New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-23

nessee, haze BEEN haadSd 0per 10 this C0nfsdeTaey
say Ike sheep in tie shambies, bo''nd hand and FOOT
TO be disposed Of 40 Jefferson Davis and bis cohors
may think proper .
fbi4 ordiia ance was rassed by The Convention with
proviso that it should be submitted 10 the people
The Governor wa authorized TO lase ID, O00 men.
Money was appropriated to enable him to carry out
this daboical and nefa ions scheme, depnvIDg the
people of their rights dspOsng Of them as stock IN tne
understanding them completely, body and SOUL
TO the Southern Confederacy.
Now, you may talk about slaves and Slavery, but III
most instances hen slave changes hi, master, even
he has the privilege Of cb0oing whom he desires f0l
his next master, but In tis Instance the sovereign
people of free State have not been allowed the pryi
ege Of choosing the master they desired to serve.
They have b. en- given master ithu1t their conseLt
advice. No trouble was t.ken TO ascertain what
their desr were-,hey we're at once handed over 10
this Southern CUn,eceIacy.
THE UNION MEN OF TENNESSEE.
But while tEi3 contest has been going on, portion
Of our fellow-lzeps have been sranding mp for the
Constitution and the Union, and becalee tLey have
dared 10 stand upon the great embaitlenent oi con-
sttu'ional hteries eXerehing the fteea9m ana inc
jbery Of speech, potion of our people baVe ue-
,lared that tTitors they have sad THAI our
fate to he the late of tai and thai hemp was
growing, and that the day OF our execution was al-
proacLiDg-thst the time woald coue when those VINO
daie .taLd by The Constitution end the pin ipes
therein embraced, that the expiStion OF these deeds
would be upon the galows. We have met az tbese
things. We h0ce met them tn open d"y. we mare
met the face 10 f1retoe 10 toeat least IN one por-
lion of the State. We have told them that the Con-
siitution Of the United States fines treaeOn anu that
definition il, that treason against the unhed States
shall consist only il levyiny war agairst Tie general
Government OF The United States We baye told them
that the time would come when the prncii les OF the
Constitution and the Law defining treason would be
maintained. We bave told tDem that the time would
come when the juoiisry of tie Government would
be sU tanned in manner that IL couo define what was
treason under tie Constitution, aud the law made IN
conformity with il, and that w en- Defined they would
ascert sn " Ao were tie taitors AID tcho II o0s H0t
ro4id stretch tie hemp they had prepared tor as
lAIplause.
THE WARRANT FOR MR. J0nNsON'S ARREST.
know that III IeieIeute 10 tseif aud others re-
wards have been offered and il has been sid that war
rants have been issued for arrest. Let me say 10
YOU here to-day, that no fugitive, especially 40
fugitive from jnrtice. lLaughter III were "a iugi-
tive, would be II fugitive iron tyranny-a fugitive
IT. IN tie reign of terror. But, thank God, the county
in which i've ind that di,i of the State from
winch hail, viii record vote Of 5000 AGAINST the
Secession ordinance. The county Ia viii 1--we savo
majority of 1907 against tLis oIions ciitOllca ne-
fi,rious, Lell-born, and hell-bolnd doctrine.
The Gazette Gays: The speaker continued in
strain similar TO the above for about fifteen minutes
longer. lie made many humorous illusions TO the
bravery of the Secession soldiery, and wound mp
with heart-sting appeal for the preservation of the
UniOn.'