Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-10-02
THE CANVASS.

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CentreEflIe.
Yesterday and to-day have been tive. glOriops
days for the Democracy of Hickman. On yesssr-
dav we had an immense gathering Of !. far women
and brave men to witness the raising OF BRICK
ISRFnGE and LANE pole, and while we write beau
tiful flag is streaming in the air fun one huhureu
and forty feet above mother EARTH
The concourse was entertained by able, logical
and statesmanlike address from the Hon. VIM K.
SEBASTIAN of Arkansas, who is on visit to his re
latives and friends in our village. F#t
But yesterday was only aprelude for to-day which
was the appointment of Col WHITTToRNE and Rev. N
G. TAYLOR, candidates for the State at large. The
Democracy, to evnce their admiration for him, de-
termined to give Col WHIrTHoRNE such a reception
as his distinguished talents and public services so
fully merit.
Early in the morning the masses came pouring in
to our village. They were soon marshaled into
line and column of three hundred men marched
out on horseback to receive him. When the caval-
cade met Col. WHITTHoKNE the widest outbursts of
enthusiastic cheering shook the woods around.
They escorted him into town amid the continuous
shouts of the multitude.
But the proudest feature of this occasion was the
speaking. We have heard Cot WHITTHoRNE in every
position he occupied in Legislative assemblies
on the hustugs, and at the bar and had formed the
very highest estimate of his powers as an orator,
bu. his effort to-day surpassed anything we ever
heard from him before
1t was Col. WHITTHoRNE's day to lead in the dis
cussIon after an eloquent prelude he took hold of
the questions at issue with giants grasp. He ar-
raigned the Black Republican party the agltators
of the slavery questiOn-as the violators of law
and of the constituton-he INDICATED the Demo-
cratic party from the charge of agitation and prov
ed that the Democracy were only acting in self-de-
fence-that they were resisting aggression. He
asked he urged he defed Col. TAYLOR to take issue
with him on his platform but the Col. was as still
as the silent shades of night. He asked him to
point to single act of JoHS C. BRECKENRIDGE JOE
LANE that he objected to, but he did not He asked
him to point out disunion sentiment that either
had ever uttered but here Col TAYLOR had the can
dour to give them and the Tennessee Democracy
thorough endorsement that question, much to the
chagrn of his friends here who had every corner
been clamoring disunion against our candidates
But Col WmTTHoRSE was even more powerful
still when he took up JOHN BELL. He proved from
the record that he was one of the real slavery agta
tors by voting to receive abolition nAamatory petit
tons At this point he turned to his competitor and
asked him to state whether JOHN BELL was right in
voting for them or BAuIE PEYToS in voting against
them. Col. TAYLOR, who is sometimes very bold
declared that John BELL and of course SLADE ADAMS
GIDDNGs, ct id OHlne gems, were right, and BAIIIE
PEYToN and the other Southern men were wrong.
Col. WHnTHoRNE arraigned JOHN BELL for his vote
against the CLAYTON Compromise, which was in
tended to quiet the slavery agitation, by referring
it to the Judiciary Col. TAYLOR replied tina: BELL
had compromise of his own, but this dodge did
not avail Col WHITTHORNE defied him to name the
measure that Mr. BELL. had before Congress, and he
didn't name it. He arraigned Mr.. BELL on his vote
with the Abolitionists against the Kansas-Nebraska
bill Col TAYLOR said Mr.. BELL was right-that it
was gotten up to stir up agitation by breaking up
the Missouri Compromise. Col. WHTTTHORNE then
proved that Mr. BELL had voted for the clause in the
Kansas bill that repealed the Missouri Compromise,
and was responsible for the agitation, if tproduced
any. Col WHTTHoRNE arraigned Mr.. BELL with ter
rible effect his vote to exclude Kansas from the
Union with her slave Constitution but his Reverend
competitor boldly declared that BELL did right; he
declared to use his language, that the Lecomp-
ton Constitution was conceived in sin and born in
iniquity;'' that it was attempt to force upon
the people of Kansas a Constitution they did not
want by fraud and collision" At this point we
wondered if Col. TAYLOR had made this declaration
in the presence of Messrs. MAYNARD and ZOLLICOF-
FER and of our genial friends of the Patriot, whose
manly support of the measure we recollect with
pleasure. lie charged Mr.. BELL with being on both
sides of every public question since he had been in
public life and asked Col TAYLOR to deny it, which
the Colonel was particular not to do, but con-
tented himself BY saying that Col WHTTTHoRNE used
garbled extracts. But this subterfuge would
not win. for Colonel WHTTHoRNE defed him
to show the first garbled extract he had used but he
didn't do it. Then says Col WHFTTHoRNE looking
him in the face, If you deny it and don't furnish
the proof will quit the canvass; now, sir, if do
prove it will you quit" But like calling spirits
from the .svasty deep Col TAYLOR didn't come /; he
was as dumb as death. Col WHITTHoRNE next ar
raigned Mr.. BELL for voting against sending
assistance to our war-wOrn soldiers in Mexico and
here he drew the finest picture it has ever been our
fortune TO listen to.
Col TAYLOR in his speech, evnced the powers OF
very considerable man and an adroit tactican. but
he was evidently Overmatched by the Democratic
champion. He charged the Democracy with being |
the cause or source of the Black Republican party,
and therefore worse than it he stated that in his re
ioinder he would show up the corruptons and extra
vagances of present Administration, butafter Col
WHyrIIoRyE in his rejoinder showed so conclusively
that Mr. BELL was most subject to the charge, the
Rev Col concluded he had best forgetto mention it,
which he did accordingly.
Col. WHlrHoRNE's triumph was the most COM
plete we have ever Witnessed here, evinced by
the shouts of applause that greeted him during his
speech. .-..
All is right in old Hickman. Look out for a good
report in November. NoX PoruIL
September goth, 1850.