Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-05-17
The GubornatOria1 Canvass.
From the Clarksville yefesOpi,n.

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The candidates for Governor addressed the people
at the Court House. in this place. on Thursday last
and although the temperature was excessively CD
pressive, and the audience was compelled 10 staad
they listened to the four hours discussion with
marked attention.
The discussion was characterized by good feeling
and display of genlenanly courtesy on both sides
Mr. Netherland opened the debate in a speech of an
hour and half. He speaks slowly, argues slowly.
and will probably run still slower, unless he i'm
proves materially upon the discussion here in his
speeches throughout the State His bill of indict.
ment, IS he calls it, against the Democratic party
and the administration, is very feeble imitation Of
the Ogleisms of 1910. X
He makes no issue upon principles, and lays down
no system Of policy by which either himself or his
party will be governed N the event of success He
talks largely Of the Importance and necessity of
aurliDg the Democratic party fcom power.
He furnishes satisfactory reason in fact ne rea
son at ALL to remove the bad impression which the
regeneration, corruption and rascaliLy of his own
party for the last twenty-five years. whether in or
out Of power, have indehbly fixed upon the minds
Of the American. X
Gov. Hsrris' speech was ore of the ablest and
most triumphant indications of the policy and sc-
ton Of the Democratic party We have ever listened
TO. Arrsying the facts the records and the history
of the country in unbroken and irresistible col
umn, he showed beyond all cayil or contradict
that the country owed its present unrivslled pros
perity, and the South owed and has owed protection
against the aggression of Abolition fanaticism to
the Democratic party; and that to 1t alone the coun
try can look with any degree of safety for future
security. He showed with great force the ptiable
impotency of the Opposition in the Southern States
and with equal force the manifest design Of the
Southern Opposition to coaletce with the Northern
Freesoil or Republican party in the contest of
1850 for the sole purpose OF securing the Federal
plumber
This able argument of Gov. Herbs, bristliug with
facts, and crushing by the weight of the unprinc-
pied enormty proved against both wing, of the Op-
position, Mr. Netherland did attempt to answer,
except with the simple remark that he did not be-
lieve there A0olitonists in the South in either
party, and that none but AbolitOnists would coal
esce with the Republican party of the Northern
States. Gov. Harris showed that without thisunion
Of all the Opposition there could be no hope of de-
feating thu Democracy That with it they were
plotting and hoping to succeed.
In regard to the charges of extravaganza against
the Sdminirtration, Gov. Harris met the most of
them with the record, showing that these expendi-
lures were forced upon the country against the
votes of large portion of the Democratic mem
bers of Congress by the Know Nothing aud Repub-
hcan members, while but few Democrats voted for
them. And in one or two instances the extrsya-
giant expenditures had been carried the Execu-
tive veto.
Mr.. Netherland attempted to make some capital
Of the currency question, but Gov. Harris took the
wind out of his sails very suddenly by showing that
to his recommendations and to the action Of the
Democratic members Of the Legislature, the people
Of Tennessee owed the present solvent condition of
their banks and the excellence of their paper cur
rency. In reply to Mr.. MS interrogatory, as to
whether he was in favor Of or opposed to the re-
charter Of the Planters and Union Bank he stated
that he opposed to the charter of any bank, nm
less power reserved, in the charter, to the Lee
gislature, TO amend alter, modify or abolish Them
He believed that it was but right ard proper that
The people of the State, by their agents in the Le
gislature, granting bank charters, should reserve
he right to change them or abolish them altogether
whenever the public interest required it,
Governor Harris made some telling points upon
Mr. Netherland in regard to his votes in the Leeis
AZURE, to which have not time to advert today.
out will refer to hereafter, which Mr. N. slid over
md lodged with good deal of GOODNESS. X
Our opinion is that MIR. Netherlsnd will fail to
how the people of Tennessee any good reason wby
lis competitor, the present able Executive of the
'tste, should be turned out of office, and himself
placed in the chair of State. The contrast between
ne two men in point of ability is very strong and
for the gentleman from Hawkins coun
y, not calculated to do him any good.