Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-28

Magistrate of the country, who heretofore
you honored and boosted was a man who
had more honorable power than any
monarch in the world, dragged before a
tribunal that had decided his sentence be-
fore they had heard q word of testimony.
Voice, "That's So" and loud cheering.
Look at these acts Of Congress for your
selves, and see the changes that have been
wrought in the structure of the govern
ment to carry power in every instance to
that body which does not represent the
people of this country. Ny Republican
friends, tits our desire for you by your ballot
when about to exercise one of the most
sacred duties of American citizenship, 10
say you approve Of this. ICries, no, no.
The resolu ions which placed my oppo-
Dent in nomination did not declare his sen-
timents. They declared their own DC
Clared the policy of their party right.
When you vote their ticket you declare
something. From time to time the ablest
men of the Republican party have come
forward with protest against their ex-
cuses, but have been trampled down
as a maddened heard of buffaloes on the
Western plains, Srample down their lead
ers if they stay for minute in their head
long course, one after another have gone
down until no man dares to protest any
longer.
Are you ready, my Republican friends,
to give new impulse to this? Think Of
the result. 1 stand before you perhaps as
an individual more concerned than any
other man, except my opponent.
What is it to me whether
shall stay in private life or go TO
the performance of the duties from which
every thoughtful man must shrink. Let
me say that no man ever stood before the
country as candidate for that Office, no
matter how strong the connections of duty
that forced him into this position who was
not fitted with most serious convictions in
regard to the sacrelness Of the trust.
/ would not believe, and repel with scorn
any attack on my opponent that should as
sumo he did not know what was right.
As God looks into my heart, | cannot |
think Of a man, / care not how want
ing in virtue in other respects,
who could look at the vast interests of Ihis |
country; who could see its greatness and |
think of its future, and not tremble and |
offer fervent prayers that he might have |
wisdom above mans wisdom to guide him |
ir place like this
Mr.. Seymour abiding TO the Q Of the |
country said there is no doubtful man who |
looks into the future 10 view of the prece-
dent that have been set the violence that |
has driven men from their seals in Con- |
gress and the attempt TO, destroy the |
system of our government, |
and not feel that our country is on the road |
to great peril. Why is the Union they |
have made with the South, made in honor
of the dead, and the living they would
bind with manacles of iron-a dead South
to a living North.
We need the prosperity Of the South to
help bear our great burdens. There has
not been blow struck at the Frustrated
South that does not strike every cornfeld
in Ohio. 1t used to buy your corn aud
pork 1t used to go TO market when it was
into the products Iof the North.
The war stopped that and you were greatly
| said, being Governor of
New York, let US show the people of the
west that we sympathize with them 10 their
troubles.
As Governor of New York, l recon-
mended the Legislature 10 carry products
10 all, free on canals. The war ending, you
had the right to ask that your market
should be given back to you. 1t could not
be done to the full extent, but these people
tried to begin work again. The war was
over, the dead were buried and the God of
nature had covered their graves with green
grass and beautiful flowers to show US that
nature had left no trace of violence done.
So poor, fallen human nature should imi-
tate this divine example and wipe out the
traces Of passion and hate in the minds Of
American people. [Cheers.l Union, made
with usurpations, inequalities and dangers,
is not the Union our soldiers fought for
hat was a union ef hearts and hands.