Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-06-25

On his route to Washington, Hon. ANDREW
JOHNSON stopped at Cincinnati and made a
speech. I'VE make a few brief extracts
| from it
WHAT 1T Is TINE FOR.
NY position in the Congress of the United
| States is familiar to most if not all OF you.
| Those doctrines / there laid down, are still
mine still believe that without the power
/ of enforcing the laws and maintaining itself.
| there can be no government. And | believe
| that we have reached the time when It is
| time to show the world, both pagan and
| christian, whether we have government CT
| no. 1t is time that the world should know
| that the government framed in 1879 was not
| a dream, and that it has neither been fritz
| tered away nor faded from our sight. 1t is
| time that the whole icivilized world should
know that the doctrine of secession lie her
esy and that neith-r States nor individuals
can set the government aside.
EAST TENNESSEE SOLD AND NOT PERMITTED TO
CHOOSE HER MASTER.
You are all familiar with the events which
have taken place in Tennessee. In February
| last a special session of the legislature and
| bill calling a Convention was submitted TO
the people, who voted it down by /. majority
| OF 1900. Then another special session was
| called and, in secret session, the people Of
shambIes TO the Southern COnfederacy.-
While the Foffcers of that COnfederacy knew
about all that was going on, my people were
not suffered to put an ear 10 the keyhole, or
peep through crevice, while they were be-
ing transferred to the Southern Confederacy.
Only a little more than thirty days were
allowed in which to ratity or reject the ordi-
nance of Secession. FIfty-hVe hundred thon-
sand dollars were voted the Governor by
which to aid men who should Overawe and
intimidate the Union men. Even slave has
usually the privilege of selecting his master,
but here are We, the people of u Sovereign
State. sold without having voice in tie
choice of a master. By the same Dill three
thousand officers were created and distributed
over the State TO overawe and lntImldale Inc
Union votes Thus domIneered, hectOred
and beaten, large proportion Of Union
men were kept from the polls; yet with all
this. over thirty counties in East Tennessee.
where we had an opportunity to canvass, gave
a majority of from 20 TO $4,000 against S.
cessiOn. My own county gave majority OF
2,007 against it.
WHAT EAST TENNESSEE HAS RESOLVED.
We of East Tennessee are resolved still TO
stand by the State and the Union. If an
eartbuuake or a tornado should sweep the
other norton of the State from existence, we
of East Tennessee should still claim to be the
State, and will make the same claim should
the same result be obtained by any other
cause. All that we ask is that there shall be
no invasion from the South or from the other
portiOns of the State. We ask that we may
have means to defend ourselves, under the
clause of the Constitution which provides
that every citizen shall have the right to keep
and bear arms. We have asked the Governor
for our fair proportion of those arms which
were distributed for the protection OF the
State. and have been answered that we shall
have them. provided we form into companies
and brigades, to be transferred to JEFF. Davis
and the Southern COntederacy. We will
form no such companies; we will receive no
arms on these conditions. We will appeal for
aid, and, being provided with arms, we will
protect and defend our homes, our hresldes,
and our government from all invasion.
HOW AND WHERE JOHNSON DESIRES To BE BU-
RIED.
am willing to place every particle of pro- |
perty possess at the disposal of the Govern |
ment, if she needs it, in this strife, and if this
is not enough, am willing to pour out my |
life blood libatioa on the altar OF my coun- |
try. If fall in this strife, all L ak is, that |
nv corpse shall be carried to my home in |
Tennessee, wrapped in the Stars and Stripes, |
and that shall be buried among her noun |
tains. And if the Union should fall with me, |
all that 1 ask il, that wrapped in the flag /
which is her emblem, shall be buried il the |
same common grave. l ask no greater
glory