Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11
IFrOpa The Nashville Union, 9Th. I
AS6f JOHISOES lih OF July ADDRESS.
VOICE OF A TRUE DEMOCRAT

ing and enthusiastic cheering He said
it had been his fixed determination not to
speak again in Nashville without prepar-
alton He had spoken SO often in this
place, that he feared his remarks would
grow stale. Shouts Of a go on go on!''
He came here tonight to listen to a dis
tinguished gentleman, who was prevented /
by sickness from attending, and with no
expectation of speaking himself. But as
no one else seemed to be willing to speak
he would contribute his mite to the enter /
tainnent and information, if possible, of .
this vast. orderly, and intelligent audi
enee, From the first of the wicked re-
bellion he had made up his mind as to
his duty, and survive or perish, sink or
swim, he was determined TO fight it thro'
to the end. He was a soldier for the
war. He had been denounced, cullnina-
ted and traduced SIS a traitor for his de-
votion to his country, but challenged any
one to point out an act where he had vio-
lated his duty or his oath of Office. In
fighting under the old har. for the Gov
ernment. he was but conforming to his
principIss &c had avoyra,7 from his earliest
| ~ ,rssl,,e,f8 lie had a.,-.ys stood before
iae peoble as the advocate Of popular
government, against the government Of
propertyy~as a democrat in the trate and
Drixaarv sense of that word. And to-
night he appeared to defend the great
principles of civil and religious liberty
/ In our old contests, political parties con-
! tended whose policy was best adapted to
promote the good and prosperity of the
/ government and of the Union, but now
: the great question was, shall this Gov
ernment and this Union exist, or shall
| thev perish There were only two par
ties now, one composed of the friends,
/ and the other Of the foes of the Union
/ And although demagogues attempted to
raise the cry Of Slavery and Abolition,
the real question to be decided was, shall
free government live on the Western
Continent Be assured that this Is the
question which underlies the rubbish and
rant of corrupt and reckless office-hunt-
ers Negroes Slavery Southern
Rights Coercion What terrible bug
bears to frighten timid people and blind
them to the real point at issue He ask
ed the vast multitude before him what
Southern rights any of them had lost in
the Union. lid 1t ever rob or impover-
ish? Did it ever defraud or Cypress you?
Then if you have lost no rights, why all
these vast armies-wby these bayonets
and cannon, and fleets, and tented fields?
Why all these new made graves and
oceans Of blood? Why are hundreds of
YOU coming to the Capitol, praying for
the release of your deluded boys? He
could not tell why. 1t was because some
corrupt and reckless politicians wanted
place and power. They 1oere determined 10
r4is the country # they could not gopers The
7okole Lnion-ttey aeere determined to goU-
ern part. He knew these Southern
t politicians, Ysncey, Toombs, Davis, Wig
fall, Mason, Benjamin, and others, well,
for he had served with them for years in
Congress. lie was familiar with theiI
views and feelings, and, having watched
: their course closely, believed that he un-
, derstood their motives clearly. He sat
side by side with them when they pro.
fessed that they wanted a compromise
with the North. Futile journals Of Con-
[ gress prored that these traitors had an oD-
: porf,tsastz 70 get the compromise they profess
: ed % desire, and get they olloered Il to be de
feated arAen their uote arould hare obtained
~. They talked hypocritioally. Il settle
a,e7et of difficulties qcaS tie uery last thin
. that these redet Senator'S 1ranted They
e sought continually how they might de-
feat a peaceable settlement of the ques
> ton in dispute They took THEFT seats IL
the Federal Congress fer the purpose O
. breaking up the Union, and founding ont
which they could control. They sue
6 ceeded, unhappiIy for the country, II
plunging US into bloody and cruel anc
unholy war. A war, and for what?-
Why this fearful sacrifice Of life, fhii
blight upon the happiness Of once hap
py people? People Of Davidson county
what have you lest that you should go t.
war? / ask those thoughtless boys wht
+ have returned from the rebel army, tn,
: quickest way they could, how many ne
groes they have lost by the AboHtionists'
You were induced and caioled by ricl
: rebels, and threatened into the army t.
/ fight against your country, but when yoJ
, returned didn't you find these aristocrati
:. chivalry sitting snugly at home? The
= very men who were most clamorous 70
| Southern rights were the very last to g
! into the army to fight for them, but the7
f were busy getting others to go. Th
cbivalry champions of Southern right.
I indeed Why, they have robbed ant
c plundered and devastated the South
G They have made East Tennessee a deser
q because her people are loyal, I am
slave owner myself, not by inheritance
but by hard labor, and they not only rob
bed me Of my negroes, but turned my wifi
and little boy into the streets, and con
verted my dwelling into a hospital ant
Il barracks, The Southern chivalry hay
0 been the greatest robbers and enemies O
@ the rights of the people, that the countT,
has ever seen. And if this war goes Of
Z through the folly and wlckedncss o
u Southern rebels, slavery is at an end, fo
it has no protection, and no guarantee out
= side of the Union. With. the death q
: the Federal Union dies slavery The A b
! olitionists and Secessionist on this poin
}. occupy the same stand there is no diff
=. ference between them. The Abolition
: lists, such as Wendell Phillips, Garrison
= and others, denounce President Lincol1
: as worse than jeff Davis. From tn
d hands Of these incendiaries on both side
a the people must rescue the Union. Their
= is great middle party between these tw
extremes who must maintain the govern
ment The work must be done by tn
people. Don't wait for your leaders t
guide you. l know the people of Nash
Il vile well, and I know the feelings whic
)f controls them, and know the men wh
+ have been your leaders for / have bee
n with them for years as a member of th
Legislature, of Governor of your State
a. and as Senator in Congress, You hav
a. relied upon these leaders as oracles who's
N bidding you must obey. You ask whel
are our leaders-the John Bells, Ewingi
~ Neil Browns, and the Union and Amer