Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-28


unwilling to divide and distract the party in Tenpes-
see that JON BELL can ride into the United States
Senate over the PROSTATE body of ANDREW JouxsoN
the man we all love-
Mr.. HOUSE, the wcn'ttake imposition eector, open
ed the discussion here yesterday he said the Dem
ocratic party was dead and that he came TO preach
its funeral Still this dead party haunted him
through all his speech. He charged extravaganza
IA atsuadanee, and corruption on BUcHASASs admin
istration in particular. SAID old Buck had prom
ised to administer the government economically, and
had spent more money than any body; that his adj
Ininistrauon had been more corrupt than any that
ever had been, (he forgot that Buck was the only
President that had had to deal with Know Nothing
ism corrupt for SIcKEs to want the rights
of his district respected in the Navy Yard at
Brooklyn that it was corrupt for Messrs. MERRIcK
Sons to geta contract under the government, be-
cause ton FLORENCE" was elected to Congress af-
ter that; thatit corrupt in cold Buck" to sign
his name ~. B" on the back of letter in regard
to this contract He argued before this people as
though be could make them believe that BUCHANAN
was perfect monster, an absolute monarch-that he
had but to nod his head and the world would move
at his bidding. He said Dickson county was about
all tie county that had endorsed HOld Bucks" ad-
ministraton, and that he could only account for
that by supposing that the mails had mlscarried
and we had not heard any thing lately. We are
very green, Mr.. House, but not enough so to be gull
ed by your speech. He denounced YAxCEY to the
Southern men, but Black Republicans escaped, and
when asked by Mr.. HAYWOOD how they expected
TO elect JOHN BELL in the House of Representatives
failed to answer the question.
Our gallant elector. Mr.. HAYWOOD, followed him,
in most excellent speech, full of argument, umour
and sarcasm, completely and triumphantly vind-
eating the administration against HoUsE's charges;
told him that the Opposition cried EXPENDITURES in
1910, and when they got into power the first thing
they did was to spend twelve or fifteen thousand
dollars to repair the "White House" for HARRISON
to go into that they cried extravaganza in lS4S
against Polk and that TAYLOR and FILLMORE expend-
ed more per annum in a time of profound peace
than PoIKdid in the time of the Mexican war; that
BUCHANAN kept his promise of economy, by recon-
mending to Congress reduction in the expenditures
but the thirty-fourth Congress, which was "Oppo-
Etion," cleaned out theSTreasury that ALLEN, the
Democratic clerk of the House of Representatives,
reduced the expenditures of his department thous-
ands of dollars below CULLoN's figures; that BELL.
voted for all the extravagant appropriations nclud
ing the compensation bill = that we would make
BELL "bite the dust" on that Bill. He took high
constitutional ground on the slavery question suf-
fee tito say his speeches are all that any Democrat
can wish. Mr.. House left out his compromise argt.-
naert here. Mr.. MCCAIN followed HAYWOOD in DoUG-
LAS talk to the perfect joy of the X. N's-they
cheered lin as much az they did HOUSE. Out of
courthouse crowded full of men, and diligent in
curry made but three DOUGLAS men could be found;
though one would have thought the house was full of
them, from the amount of stamping and following
when MCCAIN spoke. He refuses to say who his
second choice for President is consequently Demo-
Gratis suspect trick. Mark the prediction, Dickson
will administer severe rebute to this double riding
process in November.
A very unpleasant affair took place at the close
of Mr.. MCCANN's rejoinder. He stated, that in the
days of the Revolution there was a BENEDICT AR
MOLD that came near betraying WASHINGTON and in
these days we had BENEDICT ARNOLD and traitor in
the person of JoHN C. BREcKNRIDGE. Mr.. HAYWOOD
rose to his feet advanced towards him, and asked
him who he included in that language. Mr.. MCCAIN
replied JOHN C. BRECKNRIDGE. Mr. HAYWOOD re
marked that he never used that language about Mr.
OOLGl~Asi VI any Quiet MI. NJ. replleQ
that if he had no one would have believed it. Mr..
H. said, you are id liar sir Mr.. NJ retOrted,
you are G-dd-d liar. Mr.. HAYWOOD run at him,
Mr.. MCCAIN, being up in the stand and standing in
the direction fronting Mr.. H. They were both
caught by the by-standers and kept apart, Mr.. HIS
friends gathering around him, and Mr.. Ms around
him. Mr.. MCCAIN left the court house IN few
minutes. They met again at the hotels where they
had both put up, when Mr.. House told Mr. MCCAIN
that he had done wrong and that he wanted the mat
ter amicably settled there. MCCAIN told HAYWOOD
he had done wrong; that he meant no harm by what
he said, and would not repeat it again This was. of
course, satisfactory to Mr.. HAYwoOD Mr.. House.
acted the part of heightened gentleman.
Democrats, there is Kpolc Nothing tract dSSeni,g.
aOr accompanying the electors that will bear watch
ing these political times He is also trying to get
Democrats to subscribe for the Douglas paper.
Keep your eyes on him. The day went off glorious
ly for the Democracy. JUSTICE.