Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-30
Erteks hears HoueIas.

their laudible enterprise: but / must be per
mitted TO sly that as general thing there is
not great deal in the common run of polit-
zeal speeches 10 reimburse one for the trouble
and fatigue of standing for two or three
hours on solid macalimizatiOn TO hear them;
and it is therefore that | often get up, ex
prcssIy for the occasion, some urgent profess
sional engagement TO keep me away from
where such things are going on. There are
people however, who can't sleep unless they
have heard a two hours speech before they
20 to bed, and for the sake OF those, | trust
the distinguished geatlemcn in question.
ssFrom soaring SOUtLcy down 20 gTovaiiag SCOTT
will continue TO speak on until the night be
fore the election. can't hear them myself,
for ! have heard 80 many already that some
tunes fear that i know more about politics
than is altogether healthy. The doctors tell
me that it isn't every ones constitution that
can stand The wear and tear OF a laborious
profession aud bear up under the weight OF
all the political information in the country
at the same time. 1 like TO make speeches
myself and if my friends are TO he relied upon
as Judges Of stump ordtory. 1 have made
some devilish good ones in behalf Of the Lit
tie Giant. But then. there is broad dis
tiuctiou l.~,@Seen talking yourself and hear
ing other people talk. Notwithstanding. l
determined to hear Mr. DoUGLAs.
The popular understanding was that Mr..
DoUCrAs would begin his speech here precise
Iyat Il O'Clock, by every body's watch in town
At quarter to that hour l went up to the
Court-Hou=e '.io get "a good Place to hear"
One of the earliest maxim- iasti!led into my
youthful hut vigorous mind was shat the man
who IS worth hearing at all IS worth hearing
well. Therefore, l desired to secure good
place Dut " hen / got there l found about a
thousand people who had been impelled by
the same desire. and that the supply Of coed
places was already exhausted. with an in
creasfug demand and no hopes Of future
crop. Nothing was left NE under this state Of
the market but to stand around proHiScuOus-
" Oh the outskirts OF the crowd, and trust to
the attentive silence IF those skirts and the
strength of the Little Giants lungs This
thing had been going on Al least an hour
when Mr. DoUGIsS arrived: and If all the la
Dor expended during that and the two sue
ceedius hours IN '.standin. around, = and in
getting out Of tie way Of fellows who want
ed to fracture somebody's ribs with their
elbows, ha,. been concentrated upon the new
hotel, that elegant JuiILiHg would now DC
ready for the paper-hIngcT and the upholster.
\ little before noon. | heard the sweet
notes Of q bass drum around the corner, and
in about five minutes Mr.. DOUGLAS got upon
the stand and bowed to me. not having had
the pleasure Of seeing me for some time. As
/ was in the crowds I was one Of it, COM
ponent elements in point of lact-I thought it
but an act Of common courtesy to share the
bow with the crowd. and cheerful!y did so.
Ladies and gcntIa men, : said Mr. DoUFLAs,
standing on the top OF 4 red table, and hay
ing direct rcf renee TO he splendid display
Of fancy dry-coodz that was distinctly visi-
BILE over at the City Hotel. and to several of
Us who hapFeu,d to be in the crowd. You'll
find a number OF gentlemen in almost every
crowd and Mr.. DoUGLAs had he discrimina-
ton to see at a glance that the crowd before
him was not an exception TO the rule.
Ladies' and gentlemen" said Mr. DoUG-
las. looking afF=c;ionaiely over towards the
City Hotel. and then casting his eyes over
'.tbe sea of up-turned faces whose waves
had broken the moment before in murmurs
of applause at his feet.
heard him when he said it. was look
ing at him through ravine which chance
al,
and heads that extended far before me- The
next moment the ravine ane closed up by the
falling in OF a hat. and | could no longer
see him. While was hunting for quantity
of men sufficiently small to afford me a view
of the speaker over the tops of their heads,
he said several things didn't hear. But as
nobody shouted hurrah l presume what he
said didu't amount TO much After awhile |
caught another erimpse of him, and heard
him say somebody had his gratitude but
whether it was the men who had nominated
hin Of the gentleman who had brought him
a pitcher of water that had come in possess
ion Of so Invaluable a treasure. l had no |
available means To determine, for had lost |
the context of bis remarks. and Just then a |
fellow At least seven and half feet high and |
quite Opaque in structure and material. got /
before me, and was too short TO see and too |
mad to hear.
Thinking there might Be an uuobstruc.ed |
view obtained from the Limestone terrace /
which runs around the Court House, forged |
nv way through the dense mass Of humanity /
in which was imbeslied. and in the course |
of fifteen o. twenty minutes. stood upon the |
terrace But i found that to see the speaker |
would have to take the observation through |
g mass Of men nj least ten feet thick, which |
required stronger pair Of eyes than hap |
pened to have about me. In The mean time, |
Mr.. DCUGL 4s had said several things l did Mt /
hear And az. under the circumstances. he |
was likely TO say good many more thugs |
- The same scrt. and As it was very percept- |
Ible from where 1 stood that the ladies and /
gentlemen on the balconies OF the hotel could |
both see and hear 10 the very best advantage. l |
determined 10 accept the courtesy OfMr- SCOrr
and avail myself Of the fee optical and au-
-icuIar advantages Of his secOnd-stOry balco-
~. l accordingly went over to the hotel
md aadvasced up'stairsp and out On the bal
Ony While this was going on. Mr. DOUG-
As said several things which / did MT hear,