Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-17
Iiy;de unop the rigbt hand and the left. and

divide upon the right hand and the left, and
we will pass through the Red Sea unhurt and
unharmed. tRenewed applause.1
As was coming OF here, the other day, /
saw some of the delegates returning from
Charleston, and declare to you that l never
saw more broken down aud Responding set.
lLaughter.l They were tired, SLEEPY, and
disheartened; and / may say without any
figure of speech, they were ''unwashed."-
ERenewed laughter and applause-l said
to them, gentlemen, what upon earth is the
maj ter with you now? What has happened
to your "0hr' says one man, "our nation
al Democracy is broken up. and the lamen-
tations Of the whole world. reckon, will at
tend it." "Oh! yes" said /, 81 she'd oceans
oftears over the result" lLaughter.1 They
looked to me like the broken columns of Ma
poleon's army when they returned discomft-
Ell from Moscow.
Here and there / caught one and asked him
what occurred down there. "Why," said
one AZ have not slept wink for four nights"
| (Laughter.) | said to one, who | thought
| treated. me little scurvily about it, why,
| perhaps little good brandy would cheer you
up a liItleD No" said he, seven burnt
| brandy wouldn't save now.p (Renewed
laughter.) Gentlemen, upon my honor ex-
prct every one of them to die soon, and in
every paper | read | look to see the death
| of some of the Charleston members. The
| truth is they had just as much as they could
bear. We have all rcad of the camel who
was so heavily laden that one single feather
more would break its back. and so it is with
| the Democratic party, it is broken down, SO
| that it can never rally again; it never will
be parry again, and l Will tell you why; if
| you whip it once it will dissolve like snow
| in the ditch, for il is held together only by
the cohesive power of pluncer. (Applause.)
Now. what will you do with the Republi-
| can party? l have no hard feelings towards
them; know many of them; many of them
are very much the reverse. Laughter.) But
never could he Republican. Why? Be-
cause it is against my blood. because it is
against my instincts, because the party is sec
| tional and not national. / declare 10 you
| that would vote for no man upon earth,
not even the immortal Clay, or Daniel Web
| ster, though they were my idols, If they were
here and headed sectional ticket, / would
| die before L would vote Tor either OF them on
such ticket.
| Then what is our destiny? Let me talk
| about that for moment. What Is 1t! DO
you believe a majority of the people of the
/ United States are in favor these sectional
| extremes? (No. no. DO you believe they
want to break down this Union, that a ma
| i,rity even of the people of the North are in
| favor of this cry about slavery? beg par
| don for using that word here. did not III
tend 10 use il in Baltimore, and L will not
| use il again. But do you believe they are IN
| favor there OF di>solying this Union, and
| breaking down the right that Massachusetts
| has 10 an inheritance in the battle OF Gulliord
| and the surrender at Yorktown? And dc
they want 10 deprive us OF kindred claim
| in Bunker Hill?
No! mol we are one people, and "whom
| God hath Joined together, let no man put
asundcr." [Applause.l tell you thai In
| nv humble opinion there is vast maJo:I y
| of the people OF the United States who now
| affiliate with us and in our opinions. II
! every man in America would comc out bold
| ly and vote bis sentiments, if he would vote
according 10 the feelings OF his heart, II he
would record his name al the ballot-box IN
| favor OF his real genuine sentiments, John
| Bell would be elected by an Overwhelming
majority. [Applause.1 The honest truth Is
that IA vast number of orr people are neither
! Democrats nor Republicans. vast number
ut the North are not cpublicans-my NORTH
ern friend. the President of this Convention
know that fact well, [applause] aud let me
| tell him that his course has excited the adm
ration OF the South. Renewed applansc.]
A majority of the people Of the United
| States, S y. are in favor of the Union; anc
if they will but vote their sentiments upor
this occasion. John Bell will be elected. And
| why should not free men vote their sentI
| ments? Why should not that be done?
| do not care whether there is such eXcitemen
| in this contest or not, the feelings to which
| we are appealing are the better feelings o
the heart, the sound and national and con
sentative sentiment of America, which thougl
it may be