The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-15
Greeting to Netherlandi-The People
in Motionii

The announcement that Col. Neither
land had arrived created stir among the
people Of Nashville, yesterday, that re-
suited in the assemblege of q large crowd
at the Court House last night, to see and
hear him speak. ...
Upon the suggestion of Capt. Foster, a
large portion of the audience called upon
Cox Netherland at the hotel, to signify to
him the desire of the people to hear him.
He promptly complied with the request,
and on entering the Court House was
greeted with q round of applause that
continued until he reached the stand and
commenced his speech. =
Col. Netherland is a fine looking man of
apparently fifty years of age. He is OF. a
very tall and commanding appearance
His physiognomy excites expectations of
ability and cemprehensiveness of intellect
that his ideas and language fully sustain.
We have never seen man whose personal
appearance s better calculated to impress
an audience strongly in his favor, and we
have rarely listenGR to a public speaker
who could. could SO welldse s advantages in
He commenced by thanking the people
for the generous confidence they had
placed in him 10 giving him the nomna-
ton for Gubernatorial honors, and assured
them of vigorous canvass on his part
We cannot undertake an analysis of his
speech, but must content ourselves with
few general remarks. He examined the
platform adopted by the Imposition Con-
vention, and exposed its duplcity in such
a manner as to make its insincerity appa-
rent to every listeners; but he showed
clearly, that, Notwithstanding its dcliber-
ate design to perpeyate fraud, that
Convention had really, and in fact, landed
on hard-money platform, and it will be
hard for his competitor to avoid his con-
clusion.
He touched on the Cuba question, the
tariff, the bankrupt law, and the other pet
measures of the Administration, and ridi-
culed the general endorsement of the
President in a most unmerciful style. His
speech was argumentative and convincing.
Col. Netherland is an earnest speaker, and
his whole manner shows him to be per-
fectly honest and sincere. He INDUCES in
wit and anecdote just enough to avoid
monotony. Occasionally he is eloquent
and sometimes humorous. We consider
him one of the best popular orators we
have ever heard, and no man can listen to
him without being impressed with the
StTenRtn anu V1HOT OI MS 1nlnu.
He imposed restraints upon himself last
night, on account of the absence of Gov.
Harris. He did not touch upon some of
the most interesting points in the canvass
on that account. His speech was merely
a foretaste of what we shall have when he
meets Gov. Harris face to face. 1t requires
the presence of competitor to draw out
the full strength of his resources. We are
pleased with our gallant candidate for
Governor, and the people are pleased.
Col. Netherland concluded his speech
by expressing an earnest conviction that
the people Of Tennessee are tired of the
corruption and extravaganza of the party
in power. He has studied well the signs
Of the times, and has no doubt of his tri-
umphant election in August.
After Col. Netherland concluded, Gov
ernor Brown made a short speech, and the
crowd then dispersed, in a good humor
and in high spirits. We shall take occa-
sion to allude hereafter more fully to the
incidents of the meeting last night. Owing
to the lateness of the hour, we find it inn
possible to noticeit more fully tonight
without encroaching upon the Sabbath
Suffice it to say it was glorious and en-
thusiastic meeting-the speakers and the
listeners being mutually pleased with each
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