Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-05-16
From the Murfreesboro Telegraph.
The Debate between HattOn and
Ready.

Ready.
On last Monday the 9th inst, Messrs Hatton
and Ready, the candidates for Congress in
this district, addressed their fellow-citizens in
this place.
The day was very unfavorable for the pur-
pose as it was raining most of the time or at
least in the evening, during which time only,
they had to speak in, as bis Honor, w. X.
Turner, Judge of the Criminal Court. con-
sumed the morning in organizing his Court
and charging the Grand Jury. About 2
O'Clock however. it was generally understood,
that Col Hatton the regular nominee Of the
Opposition, would speak from the steps Of
the City Hotel at which he was stopping, and
thereupon multitude, yea; vast crowd of
people assembled in front of the Hotel, and
with great anxiety and Impotence awaited
for the first notes CT that clarion voice, which
has ever been heard only in defense of the
right as against the wrong. Before he COM
menced however, it having already began to
rain it was announced, that very large new
livery stable, which had as yet never been
used for the purpose for which it was erected,
with the exception of a few stalls was at the
service of the people. Therenpon. so great
was the anxiety to hear the standard bearer
of our flag, that they fairly rushed to the
designated place, in order to procure conven-
the place, Col. Hatton mounted upon the
stand, and in the first place opened his battery
on the enormous expenditures of the Govern
ment showing clearly from the Washington
Union.' the States and other democratic
papers, together with the testimony of such
men as Andrew johnson of Tenn, Messrs.
Hunter and Garrett of Va, Mr.. TOombs OF
Ga. and other big guns of the democracy,
that corruption and extravaganza. profligacy
huun cd hnl nf
Government, and that unless ii is stayed and
that soon, it must go into utter and hopeless
insolvency.
He then took up the Navy and War depart
ment, Attorney general and the Secretary
of the Interior and showed their completely
with these corruptions and extravagances.
How any honest man whether he processes
to be a christian man or not stand by and see
and hear such an array of evidence. showing
that these departments are as foul as the Au-
gean stables, and still be unwilling to lend a
helping hand to clean them out. il is impossi-
BILE for me to see. To me it seems paradox
cal. an anomaly in ethics or morals.
He then pitched into the administration in
regard to its strict construction notions-the
Cincinnati platform--asking for the War ma
king power and S30,000.000 to negotiate a
treaty with Spain-the Bank rupt law. and
in connection herewith the doctrines of State
these subjects not leaving sound or whole
spot about him. Showed his inconsistency
in regard to all of these aud his utter reck-
lessness and disregard of all his pledges.
After such showing upon all these matters
as Col. Hatton made, tits impossible for me
To see how any one, much less an old line
Wing or American can support the admins
tration or ever refrain from denouncing it as
being unworthy the support of every honest
ly truthful man. Buchanan is evidently an
unreliable man--'he won't do to tie to- TO
use a familiar phrase. Col. Haiton them
came TO the "nigger question" and here let
me say, he met the charge the democracy are
endeavoring to make against the Opposition
that they are preparing To fuse with the
Black Republican party-as IL always should
be met, that Is, by denouncing il as being II
faisehood aud that he who uttered it, had TO
swallow il as such.
He showed that the leaders of the democra-
cy were. and always had been on this subject.
a corrupt political combination to defraud
delude and deceive the honest masses of the
people. That they were, and had always
been. u curse and a scourge TO the country
that In the last elections. whilst they urged
and insisted in the North, that slave property
was not protected under the Kansas bill, and
that the people of territory in territorial
capacity or condition, had the right to ex-
clndc or prohibit slayery-that they. in the
South equally "a earnestly insisted that slave
propert, was protected in the territories under
sald bill and that the people thereof had the
right to exclude aud prohibit it only when
they come to frame their State Constitution.
That all OF this was very clearly developed
ia debate In the Senate on the esd OF Feb
ruary last between Messrs. Brown and Davis
OF Miss, aud Mason OF Va, Of the one part
and Douglas Of ILL.,, and Pugh Of Ohio OF the
other, aud others
Col. III. closed his lengthy and able opening
speech by referring 10 our foreign relations
showing that while under Fillmore's admins
traiion, We were respected aud feared abroad
| that now under Buchaaan's and also under
| Pierre's. we were not respected nor feared
even by revolutionary Mexico or the littls
states or provinces OF South or Central Amer
| lea.
After Col. Hation had closed, COL. Reads
| mounted upon the stand and commenced by
saying that be Was no defender OF Mr. Bach
| anaa; yet be said that Col. Hatton had shows
| no proof Of a waste OF the Public Treasury
He diseiaimed being defender Of the adj
ministFagioa. vet, his Whole argument on thi
point Was In favor OF Il, and TO show :ha
| Col. Hation bad aaeaced proof 10 show ina
there had been prodigacy bad extrassgancs
The most u bls spuech MAS taken up witt
| defense q his course on the Kansas bail, III
Lecompion Constitution and The Navy Inyes
sigation COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Ready ceaeladed his first speech b,
saying thai be did not intend % sabmls I.
tie diciAIloa of = convsnsloa and that be