The Washington union., 1857-05-02

direct and pefspcuOus lie thoroughly under
stands the nature of popular audience, but while ad-
dressing his fellow citizens he has too much respect for
their understandings to condesoend TO language and pro
mugate sentiments unworthy of intelligent people His
speech the Mexican war; that the presidential cleo
on in August l8fS and that delivered in 1852 the is
of the presidential 80 far from being what are
ordinarily called stump speeches. characterized by
justness of views argumenative power and ohaste
of expression which seldom found in popular adj
dresses. speaker who, in addressing miscellaneous
audience insensiby falls into train of thought which
commends itself to the intellect while his ideas
dered attractive by the graces OF expression far removed
from that crowd OF orators who show in every
sentence that they thinking of themselves than
of their audience their subject SO far is Governor
Brown from belonging TO this latter class that any
who reads his speeches may that he not only under
stands his subject but pays his audience the compliment
of supposng that they understand IL also His speeches
during the which resulted in his election gov
of Tennessee favorable specimens of the quail
ties which ought TO characterize addresses by public
TO audience of intelligent Americans
But the faculty of public speaking, valuable as it is in
country like TO its possessor not important to
the people in the evil days into which 1t is to be feared
falling the oftier quality OF an intelligent 10y
atty the constitution Personal trumphs eeting,
party politics temporary the graces of clocuton
forgotten, but the spirit of devotion TO the const
tuition which any public man may show himself to pos
sess will survive in the memories of the just and wise,
and will bid defiance to the political clerical philan
thropic traitor This devotion warns the heart and
breathes in the sentiments of Gov Brown To use his
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whom the phanthropic dcspots of the North
shedding iron tears hard as those (which roll
ed down grim Plutos cheek" he says: LET them
alone They are ours by purchase Yopof the North
omo of you first kidnapped them, and then brought
and sold them to us. Were we to berate them to-
morrow, you would not receive them. You would
treat them with thousandfo fold barbarty than
ever they treated by US. Then let them alone
Your benevoIence false and often hypocitical it is
would but kill and destroy them. Then let them alone
God in his love- and religion in her holiness will do more
and better for them than you ever can or will do But
forget that speak to bgotry that has heart and
to fanaticism that has turn therefore, from
them to the and patriots who belong to these halls
the of those ustrous who reared this
temple and conscoted forever to tho Union and the con-
sttution II the people shall lift their eyes to this tenn
pie and pray for what it is lawful to grant them under
that constitution hear them and them But if
they ask for what will rend that constitution and sundcr
forever that bright and glorious Union be as deaf and
insensibe as the marble pillars which surround YOU
Gov Brown has always belonged emphatcally to that
school of politics usually known the " strict construc
ZIONIST school founded by jefferson and adorned by
the examples of successive democratic Presidents. In
address delivered the University of North Carolina in
the month of May 1854, he remarked If to the tee-
graph add the facilities of the railroad penetrating
every valley, and of the steamboat navigating all our
lakes and bays and rivers compelled to abandon
every apprehension of danger from great expansion May
genuine of liberty desire it to be less Amer
ica may bo the last asylum OF freedom to the downtro
den and oppressed millions of mankind Let her have
scope and verge enough for all who understand and
her principles and mpoe the protection of her eagles We
started with only thirteen now have thirty States
Why may not at some future day have fifty or hun
dred States all moving like the consultations OF heaven
around the constitution their common centres That
constitution ordained and established for the purpose
of expansion progress 1t provided expressly for the
admission of States without number but consecrated
the word equality for their eternal welfare and preserva
tion-pquaty of rights among the States
Save TO us this one word equality and adhere faithfully to
strict construction of the constitution and the execution
IL, and
have nothing to apprehend from the wide and growing
expansion of country matter how many States
may compose It, matter how diversified their climates
sos and productions, matter where may be the pre-
ponerance of population to what region the scepte
of power may be transferred Give to all both States
and people, their just and equal rights with proper means
to understand and defend them and this government will
prove to be the greatest boon conferred upon the hui
| man family"
Gov Brown was the devoted friend Of Gen. Jackson
throughout his whole public career He was mainly in
strumenta member of the legislature, in electng
him to the Senate. He sustained his different nomln;-
tions the presidency and all the great of his
administration We extract from his inaugural address
to the Legislature his feeling and eloquent annunciation
of the death Of that great man '.Let me now remind
you Of great and sad calamity which has hefen our
common country since you were last assembled on an oc-
casion lilo this.
" But few months have passed away since you in par
tcular and the people of the United States generally,
were called upon to tho departure from midst
of most illustrious citizen The mmoralspirit of An
drew Jackson the patriot the soldier and the statesman
has passed from time to eternity, Devoted, until he
breathed his last to the best interests OF his country which
he had defended with heroic orttude and courage, and
served with zeal more fervd with increasing years he fin
ished the great work which wise Providence had chosen
him to perform and accomplished his destiny Clinging
to the faith and the hope which sustain tho Christian while
he passing through the dark valley of tho shadow OF
death he died at peace with the world leaving behind
him bright and enduring example worthy the imitation
az future generations o
Let Tennessee his own adopted State, Tennessee whose
armies no has 80 often covered with glory--1ennessec
whom he honored and loved and served 50 long and SO
fahully-Tennessce, beneath whose gfeen and halowe
sod his remains have been deposited let Tennessee
rear him monument lasting as me let be planted nelr
one of her most beautiful cities the bank OF one of the
noblest in The world, where the crowds who will
pass for ages to may pause and gaze upon i with rev
crence and admiration"
We have made the foregoing extracts from Gov Brown
works which in the volume in which they are contained
may saoly be commended to the persal OF all as they
Indicate his devotion TO the Union, his belief p the great
doctrine OF the equality Of the States and Of STRICT con
struction of the constitution and his warm sympathy
with and friendship for ono of the most ustrious o
our Presidents ......
TENNESSEE
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