Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-09-08
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KINGSTON, Sept Sd, 1860.
MEssRs. EDrroRs To-day was proud day for the
Democracy of old Roane. WHrrrHoRNE met here the
Nestor Of East Tennessee Know othingism, N. G..
TAYLOR. We had expected from what we had heard
about TATLoRs boarding ANDY JOHNSON" and from
his reputation as an orator, that WHIT would be
exterminated upon the first onslaught but Col TAr-
IoR will swear that WHIT " still lives" JONI BELL
it was that died ttE
WuTTTHeRSE delivered one of the most argumenta-
tive speeches ever made IN our place, fully satisfy
ing the Democracy and striking terror into the
ranks of the opposition. His seorchlng review Of
the I. past history of JOHN BELL as connected with
the public service" was mastery. Boldly did he
proceed to unmask the man and lay bare his long
life of hostility towards the South. He showed con-
clusively that he had been found on both sides Of
every public measure with which he had been con-
nected for the last twenty-five years that he had
voted side by side with the Abolitionsts for the
ception of Abolition petitions against reinforce
ments for our gallant army in Mexico, implOring
them to stop the war and retreat to the Rio Grande
against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, an
unjust restriction upon the rights H the South !;
voting again against the admission of Kansas, with
her pro.slaUgy Constitution receiving therefor the
applause of HORACE GREELEY in inviting him to par
take of public dinner. He then referred his com
petitor to the Abolition resolves which EDw ARD
EVERETT, as Governor of Massachusetts,, had favor
ed and cooperated in their passage which resolves
were entirely against slavery in all its formf, there
by showing to the people what sort of " com
pound they were now called upon to swallow IN
the shape of JoHS BELL and EDWARD EVERETT.
When he had concluded, TAYLOR took the stand.
HIS looks convinced the crowd that he had despe-
rate task before him and that JOHN BELL was load
that he wanted to get off his shoulders. He finally
pitched into wholesale denial of everything. He
eulogized JOHN BELL; said he owned plenty of me-
groes that BRECKENRIDGE did not have any, that he
titled his farm with lohite SerUantS; and then let
drive the dogs oc war against YANCET! Shrieked
most mournfully for the Union and went into gene
raj rant about dissolution" He was eloquent,
grandly eloquent, terrifcally sublime. He roamed
with RoMULUs. scared with SOCRATES. ripped with
EURPEDEs, and canted with CANTHARIDEs. We have
no doubt many nervous old man spent his night
in awful suspense, while others could behold the
giant like form of WILLIAM L. YANcEY standing upon
the ratings of their beds with drawn scimeter in
hand ready to make an awful leap upon their limo
cent and unprotected persons He at length closed
his spread eagle display without ever naming LIN
coin, whose party's hands are yet red with the
blood of native VirginiGns,. and whose incendary
torch is now laying waste the villages of Texas.
We think we may safely say the crowd was dis
appointed in his effort. The Democracy were per-
fectly jubilant and cheered and applauded WHIT
THORNE in his rejoinder. 1t completely endorsed
TAYLOR, much So that he consumed nearly all his
tine in relating anecdotes that smacked somewhat
of irreverence. ROANE.
p. S.-We forgot to state that Mr.. HOPKINS read
a half bushel of extracts for DoUGLAs but he is
not irhe race in these parts, we can only suggest
to him the proprety of giving SHAKEsPERAN read
ings Itwould pay better than trying to divide the
Democratic vote, so to enable JOHN BELL to carry
the STATE X.