The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-12
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WIZ. CANERON 4 CO.. PubIIshers.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER p, 1875.
John Van Buren on the Future Atti-
tude of Political Parties

John Van BuTen on the Future Atti
tude of Political Parties.
The following extract from John Van Bu
reh's bsny speech IS racy:
Let US look for moment at the rsdica
situation. ! have stated 10 YOU the suppor
that has been extended to Mr. johnson
Let Us now see how the political parties ar,
likely to arrange themselves for the future
The Seward party is now Organizing in tn,
South; they are eudeav0ring 10 coerce tht
people to form party in the South Well
they cannot hsve any white men in It, o.
course. [Laughter.l There are set or
class there, whom the negroes call the
"mean whites Of the South, " but there are
none, I am convinced, so mean Is to ac
with the Republican party, or with the Sc.
wa.d leaders; and l even doubt wheh hel
the negroes themselves would Join it, il
| they had the right 20 vote, iCheeTsl The
| negroes Of this State, when set free, vOt
with those to whom they formerly belonged;
| and it was one Of the objections Of the DEM
ocrats Of that day that, SIS they generally
had been owned by the Federsls, and were
50 much under the influence Of their former
/ owners, it would be a vest injury 10 the
! Democratic party 10 allow them 70 vote un-
| til they had become more enlightened and
| independent. If the Southern negroes
| should jcia the Republican party, then that
| party would consist Of the Republicans Of
the North end the negroes Of the South
the latter without vote. Cheers ] That
| would not be a very bad combination, be-
cause it would satisfy the sentimental ism
snd the associations Of the party, without
4 hazard to the public safety, that might fol-
low from the party incapacity to admins
ter the government Of the country.
| [Cheers
AID what will be the situation Of the
Democratic party? When the Democratic
| party of the South as such, ceased to exist,
| IN 1860, the momeUt there was q secession
/ from the Charleston and Baltimore cOnVen-
| tions, BreckinTidge was made az independ-
| ent Southern candidate, for the Southern
| Democratic party was dissolved and ceased
to exist. We preserve in the North, and
Easf, aud West our organization; that the
Southern party did not from 1850 to this
| day. No mans name was ever heard spo-
ken Of as q Democratic candidate since the
war broke out and the attempt was made to
elect Breckinridgs The leaders Of the
Democratic party South were the leaders Of
| the rebellion, and o. such forever forfeited
the confidence not only of the people Of the
| North, but Of the South as we'll. They were
the ringlsaders and the rebelling-a rebel
| lion which was not only infamous and wick
| ed, but was most ab7minable and stupid.
a boy ten years old that could put two snd
two together shouId have known that both
our numbers opposed to theirs and pur su
/ perior wealth. clyiHzatiCn, our telegr phs
| and railroads, our ships aud commerce, thst
there cou d have been bat one result in the
| contest, and that was their overthrow. They
had no business to be mistaken on this
point. JEFF. Davis, above all meD, should
| have known that to them the contest would
be followed by defeat and irreparable dis
| grace. Such q contest could not be suocess-
/ ful if the Nor bern people would hght, and
| Davis had no business to doubt that. He
| Davis was educated at West Point, had
| been in the war with Mexico, and hsi been
| Secretary Of War, and therefore had abund-
| ant opportunity o know that courage was a
| common sentiment among the American
people. Il was not confined to any perticu-
| lar locality, and must surely be N infested
when opposed to an effort to overthrow the
Government. He lDavis) was told by Mr..
| Dickinson and Cushing and Ben putler, of
| Mass, that the North would 90 with them;
but he had no business to be deceived by
such representations. The political battle
| fields Of tn North were strewn with the
carcasses Of the DiekInsOns, snd Cushings,
/ and Buffers, and were a stencil in the nos
irils Of the Northern people, If his (Da-
| vis'l sight was bad, and his hearing imper-
| feet, his nose might have taught him that
these men were not to be depended upon.
