New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-04
SENATOR JOUysOY IN CINCINNATI.

day.
SENATOR JOHNSON IN CINCINNATI.
HIS SPEECH on THE CAUSES or THE REBELLION
Fyog, Tn. Cincinnati Commereidi Of Sspt = g.,
During the afternoon of Saturday 1t became nolsed
abroad that the Hon. Andy johnson, Senator from
tennessee was a guest at the Burnett house, anu %
forthwith the admirers of that honest and suy pstrlo;
determined 20 compliment him with serenade
The hope Of hearing his manly voice once more ring
out ia rebuke to the desroyers OF the national peace,
drew together q very large concourse OF cnlens In
responce to a CALL Mr. johnson made stirring ana
patriotic address, OF which we give the spirit:
ADDRESS.
n was nv intention to have gone through this city
quietly and unobseryed, although am free TO say mat
the appreciation which you, my fellow-ctzens, have
Lestowed upon my conduct, is appreciated, and Will
ever be held in aiiectionate remembrance by me-
A few weeks since, when II was my privilege 70
pass through Cincinnati you were pleased 10 best0W
upon demonstration OF your appreciation lar oe'
yond my merits or my worth.
NV efforts stll continue unabated in trying TO carry
ont those which are necessary to sustain the
Government in its emergency and hope that nothing
will ever transpre which will tend to abate these Efforts
oS KEcASTATIOS.
have tonight read with great pain and regret me
reported reeanaiion by distinguished citizen oi len
nessee Of the views hitherto expressed 10y him. re-
qret this step on the part Of that distinguished citizen
Tor two reasons regret il on account Of onr cause,
but regret il more on bis own account; III " were
nv case do not hesitate 10 say that aiher than haAe
a
IRON coffin and buried in the earth the feet foremost.
BIT trust that il ia not 70, and OF what know oi
mat distinguished citizen, do not believe the report
| to be true.
| or THE DEFEAT. AT MANASSAS
fsyy weeks since when passed through your city,
the crisis was bckeniug and since then has conn.
ued to grow thicker and blacker and II the iesnt OF
the contest bas chilled, II mean the battle fought ut
Manassasl and disprited you, how MUCH more heavily
must il have fallen upon the lovers Ql the Union Y
| the Southern States and how much greater must have
been It's tendeney 20 discourage the UnlYn men there
But tell you that if the sulen, sInotheTed, le.2l
feeling Of the South has receded, u i IKE the smo'l
cred fires of Vesuyius which only fall 10 gather more
| lava and more heat, that when the time comes bley
may burst forth with the more des,ry.i,ye ieEy,
GCheers.l When the time comes in which The snioth-
! cred sentiments Of Southern Union men sha burst
| forth they will visit destruction upon those who have
exiled them from their bones and devastated their
property. Manassas should but smu late you TO mako
such demonstration will teach traitors, both North
and South FOR tell you that you have them here,
that theraie power in this Government sufficient
preserve il from destruction and that you are deter
mined that the UpiQn shall be preserved. CAeeIs.I
| THE CAUSE OF TIE WAR,
We have heard mach said about the tights Of this
section and Of that section about the right OF this sort
of property, and to that scrt OF property but tell
you that the true of this strife lays deeper than
any such current. Ever since men began TO be organ
| zed into civilized communities there have been those
who contended that all power originated IN usurpaion
the principle which underres the contest now going
on. lCTics OF " That's so.
And If this Rebellion should succeed in destroying
the Government, pray God Il may not then there
would be established upon Its ruins either an aris-
tocraey or a monarchy. The question submitted TO
YOU is not "Shall we stop at Manassas but the
Issue s you must either conquer them or they viii
conquer you. If they take washington do you think
they will stopl No. They will take Baltimore; and
il they take Baltimore, they will want philadelphia
and having Philadelphia, they will march 70 Now
York until as their Secretary OF War said in Mont,
gomery they will dictate the terms OF their cOmprO
mise Within the walls of Faneu Hall speak plain.
ly il is their intention 10 give you military DICTATOR
ship. The same bayOnels which destroy tDis Goyern
ment will dictate the next. Instead OF Constitu-
tion, they will give you swords and bayonets
We need not mioce or hesitate in this matter We
speak in common paIance, you must either whip them
or they will whip you. They are, many Of them, in.
solent, proud braggarts like spoiled children and
badly spoiled at that. You must whip ont OF item,
or they will whip yon. Loud applause
COMPROMIsE.
Much has been said about compromises. What !
compromise with rebels with arms in their hands |
Compromise with traitors who would subvert your !
Constitution Do you want any better compromise |
than the Constitution made by Washington and the |
patriots OF the Reyolution-a Constitution beneath 1
which they lived, and which they scaled with their
blood
II they don't wan. to change the Government, why /
subyert II Ii they do not wish TO form another, |
why destroy this ask this simple question. five |
cannot live on terms Of peace and friendship under
Constitution, can we hope 20 live under mere |
treaty. Ii the day should cone, and pray
God that 1t never may, when you shall make any |
other compromise than that OF unqualified submission
TO the Constitution and Laws What thenl Do |
treaties change the geographical commercial or social
relations of nations Yonr treaty OF peace would be
one of continual war. You cannot have peace with
out the Constitution You must meet the question |
fairly now. You must fight il out Cries Of That's |
the talk" Renewed cheers.
Suppose treaty should be made with the rebels, |
would any of the Disturbing clements which brought |
about the present IIfculty be got nd OFT Not one.
Such treaty would be one of war. IL could not be
otherwise. We could not escape fight under it, and
if the fight must come, it had better come LGreat
applauso.
Il is said that Beelzebub was once an angel In heav
en- but he rebelled, and tried 20 overthrow the govern
mont Of Jehovah aud the result was that he kicked 7
cut of heaven by the angels.
Whenever virtue compromises with vice, vice makes
an inroad upon virtue. II yiitue compromises with 1
vice to day, there must be another compro-
mise, and the next day another until virtue rs clean
gone aud vice rules instead. If TRUTH compromises
With falsehoQd, tasshV0d viii sneToaca ppol Eg!li