The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-03-27
Speech Of Governor johnson at
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| lGoyERNoR JOHNSON. IN NASHVILLE. /.
| Governor johnson arrivedin Nasty lilo
on Thursday night, when in ras2onse 10
a serenade, he made speech, Of which
the following is synopsis. i3iiJilss GER
! Mr. johnson said: deeply and truly
appreciate, this demonst, alton of respect
and confidence I am aAectsa eLy the
lcireuins tances d urder which, / retural To
you, which renders eall tbe more sensi,
tive to, and grateful for this testimony
from, my faIloW,citizeDs.f Ireturn 10 you
with no hosiileiiDtent. With no new doc.
trine to aEow. no. strange teachings to in,
culcate. For what do come? / come
with the, olive branch In one hand aud
The Cor OQstitutiOu in thelotler, to render
you whatever aid may be IN my power. 10
re'erectiDg, upon her rightful domain Of
Tennessee, the Star iSpangled Banner
lfG'tAag bprpsl by him who was first in
war; 6lst in peace, aDd first inathe hearts
ofhis counifymeh;"s borne by him also,
whose sacred ashes Jepose almost within
the sound Ofnyiyoice, and borne also BY:
many Thousand OF countrynene when
the Lloodspouted fromhheirsbeel, and. no
covering sheltered them but The s'oImy,
1pililess cloud, 10 aid you in ro,establish
ling tho supremacy Of this Gag. so dear to
your fathers md mine. Il come to aid
Iyou In lhs uPheldipg and defending Of
This the best Government lhat God ever
Spoke into existenoet j have never de-
Serted Nbat Government. How could i?
The exiled77my wife driven hither and
thither. ,her servants stolen my house q
rebel bospital-77howa could / desert the
GLORIOUS Government under which i had
been SO riehly yland abundantly blesse land
under which 50 many of my fellow citizens
have enjoyed. and idoseDjOy 90 bountiful-
flystbe boon of, liheriy. and seeuiityp No.
! TIE Governor then passed 10 the inqui
Try for what purpose is the war, and pres
lscd bone with great zeal and force the
ANSWER, forjtbe maintenance oil the Con.
slitution and tho Government. lie then
referred TO the wicked deception that had
been mpraoticed upon the people in the
canvass Of 1861. He referred to his own
speech here at that time, in which he
coutepdtd in all sincerity that the Breck-
inridge party was as much the party ,ol
the Union as any o,her. Bell. Breckin.
ridge and Douglas men were all taught
the doctrine ofibe Union, the CoLstitu,
ton, aud the enforcement of the laws,
Breckenridge deceived him. He was a
disuDiOnistat ut the time. His was a disu.
MON party Notwithstanding all the vie.
ling with eaeh other of these three parties
4 for the palm ofUnion:sm, every one OIL
j their several ly-aders ip this State. have
become open rebels against the Govern
! ment ofthel United States. .t.ai ara n
I[ Heihen laid bare with scathing sever
lily the real cause of d the war against ,ht
Government, which he declared 10 be. dis
appointed ambition, and not Slavery. The
n latter was but pretext, predicated BY
Jackson Look at the hypocrite Vance,
telling Great Britain now that Slavery
was not the, ,cause Of the war. These lheI
pretended that they we've projecting Sls
/ very by withdrs wing IRON the Union
> while ,it,was clear to every candid mint
that the only protection TO Slavery was II
: the Consultation Of the United States. ..a
Il gTennessy cans. | have taken part il
/. your politics since l856-1haye ever De
u ceived you? I Is there a man within tb
{? soupdio my voice, or man. woman, o
/, child in the State who can say that he o
n she has been deceived by Andy Johnson
sl Why all this persecution against me an
e mine? Why am | exiled, driven, fror
y my home,. and my hard earnings take
/ from ms7 Simply because l adhere
e my Government and yours, my flag an
4 your flag, the Government and the flag c
b our fathers Because, loved them to
: WE'LL Because. having been born an
8 bred under them, / have determined
die under them. YylT lnf YaYA 4a +
I An eloquent tribute was then paid
Q the U nitsd States Government as the go,
e ernment Of the people by the people
h He painted in telling terms the track
n desolation that Secession left. -Bridge
c crops, dwellings destroyed; brother a
!; raysd against brotherin deadly conAic
b families torn asunder; widows broker
M hearted; and orphans crying for bread.-
% Allauch soenss as these are on 4 the trac
le Of the demons tread He pointed Il
II eyes Of the Secessionists present to th
10 scene, aadasked we're il not enough at Il
g haads of this a6cursed monster? HI
'e they .notbeeno1 dupsd and deceived i
IN such as Davis, TOomhs and the like lor
"a. enougbG Mould they not see their fol
y add grimes and rstnyn 10 their allsgianc
ID He ssarehed hhem1 with the question
d. was there whoihad lost a single right
al btendepfived of asingle1 privilege und
i. the Constitu.ionHi> hTheyn were renireAt
% 10 ponder and reflect upon their suiojd
nd course; 10 remember that "ths soul
ri liberty was the dove Of law y that, the
az was no hope brrusu but in reverence
the Constitution and lava of.the countr
The Governor closed bYa most ,afFe,
,is ing alldsioh to East Tennessee, where
- desOlste Housewives and his sick, sad WI
81 His voice rang tntylke a clarion lhronI
the isileutlcity calling upon ,1lisl countl
On men to- come forward nthe defense
a his beloved section of the State; to sh'
II; their hands, to fear not and speak out
!. He declared his willingness to share wi
y them any and all dangers for the resc
pt. Of Tennessee from the Jaws of the iniel