging
furiously into my District, seeking adventures"
10 his reply TO this part of Mr. Stantons
speech Gen. Haskell said in substance II &C.
"cept the figure of my honorable friend. am,
''if he desires it, the knight of La Manchs
Leaving nothing to do in my own field of Ia.
"bor. have started ont from home seeking
adventures; and, fellow citizens, you will bear
''me witness, that, like my illustrious proto-
"type, the very first adventure in which it is
my fortune toengage is in running tilt with
"a windmill !'-Of course, this retort drought
down the house." and the LOc0focOs at that
particular juncture, felt like selling out at fifty
per cent. less than cost. Or the same occasion,
ven. I1dShtll UtlN6T6u one OI Tue finest PulO-
ges on Henry Clay ever pronounced upon any
public man; and his whole speech was charac.
terized by an ability, eloquence and power that
won for him the unqualified plaudits of the
men of all parties.
A few days afterwards the same speakers
met in debate in this city, and their discussion
is doubtless remembered by many Of our citi-
zens, as one of the most notable that ever came
off in this country. The combat commenced
on Court Square, at J l o'clock in the ornng,
and, continuing through the day, was wound
up at the City Hotel somewhere near mid
night. The resuit was glorious victory to
the young Orator of West Tennessee"
Quite as well ''posted" as his redoubtabe COM
pelitOr, he was far more eloquent, and over
threw him upon every issue. Especially, did
he triumph over him in their discussion of
the Tariff-a subject in the augmentation of
which Mr.. Stanton was considered particularly
felicitous, and from which he had won most, if
not all his fame. We recolIect passage of
Gen. Haskelrs speech on this subject, which
struck every one at the time as one of the
finest impromptu flights of elOquence," (tinged
with somewhat of that poetical license pecu
liar to genius,) ever heard upon the stump.
After successfully refuting all Of his competi-
tors positions, and overthrowing all of his
sterreotyped anti-Tariff arguments in detail,
Gen. Haskell closed substantially MS follows:
What has made Great Britain the miracle of
"power and dominion that she is2 |. is this
very restrictive protective tarif-system,
(which am here to-day TO advocate and de
'fend. A little isle in the midst of the ocean,
''tIis system has enabled her to stretch her
EARNS from the centre to the circumference OF
'lhe earth 1t has enabled her poets and or
''ators to proclaim that the sun never sets on
"her dominions,' and that the morning drums
"beat of her standing army is heard round the
world 1t has enabled her to exert her in
"huence potentially 10 every quarter of the
'globe, from the Courts of Kings and Repub>
"lics down to the smallest transactions of
commerce. Every battle field of Europe and
''the East has been illustrated by her military
'genius-victorious alike over the wondrous
''prowess of Napoleon, and the countless num-
'bers of Hndoostsn-AED EVERY WAVE OF
'oLD OCEAN, POM TRAFALGAR ALL ROUND THE
''woRLD, HAS RUN BLUsHING WITH THE BLOOD OF
"BER BRAvEsT sRAMENl'
The career of Gen. Haskell since 1914 is
well known. He is now in the maturity of
his powers. His bold, Demosthenisn display
of eloquence, last year, mesmerized the State,
and inspired the people, and particularly the
journalists, with something ofthe "divine GDt1-
tus" which swelledhis own BOSOM The lead
ing and most striking characteristic OF Gen.
H., as public man, in his entire freedom
from demagoguism. On the stump, he pro-
claims To the people "the faith that is in him."
fully, frankly, and regardless of the consequen
ces Were we to look alone to success, we
would rather wish that he was different in
this respect; but the people of Tennessee have
been 50 long afflicted with the demagoguical
evils Of Andy Johnsonism, Eastmanism and
Phil. Glenisn, that, should he be the Oppose
ton candidate for Governor of Tennessee at
the approaching elections, wehave little doubt
that the people will rally around their favorite
orator AID boldest statesman with an enthasi
ssm never surpassed in our political annals
Hem. Gag. d Eng.