Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-30
warren Continues to Blaze.

MEssRs. EDITORS Let me congratulate the readers
of your paper on the bright and glorious progress
of the true constitutional Democracy of old War
rem and surrounding counties. Friday last was
truly an suspicious day in McMinnville. Col Sykes
of Maury, addressed a crowd of about one thousand
persons in a mastery speech of three hours.
His programme was beautifully carried out with
out the slightest word of elimination or denuncia.
ton uttered against the Hon. John Bell or Stephen
| a. Douglas, no cant phrases or harsh terms, such
| as "Yancey Colt" "COnspiratOrs" Traitors and
| WhangdOOdles." were applied to Hon' aspirants to
| the office Of President But Mr.. Douglas past no.
hlcal history, his squatter sovereignty, with his
| shameful deseruon OF the South in the dark hour
| of peril was presented in clear, candid and con-
| vincing manner. He then read the bill of indict-
ment against Mr.. Bell, exhibiting his former polit-
ical history as recorded in official documents and
among the rest his disuniOn speech of 1885, showing
| to the most poisoned Union Oppositionst that the
| gallant Tennnessean was not sound on the Niger
question, but talked one way and voted another
while his party cried out rdl0-hedd and bOOdy bones
! at the appearance of Yancey. Bell had six marks
of the Beast with seven heads and ten horns indeed
the serpent of disuniOn stood abashed and will sing
| to that meter no more
! He next presented our noble leaders with our
! platform, challenging the allied host of combined
opposition point out dark deed in the mast re-
cord of Breckenridge, or specify objection to
the PLATFORM and especially to take issue on Con
gressiOnal protection to slave property in the terri
tories. No voice responded A fairer argument
was never submitted and no man of any party dare
say that he did not render unto Caesar the THINGS
that belong to him. Col. Sykes arguments clear
through were most convincing and powerful His |
words fell with telling effect all who heard HIM
not only on his own political partzans but we have
heard him highly commended by men of distinction |
in all parties. The Colonel will win hearts and |
make converts wherever he goes, and we hone it |
may be the good fortune of many sections in Ten
nessee to hear his sound logic between this and No
vember.
After Col Sykes had closed, Col William Cain.
of Ala, who was a Wing of the Clay school but
now true Democrat, was loudly called for who re-
sponded in brief and happy manner. Waving
any argument, he passed a handsome euOgy on Col |
Sykes speech, and called upon the audience as
honest urors under the law and the facts to render
their verdict, not doubling that Breckenridge and
Lane would be triumphantly acquitted of secession
and disuniOn. He said Alabama and her gallant
Gancey had been cruelty assaied from the stand he
occupled,a short time by Billy Stokes Convict
ed OF threatened march the federal
army into her bounds and hang them all as high as
Haman should they attempt secession for anu cause
or under any circumstances Col Cain boldly declared
that Col Stokes, with Gen. Lincoln would see when
that dread hour comes, they would fiEd a hundred
thousand valiant sons, with strong arms and willing
hearts, ready for the defence of their constitutional
rights and never to give up the ship while one man
remained victim for the bloody sacrifice Alabama
was his home, her destiny and her grave should be
his-and as she had ever done, would she do again
in November roll up tceny thousand najorty for the
gallant Breckenridge and Lane the candidates of the
Union, the Constitution and the equality of the Z
States. The crowd dispersed at the close of Col Cs
speech well pleased and thoroughly convinced of the
falsity of the Opposition cry of disunion All is
right in this the SebastopOl of constitutional Democ-
racy.
call was made at the close of Col. Sykes
speech to know if there a single Douglas man :
rom any of the counties present and the response
was: No, no, not one"
We have heard several intelligent and influential
)ppositonists say since Mr. Sykes speech that they
would not vote in the election, but we have hopes
hat they will yet come to Breckenridge and Lane Fl
Yours, &c, AMERICJs nj