The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-25

Dives ond Lazarus. Applause. | un-
derstand that you have sent forth your
sons and brothers, not for the purpose of |,
making peace, but war, wherever they
found enemies. believe that you sent \
out your sons and brothers for the pur- |
pose of insisting that the Gag of the |
United States should wave everywhere in !
sympathy with the powers of the United
States and upon that thesis | have
acted. | encouraged the laboring men.
A thousand were employed every day
by the United States; y 900 were fed
every day by the United States, and
over 1900 of these were foreigners,
whose Consuls assumed to represent them,
but who did not represent them truly,
because the COnsuls represent commerce
and property, not men. Thirty -four
thousand, as have said, were fed every
day, and precisely the same action was
taken toward men who needed this as.
sistance as would be taken here. But
those men had no voice in the newspapers
abroad or at home, and the consequence
was, their thanks and their applause were
never heard, while the complaints of the
property men, who felt that when they
were struck slavery was struck, flowed
all over Europe and the North and every
misrepresentation that the malice Of enc
mics and traitors could devise was re-
sorted TO, in order to embarrass, and if
possible defeat, my plans. But there is
one thing have a right to sayz-and
thank you, sir, for adverting to it--and
that is, that from the first week when
our soldiers entered New Orleans until l
left there, il was as safe, as quiet, and as
convenient to attend to ones business,
by day or by night, as ever il was in the
best-governed cities of the North-even
our own. Loud applause,
Now, my friends, have detained you
upon these topics quite too long. l
have only come here to meet you and
hear from you those kind manifestations
which you have been pleased to bestow
| upon me, and to return to you the heart
| felt gratitude which 1 feel. I assure
you that to your efforts, to the efforts. Of
Massachusetts,, and to the ideas of Massa-
chusetts and New England, the country
is indebted for that measure of safety
which has been securedye and for those
great efforts which are nov being put
forth. Be not deceived. Be not weary
Remember this: that while we may fee
this war is hard for us, it is the effort o.
desperation for them. have seen the
conscript law of the South taking tn,
boy of sixteen and the old man of sixty
the schoolmaster not excepted--anC
force them into the ranks. While it cost
us effort il cost them desperation
while it costs us labor, it costs thsn
life blood. wish that they might b
won back without this; but so they hav
not chosen. As long as life lasts, a
long as any power remains, we mus
stand by the Union, one and undivisible
Applause. Every traitor, every maj
every stream, every lake; every rive
every mountain that ever belonge
to the flag of the United State
must still remain under the fla
of the United States, cost wha
il will, cost what it may. Enthusiast
tic applause. If, as you flatteringl
observed, | shall 60 back to another fiel
of duty, / shall go back with the deter
mination never TO give up, never to com
promise, renewed applause never
have anything but that flag of ours a
the symbol of our nationality. Who
ever differs from that let him go south
} Mason and Dixon's line-he has 1
business here. Applause, We ma
have no means of dealing with him her
! but there are plenty at the South wi
: will receive him with open arms, for Il
I reason that he is their friend, not d
4 friend of the country. Who proposes
Q give up the tomb Of Washington WI
j Yorktown? Who the hOnors won b
, jackson at New Orleans? Who PR
8 poses TO have anything less than tn
l which belongs to us 4? Who proposes
t give up our fair claim to Mexico, if
S comes to that? No one proposes to gi
+ up the rights of this Union. But let n
: repeat-because ! hear there are son
= who falter-come what may, wheth
s veal or woe, there is one thing which '
s will not lose, and that's, the supremat
s of this Government over every inch of o.
e boundary.
= desire single word on the questiC
Z Of emancipation. On that question, "
L know, / have held certain opinion
d Those opinions have received, ia soT
g degree correction. have views to of
1t which think will commend themselv
e TO thejudgment of every Oneiof you.
J. there a man here who doubts that sol
; time or other, in the providence of Go
i the negro is TO be free--and that SOL
3. day the protection Of the laws will
e extended over him, and that he will b
" come free? No man doubts that and |
e, desire to guard against the evils that mi
Ir arise from that change, and which cam
10 be made without disorganizing our p
Ie lilical system. 1t is my opinion that |
= this has been sent upon the nation
- some great object; aud it is my opini
| that il will be easier at this time TO set
lie this question than to leave it 10 be 81
j. tied hereafter. Is it not evident TO eve
Il mind, that the day and hour have COZ
d when all men, 50 far as this cOuairy
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