| ICheers.I He should have known, further,
| from the nature Of Q creature Ike Butler,
| that whenever the South was once down,
when she was utterly hopeless, that then
| this man who voted hfty-two times for
| Breekinridge in the Baltimore Convention
| would be the very first to trample them in
| the dust and briGg them to utter destruct on
/ aud anuihi atiou. This being the fact, the
| Southern leaders utterly forfeited the con
| fidence Of the South as well as Of the North
but there are Democrats iu the Southern
| States STILL outside the majority Of the pe0-
| pie, ,reorganizing, as no doubt they viii un-
| der ether leaders, and unquestionably these
men viii coon recover al ascendancy in
l their State GoYernments. ] entertala no
/ doubt in regard 70 them, and it is gratifying
to see how tenaciously a man who, knowing
| The right and having the courage to main
tain il, stands by his principles, in opposi-
/ ton TO hostile surroundings, and, may BE- o
perverted people, and eventually comes
| again into power When ou reflect that in
/ the { harleston Convention Of 1850, when
/ the South Carolina delegation retired mis-
| erably and without cause from the ConTen7
| tion. when they left their brother delegates
| in the North 10 be overwhelmed by The
| Sewardism Of the North, one man stood
| firm in that Convention, not overawed nor
| even affected by Charleston mob, not 60
| ing with his delegation, but standing still
| firm, with his conscience and with bis
| God. Governor Perry was that one man
| who stood firm aud refused 10 retire
| with the men Of his ate who went out
! of the Convention, and who stands
| now between his State and the fanatics who
| would destroy it. He bids fair to become q
| distinguished man in his State and in the
| country. Governor Orr, Gpother man, for
| merlv a Speaker Of the House of Represen-
! tatives, self-made sman-not violent in
| support OF the rebellion, but carried away
| by it-he, too, will recover his position and
| become a prominent man. Such viii be the
state Of the political parties. And now let
us see how far the President will be able 70
| sustain himself in our controversy. What
| will the Republicans do, with a majority in
both Houses Of Congress? They cannot
| exclude the Southern Representatives,, and
| refuse TO the South any body to lcok after
| their local Interests in the National Legi,-
| lature. Suppose they do, what will be the
| conseoueuce2 That would be an injury, Of
| cogrse. in some respects, to the men who de
| serve 10 obtain scots, and may be some local
| inconvenience to the Southern people; but
| the President can obvia that difficulty.
| How may be asked. Why, suppose be
| avs 10 some Southern man from the states
| rec ntly in rebellion, al tender TO you a
! seat in NV cabinet. The South must have
A local representation here" Suppose be
| saws 20 Wm. A ken, one Of the state. men oi
tie scutn, who les oaufarned to the eman-
! cipstion Of thousand slaves and artitiQn-
| ed among them land 10 till and subslst upon
| suppose he SAYS 20 him, snail accept
| ths res rnatiou Of Secreta Y Stsn on, who il
| exceedingly snxi Us to re --tlsug bter(-
for the sake ofhis hs salth, and c say with
! truth that the people Of these states, With
out distinction Of party, participate N de
! sire Tor his retirement" Suppose be says q
Aiken " make you my Secret ~ Of Var
they she then have repress ntative q
Wsshing ton, sttenaing to their local intef,
est and competent TO assist the freslaeh'
in the administration Of the GO eminent
The time will come when the Presinepua
ection will be reached. Al bat ame Soeth
erners viii vote, no matter whether they
have menb rs Of Congress or not. BY th'
| constitution they are existing states N tn
| Union and thev would vote. ! hOuld reth
AZ s-.Tnose thsf The Preside1ti being bCpnC
Nv rs oath. would faithfully execute thi
ler-- and would see that their votes We.
con ted and en- quie certain that tael
votes would not be cast ior the leading he
I puhlfeaus ln the AcAL ete-lttou- "a iNFli
fbst fbe presidsut 8 master Of the sita4tlou
en5 hss 4 IN his power 70 control the who!
onrstiop without sny serious injury to to-
soutb. and we pas along ihen 70 the mex
elacti5B. Nov the great mslouty Of tb
nsonle are averse % saying anything on th
s,rttset 30 many years b torehands In regar'
/ IL Who would be a 50 table candidate for th
P-asidsncy. Our State Constitution " se
tsi8 nothing on the subject. Most of Il
Iesdiue men prefer . Tsait end see what Wll
- ne oragr IS OF events in regard 70 "a
t-a,i3eucT. Now, resident johnson 'u
IN. h S frequently said, may die before th
sxerafiau d bis olicial term, but 70 thi
nv answer g. that no Democrat ever died i
~ Presidential Office. Cheers and laughter.
ffisa very curious fact thal during tbs Ia.
s-rfv- ave years only three Federslist Presi
5en.s have been eiecied-Genera,s Harziso
en3 Tavlor. and BIT, Lincoln. Zach one 4,
/ tbasa died in the Presidents Il QhiCe, sad th
Vioe President Who succeeded TO the oitc'
; in esch case, vas o Democrat. So that, dH
l rinr the whole ~ these six;y-nFe Year
Democratis principles have been u the a'
oenSauoy. llhesrr.l I v9nder thai som
al these clerical Eepuhlioaus who look @
, tbe anger of God 10 everything, do NOS -
. ,That q provideutial dispsHsalion it 3
rrsuv- tell No Democratic President hi
. go aied ID Office, and 40 Fedsralist Pres
= Sast has ever lived cut his term in IS, show
F! - tha wat t-hful care Of Providence oyer u
r~e.t.9 grnfssf FF1m the FIRST gun of tt