Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-01-28
81 Brsathes there man with soul 50 dead.
Who never to himself hath said,
This Is my own, my native land ]"

tAppIause)
Talk to me about destroying this Union of ours!
Where sir, is the foul hand that would weave
sbroud with which to enwrap American freedom
urn of oblivion and forgetfulnessg Where is the
hand that would apply the torch to this glorious
temple erected by our fOretathers, consecrated by
their prayers and in which we, their children,
permitted to live Is there a traItor-soul in the
limit of my voice that would thus project such a
calamity as this VIII the assembled Representa-
tives of Tennessee, and the Senate and House of
Representatives assembled from our brother States
answer me if there is any man in State who
would desire the destruction of the Union. (Cries
of No. No! No!'O If there be one to be found
may there be garland OF scorpions woven for his
brow. (Cheers.) May his name be allied to eternal
infamy and the curses Of pOsterity be heaped up5n
his head. tremendous cheering.) Shall give it
up? You, kentucky and Tennessee, give it up?
(Cries of "No No! NolO | tell you, stand on mid
die ground of mo disunion' and swear By the God
that created US, by the God Of our fathers, that
you cannot that you viii not give it up. (Cheers)
Now sir we have been looking at one another
through magnifying glasses too much. Some at the
/ North think because we love niggers, we make
Christmas pies Of them. Laughter We at the
South often have queer notions about our North
/ eIn brethren. What ought we to do? Why throw
| down our war clubs and behave ourselves. Laugh
teri Let those who wrangng recollect the ex-
ample Of the Father Of his Country. When did ey-
er an unknd word escape his lips toward any sec
/ ton Of this great Union! 1t is true have lost
our political Noses but the lessons he taught US are
still on record for our profit and let cherish them.
] Let US not fight about mere words, or talk about
/ one another unkindly. We ought to be in closer
/ proximity of feeling. You are bone and flesh Of
! our flesh of a common family, with common coun-
| try, inheritance in common, in common, and a
/ common liberty and Constitution [Applause.] l
said sir, when heard that we were invited to Co
! lumbus in the State of Ohio There is the place
want to 90 to- [Cheers.l Kentucky is our closest
/ neighbOF; can see her any time; but l want to
meet OhiOans-the gallant and noble Buckeyes!
! TCheers.l l want to stand SOutherneP and talk
to them as an American citizen applause1 TO SIT in
council together and renew political faith bow
( ing around common altar, letting mutual prayer
90 up to tie God Of fathers to protect this glo
rious Union. Repeated cheers.l
Is there an individual here who believes this
Union viii be dissolved? (Cries of 'Never New
er.D How will you divide it? Where will you
begn2 Who viii have the territories that rap
idly springng into States; the great rivers that
pour through the continent? What would you do
with Virginia would not like TO part with
Pennsylvania. 1t Is the old Keystone State 1t
tains the hall Of independence it there
American liberty was born there the American
eagle was first let loose from its cage, and there it
took its flight and screamed its highest note of ex
ultation have property IN Independence HALL
(Cheers) l cannot give up Massachusetts,, even
such devil she has grown. daughter and
cheers) have a noble estate there that was will
ed me by George Washington, Hancock Lee and
Adams. l am part owner of Bunker Hill PRO
longed applausel It contains the blood that was
shed By American martyrs who died for the cause
of freedom | won't surrender my title to Bunker
Hill. (Cheers) How can the men of the North
surrender their titles in Southern soil? Go to the
last restingplace of the Sage of Ashland stand by
the spot where lie the bones of the greatest of
American orators, and dare to say you can give up
your interest in that grave. (Cries of never
never :! neTerl!D Go with me to the lowly rest
iRg-place of the great hero and statesman, the
man who proclaim and wrote IN letters of fire
upon the forehead of the disunionsts, - The Union
must and shall be preserved" Can you give up the
bones of Andrew Jackson? Great cheering) You
have an interest in the blood Of your countrymen
who fell at New Orleans in ehe defence of :" booty
and beauty led on by the same old hero. Has the
North no interest in that?
DisuniOn would be stain of infamy upon our
brows which the waters OF Neptune could never
wash out. If you are determined on II, however.
don't fight Let US 90 and acknowledge the corn;
send delegates to Washington City. assemble the Le-
gisatures of the different States take with labor
ers with pick-axe and spade and batter and level
the Capitol so that like the beautiful Temple Of
Jerusalem, there shall not be stone left upon
anOther-pU down the palatial buildings that have
been erected for the officers of the Government.
Do not let these mementoes taunt children with
the wOrthIesSness of tLeir fathers. Terrific cheer
ing And when you have done that, go to that
proud shaft that is rising to the memory of him who
first in war, first in peace, and first in the
hearts of his countrymen,' [cheersl through the
patriotic contributions of every State and leave no
stone Of it to mark our iHtamy. prolonged APP
plause.l When we have done this let US assemble
around the graves of the old veterans and with
faces in the dust acknowledge we are unworthy de-
sCendants and acknowledge the corn that not
fit for selfgovernment If the Union is to be de-
strOyed if the Constitution Is to be oberated, let
us Gown up" for once in our lives, tell the truth,
and shame the DsrL Laughter and applausel
But it cannot be- The American heart beats in
the right place. We are only in the mists Of preu
dice and things appear distorted-as the sun, seen
through the morning fog, a bloody and pOr |
tentous aspect but rising into the serene atmos-
phere, beams the glad earth with benignant ray
TApplausel Sir, this Union is destined 10 live Too
many men have an interest in it. The man who |
would betray it is already classed in popular sent
ment with him who sold Christ for thirty pieces of
silver
If a battle is to be fought viii fight but it will
be for the Constitution and the temple of the Union
will stand there and call upon the good men North |
and South to lash all traitors from its sacred pre-
cncts with whip of scorpions. l trust God, my !
that in such event You will stand with |
me- and swear "by the Eternal" Jackson himself |
swore, to defend the Union with "Our fortunes and
our lives" Repeated chee"s.l
ELoQuENCE-Y ask for instructions adapted to
Improvement in elOquence. This is subject for
treatise. rot for a letter. Cicero, however, has
summed up the whole art in a few words it is
-distiHcte-OTuHe- deere to speak to the pur-
pose-to speak clearly and dstincty-to speak grace
fully To be able to speak to the purpose you must
your subject and all that belongs to it;
1rd then YOUR thought and method must be clear in
themselves. and Clearly and distinctly enunciated;
- I,s+Iy vour yoice stvIe of deliyery and gesture