Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-05-04

any other European power to take possession
of it. But if You want Cuba by dishonest or
foul means then we oppose it. This Cuba
question has been raised to divert public at
tention from the great sins Of the admins
tration. You found sI7 ,O00, 900 in the
Treasury-it has all been squandered, and
you are now wanting more. Dissatisfaction
is growing up in the ranks. Soule. of Lou
isiana is denouncing the administration;
Forney is denouncing it; Wise is denouncing
it. The democratic hive is swarming like the
bees do in my country. To settle them tin
pans ,cow-bells, &c, are beat and rung. These
dissatisfied and swarming democratic bees
are to be settled-one set bring out the Cuba
tin pan and beat and rattle away on that; but
it will not do. Another pound the negroes
head, but that wool will not sound. Some OF
them may be brought to settle. but all this
noise about Cuba, and the 'nigger,n will
prove a failure
The fourth resolution was on the slavery
question. There was nothing in that which
he did not endorse. Why then the perpetual
talk about slaveryt will here repeat. said
Col. N, what / said in short speech on my
reception in this city two or three weeks ago.
There is no abolition party in Tennessee, and
no party holding sympathy with abolition
lists whoever or wherever they are. The
democratic party of Tennessee are not abo-
litionists; and l would defend my competitor
on the remotest corner of the globe from such
charge, as SANDER and calumny. And |
appeal to my competitor to say the same of
the Wings of Tennessee who are not and
never were abolitionists. Gov. HARRIS is a
sound Southern man, and l would scorn to
make charge of abolitionist against him. I
am as sounGsas he, and any charge that 1
would affiliate with the enemies of the South
to wrong the South, directly or indirectly for
party purposes, is false, and feel that Gov.
HARRIS would scorn to charge me with it.
And why then this long rigamarole about the
slavery question:! The reason may be gather
ed from the speech of PHILIP GLENN in that
convention. He is clever gentleman, ex-
cept that his politics are bad. After the
troubles of the convention had been "fixed
up" Mr.. Glenn was called upon for a speech
aud he told them that it did not matter
what they said on the currency ques-
ton, whether the resolutions were hard or
soft, he was equine with the democracy.
A neighbor of his had told him that ever
since the Democratic party had raised the
negro cry on the Wings, they had beaten
them. and that was the question for this can
vass. And this is the secret of all this
slavery business.
Col. NETHTRLAND, then took up the fifth
and sixth resolutions, relating to banks, and
charters of Incorporation. He had under
stood that the Governor was hard money
man; and wanted to know where he stood.
AS specimen of jugglery and trickery he
would read the resolution. This declares
gold and silver the constitutional currency.
The Legislator takes an oath to support the
constitutions; if then gold and silver is the
only constitutional currency, this makes them
all "hards." But the resolution also says
that as near an approach should
be made to this currency as
may be deemed wise and proper under the
circumstances. He would like to know how
far they could go, under their oaths.-how
near they could approach the constitutional
requirement, without voting for its full re-
quirements. When be first read their resolu-
ton he turned to a democratic friend who
was sitting at his side In the Court House. and
asked him what it meant. He'repled sit is a
web to catch flies" He next read the resoIu-
tion respecting corporations, and gave an anu
sing and graphic description of what probably
happened in the Committee room when this re-
solution was being considered. He had under
stood Gov HARRIS to be hard money man:
and that he was instrumental in calling
in September last. He cited the resolves of
that consultation and addressing Gov. HAIR
RIs, said: Did you call that meeting? and
did you approve its resolvesf Are you hard
or soft! Are you in favor of chartering any
more banks! or are you for gold and silver
exclusively? He had been compelled to
judge of his position somewhat from circum-
stances. In this meeting were ANDREW JOHN
SON, A. o. p. NICHOLSON, his colleague in the
Senate, JOHN X. HOWARD who presided over
the State Convention in March.-SAM A.
SMITH, and L. A. KEEKLE-Howard was hard,
the Wilson county resolutions show that
JOHNSON was as, in classifying Democrats at
Greenville, few day ago. he said they were
hard, harder hardest, and he was of the
hardest. NICHOLSON. he knew very we'll and
could not speak SO positively of him-he was
like mole, you could tell where they were
by seeing the ground bullying up. He did
not like these animals; he had rather see
them above ground. But judged by this Com
pany his competitor was hard. He wanted to
know him from how he was, whether for exclu-
sively gold and silver or mixed currency
of specie and good, sound convertible paper;
ii his competitor, was for the former, he was
with his party; if for the latter, as he ought
to be, they agreed.
Col. n. said that his competitor and him.
self were both lawyers. the Governor a very
good one-he passable, aud that he wanted
the cases disposed of as they stood on the
docket. He wanted to get done with the
Governors, and then his might be taken IN.
In the present action he was prosecutor and
the Governor was the defendant. But the
Governor had made some little charges
against him extending from 1851 back to
1881. There was nothing pertinent in them
to the issues of the present canvass. He
would answer them in due time if he should
conclude that it was necessary; but for the
present the people Of Tennessee required him
to urge the prosecution, and be could not con-
sent to change places with the Governor on
the trial docket.
Gov. HARRIS attempts to relieve the admin
istration from the charge of extravaganza, by
attempting to transfer the responsibility to
the Opposition, He told US that there were
but fourteen Of the Southern Opposition in