Daily national Democrat., 1859-07-19
Gen. Denver's & Hal CIayton's Speeches
at DOWnieyilIe.
DowNIEvILLE july l7tb I,


sirous to hear what sort of defense a live
Governor of Kansas could make of Lecomp-
ism, | stroled out to the Plaza at an early
hour, anxious to obtain "front seat" as
expected of course a large crowd in this the
strong hold of the Administration in this
State. When l arrived, Gen. Denver was
addressing, in the most solemn manner, an
immense coucourse of his fellow citizens,
numbering, by actual count, Just sixty eight.
l was informed that Senator kirkpatrick
opened the meeting by few choice extracts
from his 22d February speech, thus "fedeem.
ing the name of Washington from infamv."
Gen. Denver endorsed the entire Kansas
policy of the Administration, and attempted
to defend it in the usual pet;tio principii
style, assuming, as admitted, every prof osi-
tion which the opposition deny, and on which
denial they base their argument. Twas the
feeblest attempt to gloss over stupendous
fraud l ever listened to. Hugg could have
done better. The fact is, Gen. Denver is too
honest man to attempt such defense. No
man with more scruples than the great Lime
Pointer should ever attempt it. Gen. Den.
yer is very cautious speaker, and attempted
by the finest Hudibrastic reasoning to prove
that Douglas was in the Democratic party
and that Broderick was out; tried to steal
the prestige of Douglas power while he re.
pudiated his principles, the artillery, by and
with which he achieved that power But
Gen DIS caution ought to have told him
that while he was carefully attempting to
cover up the truth and deceive the people as
to the real issues, his travelling companion
might be drinking too much whiskey, and
that too much whiskey makes one drunk, and
that drunken menAsciH tell the truth if they
happen to think of it, as the sequel will
show. Gen Denver having approved of the
Lime Point swinde and having succeeded
in dispensing the greater number of the sirty.
eight, gave way to one who he eaid would
instruct them fully rs much and amuse them
much more than he had Gen. Denver is
certainly bomb-shell in his own camp-a
terror to his friends and consolation to his
enemies
Hal Clayton, having been called for in a
tone sufficiently loud to reach the saloon,
finished his cock tail, ascended the platform
in style worthy of Chevolier Wykoif, and
thus commenced:
my fellow citizens of Sierra" A VOICE
Louder. Hold your water" TChcers.
He then reviewed Brojericks speech and as.
serted that no man ever accused Mr.. Brode-
rick of being drunkard, gambler or a
frequenter of brothels, but that he, the
speaker, was guilty of all three of the vices
just named, prolonged eheers] and that he
the speaker never paid an honest debt, for
no one would trust him. Renewed cheers
lie then proved most concluSiyely that Brod
erick and Douglas occupied the same posi-
tion on the right of intervention-qu quoted
from Douglass speech in the Senate last Feb
ruary, and proclaimed boldly and vehement
ly that he would rather thousand times
the Temples of American Liberty were dashed
into ten thousand fragmentsihan that such
doctrines should prevail The speaker en-
dorsed the doctrine of non.interv ention for
the reason that none was needed-that sla-
very existed in all the Territories already,
under the Cons,itution-that no territorial
legislation could exclude it, and that the
wart of legislation could not render it inop
erative--that if by territorial legislation or
by the neglect of such legislation he lost
slave property in the territories, he would
demand the Intervention Of the Judicial Elk.
ecutiye and legislative power ana that he
knew he would obtain it. Can it be possible
that the Supreme Court intimate their deeis-
ions on all subjects connected with the pc
cutiG' Institution Does that account for
the striking out of the word MAINTAIN in their |
platform Beautiful uon.intervcntion -
Most exquisite consistency Advocating
intervention and boldly declaring they
will have Intervention!
The speaker being in that abnormal condi-
tion which prompts a man to speak the
truth and to expose the real theory of the
party with which he acts, and being deter
mined not to be misunderstood, again pro-
claimed that slave property in the terrific
ries should be protected and when the terri /
torial legislature failed to do so he would /
demand the Intervention of the whole power 4
OF the Federal Government and the force
and arms of the whole country, and whcnev- |
er he failed to obtain such intsrrention he /
" hoped to see the fabric of the American 4
Union crushed into thousand atoms" Hav-
ing informed the Republicans that the mo.
ment they elected their President the Union
ought and would cease to be, the speaker re.
turned to the saloon, &c.
BY way of special endorsement of the doe
trines promulgated by Mr.. Clayton, Senator
kirkpatrick proposed three cheers for Hal.
Clayton, to which the aowd gave hearty
response,-the more conservative and eau
tious speech Of Gen. Denver finding no re-
sponse in the immense concourse of sixty.
eight
So the party ofthe Administration in Sierra
county at least, are proeaiming non-inter.
peatioa and demanding interyentiou, and as
sert that the Union shall be dissolved unless
intervention in its worst form is guaranteed.
One more such speech will give Sierra to the .
true Democracy beyond peradyensure.
Hastily, yours, MoDEsrus.
THos. ). BUTLER has announced himself .