Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-03-19

and there is no diffeuliy about it. You szy fhst
you will not do il. Very we'll We have no esiscfion
none whichever. That il coercion When you
have attempted f. you Wiil fad that you havs
made war
These, Senators. are facts I came here to
plead for peace but have seen 60 much and felt
50 much that an corair al last. to Tell The plain
truth about thr gnaltsr, rather Indifferent as to
which way the ihiag turns. If eu want war you
can have T. Il yon vant peace, you can get il;
/ suppose that ia The remarks which / Fave
made shsll be treated by tho Republican, papers
Us usual With den0ncislion have SPOKEN
plainly; have spoken what thought right what
believe 70 be the sentiment Of the section in
which hse. l see this in The Tribune Of yesler-
day.
Andrew yohuson Of Tennessee made the stropees. anti
secession speech IN the Senate been delivered Ia
body He overturned Of his late political cofsasr
confronted their ih series votes
the Brown resolutions in favor Congressional protection
slavery. iss spring the Senate and utterly ever
the Senator's candidate for the Vice Presidency badly
smashed ~ ssaem that an argrmentave triumph has been
But this is not all. The tribune had to notice it
twice; takes two bites at the cherry. Again, the
Tribune says:
Andrew Johnson speeeh 10 answer TO the attacks made
Nothing Tor years lie sxeosei he bald
Inconsistencies Of The seessoniss ased his fidelity
conventions that they against the protection On slavery
in the Territories while the refusal Of BY
wilted down under she excoriaon"--
Now, l do net ,hink Mr.. Hunter was in the SEN
at ALL
San General Lane whed seated on hot grldsrsn
thought the General took it rather ccol-
The crowded galleries and the senate
the exhibition vastly NJ Mason tramped the floor Ike
This is rich. This account goes to the public as
the manner in which that speech was received for
the last two days. So be it.
One word MORE and shall conclude; and possi-
bly, ] had as well not say that but it oc-
ours 10 ne, and will. The Senator from Tennessee
charges that the people have net done this thing,
but the politicians have controlled it; and he Gays
we are influenced by ambitious motives. Who is il
that he allddes tof That is certainly not the
motive that influences me; for among all the null
titude Of candidates for the Presidency do not
think have ever seen myself spoken Of once. de-
sire nothing more than the place hare, SO for as
any hsners are concerned I have never changed
my policy. l came here with the views now have
and l have continued to hold them, and shall con-
tinuo while live TO entertain the opinions row
do, precisely to political matters do not know
whether I ought not TO be grateful even for that
blessing. It is said of old John Bunysn-he lived,
believe, somewhere between Tyburn and the Fleet
prison-that he was In the habit Of sitting with
Bible in his lap, and as the carts contain
ing eonViets with ropes upon their necks, sit
ting on their coffins to be hanged, would pass by
he would look up and say to himself, .But for the
grace Of God, John BunJsn might have been in his
place" [Laughter.] When l have looked
around here at some Of the persons who
have been candidates, sud electoneering can
ddstes, as If they were running for c,usiablss Of
beats Of different cities, have frequently thought
10 myself, but for the grace Of God, might have
been candidats for the Presidency. laughter
The thing has actually got to be disreputable.
The trainers of the Constitution, intending that
there shoa be some decency and dignity about
that Office, removed it utterly rs they Supposed,
beyond the possible reach Of popular elections
They were net Democrats, | suppose They -provi-
ded that electors should be chosen in each State il
s1ch manner as the State Legislature might pre-
scribe All the debates, and the history Of the
country show that they expected that the Lsgisla-
lures would elect those electors hsmseiyep or give
to the people the right of electsg than, and that
men Of known ptObiiy, CT wisdom, Of patriotism,
ylnd be selected as electors, and that they, acting
upon their own judgment, would, on day speciheO,
without snybody's knowing previously how they
were going to vote, exercise their ewn judgment,
and cast ths vote Of their State Thatwas the prin
ciple which adopted in the Constitution, just
you appoint, during good behavior, man to pre-
side over your Supreme Court, with no assurance
how he is going to decide cases. You select man
for bis great wisdom and his great purity, and hs
accurate knowledge ST the law and yeu trust to his
discretion to decide sill questions Of ssrn: and tHum
between man AMI mas. So il was intended that
the people, the Legislature OF each State. acting
n saoh manner as the Legislature should prescribe
would vote for the requisite number Of the ablest
and purest and most patriotic men, without asking
any questions, AMI that those would meet tos
&c her at the seat of Of their State and
,st their own vote in their own way for the good
of the country.
