Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-12-31

u1sineilt. Fac Speaker expatiaied here. on
the fusv of striving to save the Union, when
be was suddenly interrupted by the question,
: Wat i yonr opinion Of Stephen A. Doug
laSs,' He quickly answered. that he is con-
siderable Of a man, sir. LGreat cheers /
wisEf was as great a man as Stephen A
Douglas: would think myself one of the
greatest men in fiIis country / am not here
10 talk party politics. l feel as though /
lad a contempt for party; as Polk said upon
his diving bed, g Ii looks truly nothing, and
worse than nothing''7 What are party poll
tics in view of the great trouble ahead? The
ship is in the breakers, and the call is to
the rescue. | adopt the pluck of one of the
Captains of 1872. The fght had lasted for
hours he had lost both his arms, yet still
stood up and as his vessel was sinking he
attempted to swim, but as the waves closed
over him he shouted, - LoNG LIVE THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ~ fGreat cheer
| ing.1
Our great vessel of State is now in danger
| It has stood the storm of three generations.
There has never been better vessel She
| has never foundered. never sprung leak,
! there is not a rent in her sails, every spar is
sound as lit came from the forest. Look
/ at her noble deck, deluged thousand times
aud still imperyious and sound as the day it
was made by the father OF his country. Here
| turn our backs upon il? Let US try and see
whether we can or not; so that we can say
/ that we did all we could to save this noble
ship, this gallant vessel; and in the words
| of the dying Lawrence. l say "Don't give
4 up the ship" until yon are compelled to do
it. | am as far from being submissionist
as any man. If a man does not spit fire he
| is dubbed by some a submissionist. These
think it is the right way to secede now or
| 10 VolI T
| q companioHable sort of man; / am fond of
society. and think of all the company in the
world. the meanest is myself If we must go
| let us go together. GCheers.l A voice pro-
posed three cheers for South Carolina on
which Mr.. Brown remarked, three cheers for
South Carolina, certainly. l hope she is
cheerful this MOI ming. ELaughter.1 With
these Southera States, Tennessee has great
relations; we cansot part with them with
out violence to her.
The speech of Mr. Brown, which we have
for lack of time greatly condensed in GER
tain unimportant passages or repetitions, en-
ded with the following eloquent peroratioD:
| see some aged and venerable men here
who have fought upon the field of hustings.
L appeal to you, go up now in this hour of
your eountry's need, and make the last of
your campaigns the most glorious of your
lives fCheers.1 l appeal to the man of
y
county. You yonng men of valorous hearts,
[ ask you TO come and act in one strong eff
fort. end if possible to save this Union. APP,
piaase.1 Young men, | call upon you to
initiate the young French guard at Water
loo. who on the evening of that day, who
dying said-"go tell at Paris that we died
for the glory of France" Young guard of
this State, ask you to come up and tell
North add South. and let your voice ring
down to posierity that we here are ready to
die, if need be, for the yind;eation of the
section in which we live and the glory of the
American Union.
Ladies and gentlemen, / have detained you
long enough, and return to You my most
sincere thanks for the patience and kindness
with which you have heard me. L thank the
ladies, know they will be for Union as long
as they can. You, ladies, are all for Union
to man.
The close of Gov Browns speech was
greeted with long continued cheers, succeed
ed 10y the bands playing Yankee Doodle and
Hail Columbia.
The meeting was also addressed by Gen.
BRADFoRD, of Miss, Judge DUNLAP, and
Hon. CH4s. SCOTT.