Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-11-01
DOUGLAS IN HUNTSVILLE.


n 0. WALLACE, ESQ
Dear Sir have Just listened
10 speech from the "Little Giant"
Of about two hours and half in
length. He is not the orator ] took
him to be, but many allowances
should be made for the the fatigues
he hadendured i'll travelling and speak
ing, having spoken three times the
night previous Oh his way from Mem
phis to this place, and then again at
the depot upon his reception here
The crowd to hear him numbered,
| suppose, somewhere between six
and seven thousand. The reception
given him by his friends was quite
warm and enthusiastic. ] should be
pleased to give you something like
synopsis of his speech, but it is
out OF my power to do so now. ]
did not intend at the beginning OF
his speech TO take note, but as be
Progressed some of his remarks
grew so extraordinary that / could
not resist the temptation TO jot down
a few as be swept on. The first ]
see in my memorandum is "Breckin-
ridges speech al Lexington in refer
ence TO The Dred Scott decision is
the worst specimen of gar5led extracts
and classification Lever oaw.' Again,
by skipping ,oaole pages and put
ting these ertraets together as if they
were consecutive, he made The decision
say Just what it did not say"
"Breckinridge committed a fraud, but
he did not kne,r It."
"7Hs fire eaters ash; for protection
becausesthey don't know any better
"Iheresxs q sconderfm sympathy be-
twesn tie fire eaters Of the South
and the aboAtionists ofMe North"
"Breckinridgs waats Congress to
intervene to protest slauery whsre
the people don't want it, wAtls LIN
coin vants to Keep the people from
having IL that dc want IT," Tile
Breckenridge men at the North are
Eincola's most efficient supporters"
81 did not rant to be President; I
prefer a seat in the United States
Senate to the Presideney." "If Breck-
inridgs had net run l would have got
every State except two" Many,
such "elegant extracts could have
been taken from bis speech, but |
believe | noted dowa no others
He did not read from the bred
Scott decision in order to show how
Mr.. Breckenridge had been guilty Of
such gress crimes as to '.gar5le," and
"fals1y"-we only had his werd fer
.it-ner did be explain how MIR.
Breckenridge could be guilty OF
"fraud" and at the same tine "not
know IT," If Judge Douglas has
invented a way to do this, think
he could make money enough to re-
gain bis lost fortunes by selling the
patent to lawyers and others inter-
ested. And as TO the ignorance of
the Breckenridge party, that cannot
certainly be entitled to any more
weight than merely his opinion. But
surely when be stated that there is a
wonderful sympathy" between that
party and the aboIiiionists, be ought
to make good bis assertions by SORE
sort Of proof, il it is only second rate,
since from his own statements it ap-
pears they aredemsnding directly diff.
ferent things-the one wanting to
force slavery where the people DO not
want it, aud the other wanting to
prevsnt those people from having i.
that do want it. He did not, that /
remember, mention Bells name, ex.
cept significantly ailade to TIE fact
that Mr.. Ben co.operated With him
on Lecomptou question:.
Not one Strord did he utter ag1aat,
the Opposition Know-Nothing party,
although he spoke bitterly Of the
Democratic party. Although he
had no "ambition to be President"
he did not explain his 'laborieus"
mission to the South, except to state
tina! it was 10 "defend hmselt."-
Strange then that his appointments
South cease with the day of election!
He could "defend himself as we'll
after the election as before. Nor did
he explain how be would have gotten
every State but two if Breckenridge
had not run. He said, too, that the
reason SO many U. S. Senators were
against him was they were all desi-