Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-04-08

will very readily explain why / sent 70
Emory. As TO the other conversation wit
me, which Emory details, it had nothing t
do with the trial, at all. He speaks Of him
self az objecting, in a very patriotic way
10 the Maryland militia, because the
wore gray uniform. He introduced tha
subject himself / never asked him wOr,
about it. But he makes il appear that
wanted 10 nse the militia of Maryland fo
some purpose or other. | never made
suggestion of the kind TO him. Here agar
he would make me appear as taking hin
for one Of my confidential advisers, which
| never had the remotest idea of doing. Ny
object that time was to find out how MANY
troops there were in the department, and
to know whether the colored troops who
were about the city couldn't be replaced
with white troops. | thought it best after
the war we had gone through, that white
troops should be here instead of black ones
This is the seat Of government, and
foreigners are coming here all the time.
II they saw none but black troops here,
they might get the idea that the rebellion
was put down By them alone, and that
they were on duty here because they were
better troops than the whites. / have no
prejudice against the negro soldiers at all
but / thought if white troops were TO be
had they would be better than black ones
for the garrison of Washington; that's ALL
And out Of that little matter General
Emory, without stating the real object of
his conversation with me, makes big
story about gray uniforms and Rebel
militia"
THE CIRCLE SPEECHES.
! said to the President that they would
commence the testimony on the last ar
ticles, or those relating TO his Cleveland
and st. Louis speeches, tomorrow, and
asked him if he denied the correctness of
the reports of those speeches, as presented
to the court. Yes, he said, he did, and he
denied, above all, the right to introduce
mere extracts from long speeches, omitting
! the context, and saying nothing about the
circumstances under which they were de-
livered. As for the Cleveland speech, he
said, 81 did not intend to make any speech
there at ALL My intention was to come out
| in response to the call of the people. and
excuse myself and then retire. But as
soon as ] appeared, some people in the
crowd commenced to hoot at me, and ques-
tion me, and badger me, and / thought I'd
| Il
political life long time and am naturally
combatiye. ] don't propose to be hooted
down by anybody, and especially didn't
propose to be hooted down by set Of men
sent out for that purpose, as these fellows
were at Cleveland and elsewhere So they
went for me, and went for them, and we
had it hot and heavy for awhile. They
would listen TO me for awhile, but keptin
terrupting me TO prevent me from saying
anything. | was determined they shouldn't
succeed, but that since they didn't want to
let me speak I'd speak any how. And /
kept on until got the better of them, and
after short time they listened to me in
perfect silence. If / used any rough ex-
pressions they were put into my mouth by
my enemies. | said good deal then that
| might not have said, If they had not
provoked me 10 it, but i did not say all
might have said either As to the ST.
Louis speech, the report of that is garbled.
! am made to talk Of kicking Congress out,
when what ! did say was, that | would
kick out certain ofiice-holders, and that
phrase was put into my mouth by some
one in the crowd"
As to the charge that il was undignifed
and unbecoming in the President of
the United States to make stump speeches
in this way, he said he did not believe lust
then was the time 10 talk ofdignity. There
were great questions before the people, and
il was more important that they should be
understood than that any body's dignity
should be preserved. Besides, said he,
"Did not MIR. Lincoln make some stump
speeches on his way TO Washington, and
often aiterward? Nobody objected TO that
and no crowd hooted him or badgered him
as they did with me. Other Presidents
have done the same thing. But do they
propose to impeach me on question of
taste and dignity? Is it dignified in Mr.
Wade to go around the country calling me
id traitor, and must be impeached
if say word in reply ?'
From this particular point, by an easy
transition, we passed to the charges of
INToXICATIoN.
The President said he was perfectly will
ling they should investigate his condition
on that trip. The public had been led to
believe that he was intoxicated all the way
from the time he left Washington till he
got back. But let them take the trouble to
find out, and they would discover that that
was great mistake.
They'll find out, at any rate, that /
didn't drink half as much as one or two
Others, about whose condition nobody dares
TO say a word"
81 think | can guess the name of one of
them" said l. Didn't he go from CIeve-
land to Detroit and wasn't il announced
with great flourish of trumpets that he
had left your party in disgust?" "Yes,"
fal ho ho f,
but il wasn't because he was disgusted with
my politics at all. In fact, he wasn't in
condition TO know much about politics inst
them
The President seemed TO feel quite vexed
over the reflection that he was the only one
who was accused of hilarity on that circle
trip. 'Ou. of all the witnesses examined
about that trip Of 1866" said he, "there is
not one who proves that | was drunk. But
the people are told it through the press and
politicans-in the newspapers and on the
stump-and have never taken the trouble
TO deny il. Yet the man TO whom have
Just now alluded, has been in this very room
so drunk that he couldn't stand straight on
his legs. I'd like to know whv Pm abused
all the time for what | don't do, and why
never a word is said about him for what he
does do"
1t is, perhaps, worth while TO add that
it is fact susceptible of the best of proof
that his aggregate consumption of spirit
uous liquors in the past year has not
amounted to pint in excess of the wine
he has drank at state dinners. But not
withstanding this, | doubt if it ia possible
TO persuade the loyal masses that ne ever
goes to bed sober, just, on the contrary,
with regard TO the gentleman who got
disgusted with his Copperheadism" at
Cleveland and had such funny way of
showing his disapprobation, it would be
useless for an angel from heaven TO come
down aud swear that he ever INDUCED in
anything stronger than cold water.
SOME POINTS OF EVIDENCE.
The President complained that the whole
case against him thus far was made mp Of
what could be CLEANED from the private
conversations of Unauthorized persons, and
that in all this not single proof had been
given that he was party to any of the
alleged plots or conspiracies, or that he had |
any knowledge whatever of them. told |
him that 10 view OF this fact il would be
well enough TO introduce in the trial pri- /