Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-23


to what course they should pursue, and that
he made speech to that delegation, at caucus at
Washington before they had reached Baltimore, be-
fore the time had arrived for the reassembling of
the Convention and before it could have been known
what would be the course of the Convention. and
that in that speech he counseed the Tennessee dele
cation, in Advance, to Secede We would respectfully
inquire if we are correctly informed? If we are,
we call for the speech.
1t has been more than limited to US, also. that it
understood at the time Gov. Harris made the
speech at Washington, that the ticket of the
ders would be Dickinson of New York for Presi
dent, and Coz Harris Of Tennessee, for Iice PreS-
dent
Two of the present editors of the UNION AND AMER
ICAN were in that crowd at Washington and Bati-
more outsiders. Doubtless they understood the
programme. Perhaps they will enlghten the good
people of Tennessee upon some of these points
The above is extractfrom article that ap-
peared in the Banner of the 18th. Wefnd the same
in its columns on yesterday. We made no response
to it because we thought should thereby be
presuming that the people of Tennessee were gifted
with credulity not tall complimentary to their in
tegence. But as the Banner seems to put faith
in the information it received. state that so far
as our knowledge extends, the assertion that Gov
HARRIS, either before or after it was known what
would be the course of the Baltimore Convention
true. Our recollection is that Gov HARRIS left Bal
tniore before the Convention acted upon the claims
of contesting delegates. We further answer that
never, at any time, heard the name of Gov. HARRIS
mentioned in connection with the ticket of the
ders.
The Baltimore Patriot is rather severe upon the
Dragging and Boosting of some of its contempora-
ries. 1t says:
1t was the practice of this system of blowing up
ones own balloon with selfcoined falsehOods that
defeated Mr.. Clay in 1874. His presses cried Victo
ry till they were hoarse, when all the while
the enemy were sweeping them from the field.
Wing victories and Wing lies were synonymous in
former days, and used to be the laughing stock of
the enemy. Even the Patriot used to call down
curses upon its head from the betting chevaliers,
who repOsed confidence in its statements but it was
no worse than its contemporaries. And now, be-
it will not persevere in this practice, and re-
peat from day to day the wanton falsehOOd, that
Bell and Everett going to defeat Lincoln and
Hamlin in all the free States a squad of place
hunters in Baltimore get up a crusade against it,
denounce it untrue to the interests Of the ticket
it voluntarily supports, and in this warfare against
journal that is daily doing more for the OF
Colonel Bell than all of his presses besides they
cOuntenanced by such prostituted sheets as the Lou
Isville Journal the Nashville Banner the Memphis
Enquirer the New York Express, the Boston Courier
and their hosts of penny-whlstle tenders. which
have not brains enough to do aught but squeak
out what they hear from their superiors. But let
them howl on-we shall not suppress the truth,
even though 1t makes against our cause.
ABUSE OF PUBLIC MEN.--If those who are daily
reviling the President some member of his Cabinet
find themselves likely exhaust their stock ofinvec
tIves, they can renew their supply by the study of
certain productions Of their predecessors in the
same vile business In publication now before US,
issued in 1900, we find WASHINGTON charged with
having "embezzled the public money" with being
knOringly peJ,rsd," being "a hgpocrite," and with
having sacrificed the rights Of his country" while |
the incumbent President was assailed for "hating |
completed the Of igaomy ,0hich Washington be-
gam Here is array of epithets ready made and |
quite ingenious any which now blacken the pages |
Of the Opposition papers.
OLD PEOPLE IN HARDIN CoUNTY.-The census taker
for Hardin county says he found quite a number of
very old persons in that county. One man 50 years
old and his wife no. quite pert yet a man 81, who
ploughed all summer, and another, 10, who can cut
and split 200 rails day, and does not belong to Lin
,oln's pqrty at that One old lady died lately, aged
100 years months and 2 days. He found some !
twenty who average from so to 80 old gentle
man. named CHURCH, 49, that now writes fine hand.
What county in our State can beat Hardin in these
respects
BREcKNRDGE VICTORY IN BROOKLYN, \. "a spe-