The Nevada journal., 1858-09-03
Buchanan heeting---M. S. Latham's
Speecl5

Buchanan Meeting---N. ;. LathamS
Speech;
The man worshipping Democracy
came together from all parts of the coun-
ty on Saturday night last, to hear the
man who dispises "dabbling in the dirty
pool ofpclitics" re-repeat his old anec-
dotes, and and get off his "stale, fiat and
Improbable" lingo.
The meeting was equal to any assem-
bled in this city during the canvass in
point of numbers. Some think there
were from rs to 100 more present than
on the occasion of Mr.. McKibben's
speech itwould not be strange if such
were the case, as the whole county was
put under contribution for the purpose of
swelling the meeting. We saw in the
crowd scores of men from the small min
ing towns round about.
Mr.. Latham, certainly added nothing
to his reputation by his effort. 1t was
the most unfair speech we have listened
to for long period of time. We are
sorry to say a limited personal inter-
course with Latham heretofore had left
an impression in his favor, which lis
speech Of Saturday night efectually dis
sipated. What fair man. especially with
a reputation to lose, would get up before
an intelligent audience, and will out a
scintlla of evidence to support him. say
the Republicans and Popular Sovereign
ty Democrats are identically the same,
aud that the former are the regular sue
cessors to the principles and place of the
aboiitionists of 1910 and Al! Yet Mr.
Latham was guilty of !hesc falsehoods.
lie knows, or ought to know before
attempting to teach the people, that the
handful of abolilionists of those periods
was not the germ Of the Republican par
ty, but that the a6olitonists retain their
their ultra organization through every
phase Of popular politics down to the
present day, refusing TO coalcsce with
any party. Latham knows very well
there is a marked distinction between
the views Of the popular sovereign nty
Democrat and those of the Republicans,
concerning the powers Of Congress-
For political purposes, however, he is
willing to abuse his own character for in
tellgence and fairness by making Aboli-
tionsts, Douglas men and Republicans
Identical. 1t vas not expected from a
a man of Latham's prominence, and for
one we cannot but regret that political
honesty is at low an ebb that rromi-
nent aspirant for the highest position
can condescend to belittle himself so
much i'll the estimation Of intelligent
men as to pcrpetrate boldly the most az
rant falsehoods.
Latham told lis usual number of sto-
ries, some of which were tolerably well
applied, while others sadl J wanted point
and application.
The assertions that the Democratic
party has always existed from the foun-
dation of the Republic, and that there
is not feature or element in the gov
ernmcnt that does not owe its origin
to the Democracy, we have heard from
the mouths of other demagogues before
Latham; but the former the merest stu
dent in American history knows to be
untrue, while the latter is a falsehood so
often refuted as not to he worthy longer
of a denial.
The speech of Mr.. Latham, in short
were it reported verbatum and circula-
tex would be sufficient to blast his repu-
tation with any man familiar with the
political history of the United States
1t was unworthy Of him, either for the
accuracy Of its statements or as an ora
torical effort
The meeting was tapcred off with
splenctic, bombastic. pulling effort from
that political fiddle-bagger. Henry Mer-
edith, and remarks from Christopher
Columbus Knight and others.