Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-07
SPEECH OF HON. I'D. COOPER.
The Democracy on the Bampage.
one Hundred Democrats In Cornell
IIninrl Wen 10 be DIsfranehIsed.

court hoasa By tbs Hon- Ed Cooper, late Secretary
of the President and would have been, if he could
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury, and now can
dsdate for Elector ct large the Seymour, Blair
and Revolution ticket. Mr.. Cooper is to-day The
leader Of the Conservative Democratic Rebel party
Of the State a gentleman of culture and refine
ment; the brains Of the party and the only wonder
about the man is thAt one Of his dignity Of address
and department should have formed such political
affiliations.
The speech was made up Of the usual list of Dem
ocratic agttering generalises = rehash of the old
arguments Of 1864 embodied in the Chicago Plat
form and prccsa;ned from the stump denunciatory
CT Congress and chs party that saved the Govern
;nent during the war, for abandonment of their
pledges TO prosecute he war solely for the restors
aon of the Union, and for establishing and execut
ing that other doctrine, rendered necessary by the
action of the body of the Democracy, that the
Union should be saved-with slavery if it could if
not, that Slavery the cornerstone of the Confede-
racy, must die 10 these were added SeymoIr's
apush the financial issue, and Blair's force the
army 10 undo the work Of reconstruction issue "
few moments devoted 10 the rebel cry of usurpation
and tyranny on the part of the State Government;
| a pathetic appeal TO al to vote for Seymour and
Blair and, amid very faint applause, the speaker
closed with eulogiuni Of Gen. Blair, which would
have been beautiful if il could have had either pre-
misses, conclusion or application. If General Blair
had said, in his Broadhead letter We have main
tanned the Government, overthrown the Confede-
rscy and vindicated the liberties and integrity of
the Union against the LOST cause with the bayo-
net upon the field of battle and now, at the ballot
box, we viii defend the same party and principles
against the combined assaults of Hampton and For
rest, Of Semmes, the Ku Klux Khan and the Dem
ocracy, he would not have been nominated on the
ticket with Seymour, but there might have been
some comparison between him and the Roman
youth who burned off his hand in token of his de-
voton to his country, and coad afterwards, Con-
sui raise the handles to heaven in proof of his
fidelity TO Rome Not so with Gen. Blair. In the
midst of the fight he deserted the men, the princi-
Piles and the cause he fought with and for during
the war, and joining hands with those who declare
they viii yet gain at the baIlot-box, by the election
of Seymour all they fought for during the rebellion
his servies in the army are, to-day but monument
to his perdy and treason to the cause of Union and
human liberty. And the eulogum would have ap-
piled to Grant or Sherman, Sheridan or Howard,
:" VI" 'nOusSnus Oh o'n-r ar'ness ana oaVtle-
I''io1 no'Oss VINO support 0f"n' ana 00iiaA IN
oftt. -. =.
- '' sP0''H " ~ HO' Pi0P0s0 W s'Fo efeu
synopsis, but will call attention to few point He
says
Every commentator every Congress and every
Supreme Court since the organization of the Gov
20 -ar A. e. as. " tno u l
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sonoI Di' foOOeu nun Oh TUG power Oh
Surprising every commentator Congress and SUI |
prene Court has reeo0nized this rigbt of ranoavsl
r a.. go. . :, y II
$500 :. SSs''-s :, s''o OeiiAs0
when we do not admit but deDy-still the ten
ure-of-oice act does not deprive the President of
tho RIGHT 70 re,nove fa- yo;seord., :; ,esoo b.. q
:. ~; ..l.., 80 80
n'A' IL iiS usy " otl1s'ss sOf' c1eeTi aAo " LII
the vacancy ana report the case to the Senate and
it was for failure to do this duty that the Chicago
Convention eepsured him He has failed or ro,,,,saa
., .s,,o,a &C.. g.. ~.
instances but has allowed them to hold otioo sftor
he was notified of their euilt: and bv wiif,llv |
avoiding his dutv because The Senate would u, aid
him in the remoyalof competeot officers for politi.
cal reasons Andrew johnson is HE vito tho
non-colecton Of the revenue to an aggregate of At
least 500 600 ooo ner vear
mn -.
1855, and was insugurated February % 18sS Sn Z
William @. Browniow, man that | have the
pleasure OF knowing was made Governor. This
~. VIZ, %'s oapacy' a,'a 10y, ana astsrn5'-
ST. 3, 5;s 60,Js Tbo' o,vor e. o1og re re
Great or of the Autocrat of Russia, was as the
shadow to the full light OF the sun, compared with
I MA :, n9s V 80 an a1gel WIN tne
from the arv regions of lisbt Tbere ;s ol o1a
Judge upon the Supreme Bench, when the Consti-
tuition requires the Governor, when a vacancy |,
alses 70 cS n eieGeon IN tnIty days. and yet he
unless he is of his own nolca rsrT u n Iod
the political power in his hands He can set aside
the registration OF whole counties, and large por
S o ~ b Se Po up 81 the ose are asirapchsed
Republican marty which nacad ali tb;s o,or 'iiO
his hands. The time will come when those who
sustain him now Will have the poisoned chaliee
dr;n - ~ tho 5ra anu lucy VIII Oe conpehed 10
i'0' u"S si"'olu' iol 'ue acknowledgment
Oi the capacity Oh inc Executive out nave you Tor
mi "copper" siia' sne Ainenoea constitution
tue 0'a'e gives 'ne rigns 10 the eoyernor to APP
poins 'uuses anu n0' oaii an election ana mas be
nOs sinne@ y0@ Oy relusng' Oh iate' 70 ap-
pm you i'Oe' piosuei' cooper 70 Inc 8
uUsesniP' upon q Pe'i'ion signed oy copperhesd I
lawyers, asking the appointment? Does he do Z
y - '''-o' '"s "'en "ne
'I'enP'eu 70 overtime" the 0oVernment and who r
I'D carry the State into the Confederacy and the
'ebellion The verdict of those who did not dis