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

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.eat,aent lnat STATE has inscribed ca
the stone which she has deposIied IN
1uet monument OF freedom which is
being raised IN COMMUNICATION oi
Washington. Size Is struggling 70 GET
hack into the Union aud to stand
uy the sentiment which is sheTe IN
scrfbpd aud she IS willing 10 Sustain a.
Wbatis M Iue sentiment which was
uttered by uer distinguished son, the
! inmar,si and Industrious jackson.
..gbe Federal UnIon-ir must be pre-
served 3reat applause ii 1t were
noesib!e tor that old man, whose statue
"a now before me, and whose portraitis
hebi8d me ia the Executive mansion,
and whose sentiment Is thus preserved
/ in that monument TO be called toftn
! from thr grave, or 10 a. were possible 20
! communicable with the illustlious dead
/ and TO make him understand the pro
-,ess OF faction, snd oi rebellion ana
Z r.agsou. ne would turn over lu has colin
and rise. aud shake OF the hablhmenis
! of lhe tomb, would again stand erect
sr1 extend forth has long arm and
s,,,r and reIterate Thai sentiment
o,co eyuressed 10y him on a memora-
hi. oa-ssion. The Federal Union II
must be preserved Applause ]
We nave witnessed what has trans
nired since his day. Ina sls3j, when
reason. and treachery and lnldeiiiy to
tbe Government and the Constitution
l,f the United States started forth ana
The land, il was his power sud irtia
apra that crushed the serpent IN lis
ir~cjpivncy. IL was then stopped, bat
/ op15 for a time The same spirit OF
Jisgtec.ion continued. There were
non disaticcted 10 the Government
E,tb ina the North aud in the South.
There wa in a \ portion of the Union "a
reru}iar institution, oi which some
r,r,Dlsined. and to which otueTs were
attached One portion OF u country
mep advocated that Institution, while
another portion In the North opposed
Ia The result was The formation OF eK-
IRENE payiies -aue especially ia the
south which reached "a point as winch
IL WA pronosed 10 dissolve "a iuton
~oftheStates for the purpose, 10 wa said,
of occurring and preserving thst pscU-
liar institution. There was smother
partiau of our countrymen who were
opuosed 10 that Institution, a2d who
won't 10 such an extreme that they
, were willing 60 break up the Govern.
D meut in order 10 get clear oil mat peeu.
. liar Institution OF the south say
l.. tlIeus thincs because ! desire 10 talk
, @pIaiulv apd in familiar phraseoiogy. /
assume nothing here to-day beyond the
p position of "a cltIeu-one who has been
. pleading for his country and the preser.
, walton of the Constitution. ttnmense
cbeeung) These two parties, l cay.
were arrsyed against each other and
4 stand here before you for the Union
/ to-day, rs [ stood Ia the Senate OF the
1 limited States Iu 1851 1 met there
p those who were making wer upon the
Constitution, those who wanted %
p dismpt the Government apd ] de.
rouncei them in my place then sud
I there, ana exposed their true character
7 and saii that those who were engaged
D ilnthe work of breaking up the Govern
= ment were traitors. / have never
. ceased on all occasions 10 repeat that
s sentiment, and as Tar as my efforts
could 20 l have eDdcsvoTed 10 carry 70
ont (Great abplHuse) ] have JU5t re-
! marked thst there were tvs parties
g one OF which was Tor destroying the
Government and separating the same
IN order 80 preserge slavery, end she
9 other l0g breaking uptbe Government
L 10 order 10 destroy slavery. irusi the
oriec.s which t5cy sought 70 accom-
plisa were different 30 lar IS aisysIy
r was concerned, bot they Sfreed IN the
desire 10 break up the Government
the pFeci.e thing towhich / have always
been opposed, mat whether disuuion-
lists como from the &onih OF from the
North, ] stand as ! did then yinGicat-
y ing tQe cguse Of the Union OF these
States and tho Constitution ofmy c0uu-
try Tremendous applause Rebel
lion and treason manifested theUs slyes
: il the South 1 stood Ey the Govern
i meut ] said then that | was for the
. Union with slavery I was for the Tn
I ION without slavery. Ia either alterna-
I've vs for ny Government and its
7 Constitution. The Government has
Z stretched i0rLh AZ etnong arm, and
With its physical poWerit las Eut down
I treason IN the held. The section Of