E
gressonal caucuses and these ropulay neEaoor attic
asd Wing conventions, and finally the thing mas
got deWa 90 loV that men come out ''upon their
own haoE," to use vulgar PHRASE, run for the
Presidency, aud stump the country. Why, sir,
suppose if there was any prospect of my being
ever elected if thought of it, would speak
with less hesitation about it, but before high heaven
as the matter has now got-I can speak Of 1t with
reference to myself because everybody knows that
l am not in the safe line Of promotion-but as
things are going and if this Union to be pre7
served. l would rather my individual self he the
keeper of a miserable RAILROAD tavern, which 10 by
fer tie neanest Of s taverns thGtI have seen,
sad desl out knocked bread and fried mea; at
twenty-five cents per passenger before sunrise In
the.morniRg, accompanied with Rio coffee, with
brown sugar, aad without milk than 10 sit in that
Presidential chair laughter] to dispense the offices
that sought here by set Of dishonest, traick-
ing trading politicians, who. at the expiration Of
every four years flock TO this place TO clai@ as
right as thing they are entitled to- fpS eersjees
rendered to the parry, lie O.hces Of this country.
Il is HioRs buailiatng thing. II there was moth
iag else except the last political canvass that we
ksve gone through to the States that are yet
inhabited by decent population, to secsde, that
would be sufficient ground for disrupting he Union.
Laughter This last Presidential election, il
Ielt myself called upon for reason which do not
for disrupting the Union, would be good enough
one, and weuld give that,
The Senator fISn TENNESSEE. however, says
sc sre Influenced by the deRire to get office, and
he Of course is not Nov, does the Senator from
Tennessee suppose that everybody is blind bat
himself: Does he suppose that there is man
living south OF Mason and Dixon's line who does
not see what be is after? For years past he has
been doing everything he could in order to ingra-
tate himself with and make himself acceptable to
the very worst class of the northern populace The
homestead bill, aud other thsnss Of thst sort have
been the neasuFes tAst he aas been deyoting him
seif to, and he has acquired some degree Of popu-
lrrity with that class He has said be would rather
be Black Republican than Red Republican
Well, we are told in Holy Writ that a man looketh
in glass and straightway forgetteth what man
ner of man be is. The ides that he should have
suspected that he is not Red Republican. that
he has not always been Red Republican, a saas
cgtoHs of the pprest stomp, would 30 q matter Of
aassenent to Tas we're it not, as said that we are
told that q man loaketh in glass and straightw6y
forgetteth what manner Of man he is. Red Repat-
licsnism! Why, sir, there is nothing, believe,
but the vilsst Democracy and the reddest Red Re-
publicanism that he has ever advocated here
has not the slightest conception OF the form 81 gov
eminent under which we are living, Of she insiit,
tons which we're staSished By the fathers of
republican, form Of government, in which, while the
people possess all powers they exercise none By
themselves but only through their representative.
They pass their laws through representatives; they
cor strue their laws through representatives.; and
they execute their laws through representatives.
That was the idea of the operation OF government
that our ancestors acted upon.
Our repQb;ioGE, representative fosLa Of govern
E,en; was mo- adopted gis allsr, 8, 1aething
That was bad in itseli, only net quite SO pad as
something else. 1t was not substitute for the
market place Democracy of former times, because
that was impraolieable; but it was that the pee
pie themselves ought not to exercise directly their
power. That is it, that it is safer that man SHOULD
be selected competent to cOnstrue the Law, and be
psid salary as judge to coustruo The Law shat it
is safer and better for the great mass of the
muuity. than that tie people should meet together
in populsr assembly and decide the Law Of Il 10