The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-29

the cause III was the cause IN more
senses than one. TWAS the cause, First.
Because it's tendency had been TO make
the owners Of that property arrogant
II had made them desire TO be lords Of
this country. [" That is 30. " IL had
made them determined, in their bigotry
Of heart that they would rule the coun-
try They shan'P' or else they would
ruin it and build up another Government.
II was again the cause, secondly, that il
induced many innocent and ignorant
people in the South TO believe that the
South had been grossly wronged because
of her interest in this institution, and
that you intended to destroy il; and
many were thus led to participate, not
knowing thu real object, not knowing
that 10 had been smoldering in the hearts
of the leaders of this rebellion for the
last thirty years, and in the language of
Mr.. Yancey, one CT its great apostles,
firing the Southern heart, all the time on
a mere pretext, and watching the favor
able moment to precipitate the Cotton
States into rebellion. | say with all my
heart, all my soul and mind, that | d.
not even regret the necessity of crushing
slavery in putting down this rebellion.
Immense applause didn't wait for
the Presidents proclamation TO take my
position. l said the very moment Of
the viciousness and wickedness and
unheard-of monstrosity of men, in
the face of society aud the blessings of
such Government as this, lifting their
hands in rebellion against it, making
Slavery the pretext or the cause-that
moment my mind was unalterably fixed
against the institution forever. Great
applause aud loud cheers Suppose you
should re-establish the Union by put
ting down Rebellion aud preserving Sla-
very. Do you believe you can even
make shareholders love you more than
they love you now? No, never
Do you believe you can make them less
confident of preserving the institution in
all future timO than they were before the
Rebellion, when they saw you had not
moral aud physical power to crush the
cause, together with the Rebellion
And, if you could believe both these
things, / might ask if you do believe it
within the range of possibility that the
loyal men of the South, who have suf-
fered so much from this Rebellion, can
even live at peace with those devils who
have undertaken to ruin them and you
Loud applause, and cries of "No."l If
not, then do you love rebels and traitors
more than you do loyal men? [Cries of
"No, no." Then, of preserving one
and destroying the other, take your
choicel Loud cheers. must not and
will not refer to myself, but l will refer
to neighbors and friends, those who
are yet living, who are in Mex
leo, and in the mountains and fast
nesses, hiding like wolves in the caves of
the country, and who are scattered all
through the whole land. How are they
to return and live in the bosom of these
slaveowners, restored to their constitu-
tional rights, if any they have left; to-
gether with their institutions, in favor
Of which and in Difference to which
all tho people Of the South have been
compelled TO bow down as worshippers
for the last ten years assert
in your presence tonight what every
man Of respectable reputation knows,
who has ever placed his foot on South
ern SOIL that long before this Rebellion
commenced Slavery had undermined
our Government in the South. Cries OF
"Thafs So" | say in your presence
that il what George Washington left
when he died, and if what Jefferson
wrote for and labored to active, If what
any one of the great Fathers of our Gov
eminent believed, if what my father
spoke and all of his neighbors spoke thir-
ty years ago, that same Washington, any
time within the last ten years, for utter
ing in the South, would have been hang
ed as iiaman. Gfies OF That's So
| speak what do know, when | tell you
that more than $50, according to their
own record, OF our free people who had
gone down TO populate our State were
hanged in 1860, pending the Presiden-
tial election because they were suspect
ed of not being more loyal TO Slavery
than they were TO their Government, anC
over 400 women and children were driver
,, out. Are you to be told here to -nigh
that your fair females, prepared at you
schools TO teach our daughters have beer
! driven out after suffering outrage and il
treatment too gross to be mentioned il
7 this presence, and expelled from tn
D country, and your male friends hung b.
!. hundreds in the South; and yet gentle
l men will talk about preserving an insti
Q tutien of that sort after it has dared /
Q lay its hands upon the altar erected b.
> Washington aud his compeers, and afte
, attempting TO tear down the temple Q
d human liberty. Loud cheers and ap
: plause / say that in my judgement,
0 is one Of the mercies Of Gods providence
r if that Rebellion had 10 take place,
!, was, perhaps, a necessity, as the onl
n means of getting rid Of the accursed ia
Q stitution. Applause You may say, an
: have heard il said there is man speah
q ing through resentment; he has grown
6 be an AbOlitonist 1t is true, fellow
y citizens, Loud cheers and applause
. / sprang at once to my feet a livin
y AbOliuonist, the very moment this RI
y belliOn began. Immense applause
10 hate the institution, Sir Renewed az
" plause Why do hate il, and love Il
10 Government? Because never receive
= aught but blessings from that Cover
= ment. l have been the recipient Of i
80 blessings since | was a child Have
le ever received any blessings from SLAVERY
70 Because would not assist IL ia robbin
D you aud your Government, il has robbie
Y me Of home, and my wife and childr'
70 are oaptiyes to Rebellion Ought
b love it2 (Cries Of "No," "No."l or IA
a. for it? l'No," "No,"l or 70 feel for il
n TaNo," "No," "No," or ought | TO devo
i" the remnant OF my life TO arguing an al
a. compromising war against il? [Grs
at applause, and cries Of "Yes." Al
~ what fellow citizens are you to gain
\. restoring the Government with lhat B