The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-22

Knocks at the door; what shall We 90
with bert when g mau 4 about % as
send in a great balloon be sends a little
one % see what way the wind IS. There
ls vagrant mountebenk, laden with the
curses of every loyal man in Louis-
aua- Massachusetts, thinks O. send him
% seat in that Congress. Louisiana knocks
e. the door-betisr than he Is a thousand
iold- The President says-Gentiemcn.
What Viii you 90 about 10 Louisiana aad
Mississippi have orFanized their militia.
tney are already % govern. According b
General Grants sdvice We have put tha
army on peace OF footing, Do you intsnd
% raise another army Of two hundred
Thousand men % subiusate Mississippi anl
| eontrol Louisiana. says 8 distlnguishcd
sassae huseits.r eprescui aiive-thcse States
should be held under military control uut1
| they are az % come in. Mr.. Einks rises
and asks whether the War Department has
any men 10 hold them in control Stanton
sends back word that tho troons have au
heca mustered out. II you wish TO hold
them un6er military control, yoa must call
| Tor hundred thousand volunteers. Gcntlc-
men, t Is no experiment, Tho President
/ has put a rebel ia every SPOT. lie has
/ spiked every Northern cannon, he has mus
tered out every black man asd almost evcry
fil6rgfgn. flss snsaita saitasS So power Is si'issa
/ organized; Ike thc serpents around Laocoon
/ they have seized the Republican narfv
and crushed the life ont of it airsady.
/ lApplause.l In 1854 thc Republican party
looked Aeraha,i Lincoin in the face, backed
/ BY ihe bordcr States, aad quaiied, to-day,
the Republican party look Andrew johnson
/ IN The lace with The organl1ci rebel States
behind him and it has Quancd. There IS
not anything len. Trust ia Congress When
water runs up hill. There are men sitting
On this platform who supportci Abraham
Lincoln IN 1854, aud said % me you
risk too much in opposing him-the
/ breaking up Of The Republican party.
How much have they gainedf They
kept the party together ! was u danger OF
dispersng It. They kept ita unit. aud ii
hangs on the edge Of Niagara to-day, and
on The point Of going over. They kept DO
unit aud pat Tennessee ia the citadel They
kept 30 unit and sacridced il anti They
say the President does not mean what he
says, and Congress win define bis words.
blush 10 say it. Henry wilson went % the
President and said" Mr. President. 10 YOU
intend 70 pdrsecute usl" {" on. ua. do not
mean % pcrsecute you." "D0 you mean O.
put Republicans out Of olhct3f "Oh no.
provided you only discuss and Tee me oct. j
shall not put them oar OF 6llice." And Sd
the senator from Massachusetts went o.
Philadelphia and said" Don't dntrust tho
President; he IS only acting and gives us
the right on talking The great Republican
leader says. Don't distrust the President
don't divide the party with IL. Every step
/ Of the President IS iortihcation he puts
/ his foot down and plants an Institution.
/ The President VII meet his Congress aud
! say" Here I ann a nation bchiud me at
peace; what DO you mean 10 DO - Why,
! they never resisted yei. The people have
! dehed the Executive Congress never. The
| people cheokmated sherman when he SUR
rendered 10 Johnston; the people can check
mate Andy Johus0n when ne surreudera 10
Davis. lAppiauss Unless the people DO
it, tt went Be done. Let Congress assem-
bic, and there are six chances out Of seven
that the hands of eighty four souihernefs
win be placed upon The helm Of Govern
meut. IL they are not, Congress viii
merely register the dictates of one man %
whom hitherto ihey have surrendered che
| Government I never can forget, / have no
wish 10 forget the long years l have been
permitted % serve the negro race. The
poor, poor negroI He never yet leaned on
/ Che word Of a white man without finding it
was a broken reed, the thread Of whose late
never mingled with ours without paintinga
picture of wretchedness, though Of honor
/ TO him and iniamy to us. We hide iu our
\
/ hid The flag in their closeis-white men who
/ visited tiu The bright dawn enabled them
to bring it b light. aud behind that stands
/ the leyalist who worshippcd She dag in the
/ darkest hour. Then have yon no heart for
1 the men who drew their swords Cor an idea
/ for Wadsw0rth, Tor Lowell, for Putnam, or
| Winthrop, for shaw? For the men whs
like Fayei,e would have never drawn the.r
swords had they not thought the hour had
come for justice for the brave ard hope
/ less victims at Port Hudson, for tha heroes
Of Wagner and Pcteraburgi Is there nothing
| for them? VIII you stand hero and see the
country driven into another civil war9 Do
| yea own a bank share I warn vou rcpn-
/ diation b behind the prcsiGenla pau Ara
/ you a merchant, and count on trade, and
wncn the labor system Of the South Is iu-
/ ished YOU will have o crop of cotton2 You
will have a harvest Of blood. San Domingo
never took life 30 free herself, but
she deluged the isl.ud i'm blood 20 re-
sist re-enslavemeni. The negro has
felt freedom, has used arms, and
| No matter what the cuuniog Of the
white man may Be there can bc no quiss
| system Of labor. Putup no seven -thirtics iu
your pocket az par. The negro holds hi1
hand on abe neck Of hcCulloch and can
| airauglc your finances. The London srec.
tator SAYS the Confederate loan has gone un
several dollars becauss men see iu the plan
/ Of President johnson The certainty that
I some project viii Be- made lor iho payment
| 81 the rebel debt. Europa looks across tht
ocean in the eyes az Johu stusrt MIL and
says, beware. you tread On the very vcrrf
OF national iniamy yoa ore about to conn
INIT suicide ;" aud she looks across The wa
ter, and n the eyes OF Frankfort capitalist.
| and Confederate b8ndh0lders and saws
"Hurrah FOR harmony or thrty-sx statea
| The Southtrnar who ttcod BY hn President
until be saved his life while the North d.
serted the negro aud ion him % his fate
has smsrter chance % pay his debt thai
New York with al her cunning. Wait 90
January and it is accomplished. Rise o.
day, and protest against / it is idle. Bis.
aud prevent IT, Oh that Charles sumncr
who noby, gloriously stood with dodrnce d
the President In March, was NOT permittei
10 say anything moro 90 Worcester ihnI
! gentlemen, we must trust % Congress. -
Ny legacy is-you cant trust Andy John
son my legacy BE- you cant trust the Re
publicaa party. III there Is not s0neth nd
holier than party, 10 there Is not s1methiui
Deeper thau patriotism. .hs South is 7icio
rious 70 day, and victorious for dozen year
| 10 come.
The speech Of Mr.. Phillips was Hsisuss
to With attention, and frequently InteFruptot
BY applause.