Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-07-18
senator gol,nson's Fourth OF ssiy
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senator Lohmson's Fourth OF ssiy
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Gov. Andrew johnson Of Tennessee gave
one of his vigorous, straightforward speech
es in Nashville on the 4th inst He said:
This is the peoples government; they
received it as legacy from heaven, and
they must defend and preserve it, lift is to
be preserved at all. | am for this govern
ment above all earthly possessions, and if it
perish do not wish to survive it. am
for it, though slavery should be stru,k from
existence and Africa be swept from the
balance of,he world. believe indeed that
the Union is the only protection Of slavery
its sole guaranty; but ifyou persist in
forcing the issue of slavery against the gov
eminent, say in the face Of heaven, Gipe
me my yosc'vr'ent, and lei tae negroes goP >
The following is the Governors graphic
account of rebel iniquiies, including the way
he thinks they should be dealt with:
Some protested to entertain holy hor-
ror Of coercion. Why force and error
have coerced the South into her present
position, and nothing but force and power
will bring her back. You were coerced by
the violence and force of secession, and the
spirit Of secession must be subdued and con-
irolled by force. The strong arm of the
| Government must be barred and justice
must do her work. We may as well un-
derstand the fac. FIRST as last, and go to
work nationally. Without force and power
to coerce we have no Government. How
have matters gone on heretofore? Why.
when the Union army came the drsi to run
10 il for protection and privileges were Sc
cessionists, who go promises Of protection
if they would remain neutral. On the other
hand the poor Union men were terrified
with threats of yengence ir the rebel army
should return. The seeessionist was pro-
tected by the Union army, and was equally
confident Of protection should the rebel ar
my return, SO he felt perfectly easy. The
Union man dreaded utter ruin, should a re-
verse occur, and was filed with perpetual
alarm. So, under this strange policy the
rebel had two guarantees and the Union
man but one. 1t is time this was stopped.
The tire has drrired ,chea treason must Be
made odioas, and traitors imp0perished.--
These men have used their property to des-
troy the Government, and Gil the land with
bankruptcy and distressi they have given
their wealth freely to aid rebellion and lrea-
son, and dreneh the land ia fraternaI blood.
and crush out the last vestige OF liberty,
and their property should Be takes, from, them
70 pay tAe expenses Of tie scar They are
the guilty ones. They are the real crimi-
mails. The poor have been deluded and
dragged into this war, while authors and
instigators who have kept up the war by
the money and contributions, have skulk-
ed at home and demanded the protection Of
the Federal Governments And what was
the motive of many Of these men in Nash
vile for bringing on aud aiding the rebel
hon! Why many of these elegant gentle
men rebelled to ger rid Of paying the Nor
thern debts II a miserable cripple negro
worth five hundred dollars was stolen, the
Government must be overthrow if the ne
gro could not be recovered but your DO
lite, festidious and chiyarous merchant can
go among what he calls 'blue-bellied Yam
kres, buy their goods en- credits and then,
when payday comes, tell his creditors in
the North, oh, have seeded 1t Is an
outrageous crime to steal negro, but it is
genilemanly fnanciering to defraud Nor
thern creditor of $4,000 or 100000
Hundreds of instances could be related
showing how far the rebellion was impelled
aud advanced by this swindliug spirit. Yet
these very men who had disgraced them
selves by these frauds, would talk grayely
about the sin of slave-stealng. Now take
the value Of all the negroes that have been
stolen from the South, and then take the
sum of all the Northern debts that have
been repudiated by Southern men, and the
latter viii surpass the former at least Ten to
one. Who own many of your public build
ings, railroad stocks, bank stocks and other
property ? Northern men. Yet you who
elamor about your Southern rights can cool !
ly defraud your Northern friends of millions
of dollars. The rebels Of Tennessee must
be eoerced. They coerced Tennessee, or
tried to coerce her, out of the Union, and |
they must be coerced into the performance
of their duty. You talk of Withholding
yonr cotton and starring out the North.-
just make the calculation which will starye
out the soonest-the North, with her bread /
staifs and no cotton, or the South. with cot
ton and no breadstufls.'
From The Springfield Republican.
The VERMONT PLATfoRM.-The posi-