Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-09-14

ton OF slavery could not survive an attempt
to break up the Union. They thought diff
ferently. They put up a stake; what was
it2 1t was four millions of slaves, in which
they had invested their capital. Their in
vestment in the institution Of slavery
amounted TO three thousand millions of dol
lars. This they put up at stake and said
they could maintain 1t by separating these
States. That was the experiment; what are
the facts Of the result2 The Constitution
still exists. lGreat cheeringl The Union
is still preserved. [Cbecrs.1 They have
not succeeded in going out, and the institu.
tion ofslaveryis gone. Hear, hear. Since
II has been gone they have come up manful-
y and acknowledged the fact in their State
conventions and organizations, and they rat
lily its fall now aud forever. (Cbeers)
have got one other idea right alongside Of
this. applause and laughter.) You have
got about $4,000, 100000. ('Thats So -
How are you going to preserve the credit of
that2 viii you tell me2 Voices, "You
tell us.") How are you to preserve the cred
it of this $4,000, 900, 1000? Yes, perhaps
when the account is made up your debt will
be found S., ,00O, ,0O0, 900 or $4,000, 900, 900.
" i'll you tell me how you arc to secure it,
how tne ultimate payment Of the principal
and interest of this sum Is TO be secured2 Is
it by having the Government disrupted?--
Mr.. Stewart and others-'.No, no."1 Is il
by the division Of these States? t"No." !
Is it by separating this Union into petty
States? ["No."1 Let me tell you here to-
night, my New York friends, tell you that
there is no way by which these bonds can
be ultimately paid, by which the interest can
be paid, by which the national debt can be
sustained but by the continuity and pcrpetu-
ity and by the complete union of these States.
Applause. Let me tell you who fall into
this fallacy, and into this great heresy, you
will reap more bitter reward than the South
ern brethren have reaped In putting their
capital into slavery. 8r st' Hr
Mr.. SEWARD soto roce] THE argumen-
tum dd honiinem. Good.
Mr.. JoHysoS-Pardon me, do not ex.
aggerate. understand this question. You
who play false part. now the great issue is
past you who play into the hands of those
who wish TO dissolve the Government, III
continue the disreputable conditions TO i'm
pair and destroy the public credit Let u'
unite the Government aud you will have
more credit than you need Applause. i
Let he South come back with Its great min.
eral resources; give them chance to come
back and bear part, and ] say they will
increase the national resources and the M.
tional capacity for meeting these nationa
obligations. I am proud to say on this oc.
castor, not by way Of fattery, to the people
Of New York, but am proud TO find lib
eral and comprehensive and patriotic view o
this whole question on the part of the peo
pie Of New York. ] am proud to find, too
that here you don't believe that your exist
ence depends upon aggression and destruc-
ton; that while you are willing to live, yor
are willing to let others live. Applause. l.
You don't desire to live by the destruction
of others. Some have grown fat, some hav,
grown rich by the aggression and destruc
tion of others, 1t is for you to make thu
application, and not me.
These men talk about this thing, and ask
what is before you? What is before you
New York, this great State, this great com
mercial emporium was ssking your May
or to-day the amount Of your taxation, an,
he informs me it is eighteen millions of dol
lars Where did your government star
from but the other day2 Do you remembe
that when Gen. Washington was inaugura
ted President that your annual bill wa
50, 500, 900 for the entire general government
Yet to-day | am told that my distinguished
feicnd on my left controls the destinies OF
city whose taxes amount to $l8 900, 900, ant
whose population numbers four millions
double what the entire nation had at tn
time when it commenced its existence.
General SrANFoRD-Our taxation by tn,
general government is fifty millions.
Mr.. JoHssos-I am simply trying to ge
at the amount collected to sustain your mu
nicipal establishment Thus may we nd
vance, entertaining the principles which ar,
co-extensive with the States of this Union
feeling like you that our system of govern
ment comprehends the whole people, no
merely part. [Appause.l New York ha
a great work to perform in the restoration o
this great Union. As have told you, the,
who talk about destroying the great element
that bind this Government together, den.
the pow er, the inherent power of tho Gov
ernment, which will, when its capacities ar
put to the test, re-establish and re-adjust IL
position, and the Government be restored
lTApplause.1 tell you that we shall he sus
tanned in this effort to preserve the Union
1t would be just about as futile to attemp
the resistance of the ocean wave, or to checl
the wind, as TO prevent the result predict
You might as well attempt to turn the MISS
sippi back upon its source as 10 resist thi
Z great law of gravitation that is bringin
these States back and be united with us a
strong as ever. I have been called de mn
, lgogue, and would to God that there wer
= n he. In 70.
[Applause.] The demonstration here to-da
Is the result OF some of these demagogueica
. ideas that the great mass Of the pcopl
when called 10 take care vi the people vii
do SO. ....-...... a.. .....-
A vo.se-Sure as you sre born. Laugh
ter. ...h 500.
Mr.. JopSsos-f tell you you have com
, menced the grand process now, tell yo
, those present who are eroalSing and talkin
about individual aggrandizement, and per
/ petuation of party, tell them that they In
/ better stand frem uader--[laughter an
, cheers l--they had better get ousof the wa,
; Icheers, | for the Government Is coming tC
I fgether, and they cannot resist il. Some
1 times, when my confidence gives out, whe
/ my. reason fails me, my faith comes to m
rescue, and tells me that this Goyernmer
will bo perpetuated, and this Union presery
, ed. [Cheers.l hll you here tonight, an
1 have not turned philanthopist and tanati
right; that sometimes the fact that men bav
G erred, is the cause Of making shens bette
: men. [Applause. am not for destroyin
| all mea who have erred once in their live
r believe in the menptHbfs example Of Hi