Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-30

times. concluded it must have been some
thing good. Owing to The distance, the in
cessant buzz of the crowd, the unlavorablc
direction of the wind, and above all, u the
rafting Of two dozen ricketty hacks and
other unhallowed vehicles that are kept here
in Nashville for no other purpose but 10 dash
by public assemblies and keep people from
hearing. I conId n; bear more than one
word in ten of all Mr.. DOUGLAS said. BatI
had a magnificent view of him, from his Hy-
perion curs to his calf-skia boots
As seen from my point Of observation
fqnd 1t was quite. favorable one. for the
8. .>ii eyes around me made the atmosphere
very pure and luminous .the personal indi-
viduality of Mr.. DOUGLAS did not equal Inc
dimensions of the whale, but Surpassed to a
considerable extent those of the sardine. In
appearance he was too diminniive TO be
called giant Of the old school. and not
sufficiently 50 TO be mistaken by the intel
ligent ethnclogist for pigmy. I may
therefore say, as perhaps the best Illustration
of his size, that he strikes what may De
called the happy medium between HUMPHREY
MARSHALL of Kentucky and ToN THUMB OF
Connecticut.
While thus specializing upon the size Of
Mr. DOUGLAS, the crowd suddenly hu=hed as
the poet observes, its busy hum. the wind
took a favorable turn, and began 10 hear
quite, distinctly when suddenly a young
gentleman dressed principally in brass but
tons and red stripes down the leg (wh0m l
took TO be engaged in an effort to be broug ht
up To the military business) remarked to a
companion in arms, suppose this demmed
thing should take notion to break down ?"
| looked at the long parterre of human flow
eYs blooming around me, and in the absence
of all thought of hoops, calculated their
weight at about nineteen tuns. l cast an eye
upon the pillars which sustained this immense
burden. and thought they looked small and
unequal to the occasion. l then turned my
gaze to a splendid twenty dollar bonnet re-
posing upon the classic head Of one of the
loveliest and most unsuspecting Of her sex.
and thought to myself: suppose the thing
should break down, sure enough, and l should
be pitched into that ingenious ana beautiful
specimen of millinery and everlastiugly
smash it. what would be the feelings Of the
lovely young female HON it now adOrns!
l am not ashamed to confess that the thought
of becoming the involuntary instrument Of
TINS wouuding the Sensibilities of the fair
creature was highly repugnant to my feel
ings, and l turned away and walked down
stairs. Meanwhile, Mr.. DOUGLAS said several
things l didn't hear.
Once more in the crowd, l made a number
of attempts to see and hear over the heads
of people who seemed to tower to the skies,
and failing in every instance, and feeling too
smartIy fltigu,d-in fact, quite knocked up
i went over 10 the South side of the
Square and sat down on the curb-stOne to
rest Hearing the crowd 'hOlIering' I'M
commonly loud in about half an hour, aud
thinking it probable that something partcu-
Iarly good was being said, ran down and
forced nv way through the crowd. and climb |
ing up on the hub OF one Of the hind wheels |
Of buggy that stood in my way, l turned |
to The stand, had the melancholy satisfaction
of catching a glimpse of Mr.. DOUGLAS coat |
tails as he jumped of the table at the end of
his speech.
was not particular about hearing Mr.. |
DOUGLAS; but rs l was in town and had |
nothing else to do, l thought would do him
the courtesy to so up and stand around in
the crowd anyhow. Besides, | might have
heard every word he said if had made a hog
of myself and gone roofing my way up to
the stand. aud as hundreds of others did. But
that scOrncd TO do. never scramble with
the crowd for anything; and hence l never
hear speech al mass meeting (unlcss l
make it MYSELF, nor get anything TO eat at Il
pablo barbecue.
Very respectfully.
q w tzuTNCTpN- Pr.ygES