The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-25

toiled and labored for? Where IS the man
ar womau. either IN public or private me-
who has not always received my alVentoh
and time in proportion 10 egoti=mf Lhey
saw that msn johnson IS q lucky man thas
no man can defeat him. Will tel you
what constitutes good luck II Is due 70
right. End being for the people. Ihat Is
Whst constitutes good luck some no" ol
other The people viii ind ont IS IoI, sA1
who Is against them. have been placed
in IS many trying positions as any morta4
was ever placed in, but 50 lar have no.
deserted the people. 1 believe they VIII not
desert me. What principle have l vlo-
lated7 what sentiment ayeIsveryed from
Can they put their finger upon IT. have
YOU heard them point out any discrepancy
Have sou heard them quote my predeeHs-
sor, who fell 2 martyr 10 his country's
| eause, as going in opposition or eonuadlc-
| ion 10 that / nave done ? The very policy
| which am pursuing Q was pursued under
| ais administration, was being pursued ~
l aim when that inscrutable Proyidence saw
| TT to summon him, / trust to a better world
/ than this shove. Is there one principle
/ adopted by him n references to his resolu-
ton that 1 have departed fromf None,
none.
The very policy that / am now pursuing
was pursued By me under his administra-
ton, I having been appointed by him IN a
particular position for that purpose. An
~nscrutable providence saw proper TO Te-
move him from this to, 1 trust, a better
world, and I came into his place and there
isnot 6 principle OF his in reference 10 the
restoration Of the Union from which have
departed. Then the war IS not simply upon
me, but it IS upon my predecessor. have
tried 10 DO my duty. know that SEINE are
envious and Jealous, and speak Of the White
House as having attractions for the Presi-
dent. Let me say to you the charms Of the
White House have as little influence upon
me as upon any individual in the country,
and much less than upon those who are
taking about il. The difference between
the little that sulice5 my stomach and back
is more than enough, and has no charms i0I
me-. The proud ana conscious satisfaction
of having performed my duty to my coun-
try, to my children, and TO the inner man.
is sllthe reward that | ask. Great applause.
in conclusion let me ask this vast con
course here to-day, this sea of upturned
faces, 10 come with me, or / will go with
= YOU and stand around the Constitution o.
our country. II is again uutolded. The
people are invited 70 read and understand
t sustain and maItain It's provisions. Let u
I stand By the Constitution Of our tofefathers
{ though the heavens fall though %fsctiOn.
I should rage though courts and Jurles MAJ
c come; though abuse and vItuperation ma;
l be found out IN the most Yirulent form,
| mean to be found standing by the Con
ssitution, as the chief ark Of our sffety
/ as the palladium Of our civil and our rC
ligiouS liberty. Yes, let US cling 10 it g
4 the mariner clings to the last plan
e when the night and the tempest close
around him. Let US 60 away, forgetting III
d past and looking TO 10 the future, resolve
S TO endeavor to reItOre our Government to il
d pristine purity, trusting in Him who is o
a high, bat who controls all here below, tina
ere long our Union will be restored, an
y that we shall have peace, not only with a
o the nations Of the earth, but peace and goo
will among all parts Of the people OF th
United states. When your country is gon
l. and you are about that place, look out an
n You will find the humble individual wi
a now stands before YOU weeping over its dni
q dissolution.