Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-07-09


ed that Mr.. Jones made a speech at aEDoug
las ratifcAti meeting in Philadelphia. Oh
Saturday night last. We have the Philadel
phia Press. Douglass paper, in which
given in full the proceedings 1T that meeting
with all the speeches made, and Mr. Jone
was not there. Mr.. has been absent iron
Tennessee for more than month, on North
ern tour. He is probably at this time II
Canada Our information Is. that though hi
believes there were irregularities in both the
Conventions, he will not vote for Mr.. Doug
las. and Inns help Mr.. Bell to carry the State
Union and AH1sTicaH, Of Saturday,
Whether Mr.. JONEs was at the Philadelphia
meeting Or NOS, h /. was at the DOUGLAS railh
cation meeting in New York on the End inst.
and declared himself for DoUGLAs- The n
Y. Nesrs, OF the 3rd, gives the following re,
port Of his remarks on that occasion, from
which IL viii be seen that our neighbor has
been uisiRfOriHed rs to his position:
G W. JOKES, of Tennessee, was introduced
to the MEETING and spoke as follows: l am a
Democrats Tennessee DemOcrat-hOrn in
Virginia and reared IN Tennessee. l have
ever cherished and advocated the principles
of the grest leaders and champions of equal
rights F-cmas Jefferson and Andrew Jack
son ICleers.1 | address you as my country
men because we are yet all under the same
Constitution, within the same Union, and
projected by the same Stars and Stripes, Zap
plaUse1 aud trust in God that that Consti-
tuition and this Union will continue to dis
pense its blessings alike upon every part of
the country as long as there is a white man
to e1j0y tue same. Renewed cheers.1 Gen
tien-U, l took a through ticket upon the
early train Of the Democratic party. Its
people are nay people, Its destiny and fate
stall be mine. Loud cheering.l l require
no other faith t1an that of the Democratic
party Then, gentlemen, perhaps | have said
enough TO satisfy each and every one of you
that | am Democrat loud cries OF
Bravo aud cheers-] ! am here tonight as
such TO unite with you Ill ratifying he nOmi-
nation of the standard bearers of the Demo-
crs'ic PaIty-the regular nominees, Stephen
A Douglas and HeTechell V. johnson. IAp-
pIause.l And why am l here to night to
ratify these nominations and to commend
them to the Democracy of the whole Union
1t is. NY cOuntrymen, because they stand
upon great Democratic principles; they stand
upon the Democratic platform adopted at
Cincinnati at the request OF the Southern
portion Of the country. If it was sound then,
1t is sound now-at least il is sound enough
for me as a Southern man, and as Demo-
Graf, whose Democracy is as broad as the
party of Jefferson aud Jackson. How does
Stephen 4. Douglas stand upon the question?
lie stands where the entire Democratic party
of the country stood IN 1852 he stands
where Jas. Buchanan and Breckenridge stood
and upon which platform they received the
united vote of the Democracy of the whole
country. IApplause-l What are the princi-
pies of the Goyernmcnt-the chief corner
stone of nv political faith In the Language
of the Declaration of Independence, shat
all Governments tho discriminatory that
al Governments derive their just power from
the consent of the governed" That all Gov
erDmeaIs are or should be administered Tor
the good of the great mass OF the people,
who are the Government Ii We will keep
that directly in view. We will never get Tar oil
the track. Wheie, ask, docs Stephen a
Douglas stance Where does the Democratic
party stand? Does it stand upon sectiOhe
Does il stand upon one side alone-to rally
on one side Southern, and on the other "a
Northern sectionl Ny countrymeu, our Con-
stituIion WAS made for the whole country; it
was made for all the STATES. aud for every
part of this wide end d country; aud If
rightly and properly administered, there is
no ne cessity fsr any Jars. Let each separate
organized community form and regulate their
own domestic institutions in their own way,
subject To the great charter of our liberties,
the Consultation of the United States Loud
cries of -Bravo.'1 1 believe in mans ca
pacity and right 10 govern himsrlf-IGood1
and 4 desire that every legally organized
community aud every legally organized Cav
eminent. without regard to any locality,
snail TORN and regulate its domestic institu-
tions IN lis own way, subject only TO the
Constitution And be Who would deprive the
citizen of tina. constitutional right because of
his locality, IN my opinion, is not a Democrat
-lCheers and cries Of Good J. and he who
would give 10 him more is no Democrat
Gentlemen, did not think / would address
you at aii-l"Go on, We are not tired VI you
yet IL simply stand up for the purpose OF
expressing M appreciation of the nomination
made o. tie regular Democratic Convention
at Baltimore. 1 shah give them my support.
however feeble and inefficient it may De. L.
viii Low conclude by proposing three cheers
for the DEMOCRATIC party and the triumphant
success IL NeFelnuer next Of its chose. sian
dnrd-bcarers, Douglas and johnson. The
vast audience gave three tremendous cheers
ana tiger for the Little Giant