Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-07-30
The Douglas Meeting Friday Night.

A considerable number of our citizens as
sembled at the market house Friday night,
moed thereto by notice in the morning pa
pers that the supporters OF the DOUGLAS anu
JOHNSON ticket would have meeting there
At an early hour, DR.. HURLEY, President OF
the DOrC;I.ss ASSOCIATION introduced to the
audience Hon. d. G. HUMPHREYS, OF Alabama.
After brief reference to his descent from
Tennessee stock, and his claims to be heard,
in support of DOUGLAS and JOHNSON, he sta
ted that he intended in his speech TO prove
three points
First. that all the candidates for the Presi-
deDcy. with the exception of LINCOLN, were
committed TO the same doctrine in regard to
slavery IN the Territories
Second, that Mr.. DOUGLAS was the regularly
nominated candidate Of the Democratic
party.
Third. that Mr.. BRECKINRIDGE was The can
didate of the disunionists.
In support of these proportions be made
an elaborate argument which it would put
any BREKISRIDGE orator to his metal to an
swer successfully. He clearly proved the first
nronosition. so far as it relates to Messrs.
DOUGLAS and BRECKENRIDGE, incidentally pis-
cling Gen. LANE in the same category. But,
he failed to show that Mr.. BELL conceded
with them. The record of Mr. BELL mas
not been sufficiently investigated by the
democratic speakers. Those who are dis
posed to do him justice,-and VIC regard MT.
H1-uPHREYs as one of thm-haye relied too
much upon what has been charged by bis
enemies who have sought to pervert and
misrepresent his views upon all questions
We commend his record to the investigation
of all who seek the truth. They will find be
entered public lie with fixed principles, and
that all his acts were regulated by them,
with an eye to the promotion of the interests
of the people. without regard to sections, to
The nroteetion of the constitutional rights Of
all to the cultivation of fraternal relations,
and to the preservation of the Union. And,
,vitbal tbey will discover that he has been a
firm and infiexible friend of the South.
The remaining propositions were also
proyed. la the calculation of the second it
was necessary to speak somewhat in detail OF
the proceedings of the Charleston and Bal
timore Conventions, and to comment upon
the action of the seeding delegates. HIS
comments upon the latter were made In no
unkind spirit, but they were severe In their
truthfulness and business. In this connection
he commented also upon the reason given by
seeding delegates for retiring-to-wit; be-
cause the rights of the South were denied re-
copnition-and contrasted the former views
of CALEB CUSHING. who retired with them Mt
Baltimore. uttered in his memorable speech
in Congress 81 ainst the admission of Arkan-
sas with clause in her constitution authori-
zing slavery, with the course OF the North
Western democrats who remained. and who
had ever, as he averred, stood by the South,
and interposed themselves as shield between
her and the abolitionists and black republi-
cans. He also contrasted with Mr.. CusaING's
views passages from speeches of Mr.. DoCG-
LAS, aud assumed that whilst Mr.. d. had ever
been a stern and unrelenting foe of black re-
publicanism, and an able and honest defender
of the rights of the South, Mr.. C. had laid in
Massachusetts the foundation upon which
had been erected the superstructare of abo-
litionism which now oyershsdowed ell parties
in that State. Mr. HUMPHREYS alluded also
to the reason assigned by Mr.. BuTLEE, of
Mass, for Withdrawing at BsltimoIe-to-wit:
delegate from Georgia had been permitted
to make speech in favor of re-opening the
African slave trade.
In making good his third proposition he
had necessarily TO dwell at some length up
on Mr.. YASCEY, Of his State, aud the s>nti-
ments and operations of that gentleman, as
he was now the leader of the BREcKISRrDaE
party. In Alabama Mr.. YAxcEY had, be said.
aw whom We noticed as having fallen from