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

| DEAoCRACY.-As every body knows, the party
which arrogates to itself the name of the Ma
| tional Democracy has gone to the dogs, or as
FrTzNooDLE more elegantly expresses it, to
the /" demnitiOn bow-wows." In other words,
| it is broken into fragments not one of which,
| in the language of the Milesian, amounts to
| more than 80 an ould rimnalt of former da-
cency." One week and day ago, the frag-
ment which is clinging for life and salvation
at the coat-tails of JOHN C. BREcKINRIDaE,
met in the third story of the Court-House-
| or part of it did-to ratify the nominations
made by the Seceders' Convention at Balti-
more. The meeting was of course dead
failure 1t was mere aash-iu-the-pan. No
distinguished speakers" came from abroad
the enthusiasm which pervaded the con-
Germ was scarcely strong enough TO initiate the
lungs of an infant, or watt feather over
ten rail fence. Time was when Democratic
ratification meeting in that graceful monu-
ment Of architectural genius would have
created a tempest of " enthusiasm as wild
and terrific as the uproar amid The clouds
And rolls the thu der-drum Of heaven "
But to Democracy, which has seen its glories.
star by star, expire, that time has passed away
forever, and its public meetings now. instead
OF being as Joyous and juhiaut as an Italian
city when the pOpulace hold high carnival in
all her streets, more nearly resemble the gath
ering OF few poor relations who have met
to open the last will and testament of bank
rup. victim of the cholera. Such was the
ratification meeting of the BREcKINRrDGE De-
mocracy of Nashville on the 30ih of June
Aud it was expected that the meeting of
the DOUGLAS Democracy last Saturday would
be constructed after the same model ; for a
search-warrunt, even if judicieusly and ener-
geiically executed, would hardly turn up
enough adherents of the LITTLE GIANT in
Nashville to elect man to the Presidency
without the removal of the constitutional re-
strictions which at present surround the bal
lot-box aud circumscribe the right of suffrage.
In plain terms, it was expected that the meet
ing on Saturday, like that which had just
one week the start of it, would tend but to
the amusement of those without and the NOR
LITIGATION of those within. But only to an in
considerable extent was that expectation re-
allied. When The meeting was organized by
calling Col. V. K. STEVENSON to the chair,
and appointing DR.. w. r. HUXLEY secretary.
the large hall was pretty we'll lilled, and from
the continued applause which greeted Gov.
FoOTE when he entered the room, and again
l. al -.
that there were many of the Democracy pres
emit who mean to vote for MIR. DOUGLAS lin
stead of voting for Mr. BELL as they ought
to do) or smash baliot-box in the attempt.
OF Gov. FooTE's speech we need not
speak here. 1t is now in print. and all who
desire 10 know what it was like can read it
and see. We will say, however, for the ben
eft of those into whose hands it way not
chance 10 fail, that it was not such a speech
as the BRtCXINRIDGE Democracy will read
with rapture, drinking in its glttering sem
fences with delight and blessing the Oracular
lips which gave them utterance. The speak
er INDUCED in no bitter denunciations against
the leaders of the anti-DOuglas faction ; out
we do not remember that he expressed the
conviction that their course is calculated
either to benefit the country or perpetuate
the Union. On the contrary, some of his re-
marks might be construed into an intima-
ton that such a course is calculated to do
neither the one nor the other. f.
The Governor did not finch his speech at
the Courthouse, bat promised 10 give the
conclusion of it at the Market-Houst in the
evening; which he accordingly did, in the
presence of quite a large crowd. He was
very hoarse, however. and did not speak at
any great length. We intended to give
here the substance of his remarks, (uhe chief
subject of which was JEFF. DAVIS, of Missis-
sippi, and their chief object, to show that he.
one of the leaders of the BRECKINRIDGE De-
mocracy, is, and long has been, q secession
ist.J but this article is already long enough.