Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-05
Plan, Andr Iohnson.


Pious ANDY JOHNSON serenaded Ia Cincin-
nati, at his hotel on Saturday nghtlast, bya crowd
of those Black Republicans yVhs are crying loudly
for the blood Of bis, former cOuntrymeu. We are
tol9by the organ of John Bro wnisn, which reports
bia speech on that occbsioa thatis was "ss vigorous
war speech as could beIsade by any man = Among
other = vigorous things that Ibis friend of the
yeop1 said is the following: h-bsa2
There is a class of persons in this country, both
in the South and in the North, who bold that the
rzaiority of mankind are incapable Of self govern
.Inent The many should serve and the favored few
should rule, ..,s.- rf.- ,,.t-
sristoersts throughout the world In the other
hemisphere this doctrine is openly proclaimed; here
it is cunningy Concealed BY its Rdherents under va
rious specious guIses. The orginatoFs and foRlent
of this rebellion hold this doctrine, and aim st
this result. Their will insure it. IL the
leaders of rebellion slcosed in their plans, monar
chisl government will be established here, aud the
people of this country viii suddenly find themselves
under the control of a military dictator.
ANDY has said these same things q thousand times.
before, about monarchists and aTstocrats, but we
did not think that even he, notorious as he is for
shameless hsrdihOod, would dare to repeat it, in the
face of the fact that the people of Tennessee have
decided to- govern themselves by,a majority Of
60 600 and that LINCOLN has openly and undisguis-
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tori over the fragment Oftke old Union for which
this disgraeei renegade has betrayed his own peo-
pie. But there is no Limit to the sublime audaeity
But the sanity ASDEEw proceeds as follows: sn
7 There must be no half way business in this. We
must conquer the South, or they will conquer US.
1t viii not do to cffer terms Of peace when we
have nearly captured Manassas. We must go far
Their. lt .ts'i q. r.
If the rebels take Washington, they win. take.
Baltimore. IL they take Bsltimere they will take
Philadelphia and New York; and fualiy, as their
Secretary Of War lately threatened they will die
tate their own terms to Us in Faneuil Han. They
VIII form new Government and instead Of Con-
stituti0nal Government, we will. find ourselves
crushed under the dominion Of the sword.
p This is the design Of the rebel leaders. We must
conquer them, or they viii conquer US. In plain
words, we must whip or be whipped The South
has been treated too long hike spoiled child-snd
Z badly spoiled one at that-and now, like other
spoiled children, the only resource left is to whip
the badness out Of it. p t.' ~ SO ..--.
And yet this pious man, who is so extremely cap
tious andenaeious of the right of the majority to
govern aud who so snesringly speaks of the "few'
and the minority y is now endesvoring to inaugu
rate this original mode of governing 3joriry Of
those who have hsaped upon him the highest pow
ers. He would govern his own countrymen by the
sword, which is the argument of tyrants and kings
Instead of acquiescing IN the twice expressed
will of those who have fatally trusted him with
power, he returns to a neighborng State and threat
ems them with the sword and vulgarly talks of
whipping them aad "conquering" them; Does
history furnish another example of such aningrae?
The Cincinnati organ thus gives the finishing
stroke to the PiOus sad saiatiy ASDr's harangue:
In conclusion. Mr.. johnson alluded 10 his own
State of Tennes zee, where his wife aud children
were living, unable to come to him and lie unable to
go tOthem. lie sand that the people who had taken
him BY the hand and elevated him to his present
position, he could never forget they were firm and
united. bat wanted assistance from the Government
TO sustain their Union sentiments. He iHteLded TO
be untrng, and would perish in his efforts to re-
store them 10 their rights lie would lay down
his life for them. lie had never deceived or betray
ed them, nor had they deceived him.
The honest and cliyalrous Andy endeavors to get
up a little sympathy for himself here, when he
says that his wife and children are unable to come
to him and he unable to so to them.n 1t is very
true that he is @unabe to go them" but we think
no one, not even the "rebes, wish to part as pi0us
a man as AYRE from his family. If be will send
them some Of the ewages OF SIM which he has re-
esived in the shaps OF tgderEi gold We feel sat.
isGed that even the eAzf rebel" President DAVIS,
will grant passports to all who have the blood of
ANDY ia their veins to leave the Confederate Stttes
swiftly possible. -- .-- -arE .ts-
But what sublime piety looms up in his closing
sentences He is willing to become martyr for
'the people who had taken him by the hand and
elevated him. that dear people, whom he had neUer
deceived or betrayed, nor had tag decsirsd him.
Pious ANDY, saint, martyr, who would 'lay down
his lifen for the people; you hare deceived the PEG
pie of Tennessee but your smooth assembling and
audacious assertion will never more allow you to
be eIsUdted higher in their regards than BENEDICT
AENOLD, or higher above their persons than one HA-
NAN whose special aversion you will remainder.
was MoRDECAI who sat at the Kings gate
The Feeling in Washington.
~ tho Io-sly,