The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-14

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which had attached itself to the Yankees
of the Revolutionary period, and bearing
in mind the struggle Of the "Y ankees" OF
to- day for the preservation Of their Gov
ernmeat, whether slavery should survive
OF perish, he was not ashamed to be a
Yankee. ["Thafs the talk,"l The first
! speech he ever made for a candidate for
the Presidency, was IN favor of South
ern man, aud from that time onward his
| sympathies with that section of the
Union had been very strong; but il ne
lived in house with a friend who should
announce TO him some day that under no
circumstances would he associate with
him any longer, he would feel il due TO his
manlinsss TO tell his friend that he would
go some where else where he could find
suitable company. He had been beset
upon the street by gentlemen, for some
OF whom he had great respect, who had
expressed their wonder that he should
consent to attend meeting at which
many who had always opposed him and
his party in politics would be present,
and where, perhaps, a spirit of freedom,
stronger than any that had entered the
nature of him or his political associates,
might be exhibited. Laughterl He
might differ with those who heard him
as TO the causes, the conduct and the
probable results of the war; but he felt
that he would be false 10 the Irish race
from which he had sprung, and to all
other considerations Of duty, if he did
net use his last breath and the last quiv-
er of his lips, in the utterance Of
prayer TO Heaven to preserve the Amer.
lean Government from all assaults, exter-
nal or internal. [Good, At the begin
ming of the war he had hoped and ex-
pected that ii would soon be settled
that the Southern people would put their
feet upon the necks of their leaders, and
insist upon the maintenance of the
| Union but he had been disappointed.
| Those Of the South had said, on the con-
trary, that if blank sheet Of paper and
pen were handed 20 them to write the
terms upon which they would return TO
the Union, they would not accept the
offer; they had thereby declared this TO
be a war between the North and tho
| South for all ultimate results that would
flow from IL; and he would spit upon
the Northern man, who, in such con-
test, did not take position in favoro of
the North. Prolonged applause. lie
surrendered all inquiries as TO who
should be Governor, or Senator, or May
OF, of any State or city; for he felt with
in him that which was the consolation
and support, under all privation and per-
secution, of the Russian ssrf and the en-
thusiastic young Hungarian-the con-
sciousness that there was or would be a
free government upon earth---he telt that
the Government for which so many
longed was that under which he was
born; and he invoked such curses as
God would permit upon the hearts and
hands Of the men who were attempting
TO destroy it, Applause. Yet, there
were no such men. Cries Of Brooks"
4" Brooks" Some of his friends (with
whom he agreed that there was no neces-
sity for any violation Of the Constitu-
tion, either by arrest or othewise,) had
complained loudly Of the suppression of
free speech; but he would like TO know
when, during the last twenty years, he
could have spoken Of Southern institu-
tions with safety in the city of Charles
ton, as q Southerner might speak in New
York even now of the Government Of the
country His Massachusetts, friends
must pardon him il he protested against
being so frequently told that Americans
were all Of the Anglo-Saxon race for
one, be could say that none of those from
whom he was descended had belonged 10
that department OF human distribution.
lie remembered that representative OF
the United States at the Court of ST.
James had once said that the American
people felt more interest in the prosperity
OF the city Of London than in that of the
city of New York Serious apprehsn-
sions were entertained by some persons
that England would interfere in the
American struggle He did not fear il,
lie had prayed that she would interfere.
He had said before, aud he bow repeated
il and challenged contradiction, that,
mad and blind as the rebels were, each
division OF the Union was stronger in its
armed representation that England. AT
the same time that he spoke thus Of the
England which exulted over the dissolu-
tion of the American Republic, he do
sired 10 do full justice 10 those noble
men In England, who, without hope Of
reward, had advocated and upheld the
American cause, and be would despiss
himself IL he could not admire the CHAR
Acter Of that great man, John Bright
| IIrolonged applause lie had often Of
late heard the question asked, "How il
all this to end p and no would endeaVor
to answer il. He remembered that ~
celebration Of ST. Patrick Day, At which
he was present, General Shields loud ap-
plause had made She remark that Wher-
ever q Yankee located q blacksmiiha
shop, tavern or asehOol-h0use, he never
reeeded iross il; and he warned his
Southern friends that II the Yankees
should once make their way into South
ern territory, put arms into the hands Of
tho negroes, And settle themselves upon
the estates Of Southern men, IL would be
a very difiicult matt er 10 eject thetn
Should the South psrseysre in rebellion,
however gallant might be the conduct Of
her armires in the teld, he believed that
the inevitable result would be the Occu-
patton Of her territory by the men Of the
North. i .H.I
THE SPEECH or JOHN VAN BURES.
Mr.. VAN BUHEs's speech was very long
We must content ourselves with copious
extracts. lie said Of the invitation be
had received 10 be present At the meeting
/ was notified that General Winfield
Scott would preside, and regret 10 learn
that tho state OF bis health, as was
somewhat anticipated by the committee
who invited me--lhat the state OF his
health has proved 10 be such that be has