Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-11
rylgS nASS aLETiNG Ar SPRIsG ILL !.
saury and Williamson la Blaze /.
900 MEN IN THE FIEID.u
John 2. House, ESQ.,. Hon. Robt. Hatton and
10. q. Stark.

and Williamson g ut up their gallant sons
and beautiful daughters by the thousand to
hear some OF the nOblest champions of the
Constitution ard the Union, and most molly
and eloquentiy did those champions speak in
behalf OF our glorious cause.
Spring Hill is a pretty village in Maury
county. near The Williamson line, and is no.
ted for its beautiful and healthy location,
the intelligence and enterprise of its inhabi-
tants, and The magnificent country which
surrounds it. In delightful grove of tall
forest trees. on the premises of JOHN W.
CHEAIRs. E~q, and just beyond the limits of
the village, stand was erected. and seats ar
ranged for the accommodation of any num-
Der OF people. 4 more chaI ming place could
not have been found 70. the purpose.
At an early hour in the morning the town
was thronged with the gathering Rasscs,
while along the principal street shOne many
bright bouquet and gay uniform--the Union
Guards. OF Columbia. and the Bell Ringers, of
Franklin, having arrived il advance OF the
special trains. Ga the arrival OF the special
train from Nashville, the Bel Greys, Capt.
HINTON, and the Bell H;ghLanders, Capt. CREN-
SHAW. were MT between the depot aud the
village and received in due form by the Bell
RINGERS and Union Guard;. A procession. con-
sis,ing of the four military companies, long
array of carriages filled with ladies, ard an
immense number OF people on horseback and
on foot, was formed, and headed by the speak
ers and gentlemen specially invited in CARL
ages. marched to the grove to music from tie
different bands
The 'sofffcers of the day" were Z CHEAIRs,
Chief Marshall: S A POINTER, + w MCLENoRE,
and McCAERoIL, Chief Marshals Aids; DR.
S T MCMURRAY, DR. L BUCHANAN, DR. ] W
SHAEBER, II z WADE, T B WADE, R Z
THOMPSON, and E 8 Thompson, Assistant
Marshals.
The first speaker was Mr.. House. AT
Spring Hill, Mr.. House was upon his native
heath, having been born aud reared in old
Williamson, not many miles from that vii
lage He was surrounded by his old friends
I the companies of his boyhood-men AID
women whom he had known from his infancy
and when he assembled the stand they
| gathered around in thousands eager TO hear
one v HON they know and love-one in whose
very word on the vexed questions ofpoliilcs
they can implicitly trust-one whose fame
as an orator is ringing all over the land. We
| will not attempt even a brief review OF
HOUSES speech. 1t was one solid mass OF
| irrefragible argument, adorned with the
rarcst and richest figures Of rhetorical Cor
iuthian column of ivory wreathed with the
flowers of the tropics. All who have heard
him know, and those who have not can
scarcely conceive, with what cunning and
| mastery hand be blends the rich hues of
poetic fancy with the leaden masses of mex
! orable logic, and warns and captivates the
| heart with the one while he sways and con-
vinces the mind with the ether. He spoke
! for about two hours, and was listened 10
with such attention by the vast assembly as
| is seldom accorded 10 any speaker.
At the close OF Mr.. HOUSES speech, II. f.
CHEAIRs, Esq, Chief Marshal OF the day,
read Il letter from the Hon. ANDREW EWING,
in which the writer expressed his regrets that,
owing to professional engagements, he could
not accept the invitation of the Committee
to be present and meet Mr.. HOUSE, or some
other speaker of the Union party, in discus
sion. Ex-Gov. JOHNSON. and perhaps other
Democratic speakers, were also invited 10
ioin in the discussion. but more of them were
present.
The Chief Marshal then announced dinner
to be in readiness, and in the most quiet and
orderly manner the meeting adjourned to the
one thousand yards of tables hard by, on
which was spread a sufficient quantity OF pro-
visions to feed half the county. Everything
aboat the tables was arranged in the incest
r stvle. and the barbecued meats would have
done credit TIC the cuisine of the hest hotel in
the country. The ten broad tables, each q
hundred yards in length, we're insufficient tc
accommodate all the people at once, but sc
liberal had been the contributions TO the din
ner, that enough provisions were lett un
touched TO supply the tables of the Breckin
INTERCHANGEABLE mass meeting which is tc
come off near the same place next Saturday
Either there is no scarcity of the substantial
of life around Spring Hill or the Union mer
there are very reckless of their supplies.
After dinner the meeting was addressed
bv the Hon. ROBERT HArrON, the TALES
Young cedar IN the forest of Lebanon. Hi
speech was not very lengthy one, hut i
was one of the very best we have ever heart
him make He too was among his ole
friends (for he has plenty of them every
where), and spoke to people who, OF what
ever party, know that, like Mr.. HoUai, hi
deals with them honestly, dscarding ant
scorning the dirty trickery and clap-trAsk o
the demagogue. and giving them nothin 5 b u
: truth-the truth of hist Dry aud of the ti'ae $
At night the gallant aud eloquent clam
pion of our cause in old Robertson, Col. o
C. STARK, addressed large meeting whic
assembled in the public hall of the Academy
; the citizens of the towu, aud of the country
for miles around turned out en- M Esse to ne a
! him. and were rewarded with gloriou
speech Another attraction Of the night wa
e 4 beautiful display of fire works. ''let off
nnder the management of Mr.. ROBERT eros
of Columbia.
Thus came and went one Of the finest an
most pleasant mass meetings of the canvas
l. the entire country were as true to "t1
Constitution and the Union" as The peopl
:. in and around the beautiful village OF Sprin
Hill. not all the fanatics of the South and I
the North could shake them in a thousan
years.