Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-04
The state of Tennessee Speaks Thro'


Correspondence OF the Philadelphia Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. I9.
The cloud that has been hanging over the
Capitol and the country has lifted The I'm
ion has found gallant defender in the Amer
lean Congress in the person of the living An
drew Jackson of the South-namcly, An
DxEw JoHxsoS, Senator from Tennessee.
He concluded his two days speech at half
past four o'clock this afterEIon. His man
ner and his langunge carried Consideration to
the hearts of the fire-caters. They listened to
strong sentences with amazement. He recog
lied the existing Union as the greatest b,cs-
sing conferred by God upon man, after the
Christian religion. lie argued that to in
crease the number Of States under the pres
ent Constitution was to enlarge the benefits
TO humanity, here and all over the world,
while ,.imnution of them would cause dis
aster and death.
In the course of his remarks he reproduced
the history of the purchase of Louisiana.
Florida, and the annexation OF Texas. In al
luding to Florida he turned to Mr.. Ynler, the
Senator from that State, AMI reminlel him
that the time was when he had come to Con
gresS implaring for the admission of his State
into the American Union. He asked him, in
the event of the secession of Florida could
that State set up ca Il to sovereignty when
the very soil of the Stare belongs to and was
paid for by the Union, whose sovereignty she
had recor ri.iz 4 Gn her AL n;s:i1n? Ii 81, she
could destroy tie parent who gave her birth
and v.t.li.y.
MIR. ,huS1n inr pdu-el with overwhclm-
NJ t,.l
in the South, and Wa; based upon the idea
that wheh AN adjoining State became trou-
b!esome to its n-ighhor anl dIngerous to our
safety, the doctrines of natural selfpreServa-
ton demanded the snbjngation of that State,
even by the force of arms.
If South Carolina, a small member of the
Coneederacv, went out of the Union for the
purpose of destroying il, p.dhEiny millions of
human beings into distress, and annihilating
the hopes of the friends of freedom through
out the world, she m Ist and cou!d be suhjuga-
ted, according to the terms of the O.tend
Manifesto in order to save the Republic.
! His whole speech was crowded with points
and facts, and when the Senate adjourned the
hearts of the Union men beat pr u lily. The
word has been spoken from the home of Jack
son. Our threatened liberties have at last
found a Southern defender. The Reign of
Terror, inaugurated by disappointed Southern
| Presidential aspirunts. is fast passing away.
Andrew johnson at the age of twenty did
not know the alphabet. He has carved the
steps that have conducted him to his present
elevation out of the rock Of adversity. He
is the most earnest advocate of the Home
stead Bill in the Southern States, because
| having risen from the ranks of labor, he de-
sires to see all of his former class protected.
| Svmpathizing with the theory ofJudge Dong
las in the late Presidential campaign, he sup
| ported Breckenridge because he believed him
to be the strongest man to unite the Demo-
cratic vote of Tennessee.
Mr.. johnson therefore speaks to many
classes To the Republicans on account OF
his earnest advocacy, in favor of opening pnb-
lie lands to honest settlement; to Breckin-
ridge men, because he supported their candi-
date for the Presidency; and to Douglas meh
+ because he agreed with the great SENATOR OI
Illinois on the doctrine Of nln-intervention.-
One of the main claims of public attention
is founded on the fact that he a most
courageous and constant defender of the rights
of adopted citizens in the perilous time o
1884 and '55.
Hail than, to ANDREW JOHNSON, the living
ANDREW JACKSON of Tennessee J. w. F.