Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-06-10

called, appeared upon the stand, aud briefly
| audresseu the audience, 10 substance as fol
lows:
sPEEoH on Mr.. scUDDER.
FsllOw Citizens Of The County Of Bedford: /
did not expect to address this meeting. l
came here to hear the distinguished speakers,
who were announced in the public prints as
the speakers on this occasion. 1t is nov late
in the afternoon and you cannot expect me
to address you at auy lengh. However, af.
ter the hattering manner in which you have
been pleased to call upon me, out of respect
for you and in justice TO myself, cannot
refrain from making few remarks.
In February, 1861, when l was a candi-
date for the State Convention, before this
Revolution broke out, we met together in
many public places. l see many gentlemen
here from different parts of the county,
who at that time heard me express myself
upon the great questions that then agitated
the country 1 told you then that was de-
votedly attached to the Constitution and
Union of these States and if was honored
with your confidence by an election to the
Convention, that / would vote against an
Ordinance of Secession and if it should be
passed by the Convention over my VOTE l
would introduce Resolution, as part there
Of that it should be submitted to the people
of the State for their ratification or rejec
ltion. told you then, as l say now, that
Secession was not Constitutional right
that it was Revolution, and Revolution was
hSecession. ......-
AT that time, some of the Northern States,
by their Legislatures, had voted men and
money, and tenderd them to the General
Government to suppress the Rebellion in
South Carolina. The Border Slave States
desired no war. They wanted peace, aud a
peaceful settlement of the questions then az
itating the country; and for the purpose of
warning the war par y of the North, and to
check the same, Virginia, North Carola,
Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky, passed
| their ant-c0ercion Resolutions The State of
Alabama, we knew, would join her fortunes
| with the rest of the Cotton States, in the
event of a resort to arms. Alabama was on
our Southern border. The Legislature Of
Kentucky in the month of January, 1861,
passed Resolutions, that in view of men and
money being rendered by several Northern
States to the General Government, the PEG
! pie of Kentucky, uniting with their breth-
rem of the South, 't0M resis, invasion of South.
srn Soil at all ha51rds and to MeLast extremity -
These Resolutions were passed in the House
of Representatives Of Kentucky, by a vote
Of 81 ayes to 6 noes, indicating the position
that would be taken by the people Of Ken
lucky in the event OF war. The State Of
Kentucky was on our Northern border. The
people of Tennessee were more attached to
her and her people than any other State
Her soil, her climate, her productions, and
her people were the same as the State of
Tennessee. And the Legislature OF Ken
lucky, by the official declaration to which
have just referred, contributed more than
any other one influence 70 place Tonnes see
in armed resistance to the authority of the
Government ofhs United States, That Legisla
lure is responsible 10 day for The position Of hosiI.
ity 10 the Government non occupied By hun
drsds and thousands Of Tsnnessssans. The South
Carolina junto Of politicians watched these
movements aud made good us9 of them
The action OF the border States upon coer-
cion was intended to check the war spirit
growing up in the North, but unfortunately 4,
tit was used by South Carolina in preclpitat t.
Fling the South into this Rebellion.
When this war begun, by the firing on
Fort Sumter, the President Of the United
States called on all the States for troops
The Governor Of Kentucky and Tennessee re-
fused TO furnish any troops 10 the General
Government as well as al he other GoDer.
nors Of As Border SLAVE Shtee The necessary
consequence was that these States as well al
those that had seeded, were 10 rebellion
against he authority Of DE Uaitd States Govern
ment. The people Of Tennessee went into
the condiot-they rushed to arms-aad ID,
Con OF BATTLES mas DEoIDED THE Contest
AGAlSsr THIN The Federal forces have pJs
session Of all Middle Tennessee. ana viii
scon, 10 my Judgment, have possession o
The whole State. You may ask Che question
whether the Federal forces will bold iti
Adk bsyosd aH doubt hsy wia. nsanasss co,
nser Be raaFn BY be Co1si,rak forces I
| tha Confederate army vas too weak 10 hold