Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-18
COMMUNICATIONS.
The Canvass in East Tennessee.--Speah-
ing at Washington.


WASHINGTON, Tenn, August 8, 1861
J. c. BuRcn. Eso.-Dear Sir: seize moment
to inform you of the good things we have had here
to-day. The day though cloudy in the morning,
has been dry and pleasant and goodly number of
the sovereigns of our good old county turned out.
All anxious to hear the political issues that
now agitate the country diseased and compared.
The hour having arrived, we assembled in grove.
Col. R. 5. BRABsON, Opposition member to Congress
from this district ledin one of his best efforts in be-
half of the forlorn hope of JoHN BELL. & Co. The
principal stock in trade of his speech was the
ruption of the present Administration, WILLIAM L.
YAKcEY, of Alabamba, and Disunion. &C.. &c. FL
nally winding up in perfect blaze of eloquence,
peculiar to none but himself to the good old chorus
of glorious Union! This was too much! 1t COM
pletely demolished pitcher which one of our good
matrons loaned for the benefit of the speakers, to
the great terror and fright of one of cleyerest
old darkest
Thus closed the " Colonel" to the great joy of
many tired ear. At this point your writer's risi-
bility was somewhat excited by solemn interroga-
tory, propounded him by one of our most estinabe
sovereigns He wanted to know in all good faith,
whether that man WILLIAM l.. YANCEY was candI
date for President tt seems that the Colonel
had left that impression on the old gents mind.
Well the hext that mounted the rostrum after the
Colonel was our own gallant standard bearer,
Mr. WHITTHoRNE. He opened his speech with a few
eloquent and appropriate remarks. He next pro-
ceeded to threw the little BELL brush which the
Colonel had filed aside This he accomplished
most admirably. He completely and triumphantly
demolished and scattered to the winds the brush of
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he would vote provided the election should be
thrown before Congress! Would he support LIN
coin or BREcxNRIDGE? The Colonel" answered
most emphatically that he would support BRECKIN-
RIDGE. Thereby proving to the people most con-
clusively that all he had said before about the Dis
union procYites of BRECKISRIDGE and the Democ
racy was but mere Buncumbe. Gen. WHTTHoRNE
next slightly raised the curtain and gave glance
into that rottenness of all political sepulchers
JONI BsLL's record. This was a mos: faying
process to our Opposition friends, they WINGED
cringed and chewed tobacco. He then devot-
ed his time to the divisions in the Democrat
| ic ranks, completely indicating the course of
4 the delegates who had nominated BREcEINRTDGE and
LANE; the Constitution and the Equality of the
States, the vital issues in this canvass the danger
Gus and reasonable purposes of the Black Republ-
can party the necessity of Southern men uniting
and showing to the conservative men of the North
that we ask of them our constitutional rights in good
faith Taking the effort of Gen. WITTHoRSE,
altogether we are frank to say that we have never
heard more eloquent, pointed, and triumphant vim
dieation of Democratic principles than bis effort to-
day. 1t is needless to add that he has not only en-
deared himself to the true Democracy of this sec
ton, but he has made an impression that will tell
well for BRECKNRIDGE and LANE November next.
Rest assured our cause will not suffer IN the hands
of little WHIT"
The next man on the stand was a lean looking fell
low called HOPKINS. o ghost of SUIT Lovengood's
"vittal Convention" how you haunted me. He
| opened his mouth and spoke he said much about
one Judge DOUGLAS being the regular nominee of the
Democratic party about squatters on the public
lands being capable of self government; more about
the Lecompton Constitution being fraud, cheat,
| a swindle, and a humbug! Humbug How that
did sound coming from one calling himself Ten
nessee Democrat. Democrats Of Tennessee, do you
not remember how often we have ali Endorsed that
constitution how we were all united hut just the
other day in denouncing JOHN BELL for voting
against the admission of Kansas on that consttu-
/ ton? Have you forgot all that? Yet this simon
pure Democrat now says you and were all
wrong and JOHN BELL was right. How does that
! sound TO you Democrats of Tennessee! But the
lean man., like his preceptor, Col. BRABsON, said
most about WILLIAM L. YASCEY and disunion. In
fact he larded his speech much with YANcEY that
had YANCEY been stricken out there would have
| been nothing of it left, He "stoe the COloneFs
| thunder and his Union song. He sung it admirably
in the very same old tune that the Opposition to
Democracy have sung from the days of JEFFERSON
down. He had not single hard word to say against
BELL & Co. Alas they were touch-me-nOts. Even
Black Republicans hardly received word of re
proach from this gallant knight of Democracy's Gar
ter. "a fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind"
Democrats open your eyes and look where you are
drifting See We not the Maelstrom ahead! DoUC-
LAs-ites are few and far between here. Men who
have been all over this county and have right to
know, so inform me.