Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-03-09

We learn from the Banner OF yesterday that:
The Hon. VIM. B. Stokes, member of Congress
from the Fourth Congressional District of this State
arrived at this place from Washington yesterday
morning and last (Thursday) night addressed vast
concourse of his felow-citzens of Davidson county
at the Court House. His speech was able ard pa
triotic: and was received with every demonstration
Of applause by the audience His
speech was well tempered and in good taste earnest
patriotic and convincing, and we wish every man in
the State could have heard it.
From the Bonner we further learn that Mr.. Stokes
assured his hearers that the Republican parry had
backed down from the Chicago platform" We
presume that not only his own CONSTITUENT but the
people of Tennessee generally would be glad to
know wherein 'the Republican party" have "backed
down from the Chicago platform" We are in
clned to think, from what we can learn Of
Mr.. STOKES speech, that he has backed up
b that platform. "He warned the people against the
acquisition of future territories" speaking OF
the Southern Coufederacy, he said, that while he
lived and breathed he would go into no such con-
Germ The Southern Confederacy will doubtless
be more gratiied to receive Tennessee, since Mr.
Stokes has thus emphaticaily announced his deter
mination q He told the dissatisfied, that if they
wanted to 90 into Southern Confederscy, for Gods
sake to CO. and do not stay here stirring up rebel
fion." Mr. Stokes is doubtless laboring under the
same hallucnation that is misleading Gov. JOHNSON
and Mr.. LINCOLN, to wit that all in Tennessee who
voted against Convention are satisfied. We can
assure those gentlemen that they widely mistaken
in their estimate. There thousands of in the
State of Tennessee, who voted against Convention
believing it was the surest way to procure guaran-
tees, which all, then admitted were necessary for
or protection if we remained in the Union. There
were thousands of men, true to the rights, honor
and interests of Tennessee, who voted against
Convention, believing that tie cup of fOrbearance
was not yet emptied and that all the remedies had
not vet been exhausted. Should all who are dis
satisfied" leave, Mr.. Strokes would find the number
double that of the Convention.
The points above indicated are such as are furnN
ished US by the Banner. From what we have heard
of the speech wo regret that we did not hear it We
learn that Mr.. STOKES gave the inaugural of Mr..
LINCOLN his most unqualified approval, and declar-
ed himself ready assist in the subjugaton of the
seeded States if they refused to deliver up the
forts they have taken, er should attempt to take
others, or if they refused to pay customs to the
United States. Not satisfied with the enuneiation
of such bloody doctrines he aped HELLER in attemp
ing to create feeling of enmity against the slave
holder in the mind of the non-slavehol-
der. Such, we learn, was part |
of the policy of Mr.. STOKES AS the Banner has en-
dorsed the speech as well tempered, and in good |
taste, earnest, patriotic and convincing" we would
be glad to know whether our information is correct
as to the tenor ofMr. STOKES remarks.
We cannot forbear to warn patriotic, law loving |
and law abiding citizens, without regard to their
former political associations that the time has ar
rived when they must take position against the pes
tential demagogues who, regardless of the safety /
of the country, going to endeavOr to ride into
power upon hastily formed prejudices which they |
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