Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-03-28
Gov. johnson at Nashville, Ten n

stances The people, not the soldiers,
received him well, and in the evening
cave him serenade and called him out,
when he made speech on "tbe Union,
the constitution and the enforcement OF
the laws" which made men from whom
no such demonstrations were expected,
to applaud, and even to shed tears The
effect of the speech was good on all
bearers. An abstract of bis address was
forwarded by the correspondent of the
World, in which we find the following
passages;
81 deeply and truly appreciate this
demonstration of respect and confidence.
| am affected by the circumstances under
which | return to you, which renders me
all the more sensitive to and grateful for
this testimony Of my fellow citizens l
return to you with no hostile purpose,
with no new doctrines to avow, no
/ strange teachings to inculcate. For what
! do | come? | come to render you what
ever aid may be in my power in re-erect-
/ ing upon her rightful domain in TenneS-
see the star-spanged banner-that flag
borne by him who was first in war, first
in peace, and first in the hearts Of his
eountrymen-borne by him also whose
sacred ashes repose almost within the
sound of my voice, and borne also by
many thousand of our countrymen,
when the blood spouted from their heel,
and no covering sheltered them but the
stormy, pitiless cloud. To aid you in
re-establishing the supremacy of this
flag, so dear to your fathers and to mine,
l come. To aid you in the upholding
and defending of this, the best govern
ment that God ever spoke into existence, -
He then laid bare with scatbing sew
erity the real cause of the war against
the government, which he declared to be
disappointed ambition, and not slavery.
The latter was but a preteXt, predicted
by Jackson Look at the bypocrile Yam
cey telling Great Britain now, that slay-
cry was not the cause Of the war.
He painted in telling terms the track
of desolation that secession left. Bridges,
crops, dwellings destroyed; brother ar
rayed against brother in deadly conflict
families torn asunder, widows broken
hearted and orphans crying for bread.
All such scenes as these are on the track
Of the demons tread. He pointed the
eyes Of sece,sionists present to this scene,
and asked was it not enough, had they
not suffered enough at the hands Of this
accursed monster Had they not been
F. duped and deceived by such as Davis
T Toomb., and the like, long enough
r Would they not see their folly and CRIME
and return to .heir allegiance Hl
searched them with the weston. wa.
] there a man there who had lost a singl,
o RIGHT. or been deprived of single priv
e iIege under the Constitution? They wert
t entreated to ponder and reflect upor
, their suicidal course, to remember the
: "sopl Of liberty was the love of law !;
7 that there was no hone for US but in rev.
erence for the constitution and laws 0,
fine country
= The Governor closed by a most affect
ing allusion 10 East Tennessee, where
his desolate home was, and his sick sad
, wife. His voice rang out like clarion
2 through the silent city, calling upon bis
/ counlrymen to come forward in the de-
= tense Of his beloved section oil the State,
to show their hands, to fear not, and
{ speak out their minds. He declared his
; willingness TO share wi;h.them any and
5 oil don,,or far ,bs ,sscna Of Tonnassoe
e..a, H., ;,u., 81 ,lo ;ofaro,I r,orster
T..;,... .Lo,.ra J., o,,;.,ol and .-ao-
son o.,.loa lie con,o Wit, No hostility
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