Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-02-26
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topic Of the day-tbe admission Of Kansas under
the Lesomptoh O0nstitution-was the subject Of bis
remarks. il Is a. hsokneyed question, as you wen
know, and one upon which the fsResE number Of
men could be expected, at this advanced stage Of
the discussion, to say auy thing new or interesting
yet the originality Of bis We've, the force of his ar
guments, and the power Of his eloQuenoe, secured
to Gen. Atkins the most marked attention from the
entire House, and gained him al the close of his
speech the tarmesi congratulations Of his friends.
His effort has not only made him great character
for talents and ability here. but came fully up 70
the high rsputasion which 4 know he enjoys at
home. Of course 5ou. Will lay his speech before
your readers at the very earliest opportunity
Gov. johnson, in the other end Of the caPitoll,
also made his ds5at. on "Wednesday, the subject Of
the Army Bill being under discussion. AS usual
his speech was marked BY great power and ability,
and gained for him that stipulation which he 80 well
deserves and is 80 able to sustain. On yesterday
Mr. Yvenson Of Georgia undertook to reply to his
speech, and in the course Of his remarks indulged
in some very uncnllsd Tor and disoourteoas reRes.
tons upon the military reputation OF Tennessee.
This aroused JohpsOus ire and he walked. into the
little gentleman from Georgia in style perfectly
surprising to-that Individual I give ybu below
some extracts from his speech:
But, not content with that iHYidious comparison
between regular and volunteer troops, the State
which represent must be aFraigned she must be
attacked Ii is true thar lam not her native son.
but am her adopted son. She took me By the hand.
and that generous, that brave thai patriotic people
have made me al that / am, be that much or little
Having placed me here, Iintend to stand by her
through evil and through good report Come veal
or come woe Twill be found standing by her interests
her honOr-her sacred honor-let the consequences
be what they may. Yes, 1 love her. The tenderest
sympsthies Of my soul are entWined with her There
IS where live; there is where hope 20 die; and
beneath the clOds Of some Of her valleys hope my
remains viii be deposited. It. is the home Of nv
children il is the home Of al that is sacred to me-
There upon her soil, and beLeath her sky, the in
FAINT vision Of those that are bone Of my bone and
flesh of my flesh, first saw the light; and will stand
up and defend her.
The gentleman being hard pressed, must needs
lug in an unkind alusIOn. 1 will not be invidious
10 the citizens Of the different States. viii not 20
to Georgia and srraign her prOWess. feel that my
position is too elevated for that / love Georgia;
love her people, and admire many of her nstitu-
tiOnB; and if should be hard pressed here or else
where in discussion, by way Of covering retreat
even we're 1t IN my power to do so, would make no
unkind alluson TO her as o State, or to her people
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and it is said that l. speaking behalf of the volun
teer State, have indicated some predictions for
Mormonism. Task those who heard me Yesterday
the first time attempted TO make little effort in
this Chamber, whether that inference can fairly be
drawn from what / said. Perhaps spoke hurriedIv
and srudely, and 1 may have said something BY in
advertenee; but take the tenor and scope Of what
said, and can the gentleman, even with magnifying
glasses, discover the slightest hint or word that
favored the institution Of Mormonismg He saws
that if that is my theory and if my people entertain
the same views, they might, when they got to Utah
volunteers unite with Young and desert the stan
dard Of their country So far as the honorable Sena-
tors allusOn is concerned am willing to compare
theory with him on the subject Of Mormonism and
l would not care much to compare practice. I will
take him in theory or in practice, just which ever
dilemma suits him. best spurn the impUtation as
being unfOunded and untrue IN reference to my State
or myself
But, sir, the Senator has referred to my State.
