The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-03
NO 277

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| rms Government must exert ils power
in sustaining and enforcing he ConsG.
tuition. The Government is now nassin,,
through its third ordeal. The o,de.1
was the revolution. We were purified hy
o'oou ana by lire. The next was the
war OF 1872, when we were REQUIRED 10
| give evidences TO the world that we were
capable OF sustaining ourselves. We
went through the war triumphantly. We
are now IN the third ordeal. We are in
struggle with internal weakness. with
treason and traitors at home and IL tits
/ Vovernment at ell must pass throuph
TINS ordeal. When this is done il will
rest upon more permanent basis than
ever before.
But to compromise new, what will
traitors think,P What must be the inev.
liable result? If the war is TO cease II
will only be a short time before some
other section of the country will imagine
tha' they have TO rebel, and you will
compromise again. You will soon find
that you have compromised the Govern
ment away, and that rebellion has taken
It's place, you must never cease until tbc
stars and stripes have been raised
over every State capital and every court.
house in the country, Then let our
march be onward. Then say, gentle
men, IL we have not paid enough, il there
has not been enough lives sacrificed. if
there has not been enough blood shed If
enough of our brave patriots do not sleen
in their graves from home, saw TO Him
who rules on high "name the price and
II shall be paid; land ifneed be. let tbe
banner Of stars and stripes be baptizcd
IN the fire of the sun and bathed in tho
blood OF the nation if we have not paid
enough.
am willing to honor the draft when
ever il shall be made. II NAV be that a.,
great God is reproving and correcting
some error that We did not see. Ii we
have been guilty of acts, and il is now In
the providence Of Him who rules Ali
things to chastcn us, say let il come.
lt may be that the South is TO be rebuk.
ed, and in rebuldng the South, il is neees-
sary to chasten us. | bow in submission
TO His will. When nations have sinned
long, we see from history that thew arc
corrected by some great calamity. '(Tbe
! speaker here used some eloquent illustra-
tions from ancient history, which vonr
reporter is compelled to omit) The time
has como and is now upon us TO teach tho
South and North that institutions are pot
to exist here that are more powerful than
the Government itself III il Ia bants
put 1t down; II it 10 aristocraoy, put ID
down; II II IS Slavery, put ii down. But
now long has II been since there was nm
institution Ia the United States Won daro
not agitatef Has slavery a right TO api-
tate the Government and shake IL 20 iis
center, and tlNn deny to the Government
the privilege to agitate Slavery When
institutions get TOO great for the Gov
ment, these institutions must oiva vov
that the Government may stand. Alroady
newspapers have told you that il is az
much your duty to put down the agiia-
ton OF Slavery, as to put your foot on the
iuse OF bomb when on fire saw the
reverse is true. G.h
have detained you already too Iope
and in conclusion, permit me 10 tendep
you my sincere thanks for your recen.
tion of me to- day. Ihaye no claim upon
you, except as a co .laborer in the great
work of the day. II l have mado anv
lodgment in your minds. if eanld be-
convinced that had contributed in the
smallest degree TO the perpetuity of this
Government shall feel fully repaid.
think the tirae Is not far distant when
the baneful planet of blood will be ohas-
ed away by the benignant star of peace
When that is done, then the time shall
have arrived for listening To propositions
of an armistloo and oompromise but
let me say here to day, never ground
your arms until the Constitution Ia en-.
forced and the enemies put down. / in.
tend to cling 70 Y as tho mariner TO the
last plank when the seas aud the iempest
have closed around him, and II my Gov
ernment is TO be overthrown do not
wish to survive il, II this nation is 10
be consigned TO the tomb Of nations, /
had rather that we should bo entombed
with IT, | should want no more honored
tomb than TO sleep beneath this nation.
enshrouded In the Stars and Slripos. Let
us think Of those brave Indianians. think
OF what those brave men have done. and
| give them aid and comfort instead Of aid
ing the enemy. Indiana has won a repn-
tatlon for herself and she will occupy the
highest niche In the temple of fame.
Then will you dishonor in VIII you turn
your back upon tho boy who sleeps be-
meath the sod? Win you deny bis blood
because he fell for the cause Of the Union?
IL you do, you are unworthy fathers and
mothers Who IL IL that will turn his
back upon his own blood? Voice. trai-
tors.) Yes, traitors. Let him sleep
sweetly, because he has fallen in elori-
Gus cause, and if need be, to carry out
the object for which he fell, shed your
own blood and spend your last dollar
feel sometimes when see tho graves
Of the brave boys who has fallen rightly
the Hermitago-l feel say like coming
10 you and appealing TO you when YOU
talk about giving up this Government,
say you dishonor yourselves and the
graves Of your offspring, il you let them
sleep there upon the confines ola Confed.
eracy established upon the remains cf
this Government. You take up your
march os II you were going 10 the sc
pulchre-lo the graves Of jackson and
your brave sons.
Governor johnson closed with an slo-
quent appeal 10 the ladies, Of whom there
were many in bis audience, 10 AID hnd
sustain our brave soldiers in the feld!
At the conclusion Of Gov. Jobnson,s
address, nine cheers were called forthe
speaker, ~hioh were given with a will
from the ten thousand persons who had
stood intsntly listening to his speech for
over three hours.