Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-08-23
Hritten for the Fayetteville Observer.
The Speaking at Mulberry.

your correspondent 10 the brief space
ola short communicat;or,to do justice
to the Breekanrdge meeting at Null
berry on the 18th inst. The crowd
that assembled to hear the speaking,
while it cannot be said to have been
rery large, still was quite respectable
IN size, and it was very evident from
the enthusiasm manifested that the
Breckenridge fires were already Kim
died and burning for the ides Of No.
|vember. G. G. Mckinney, Esq,
first addressed the meeting lie
commenced by stating the fact that
10 a very short time the American
People would be called upon to choose
President, the highest and most re-
sponsible position in the wcrld-tbat
there were four candidates in the
field, and that three Of these had
plat forms Of principles which they
held forth to the world to be read
and known Of all men-viz: Brsek.
iuridge, Douglas and LincolO. Lin.
coins platform being sectional and
aggressive upon the rights and inter.
ssts Of the South, it was unuecessa-
lry to consume time in its discussion.
All present, he had no doubt, felt
lit to be radically wrong, and an at
tempt to perpetrate upon the South
acts that were unconstitutional, un-
Just, and oppressive. Douglas plat
form contained the principles Of
Squatter Sovereignsy-a Thing that
the South had protested against and
ids avowed from the beginning, anc
| would continue to do SO in The futur,
that it was but "a short cat TO al
the ends Of Black Republioanism.
Lincoln is for Congressional prob
lbition. but Douglas Tor Territoria
! prohibition; both working lot The
same end but by different means =
THAT Of Douglas being the ''shortes
lieut."
i What was Breckinridge's platform
he asked, l, recognised slaves a
property, end as such as much en-
Titled to the protection Of the gov
ernment as any other species o
properly; and to deny this protection
to the property Of the South was It
ldeny her her constitutional rights
That these principles we're rot simpl,
opinons Of Dir. Breckenridge or hi
party, but the deliberate decisions o
the Supreme Court, the highest tri
bunal in the land, whose duty it il
TO explain and interpret the Consti
) tuition of the United States. Blu
J what was Mr. Bells platform? Wb'
could tell? The Union, and th'
IConstitu:ion, and the enforcement. o
he Laws! and who was not for this
1t was no platform at all, and as there
; vas nothing in this to define Mr.
Bells principles, We would have 20 e
to bis record. He then handled Mr.
Tells record "without clov(s," show
ing from the double handed game h
had been playing on the slavery
quesion trhat was trumps! HI
} closed by an explanation Of the po
sition he occupied. There we're
many to speculate upon and question
its correctness, no doubt; but b,
stood before them a convert tC
the power aud truth Of great
principles. He did it conscientious
ly, and being 10 professed politician
or Office seeker, be dared to say il
With the freedom of an Independent
man who ''kDowiug the right dared
maintain MIR. Buekner (oppo'
sition) was then called upon, bst
declined TO speak. W. T., whose
democracy is as unquestionable as
the purity Of his honey, congratula.
ted MIR. Mckinney upon his speech
by saying, "Charley, the reason you
make SO much better speech than
you used to is owing to the cause. u
Col James B. Lamb then took the
stand and held the crowd enehained
for an hour by most excellent
speech. He commenced by reading
and commenting upon an article in
the journal" headed "What is the
Natter" He alluded to the extra.
ordinary foresight of the Editor in
|forestalling them in their speeches,
and being able to tell what they would
mo doubt prove. These predictions
we're so much the more ertrQordin-