Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-25
OUR CoRKEsPONDENCE.
COLUMBIA, Aug. p. 1860

! To TIE EDITORS OF THE DAILY PATRIOT =
Again Col. Thos. McNeilly appears in a card,
las Democrat understood me as he Says, ana
adds, that he sis unwilling to be made to say
that which L did not say" Strange logic
that, Mr.. Mac. You are willing to grant
that L understood you las L did correctly.
| yet you are not willing.
! Refer Ito this matter again" as you may
| please; hire not one ,cord to retract, Tut per
sta that go" did use the language ,rbich Treported
! yd7f using.
You bring forward five gentlemen TO prove
that am in error do not know them.
presume they are gentlemen, and men of We
racity. Are they willing to testify positive
ly to your language? Perhaps their recol-
lection is somewhat like that of nv Young
friend Hunter Of the Herald was in the notes
of Whitthornc's speech on the 18th of May
that Squatter Sovereignty speech
Hear more evidence. 1 introduce Jno.
Gordon, Breckinride democrat. He saws ::
''My best recollection is, that Mr.. McNeifly
used the language reported by a Douglas
Democrat 1t is at least the substance of
1T; but the language which he (McN.) says
he used, am willing to sacear positirely he did
| not.''
Mr.. J. d. l.. Nunnelee, Breckenridge demo-
Graf. says he did not hear the remark him
self. but he thinks he conversed with not less
than twenty-five men on the ground, and
several as he went home, and they all give
it precisely the version which douglas
Democrat" did, and that Mr.. a law
yer at Centreyille, and a Breckenridge demo-
crat, made use of remark which / will do
Mr. McNeilly the courtesy not to state in this
connection. Another Breckenridge democrat
came to me Immediately after the speaking
was over, and said, after few moments con-
versation, Il am in hopes you took no ex-
considered the source"
Still another Breckenridge man. a big
boss in the harness-a man whom greatly
admire as man, as a politician, and as a
Speaker--a man whom recognize as a friend,
and from that friendship which bear him,
l shall, as it is his wish, still suppress his
name-this gentleman said to me the Monday
after the barbecue: ''Mr. McNeilly ought not
to have used the language-it was wrongr'
DIR. VIM. +. Southern, Bellite, says l re-
ported Mr.. Men. correctly as he understood it.
AS to my political status" have Away
claimed to be a democrat, democrat of
the Jefferson, Jackson, Polk, and Pierce
school. have never had the privilege of vo-
ting but one time in political contest, and
that vote was for Harris, Thomas, MCNEnLr,
God forgive me and will never make the ac-
AGAIN., Whitthorne and CAN'T.
That looked somewhat democratic then; but
now these men have deserted the old ship
and are following after the lead of Yancey,
Rhett g. Co.-they have quit the democracy
and Joined the seceders. | am a democrat
one to whom appeals will be made in less
than twelve months to vote for the LEGAL |
nominees of the democracy, and for one |
will be there. but in this contest, being an |
ardent admirer of Judge Douglas, regarding |
him as being the greatest and purest patriot |
and statesman of the present day, and the
heartily his doctrine of Popular
L shall cast my first Presiden-
lial vote for him.
L would support him if for no other rea-
son than to lend helping hand to kill in its
infancy that party known as secessionists. l
10 not charge or believe Breckenridge and
Lane are disunionists; nor do believe that
l large majority of his supporters are dis
but the party which they repre-
'ent; for which they bear the colors, has