The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-23

hAuohs Ol the world 10 uud protection
and happiness under its mgis. say,
gentlemen, that the meaning Of these
men, their professions TO the contrary
Notwithstanding, is traitorous; their
meaning is ruin and not safety; their
desire is a coalition with the South, not
the equality OF freemen here. They look
with guilty eyes 10 the restoration of the
old coalition thai will place them in pow
or and divide the votes Of the North. Is
not this palpable? What do they -ro-
pose? Mr.. Vallandigham proposes 20
stop the war now. He is ia favor of the
Union; he is earnestly devoted to the
Oonstltution-has worn out the knees of
his breeches in praying for it, Laugh.
ter With uplifted hands he invokes
the Divine blessing on his efforts in be.
hall OF the Union. Renewed Laughter
Hence he is for peace! Do you suppose
Mr. Yallandigham does not know what
peace means? Do you suppose that he
has used the word for another word
Don't you suppose he knows that by
drawing line by the Ohio river be would
make yours border State? Who has
told him that the rebels will accept any
other terms of peace than that of inde-
pendence? Was Mr.. Foote'S resolution
in favor Of peace consistent with the
dignity and Independence of the South"
q sufficient assurance | repeat--who
has told him that they will be in favor of
peace? Has he opened a reasonable
correspondence with the enemy, by which
he can secure better terms than the Gov
ernment?
Then they propose an armistice. What
is that? We had enough OF that last
summer; our armies were still for seve-
raj months. An armisticel II means 10
pour out the peoples money and exhaust
their patience it is to tell the powers of
Europe that you have before you power
which you cannot conquer and if you
cannot come to terms il is independent
Does not Mr.. Cox know that? When
your representatives. misrepresent you and
you return them again, they do not mis-
represent you. Voice--We made
change Aye, we made a change seve-
raj years too late.
Mr.. Vallandigham, in my judgment,
is very mischievous man he is, how
ever, consistent, for he says he wants
peace, and proclaims boldly for it, That
certainly is better than the man at CO.
lumbus (Cox) for he only wants an ar
mistice, and that means a Southern Con-
federacy. ApplAuse. They are too
intelligent not 10 know the consequences
of their act. They want 20 get into
power, and they are paving the way for
it? This leads me to the letter Of Lord
Lyons, which 10 the most remarkable
document that has come to light since
the commencement Of this war 1t has
opened the bottomless pit TO our view.
The speaker then detailed the points
of the letter of Lord Lyons, which have
already been laid before the public.
The Democratic leaders sought to get
control of the government in order 10
bring about peace and disgraceful com
promise with the rebels. lie then allu-
ded 10 the subject of peace, and declared
in the following words for himself;
want peace now, if we can have il,
next week, next year il we can have it,
but on terms that will leave not an inch
Of the territory of the United States in
The hands of the foe of the Government !;
upoa terms that do not admit that the
Government has been wrong in waging
this war; on terms that do not admit
that the South was justified in making
war on the Government. The South
have suffered no wrong, they were actu-
ated by an insane ambition; they had
all their rights, and more than their
rights. You Of the Southwest have been
a suffering, patient people they have
been an arrogant, assuming people
q
and because you would not admit their
slaves as property throughout the United
States, and exempt their property from
the control Of legislation, they rebellsd.
II you had given them JSittenden COM
promise, say these gentlemen, there
would have been no war. Do they not
know that every effort Of compromise
was voted down in the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes. The rebels did not want il.
They declared in their articles Of seoes-
sion that the power had departed from
them, aud they were forced into rebel
lion.
The speaker then declared that when
these traitors, for forms sake, pressed
the compromise upon them he voted
against IL, because when men came 10
him and said, "if you do not give US
what we ask we will rebel, "he was bound
10 resist any such threat 1t was an in
suit 10 the people TO ask them TO accept a
compromise which they had previously
repudiated. Better war a thousand
times. II they made war because they
could not impose their terms for their
exceptional interests, then let them take
the consequences of war, and get what
bounty il will give them. Cheers
Neither did the Republican party drive
them from the Union, for the Republican
party had done nothing good or bad, before
the rebellion Of (which anyman in the South
had a right 10 complain. They had stood
absolutely upon the negative. He had,
in a great measure. acted with them him
self, though coming from slave State.
There had been no affirmative measure
introduced by the Republicans relating
to the subject Of negroes. They opposed
] Mr.. Pierces policy in Kansas Who was
the aggrsssorY They opposed Mr.. Bu-
chanan's Lecomplon policy. Who was
the aggressOr? They adopted a plat
form at Chicago, In which there were
many foolish things, but IL, like Demo-
cratic platforms, had passed away.
When they tell you this Is an Abolition
| Admins tration, these men are only doing
what their master, Beauregard, told tnem
Co do. 10 ia a sheer political fabrication.
There has been for years a small repre-
sentation OF the Ab0litionisis ia Con-
gress, but they never gained. Abolition
has always been a mental aberrauon-
an ineapaei'y TO look straight At things