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

separate, you shall remain with us, and the
Constitution shall be preserved aud enforced.
(Cheers.] The rebellion has ceased. And
when their arms were put down by the army
and navy of the United States, they accept
cd the terms of the Government. We said
to them, before the termination Of the rebel
lion, Disband your armies, return TO your
original position in the Government, and we
will receive you with open arms The time
came when their armies were disbanded
under the leadership of my distinguished
friend on the right, Gen. GRANT. Three
cheers for Gen. GRANT, The army and the
navy dispersed their forces. What were the
proposition Of the Government and said,
ave have been mistaken; we selected the
arbitrament Of the sword and that arbiter
has decided against us, and that being so Ms
honorable and manly men we accept the
terms you offer u.s." r
The query comes up, will they be accept
edf Do we want TO humiliate them, and
degrade them, and tread them in the dust2
["No, no." Cheers. say this, and
repeat il here tonight do not want them
to come back into this union debased and
degraded people. Loud cheers.] They are
not fit to be part of this great American
family If thev arc degraded and treated with
ignominy and contempt. Iwant them when
they come back to become a part of this
great country, an honored portion Of the
American people. Iwant them to come back
with all their manhood-then they are fit,
and not without that to be part of these
United States. [Cheers--three cheers for
Andrew johnson. ! have not, however,
approached the point that intended to
mention, and know am talking too long.
Go on, 20 on, go on."] Why should we
distrust the Southern people, aud say they
are not to be believedi have Just called
your attention to the Constitution under
which they were desirous to live, and that
was the Constitution Of their fathers, yet
they wanted 1t in q separate condition. Hav-
ing been defeated in bringing about that
separation, and having lost the institution
of slavery, the great apple of discord, they
now, in returning, take up that Constitution
under which they always lived, and which
they established for themselves even, in
separate government Where, then, is the
cause for distrust2 Where, then, is the
cause for the want of confidence? Is there
any? "NO, no."1 ... at.a.
do not come here tonight to apologize
for persons who have tried TO destroy the
Government; and if every act of my life,
either in speeches or in practice, does not
disprove the charge that want to apologize
for them, then there is no use in mans
having public record. [Cheers.l But
am one Of those who take the Southern peo-
pie with all their heresies and errors, ad-
lnitting that in rebellion they did wrong.
The leaders cocrced thousands and thousands
OF honest men into the rebellion, who saw
the old flag flap in the breeze the last time
with unteigned sorrow, and welcomed it
again with Joy and thanksgiving. The lead.
ers betrayed ana led the Southern people
astray upon this great doctrine of secession.
We have in the West game called hammer
and anvil, and anvil and hammer, and
while DAVIS and Others were talking about
separation in the South, there was another
class, Phillips, Garrison, and men of that
kind, who were talking about disso ution in
the North; and OF these extremes one was the
hammer and the other the anvil, and when
the rebellion broke out one extreme was car.
rying it out, and now that it is suppressed
the other class are still trying to give it life
and effect fought those in the South who
commenced the rebellion, and now oppose
those in the North who are trying TO break
up the Union. [Cheers am for the Union
| am against all those who are opposed tC
the Union. [Great applause.] am for the
Y mon, the whole Union, anu nothing but
the Union. Renewed cheering,] 1 have
helped my distinguished friend Gen. GRANT
to tight the rebels South, and must not for.
get peculiar phrase, that he was going Il
tight it out out on that line. Applause and
laughter l was with him, and did al
that could; and when VIC whipped them Al
one end of the line, | want to say to you
that am for whipping them at the otbel
end OF the line. Great laughter and ap
plause. thank God that If he is not il
the field, militarily speaking, thank God h,
is civilly in the fold on the other side
Cheers for GRANT, r...m t.
; This is contest and struggle for the I'm.
! ion, for the union of these States. ZAP
plause. The North can't get along with
out the South, and the South can get along
} without the North. ["That's so," and ap
: plause. have heard an idea adyareet
: that if we lot the Southern members of Con
, gress in they will control the Government
Do you want to be governed by rebels?--
Cries OF "neyer," mo, no."1 We wan
: to Let loyal men in-[ shear, hear" ant
none but loyal men. ''Good, good But
ask here tonight, in the face of this intel
] ligent audience, upon what does the force o
) the observation rest, that men coming In from
|, the South will control the country to il
: destruction? Taking the entire delegation
q of the South, Fifty eight members, what is i
e compared with the two hundred and forty
two members of the rest of the Union D
A "Good boy.'1 Is it complimentary to tn,
\ North to say we are afraid of tbemY Woulc
the free States let in fiity-eight member
| from the South that we doubt that we dis
: trust, that We have no confidence in2 ~ W
!, bring them into the Government, these fifty
b eight representatives, are they 10 control th
o two hundred and forty-two2 There is N
: argument that the influence aud talent am
: the principles they can bring TO bear agains
us, placing them in the worst possible ligh
/. IL A yoice--the Sumner argumentl--car
: tbe "A cause for alarm. We are represented a
e afraid of these fifty eight men, afraid tina
F.? they will repudiate our public debt; tina
( they can go into the Congress OF the Unite
n States under the most favorable condition
o they could require, the most offensive condi
a tions 10 us, and could overwhslm majorit
e lof hundred and 6fiytO a hundred an
S eighty u oice---''ridichlous' that thes
/, men are going to, take charge of the coun
S try. Why IL is croaking; it is to excit
!, your fears, to appeal TO yOur prejudice
r Consider the immense sums Of money tha
;, have been expended, the great number
e lives that have been lost, and the blood tina
Q has been shed; that Our bleeding artsrie
II have been stayed and tied up; that commerce
: and mechanical industry, and agricultur,
Q aud all the pursuits Of peace restored, an
i we are represented a, towards enough I
] camor that if these fity-eight men are ad
United as the repressntatiyes a the Sout