ask the Senate ask the people of this nation if it
is any part Of Tennessee's history that her peoplg
have ever been wanting in prOWess or in courage
Go to the battle Of Kings Mountain, which was
fought before Tennessee was State. A regiment
then raised in that part Of Tennessee in which
now live. It was then a portion Of the territory
Of North Carolina, but the people went from the
eastern counties Of Tennessee to battle Of Kings
Mountain; and there, amidst the din, and the dust
and the heat Of battle, they showed themselves 10
SEWERS, the Shelbys, the Hardings and the long
list Of those gallant patriots who participated in
that bsttley When you examine the history Of the
country carefully, you will find that it was the most
important battle fought in the Revolution. 1t was
that battle which turned the tide Of the Revolution
The country had been laid waste; disaster had at
tended our arms but from the battle Of Kings
Mountain down to-the surrender Of CORVALLIS our
troops triUmpbed everywhere
How was 1t in the war Of 1872? Go to the cold
regions Of the North, and do you not find Tennes-
sees soldiers in connection with their cOmpariots
IN arms, reversing the frozen ground, and pouring
cut their blood freely in defense Of the northern
frontiers Go to your southern campaigns, in an
inclement climate, beneath burning sun, where
disease and death cut them down; and were not
Tennessees sons there? Go through your Indian
campaigns, and we're they not there? Go the bat
ties Of Talladegg Emuckfsu, Horseshoe, and Hick-
Ory-GrOUud, and wherever II was necessary to make
a display Of bravery and gaIlantry, were they not
there could hardly undertake to name her gal
liant who have distinguished themselves in your
military SERVICE because they are so numerous that
their names do not now occur to me- Where is your
Carroll? Where your Houston, that was wounded
in the battle of the Horse Shoe claim him as a
Teunessesn.
How was it in the Mexican war Go to Mon
terey; 60 to any point where there was fighting to
be DONE and were not Tennesseans there ? Where
was your Campbell Where was your Anderson
We're they not at Monterey, LEADING on their gallant
followers in the hckest and the hottest of the fgh2
On what occasion Is It that the sons Of Tennessee
have faltered? Was it at the battle Of New Or
leans? There were Jackson and Armstrong and
Campbell, and long list of others On 23d of De
cembeT, 1914, they were CALAMITY engaged in the
contest with the enemy, in the sWamps and the
lagoons; and on the memorable Sth of January
1915, the sons Of Tennessee, in connection with
those Of Kentucky and other States distinguished
themselves. When the embattled host was advanc-
ing, when the rockets going up, indicating the
commencement Of battle, Tennessee gallant leader
her own noble and glorious Jackson who stands in
this great forest ofmen the admiration Of the Amer
lean peOple-Where was he In the thickest and
hottest Of the battle his stern voice could be heard
rising above the roar Of artillery, urging his men
on TO the encounter.
Is this the State, is this the people that is to be
tainted. Are taUnts to be thrown out upon her
volunteer forces Does the Senator from Georgia
intend to impute cOWsrdce either to Haskell or Pill
low, OF the gallant men who were led on to that
bitter TO that desperate to that fatal charge which
was made on Cerro GordO?
Here Mr. Ivenson explained that he did not mean
to reflect upon the courage Of Teunessesns on the
battle field. Gov, johnson continued:
an very glad to hear the Senator make the ex-
PLANTATION, as l am glad TO hear him discIaim any
intention TO impute coWsrdice either TO Pillow,
Heiskell, the men whom they led up to this masked
battery. There are no troops on the face of the
earth who could have stood il. Those who are IA
miliar with the position say that the only alterna-
tive was 70 fall back, or TO be moved down where
they stood. 1t was the most impregnable point Of
the whole Mexican line. There is no man, takng the
history Of Tennessee and the facts connected with
this particular transaction, who Is disposed to be
impartial who can entertain for moment the be-
lief that there want Of bavery on the part Of
the officers or men at this particular part Of the
battle Of CerrO GOrdO.
was going to say (but the gentleman has en-
tered disclaimer that his intention was 10 pass
an imputatiOn Of cOWardice on the people Of Ten
nessee, or her officers men, must pronounce the
lmputation as untrue; but l am not reduced TO that
alternative. In the absence Of the explanation. /
which an proud 10 hear. should have nailed that
lie; and as 10 the bravery OF Pillow and Heis.
kell, and others who we're engaged in that contest
should have turned the Senator over 10 them for |
any demonstration that might have taken place az
forwards
Sir, l am proud Of my adopted S.a'e might |
speak, in the language OF book Of pretty high |
authority, and say, in reference to Tennessee /
whittier thou goesL / Will 90; and where thou /
lOdgest, will lodge; thy people shall be my people
and thy God my soda will stand by her here, l /