The true Democrat., 1857-05-19


 The tender leaves of hope; to- morrow blos~nuIs. ! And bears his bushing houoTs tIi i-l up.l him; The third d.y comes a frost, u E.lit.- trast; And hen hc thinks, good easy .ush- tu.i sure'y ! lis greatness Is ripening nj Is his root. And then ha falls. as | do.- tHobui UuLep.
 Haskell, the pretcrmtteI" and disaplont- ed asl irant for gubernatorial honor8 in Tenues- see, may well exclaim. "save me flom my friends" X short time previous t9 the day of nomination some of his schemm3 brethren sud- denly discovered, after he had been prominent ! y and favorably mentioned for tile nomination., that he was unfortunately ineligible fora Tct- neasee Governor. The ambitious Haskell at this eXi5ent moment supplied the detcetcy and corrected the false impression of his inei- ' giLility. But he was doomed to be mttel- mitted" appointment had already mark cd him for her own" The convention met. Haskell was there, ready 10 pour ont from that salient, living spring of elolueAce wi,h.n him, his thanks for the nomination. But tile uomi- hating committee, after much serious reflection, consideration and aeliberation conc.ddad to lay him on the shelf. Bob lIattou a young ua1 ] from the Cedar gades of ' oi " iloou, - who i happened to be free from strain, sprain, spaviu, scratch or sore of any kind, was placed upon the track. At this moment, we imagine, Has | kell's spirits sank down into his boots He could not conceal his disappointment, for it overcame i him. His brethren, through curiosity doubt l less, desiring to know whether he had anything to say "why judgment should not be pro- nouuced against him." called upon him for speech Of course he revealed 10 them his misery, and we are glad to see that he repre- hended in meritcd terms their gross injustice. The Nashville Union thus speaks of his re- marks:
 "The nomination was by no meaas haruoti- ous and sat ,actory, as the indications nl tue convention clearly testified. Gen. Haskell and his friends were particularly dspleased \ faint call having been made on Gen. Quarles to address the convention, that gentleman as cended the stand when a general cry WAS ilised throughout The house for Haskell Am;lst the enthusiastic shoHts, the disappointed asli- rant asceuded the stand. Gen. Quailcs stool aahast and IS Haskell proceeded to address the meeting, fell into the back ground to a,yiil his time Ge;. Haskell said that he bal de. voted his youth and his manhood in the service of his part ty--that he had sacrificed lis time 1 his money and his profession in their cals,- that whenever there was a struggle to be made -wheuever there were blows to be giyeu and received-whenever there Was hard service to be performed, he had been invited to the charge and had always answered r. the call. For ' these services he had been cuiogized by the press and rt tceived with ovatio}.s and ho ors bv ! the people; and that fl empty praise and com pments of this character were meet reward for the sacrifices he had made, he Lad been fully satisfied.
 But, sad Gen. H., when S,,bst Hjioi honors were to be distributed, others mad been theirre- cipieuts and not himself He did not doubt but the hearts oI the masses were with him, and that if their voices could have been fairly re- flected in the convention, he would have re- ceyed the nomination. But he had been trick ed out of it by intrigue, and that, while he should support the nominee he was lot bound to forget the intriguers. Nounkiudness of this kind could drive him into the ranks of the ene- my He had always opposed them and would oppose them still. The feeling of the conveu- ton was evidently with Gen. Haskell, and was given vent to in frequent interruptions of ap- plause during the delivery of his speech. The unsympathizing portion looked forlorn and gloomy. We could but sympathze with the unhappy condition of the meeting, and reflect how appropriate would be that old hymn:
 :. would not live always, ask not to stav
 W here cloud after cloud rises dark er the way. The few lurid mornings that dawn on Us here Are enough of lifes woes and full enough of its cheer.n