Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-09-24


We lave besa 90 basily engaged in dis
ssct,bg the work, oi ADruhsm Liocoln, that
we have had little opportunity Of paying our
resOects to Andy Johnson.
We will state however, for the benefit Of
people who kuow httle about The man, that
there is no person in the State Of Tennessee
30 utterly detssted aud abhorred as this man.
Nashville paper not long aRO declared that
il would not support Lircoln, II johnson WAS
on the ticket. lie is brutal, ovrrbearing, H.
hteFats man Ia shori, be is a Butler, with
oot the masculine vigor and energy which dis
tinguishes this political Hayusu. We shall
however give the shoddies few Of the utter
ances Of johnson in The United States Serate
PLATA Dealer.
"Wes,y that you Of the Ndssh have viola
ted the constitution that you have trsmpled
under foot its guaranteea but we intended 70
go to you IN a proper way, and ask YOU to re
dress the wrong, and to comply with the con
stitutiou We believe the time will come
when you will do il, aud we do not intend TO
break up the Government until the fact is as.
certdiaed that you toiH do IL
III there are grievances, why cannot we all
60 together, and write them down, aud point
them out to our Northern friends, after We
have agreed on what those grievances are,
I
our wrongs are enumerated; upon these terms
we have agreed and now, after we have Civ.
en- you a reasonable time TO consider these ad
ditional guarantees 10 order to protect our
selves against these wrongs, if you refuse
them, then, having made an honorable effort,
having exhausted all other means, we may
declare the association to be broken up, and
we may go into an act of revolution We
eau say to them You have refused to give
US garanlees that We think are needed Tor the
protection Of QUE institutions and for the pro-
lection Of our other interests When they
do this, will 60 as far as he who goes farth-
eat.
II voted against him (LineolnG | spoke
against him; | spent my money to defeat him;
but still love my county; | love the Con
stitutiOn; intend to insist upon its gulran.
tees There, and there alone, iut-ui 10
plaDt myself with the confident hope aud ba.
lief that ifthe Union remains together, it, L. IS
than four years the now Triumphant party " II
be- oyerthrown Ia less time, | have the h, ,e
aud beliefthat We shall unite and agree II pou
our grievances here, and demand theiI re-
dress, not as supplisnts at the footstooi of
power but parties to a great compact; we
shall say that We want additional guarantees,
and they ore necessary TO the preservation OF
this Union; and then, when they are refused
deliberately and calmly, If we caunot do bet.
ter, let the South 20 together, aud let the
North go together, and let us have a division
Of this Government without the shedding of
blood il such thing be possible let us have
u division OF the property; let us have di
vision of the Navy; let us have a division Of
the Army and OF the public lands Let it be
done in peace, and spirit that should char
acteri2e and distinguish this people.
|
In saying what have said on this occa-
sion, Mr.. President, have done it in view OF
duty that felt owed to myself. Without
regard to consequences ! have taken the po-
sition | have; aud when the tug comes, when
Greek shall meet Greek aud our rights are
refused after all honorable means have beer
exhausted, then It is that will perish in the
last breach; yes, ia the language of the pa
triot Emmett ~ will dispute every inch OF
ground, | will burn every blade Of grass and
the last intrenchment Of freedom shall be my
grave.