The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-07-01
A Vice. Presidential Nominee
on rnE CRISIS ,ANpJirs DEaAxbs.
speech Of Gov. Jobnson at Sashviae.

speech Of Gov. Jobnson at Nashville
! A Union msss meeting was held II
Nashville on Friday night, at wbict
Governor Johnson was the principa
speaker. We find the following re
port in the Nashville Times 20 ''' ID e
7 The appearance Of Governor John
son, OH the steps of the st. Clou,
Hotel, was greeted by the vast crow,
with loud applause. ldAll were anx
ious to see the ucxt Vice Prusiden
of The United States. ffWDiU
After thanking the assembly fo
the compliment they had bestowedoi
him. and n few other preliminary re
marks, Governor Johnson proceeded
to say that we are engaged in n grca
struggle Tor free government. in the
Iproper ncoeptation of the term. Fi
So FAR rs the head of The ticket il
concerned, the Baltimore Convention
has said, not only To the United States
Ibut to all the nations Of the earth
that we are determined to maintain
tand carry out the principles of free
government. (Applausc.) That Con
jvcntion announced and confirmed II
Iprinciplc not to be disrcgardcd. fl
was that the right Of secession, and
the power of n State TO place. itself
out OF the onion, are not recognized.
Tho Convention has declared this
principle by its action. Tennessee
had been in rebellion against the Gov.
crnmcnt. and waged REASONABLE
war against its authority just as 9th.
'er Southern States had done. She
had seeded just as much rs other
States had, aud left the Union as far
rs she had the power to do SO. Ncv-
erthelcss, the National Convention
had declared that State cannot nut
itselrtrom under the National author
ity. 1t said by its first nomination,
that the present President. take him
alto ether, was the man TO steer the
ship of State for the next four years.
{ Loud applause. Next il said--if
| may he permitted to speak OF my.
self, not in the way of vanity, but to
illustrate Il pIinciple--"We will 30
into one of the rebcllious States and
choose candidate for the Vice-Pres-
idcncy. Thus Union party declared
its belief that the rcbcllious States
arc still in the Union, and that their
loyal citizens are still citizens of the
United States. And now there il
hut one great work for lis to do. that
is to put down the rebellion. Our
duty is to sustain the Government
and help It with all our niight TO-
crush out rebellion which is in vio-
lation to all that is right and racrcd.
Governor Johnson said he had no
appeal to make to the
people in his behalf, He had rot
sought the position assigned to Kim
by the National Convention. Not
man in oil the land can trnthfully say
that | have asked him to use his in
hnencc in my behalf in that body, for
the position allotted to me, or for
any other. On the contrary have
avoided the candidacy. But while I
have not sought il, still being confer .
red OH me unsoueht, ! appreciate it
he more highly. Being conferred on
ne without solicitation, ! shall not
lccline it. Applause. Come veal
Dr. woe, success or defeat, sink or
swim, survive or perish, ] accept the
nomination, on principle. be the con-
sequences what they may. | know
there are those here who profess to
feel contempt for me, aRd I, on the
other hand, feel a superiority to them.
| have always understood that there
IS n sort OF eN lusivc aristocracy about
Nashville which effects to contcmn all
who are not within its little circle
Let them enjoy their opinions.
have heard it said that
'wott N k,s tho msn. ard want Of IT the
This aristocracy has been the bane
Of the Slave states. nor has the North
been wholly free from lis curse. 1t
is class which l have alway forced
to respect me, for ] have ever set it
at defiance. The respect Of the hon
est. intelligent and industrious class
| have endeavored to win by my con-
duet as man, One of the chief elc-
mcnts of this rebellion is the opposi.
ton of the slave aristocracy to being
ruled by men who have risen from
the ranks ofthc people. This aristo. ,
cracy hated Mr., Lincoln because he
was OF humble origin, rail-splitter
in early life. One of them, the pri-
yate secretary of Howell Cobb, said
TO me one day, after long convcrsa-
lion, awe people of the South will
not submit to be governed by man
who has come mp from the raaks OF
the common people, as Abe Lincoln
has" He uttered tho essential feeling
and spirit of this Southern rebellion
Now it has just occurred to me, ifthis .
is so violently opposed to
being governed by Mr. Lincoln, what
IN the name of conscience will it do
with Lincoln and JohnsonY Great
| reject with scorn this
whole idea OF an arrogant aristocra.
IS. bclive that man is capable of
self governments irrespective OF his
circumstances, whether he
Dp n lahorer, or shoemaker, q tailor
81 n grocer, The question whether
nan is capable Of sell. governments
| hold that Government was made
'or man, and not man for Govern
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