The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-14
NO 2S7

vas inSVsVu IN tle invitation i received
20 address you, | was requested 10 look
At these resolutions, and unless | ex.
pressed some dissent | was notified |
would be considered As asserting 10 them
and to the use of my name. in looking
over the resolutions, il seemed to me, that
with some verbal aud unimporlant cor
rectIons, they are perfectly proper 10 be
adopted, and l 80 stated TO the gentlemen
who invited me. l saw nothing In the
resolutions, in the character OF the gem
uemen who invited me TO attend, in the
character or public career of the presiding
ofilcer who is expected 10 be present.
that prevented my cordial participation
IN the proceedings of the meeting, and
therefore Internationally accepted fan
plause If there is any thing, as has
often been suggested. beyond this as the
object Of the meeting, il is unknown TO
me, and | think it proper to state at the
outset the extent to which / have been
connected with the originating Of the
meeting aud the extent of the response Z
bility l propose TO assume in coming here
with you tonight. / came in while Mr..
Brady was speaking, and derived the
greatest pleasure and satisfaction from
his remarks, and there was nothing la the
remarks Of the gentlemen who followed
him that would cause me any uneasiness.
have, therefore, every reason TO believe
that our proceedings tonight thus far are
acceptable, and hope they will be such
as will promote the cause Of the country,
which we will claim to have at heart.
he said of i'.4
THE LATE GUBERNAToRIAL ELEcTIoN IN
IN NEW YORK.
desire to call your attention 90 tho
position assumed here on the 18th of
October last, when we were about 10 en-
ter upon political campaign such a. the
constitution and laws authorize previous
10 the regular election in November Of
each year. Two candidates had been
nominated for Governor. One was Mr..
Wadsworth, and the other Mr.. Seymour:
the friends Of MIR. Seymour assembled
here TO ratify his nomination, and TO take
such measures as he Geemed expodiont 10
promote his election. / was invited 10
be present and address them-for three
years previous | had never anV ysheYa
addressed my fellow-citiEens, as during
that time my health had been such A 10
preclude the possibility of my doing so,
on that occasion l took the liberty Of
stating what were tho views that L an
tertained in reference 10 the condition OF
the country. | said that in entering into
this controversy, there were many who.
! had no doubt would agree with me in
being governed solely by one considera-
tion in following out whatever could be
done for vigorous prosecution OF this
war. As to the thing that should be done
at this election, If believed--and I said
so with entire truth and sincerity--if /
believed that by voting for Wadsworth /
should contribute TO the success OF our
arms, and bring about In this country an
honorable peace, ! should vote for Mr..
Wadsworth, for Governor, without hesf-
tation but il was because did not 40
believe, because | was entirely .eonfidant
that such q course would not be adyan-
tageous to the country, and would not
bring about an honorable peace, which
is the Legitimate object Of the war, thatI
should support Mr.. Seymour. also
said on that occasion, in sPesking Of
the advantages Of supporting Mr., Sey-
mour, that my object was to sustain
the President as far as justice will au-
thoriEe and sustain him, In every Ger
ernmental measure that he may adopt
for the purpose Of carrying on tue war,
or 10 uphold the Government said that
II was our purpose 10 stand by the Union
aud the Constitution, and 90 stand by
Mr. Lincoln as far as he would let us,
aud 10 stand by Mcclellan, whether he
would let us or not. Mingled applause,
misses, aud great confusion. Nov, In
cOnclusion-[r renewed Kisses and aps
plausel--I am only repeating TO you what
said on the 18th Of October. fCries OF
go on" | said protgact this contest
TO the next Presidential election, no mat
ter what Is the result, this country will
bO irretrieyably swamped long before we
reach the 4th OF March, 1855. IL must
be done sooner-lhe result must be
achieved under Lincoln; 10 must be
achieved by carrying vigor 10 him In re,
sisting what may say will, unless de-
featod, result disastrously 10 us. twill
be observed that then stated, that party
organization bad ceased 20 be OF iny
practical Importance that the sole in
quiry, in my judgment, was how should
We best carry on the war--.lA voice,
"ThAPs so" land that would 30 g0y-
erned entirely In that canvass by that
single consideration. Applause. What
then said, / repeated In various pof-
tiOns Of the State after the 18th Of October,
nnd until the very day Of this election.
Governor Seymour was present on The
stand At the time ] spoke lie was with
me in Brooklyn, in Rochester aud in Buff
falo, and the single complaint HE friends
made, as far IS / understood, was that /
fell far short In my support Of the war,
and the vigorous aud determined support
that Mr.. Seymour expressed his resOlu-
ton 10 give TO IL under all circumstances.
Applause, The election came and
passed. and II Is no part Of our province
or purpose 10 consider the parlicalar re-
suit, except 10 say that the people Of
New York, after Very active canvass,
were about equally divided for 70 SPEAK
Of . majority Of few thousand in a can
Vaas, IA poll Of six hundred odd thou
sand 10 simply 10 say that thSy were
about equally divided, and the same Was
true OF the States Of Ohio, Indiana and
Pennsylvania; the majority in these
great central States Was lrihing, and to-
day, Tonight, while We are here, the peo-
pie Of these great central aud controlling
portions Of these United States may very
properly be regarded ss about evenly d.
yided between tho two parties thai were
| organized At the last canvass, and the
future results will depend In my humble
! judgment, a great deal more upon future
! oOndu0t Of individuals than uplo any