Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-02

want Eoae bet NEo4e no afs liieS " " W
with a. lApplaase.
Now, among these principles, II yoa Will
allow me osay ii. the lflst and most distinct
n. that We dc not inssaA % permit this ma.
ton 10 Be destroyed Applaase We are
! d nasien mo doaht i peculiar oae e--a natseh
| formed Of States, and no nHtion except "
THESE Stkscs form Il. And these States are
no Statea except a. shey aFe States ~ that
nasian. Thcv had no mere right TO repadi'
/ "a fha nation than the nation has 70 fepa'
/ aEata thcm. Nune Of them had even the
tshaaasv az a right 10 do this, and God help
g., % v~e wifi 1lndlcaie that truth 80 that
h shail never bc disputed any moro IN this
vanla TAnnlaase Itisa EsaFinl aiseFha.
tive thai i set before us. hut there are great
/ ean,tensatians lsr ia Thosa 81 you whe
have siladcd 10 this subject kacw, Or ought
10 know, that from the iountain cf the pres.
eat (fsrernment, before and since oar pres
ent Constitution waa formed, there have 81.
ways been parties thai bad 10 faith IN cur
! GovernFnent. Tie men that formed Il were
doubtful erits success, and the men that OPP
. possd .ts ISraaation did not desire its sue
cess. Aud am bold to say, without de.
| tanning yoa on this subject, thai with all
The OUT " about our violations Of The Con-
stitatien, this present living generation ai.d
this present CuicB party rensore thorough
Is devoted h that Constitution than any
generation that has ever lived under ill.,
Applause While l say that. and solemnly
believe 1t, and believe Il Is capable Of the
strongest proof. may also add that Il Is q
great error which is being prepagatcd in
our hand. "a say that our national life de.
ponds merely upon the sustaining OF that
Constitution. Our fathers made II, and we
love t. He intended 10 maintain il. But
I IL II suits ms to change lt we can doso. Ap.
pianse And when 4 suits as 60 change IL
We Wilt change it TApplaase fit were
torn into ten thousand pieces the nation
would be as nluch nation as Il was before
the Consultation was msde--a nation always
that declared It's Independence as uni.
ted people, and lived as . united people un-
til now--a nation Independent Of all paFticf-
lar institutions uader which hey lived, and
capable at modelling them preeise w as their
Interests require. We ought TO has Il dis
tinetly understood by frieasls and enemies
that while We love that instrument we viii
maintain il, and will, with aRdunbted ces-
tainty, put to death friend or foe who uT-
dsrtakes 20 trample il under foot; get be-
yond doubt, NC will reserve the right TO
! alter Il 10 suit ourselves from time TO time
and from generation TO generation. Ap-
plauSe une mors idea On that subjects
/ We have Incorporated in that instrument
I tksright Of revelation, which giEcsu with
out a ,loahs the right t4elfnnge il IL never
existed before the Ant1Fienn States, end bs,
the right to chsnge there is 80 need of re-
bellion, iRsnrreciion or civil war. except
upon denial Of lhe fundamental principles
OF all free goyernments-tbat the major
part must rule, and there Is no other method
Of carrying on society, except that the viii
Of the majority shall be the willof the whole
! --or that the will oi the minority shall be
I the will of the whole, SO THAI, in one word,
( to deny the principles have tried TO state
( is to make a degInatic assertion that the
( only form Of governments that is possible
with perfect liberty and acknowledged by
/ God Il a pure and absolute despotism. The
! prineifsies therefore which l am trying 10
state before yon are. prinoifies which, II
tIlcv DO not true, freedom is impossibie, and
no government but one Of pure force can
exist or ought TO endure among men. Bat
the idea which / wished 70 carry out, as the
4 remedy for these troubles and sorrows. is
this: Dreadful as they are this fearful truth
runs through the Whole history Of mankind,
that whatever else may be done to give sta
hility 20 authority, whatever else may be
done 10 give perIetaity ta institutions--
however wise, however glorious, practicable
and Just may he the philosophy OF it~-it has
been found that the only enduring
the only imperishabie cement OF al
free Institutions has been the blood
Of traitors No Government has ever
been bHiIs upoH inperishabie foundations
; which fbundntions were noi laid ia the blood
Of traitors II IL feaFiai truth, bat we iad
rs we'll avow ID at once, and every lick yoE
strike, aud every rebel you Kill, every bat
tie yoa win. dreadfal as il is to. de- il, yoS
are adding, 10 may be year--it may be ter
veaFs---it may be 8 esutury---it mag be tei
centuries 20 the life Of the Government aH'
the freedom Of yoar children. lGreat ap
piause.
New rassingover that idea passing oye
n,anr other things which il would be righ
lf,r me 70 say, did the time serve and wer'
fbt. the occasion, let me add-you are
Union party. Applause four Origin
lhas been referred 20 ~ having oceurre'
eight vears ago. In one sense il Is true
, B1t you are iar older thsn that ] see be
fore me not eniy primitive Republicans an
! nrinitiye Abolitionists, but ] see also pFim
. tive Democrats and primitive Wings
primitive Americans, and. ifyca viii aisny
, me to say so, rnypclf am here whe sis M
|, life have been il ! pHlfy 20 viyselE Laugh
/. ter and applause Asa Vhion pafts vi
: follow you 10 the ends Of the earth and :
!. the gates Of dsath. fApplause.l Bat asa
II Abolition pafty--as ! KspahIican party
Il ~ whig party--as Democratic party
q as an American party, will not follow 70
. one foot IAppiaasc1 But itistrue OF ~
. mass Of the American people, however 20
9 may divide and seafter while this war iastl
q while the country l. Ia peril, whiie yoa ca
: Yourselves as you do IN tho calf Of th
: Convention, the Unien pafty--yoa are 81