Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-08-23
4tnipu aud american.
The Philadelphia Convention,
Spirit of the Press.

Win Mulch thcy received the aclOh OF the
recent Convention at Philadelphia, we make
the following liberal extracts from our ex-
changes
EXTRACT FROM THE SPEECH OF THADDEUs
STEVENS AT LANCASTER.
At some future day, when less pressed for
time, shall be glad 10 address you in ex-
PLANTATION Of the great troubles and the great
difficulties which have been produced by
the periidy Of the President and few apos-
tates, whom the hope Of power and plumber
has seduced into his ranks. | can not begin
now 10 attempt TO unfold the policy Of that
man in whom you'll can hardly say myself
in whom the people confded as a true pa
triot, and whom we have now found 10 be
worse than the man who is incarcerated in
Fortress Monroe. say that ] am not very
much disappointed. j opposed his nomina-
ton. II is our fault if we are cheated.
Johnson was a BRECKINRIDGE Democrat,
and he never renowned one principle Of
that Democracy. He only left them when
they went out and he believed they could
not succeed; and no man can say that JOHN-
son ever uttered one word in favor Of
the free institutions Of the North before
he became Nice-President. We, therefore
have only ourselves TO blame. To be
sure, we did not anticipate the present con-
tngency, bat since il has come upon as, let
as bear it with patience until time shall
enable Us 10 correct this mistake, never j |
hope again to be repeated. ] know not how |
you view these things ! believe that ma |
tons are punished by the Ruler Of the Uni |
verse for national crimes. From my earliest |
hour 10 the present day, have looked upon !
the oppression Of men as a crime. l have |
Al 4ss.- -. /. /
and friends, and children, now lie in bloody |
graves. / had hoped that the blood Of a /
half million Of our citizens, and the expen- |
diture Of five billions Of money, would have |
induced the destroying angel TO put up his |
sword. We have not yet done justice TO |
the oppressed race. We have not gone rs
far as the Emperor of Russia when he or
dered the freedom Of thousands of his OPP
pressed people and endowed them with the |
right of citizenship. We have been too |
much governed by our prejudices. We have !
listened too much 10 those whose cry is !
NEGRO equality" "nigger," niger mig |
ger % We are Influenced too much By those |
persons from foreign lands rho, uhjie ia search
a freedom, deny that blessed boon 20 those Cho |
are their equals.
] may be superstitious; but look around |
and ask myself why are we now afflicted |
view our present situation and remember |
that the Lord is still just, and that until ne
become Just he will take care 10 inilict ven |
geance. You all remember that in Egypt |
he sent frogs locusts, murrain, lice, and |
finally demanded the blood Of the first born |
Of every one Of the oppressors Almost all |
of these have been sent upon us. More |
than the first born has been taken from us. |
We have been oppressed with taxes and |
debts, and he has sent rs worse than lice, /
and has afflicted us with an ANDREW JOHN |
sONl Long continued applause.
Mr.. STEVENS retired amid perfect storm |
of applause and ON his way out of the Con- |
yention hc was surrounded on all sides by |
enthusiastic friends.
SENATOR LANE AT INDIANAPOLIs.
The speaker then referring to the "con- |
glomerate" Convention ut Philadelphia, said: |
There was in Washington, some six months |
ago, a Union club. understood to consist Of |
my policy members. twas a Republican |
organization, but il did not pay. The Pres |
ident was on one side; the people on the |
other. Then the Democrats got up an or |
ganizatun, and made a kind of incestuOus |
marriage with the other club, and the Phil |
adclphia Convention was the result Of this |
amalgamation. The call for IL was sane
toned and approved by the President of the |
United States before IL was ever published. |
] have the reason TO believe il and the right |
90 assert that il was so.
The President surrendered all the repub- |
lranism heever had. The ''my policy men |
got together at Philadelphia, and resolved |
that they were the Union party. The Rad |
ical members, who had for five years strug- |
gled 10 preserve the life Of the nation, were |
denounced, while men fresh from the rebel !
f. e.. 81. ~ Iar, of r.Ia
prisons, Salisbury, Libby, and Anderson |
vlle-the perpetrators of atrocities at
which the blood curdles-these were the
men who fratenized with your Johnson
copperheads from Indiana. Then there
was a beautiful sde-shuw, the Massachusetts
aud South Carolina delegates walking
into the Convention arm IN arm. For
thirty years, South Carolina has con
dcmned, spit upon and denounced Massachu-
sets: and when in South Carolina a free
negro WAS imprisoned, and Massachusetts
sent down Judge lloAR 10 obtainm s release,
he was threatened with tar and feathers and
hc had 10 ieave Charleston in the night to
avoid martvrdom. But now we see Massa-
chusotts and South Carolina in this beauti-
ul and affecting melo-drama, marching
hand in hand. Il reminds me OF the side
shows at a country circus, where may be
seen the big snakes and monkeys living m
harmony. In this case South Carolina tur'
uishes the big snake, and Massachusetts, the
monkey. But il the purpose Of these dele
gates in thus walking arm IN arm Is 10 es-
tablish a great national party, they should
know that the great national party is already
established and in full operation. Il was
born when that first gun was fired at Fort
Sumpter and which was heard round the
whole world. The national party born that
dav. has protected the country for five years,
protects il to-day and will protect IL forever
Rut we are told it was necessary 20 60 70
Philadelphia 20 establish a grand Union
Marty. Aud who are 10 establish it2 The
soldiers IN blue2 Oh, mol We find guer-
rillas from Missouri aud Tennessee, red
handed, unhuug traitors, who have formed
union with Northern Coppcrheads, and thus
amalgamation, we are told, is grand Ma
tional Union party When the Union
needed defenders they entered into no such
organization, but in that terrible honr OF
trial they organized as knights Of the Golden
Circle and Sons Of Liberty, threatening TO
assassinate your noble Governor subvcrt
vour state authorities, and bring all the ter
rible devastations of civil war 10 your own
hearthstones and homes. IL you want TO
know what these Union men will do IN
the future. look az their history IN the past,
/ ask YOU, In the language OF the Book OF
books Choose sc this day whom We Will
serve You have 10 trust some men; Will
Won trust those who. during the five years of
trial had no shouts of triumph for your VIC
tories. but who, when ,hey met in Chicago
resolved that the war 10 restore the Onioh
was a ailure2 They have recently had a
PHILADELPHIA Convention, they tried II m
1862. when LEE came up with 100000 dele
rates. with bristling bayoncts IN their hands,
and tried 10 reach Philadelphia by way Of
Antietam But the soldiers in blue stood
like a wall Of FIRE between them and Phiia-
dclpbia. and they could not have conven-
ton then. In 1868 LEE again tried 70 have
n convention in Philadelphia, by way OF
Harrisburg but the brave boys in blue o0y-
cred Themselves with glory aud mariyrdom,
aud prevented the loving embrace OF South
ern rebels and Northern traitors and they
could not have the meeting. But the soldiers
being now Withdrawn, and these rebels nav
ing a decent respect Tor the boys ln blue inc
gates being down, the Philadelphia ConFei'-
lion was held and these most miserable men
of Massachusetts,, who are libel upon ule
Yankee character. think il an honor Ia