CE OF
DARKNESS."--[Speech of ANDREW JOHNSON, at Murfreesboro'.

"A DENOMINATION LIKE THIS, TO SET UP AS THE GUARDIANS OF THE
RELIGION AND MORALS OF THE COUNTRY! A DENOMINATION BOUND
TOGETHER BY SECRET AND TERRIBLE OATHS: THE FIRST OF WHICH, ON
THE VERY INITIATION, FIXES AND REQUIRES THEM TO CARRY A LIE IN
THEIR MOUTHS."--[Speech of ANDREW JOHNSON, at Murfreesboro'.

"SHOW ME THE DIMENSIONS OF A KNOW NOTHING, AND I WILL SHOW YOU
A HUGE REPTILE, UPON WHOSE NECK THE FOOT OF EVERY HONEST MAN
OUGHT TO BE PLACED."--[Speech of ANDREW JOHNSON, at Manchester.

"THEY ARE LIKE THE HYENA, AND COME FROM THEIR LAIR AFTER
MIDNIGHT TO PREY UPON HUMAN CARCASSES."--[Speech of ANDREW
JOHNSON, at Manchester.

"I WOULD AS SOON BE FOUND IN THE CLAN OF JOHN A. MURRELL AS IN
A KNOW NOTHING COUNCIL."--[Speech of ANDREW JOHNSON, at
Manchester.

The _blackguard_ and _calumniator_ using this language, was elected by a
majority of two thousand votes: that majority being cast by _Foreigners
and illegal voters_; and consequently, his competitor, COL. GENTRY--than
whom there is not a more talented, patriotic, and honorable gentleman in
Tennessee--was fairly and justly elected. This, then, is the language
used by the Governor of Tennessee, _towards a majority of the legal
voters of the State_! Under these circumstances, we made the speech that
follows, to an immense crowd on the Square: the correspondence preceding
which, will explain itself:

NASHVILLE, Oct. 10th, 1855.

W. G. BROWNLOW, ESQ.:

_Dear Sir_:--The undersigned, having heard your speech on the
Square, last night, respectfully request that you embody the
substance of the same, and publish it in the Knoxville Whig.
The desire to see it in print is very general; and those who
heard it approved its severity, without it were such as were
bitter against the American party.

Your friends,
CHARLES G. SMITH,
JOHN MORRISON,
F. M. BURTON,
ROBT. S. NORTHCUTT,
SAML. DAVIS.

NASHVILLE, Oct. 13th, 1855.

MESSRS. SMITH, MORRISON, AND OTHERS:

_Gentlemen_:--Your note requesting me to publish the substance
of my remarks on the Square, last Tuesday night, has been
received, and I would have replied sooner, but for my absence
at Shelbyville. I have now made