Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-08

Mr. TRbIBLE made his first speech as
an aspirant to Congress in Lowry
Chapel, near Fort Gillian, on Wednes-
day night He excused its imperfections
by the state of exhaustion in which ne
found his physical system at the close oil
the arduous labors heperiormed In seeur-
ing the conviction of judge OF proven
uprightness and purity before partizan
tribunal Ia his few remarks, however,
it is fair to presume that he stated the
chief points Of his political faith These
were that he was for the Union in 1861,
and voted, with only two other State
Senator'S, against separation and revolu-
ton This was the first in Importance
and most grateful to his selfestimation.
This we shall not contr0vert nor shall we
be so ungenerous as to cast over it a
cloud by recalling his subsequent solemn
Identification with the Southern people
Southern people in his letter Of resigna-
ton. His next points may be briefly
stated in his affirmation that the Con-
servative party is the Democratic party
masked, aud the Radicals are the Wings
purified
Now, Mr. Trimbles general reputation
for good sense would have justified us in
expecting him to have displayed some of
it in stating the Issues the people are at
present called upon to decide he very
well knows that the issues Of 1861 are de-
cided he very well knows that however
be may denounce the tyranny that he
and his supporters assert existed here at
that time, that he was a free man, that he
stood almost alone in the Senate and
freely voted his sentiments; that he sub
sequently voluntarily resigned; that he
and all Others who chose to do so went
freely 10 the ballot box in this city and
county, and voted against separation ;
and that throughout the Confederate
reign in Nashville" he remained unmo-
Tested in his person and his property. He
also knows that those who condeded to
him all his personal and political rights
then, are deprived of their rights
as freemen now. So far as those men
are concerned, therefore, the less said
about them in truth the better for
Mr. Trimble Fully as well he knows
that there are the fewest number of peo-
pie in Tennessee, whose opinions on
pending questions of difference, are
shaped or controlled by their ante-war
political views and party associations. He
cannot deny that at the present moment
the body Of the talent, intelligence and
political virtue of the old Wing party Of
Tennessee-its leaders and Disciples
conservative. He is guilty of gross per
version Of language, when he talks about
the publication of any party by the ex-
pulsion Of such men as Nelson, Taylor
Netherland, Kyle, John Williams, Bax-
ter, Ewing, Cooper, Hickerson, Brown,
East, Bell, Etheridge, Campbell, Jordan
Stokes, Brien, and hundreds of others
and the retention of only few names
and those such as Brownlow, Maynard
and Bill Stokes He should know that the
intelligence of the people Of this district
will detect the disgusting shallowness OF
such speeches, and that their repetition
will cost him his reputation as a man OF
ability and veracity.
Why should Mr. Trimble turn from
the momentous questions now involving
the fate Of free institutions, abandon the
plane Of the stateman, and play the despi-
cable role Of the petty demagogue? Why
should he not call the people of Nashville
together at some central point and talk to
them Of the great principles of governs
ment and the means of perpetuating free
institutions-instead of going into OBJ
scure corners to propose false issues and
sustain them with arguments that can
only deceive the Ignorant This is I'M
worthy the character Of John Trimble-
and we deem it an act of real friendship
to tell him so, even in this public manner.
He is degrading himself, and iniuring a
name, the goodness of which, at his time
of life, a man of sense and virtue holds
in higher estimation than the empty hons
ors or filthy emoluments of Office