Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-03
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
speaking at Cood,ettsviI,e.

| SPeAAkuS az EOOOtettbvIEles
Atssrs. Editors:-I was at Goodlettsville Il
few days ago, and heard some very interest
ing speeches. T .Esrt
Russell Houston, Esq led off before a
| good audience, in a very able speech of about
q hours. Mr.. II. handled the questions OF
the canvass in manner that pleased the
whole audience. He was several times inter-
rupted by Breckinridger, (who. by The by,
Is preacher,) but Mr.. Fl. condescended to
answer his questions satisfactorily, and in a
way, though polite, which was not wanting
In being full and ample.
Gov. Brown followed In an eloquent speech
OF u hours, when it was proposed to ad-
Journ till after supper. The crowd was ma.
terially Increased after tea. The Governor
continued in speech of an hour and quar-
| ter, being repeatedly cheered by the assem-.
, blage He made the most eloquent speech 1
have ever heard fall from his lips. At the
conclusion OF Gov. B.is speech, W. S. Flip
pin, Esq., was called upon to speak, but ex-
cused himself on the ground of the lateness
of the hour, and promising to address them
vass closed.
There were some two hundred present, and
1t was, upon the whole, very pleasant occa-
sion. DAVIDSON.
A. l.. Demoss in Dixon-The Pros.
Peet-Beil and Everett Club.
CHAKLoTTE, Oct. LIST, 1860.
DEAR PRTRIor:-To-day we had glorious
Union meeting in our town. The day had
been appointed for meeting of the Bell and
Everett Club of Dixon county, and large
crowd was in attendance. A. L. DEMoss and
E. H. EAST were expected to address them.
The latter gentleman did not arrive; Mr.. De-
moss, therefore, occupied the stand alone.
he spoke over two hours, and presented such
an array of indisputable facts and unanswer-
able arguments as we have seldom heard in
this far off town. 1t was indeed an able and
telling speech. He reviewed the whole
course OF the Democratic party for the last
twenty years, and exposed their yagaries and
inconsistencies in mastery STYLE At time.
he became eloquent, and bis earnest appeals
met with a hearty response from the audi
ence. 1t was the very kind of a speech that
We needed, and I can testify of my own
knowledge that il produced good results in
accessions TO our cause. l would suggest
that Mr.. Demoss ought TO be kept busy the
rest of this CANVASS. He does his work thor.
oughly and effectively. I fE |
After his speech the Club adjourned in or
der 10 give the Democrats u chance to hear a |
speech from DR.. Moody, but the Doctor had
no stomach for the task. The fact is. Demoss
had SO completely riddled the old disunion |
hulk that the Doctor felt incompetent to keen
it any longer atloat, and after roaring and |
awhile on the stand, he took hi. |
seat, promising TO make his speech some
other tsme.
Our cause Is prospecting in old Dixon. The
Bell and Everett Club has been organized
only week, but it already contains a re-
spectacle number of members. Though our
party is in minority in the county, it il
of men as good and true as ever
rallied to their country's call, and feel safe
10 promising you handsome gain In No
Fember for our ticket II we could have =
good supply of such speakers as Demos.
hink 1t is not too much TO say we could car
y the county for Bell and Everett.
Yours truly, CAspIpus.