Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-04-02
NoHIE WEaPONSE,
Of Coral Lane, in reply to the assaults Of
Andre johnson:


Tlt~ollowing is an extract from the speech
Of Coral Lane, in reply to the assaults Of
Andrr johnson:
IA Senator on that occasion looked at ne,
P0intk in ny direction, and made remarks not
becoming a Senator-remsrks thar have been
TOO ohsn made upon this floor, and that no
gtlleman world make. He said that be Lad
struck treason a blow. The mighty Senator
from Tennessee struck treason a blow To
whom did be allude? He said be saw the
commodon on this side the house; be saw the
book being brought in; be saw that i was 70
reply to bin. Sir, If the word treason was to
be applied by him or any other man to ne, I
would say, you are a coward that cannot
maintain l.. ST, 1 cannot express my con-
tempt Of the man VINO would 90 insinuste,
even in thought. Adrop Of treason never ran
in my veins. At an hours notice, when work
ing IN a corDfeld for the support Of m~yfamilV,
when I heard that Indiana had been called on
for troops, ] offered ny services; and I did not
look upon my family from ten minutes after /
received the notice until / had gone through
bloody battles-lnt1 ! had carried home with
ne evidences Of nv devotion TO the Union.
Does the Senator dare to charge treason upon
me? J think not; for no gentleman would
have the temeritF to do it. ] might 60 on and
say that I entered that service as a private,
and cane home out Of the service with the
Fank or maior-gensral in the army. 7 earned
II On the battlefield. On the battlefield I lost
almost the last drop Of my blood without a
murmur, in the service OF my country. Who,
then, fs be thst would dare have the brazen
efrontery to charge me with treason to my
eountrv-a country which ! have loved from
nv infancy. which ny father fought for, and
which / have never failed to fight for myself?
7 never viii fail to meet the Zoe Of ny eoun-
Try. or 70 bleed in her cause, while am able
Though ny arm is not as strong as it once
was, though ny limbs nav not be supple or
elastic az in youth, I an yet able, when my
country shall need ny services, to offer them,
and I s0aH Be The FIRST TO do it on any Just oc-
casion; but never against one Of the States Of
this Union who has left it because justice has
been denied to ber- No, sir, neverl
Then. sir, to whom could the Senator from
Tennessee refer? Could be allude to my
friend Dsvis2 Sir, ] saw him on the battle
field. was looking right ia his face when be
was wounded. Isaw a shndder pass over him
az the bullet struck bin, precisely at the side
end Of his spur, and passed through the center
5-bis heel. There was perceptible simply a
sbudfsr; but not murmuT Just a shudder for
fhe instant, when struck BY the bullet but
never, for a moment, did be lose the sight Of
she enemy or the hag, but struggled on through
the battle to the end, following the glorious
stars and stripes, that emblem Of the Union,
that emblem Of the Constitution, that emblem
Of protection 10 every State Of the Confedera-
~ under the Constitution, as CALAMITY
a. ever did mortal man; aud yet upon this
door there are sons base enough to alluds to
him as a traitor. Mr. President 1 have not
words 10 express my contempt for any man
can apply such a tern 20 such a mar az
1sfersos Davis. Jefferson Davis q traitor :
applied to himl He, the purest and
brsvest 81 pstriotsi He fought for bis flag
and country when the towards and postroons
LAT now dare viIify bin, were supine at
He viii live gloriously In history
Tbso fbev are forgotten. Sir, this q reason
Of our seeding brethren does not fall within
definition given BY HESibrss to that crime
for the South hoErisbes and prospsrs- HE
Deople who have seeded from the Union, and
formed a government OF tner OWL are
-ssrgsd With treason. / viii tell gentlemen,
viii have more than ordinary difficulty 70
contend with when they invade the rights Of
mat government.