Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-10-04

say regarding such maui "Ssy /" said the Cul.
kers: I'VE would say that be deserved the aratae-
of sl good men, as traitor to the hest iaier-
ssts Of mankind for doubling that Ged in his own
way. aud in his own good time, would work out q
remedy for all these wrongs" Now" said L
'.my friends when we drew this picture Of Europe
it was not al fsacy. I described the broad laud
which extends from the Atlantic 10 the Pacihe--
frsm the great Lakes TO the GiElf Of Mexico. GO
tao thousand miles over this lad, and no custom
house shall stop you-tra7el to its faTthest limits.
and ysu shall see no standing srmies--yeu shall
hear a common language and shall feel common
sympathy. TEen you shsll know what II is to live
upon great, broad continent where there is a
brotherhood unalloyed By yOur hstreds and aniipa-
thies. Why, therefore, 10 you come here 70 teach
Us toe language Of strict" Now. my friends, TO
make The spphcstion--hsd We from the beginning
betn arTsyed one state against anotherhsd we dis
regarded our community OF larRuage snJ Of inter
es, and fOs;ered the bstreds and jealouaiss which
we are now taught 70 cherish. this beautiful Miant-
sofa would yet have heen wilderness, ihe painted
stVage would yet glide down the noble Alississippi,
ad the waters of that mighty cataract whose thur
ders row almost hear, that by ths art OF man hes
heen taught leap forth 20 sder laboTs At tie ris
ing Of the and re- TO their rest At It's setting
would still pursue their preciptous unoisurb
ed. Bot am keeping you t % long. I sisad before
you tonight Impressed wi,h mere han ordinary
feelings I never knew the greatness Of ihis eouu-
{ y uHlil now. Ineyer knew hef1re of The Vlsness
OF this great valley. whose beginnings you hold ia
Jour han1s, appreciated the il fuence which it
is yet exercise upon the destinies Of oar ceuaty
And therefore it is that now most earnestly en-
treat you a. you are about TO enter up n an cleo
tion altogether local. and which is 10 sftect cur
position in this confederation of Stafes, cherish
aod sas ain those principl which are founded upon
q love of our whole country, aud whose inhueTce
will tend TO cement it more closely tossther- You
have seen the great men Of this RePubtean pai ty
90 up TO their National Conventions When the roll
Of zee States was called there no maG there 70
speak for the State where Washington was born;
there was no man 10 snsWer for the State where
ia, kso IS ashes lie; there M man to respond
when the land Of Sump.er and MariOa was called
But how will it be vhsn our next Democrats eOu-
ven ion is held You viii zee then no suc1 speeta-
Gle as this. When We eail The roll Of States which
compose this confederation, every commonwealth
from Maine down 10 young Minnesota, and still
younger Oregon, viii attest the nationality Of our
party by the presence Of its Representatives. The
Atlantic will shout forth to the Pacific the great
lakes 10 the Gull; and when We shall nomioaie our
candidate for the Presidency the bud voices Of the
representatives Of the whole ration will name The
man who will administer its affairs for the pext
four wears Let ne tell you my felloVeitzens, that
thos. wac may anticipate political success, basiDg
that hope pom agitation and upon inJnSsice. WIiI
most certainly be disappointed, because Their ex-
pectations are not founded upon those great prnci
olss of maRnanimify. sdom and patriotism which
underlie the political questions that now agitaie
cur country Add | beg and exhort Of you, the
people CT Minnesota and you, especially, the
young men Of Minnesota, who have the fltars for
your heritage-you who are about 10 lay thu foun.
dation OF a great State-to enroll 1t in the proud
list Of Demo ratio commonwea'ths of States de-
voted to The maintenance Of the Union-an1 that,
with them, you will seek 10 uphold every star ADD
every stripe ia our national hag-msy 1t wave for
ever.
THEATRIcAL ASEcDs-E "A correspondent Of the
Spirit Of tie Times relates the fcllOEiDg aneedOte Of
Of Mrs MELINDA JoxEs:
In the DAYS when the old Boston Athsr ieum was
in all its glory Mrs Jones, during successful en-
gagement, was plsyicg J0sn Of Arc. joan. think,
dies in the third act but this occasion didn re-
main dead successfully for at her death the scene
should have been chsnged but wasn't. Joan lying
dead on the stage, more in sorrow than in anger,
desires to know what is the matter aud why the
scene isn't changed: no yer; again demands Why
10 the name of all that's WcH 1erfu i7n't that feeue
shifter here. (Hs had got thirsty and gone 70 i'm
bibel ''Oa this is too much-it's IRE than can
bear if had hat good hold Of that man,
wouldn't be suffer- Here the audience beg n
ming By this time to see that ell was not we'll,
manifested its sense Of wrong aud Injury by
groans and Kisses Joau, unable to bear this, re-
fuses to remain dead any lougsr-rises and going
deliberately to the wngs. draws hts. one wing aud
then the other This too much for the audi
euce; the idea of Joan of Arr dead, turning sstne
shifte-, was more than they could bear; they shout
ed and they yelled. Mrs. Joues had Z" bit " then
hard. Bot didn't that delinquent sceue-shiltel
e al oh