Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-07-28

mr.. Toombs. of Georgia. SPEAKS q.
,nffs The Soundness of Douglas ana
bell. N -
The Augusta Chronicle says tho Hon. RoBT.
TooMBs addressed large audience at War
renton last Wednesday, on the pending issues
of the day. The audience was composed
mainly of BELL and DOUGLAS men. The
speech was long one, and fell, says the
Chronicle, "like an iceberg in the midst of his
hearers" Never" continues the Chronicle,
"did we see him, nor ever expect to see HIM
so coldiy received. L. A. NELMs, Esq,
through his friends, proposed to meet Mr..
TONES in discussion on any terms the latter
| might propose, but the proposal was rejected
on the ground, as we learn, that this is fight
which, as between democrats, ought to be
avoided if possible, and as there was talk of
| fusion, he thought discussion should not be
entered into, at least until the different cleo
toral tickets were in the field. The Senator
said he spoke with extreme reluctance, and
only as public servant 10 obedience TO the
cali of the people," - -
The Chronicle adds:
He showed his hearers that he had always
been in favor of protection, that the doctrine
was endorsed by nineteen democratic States,
by the Executive. the Court, nearly all of the
democratic members of Congress, by seven
Fights of the Georgia democrats in ConEen-
ton last June, and by his we'll beloved friends
the Americans of this State. The Senator
was not so denunciatory as common, and was
graciously pleased to say that neither Doug
las or Bell were abolitionists-in fact, he
THOUGHT THEM AS SOUND AS HIMSELF. He made
few lapses as he went along, of course, and
would trip occasionally, but ON the whole
made very excellent speech, declaring THAT
NEITHER BRECKENRIDGE NOR DOUGLAS WAS THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, and tina. he would
have supported Douglas had he been rendered
by the party and no new issues made, as he
said last September in Concert Hall.
Mr. ToOmbs concluded in glowing eulOgy
on Breckenridge and Lane as heroes and
statesmen, and was not chaIy of his disunion
sentiments. The speech ELECTED scarcely any
applause, and fell llteless among the people.
At the conclusion two men said 'hurrah for
Douglas" one said ..hurrah for Bell" and
not a man opened his mouth for Breckin-
ridge.
There are two admissions made 10y Mr..
TOOMBs to which We call the attention of
BRECKINRIDGE-YANCEY democrats. First, the
admission that he thought both DOUGLAS and
BELL .:as sound as hinlself.' There is not, pro-
badly, ADLER or more ardent supporter OF
Southern Rights in the democratic party than
Mr.. TooMBS. This no one will question, what
ever may be thought of his prudence and sa-
gacity Yet he declares Mr. BELL. as "sound
as himself" 1t is evident that Dir. TooABs
has no sympathy with the false-hearted party
hacks who are endeavoring to make Southern
men believe that the gallant defender of our
institutions in the crisis of 1850, is untrue to
the South, and unsound upon issues vitality
affecting her interests.-Second: The admis-
sion that Mr.. BRECKENRIDGE is not the demo-
cratic candidate, In this, Mr.. TONES adopts
the policy of the President, who, in his mid
night harangue, made the same admission,
coupled with the remark that all democrats
were at liberty to support either BRECkIN-
RIDGE or DOUGLAS. What have our BRECKIN-
democratic friends to say in re-
gard 10 this? They are in the habit of asserting
that their ticket is the genuine, regularly |
nominated ticket, and that all true Demo |
Gratis will support it. They are practising |
cheat upon "the brethren" or Messrs. b. |
cHANAN and TooMBs have misrepresented the |
facts. In this connection, we may state that
Hon. ANDREW JOHNSON made a speech at
the BRECKNRIDGE-YANCY Ratification meet
ing in Greenville. Saturday last, in which he
admitted that there was no national demo-
cratic ticket in the field-that both the Balti-
more tickets were sectional, and that dem
ocrats might vote for either without disloy
atty choosing himself to sustain BRECKIN
RIDGE and LANE.
These admissions of the President and |
great: leaders of the party, sweep away a vsat |
amount of chaff that had been collected by |
the lesser lights. Something must be done.
A change of tactics must be made. The man.
ayers must put their heads together and cut
out new plan of the campaign. If DOUGLAS
and BEL. both be as sound on questions af-
fecting Southern rights as the Hon ROBERT
ToOMBs, and there be no regular Democratic
ticket in the field, some new issue must be
to avail the observation-disclosures |
TIES. If something is not done, and that spec
Oily. the fight will be entirely between BELL
and DOUGLAS