Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-20
THE CANVASS IN WEST
TEyNFSSEE

THE CANVASS IN WEST
TESNESSEE
. Speeches from EGheridge AUD Forrest.
Mr. Etheridge addressed the people OF
Gibson county at Trenton, on Monday last.
We make the following extracts:
l address myselfwith sorrowito men who
day they cannot vote for Seymour and Blair
because they Seymour and Blair are
Democrats. l will give you credit for the
sincerity Of your statements; but, sirs,
when You assert, TO day, thBt you cannot
vote for Seymour and Blair because they
are Democrats, your statement but proves
that your love for party is superior to your
common sense. The speaker said If Henry
Clay were here now he would be found
with the Democrats-that If he were to
look and see some of those who claimed TO
--be Wings assoCiatiDg with the disgusting
vermin that pollute our soil here in Tren-
ton, and see them with their guns coming
out Of the filthy dens with negroes, and
we're told that thee were Wings, he would
say: 81 never knew you depart from me,
ye cursed"
Fellow-citizens, / make this statement
on my own responsibility; for the truth of
il, you cannot tell me the name Of any man
who has ever been eminent 10 the old
Wing party in this State, any man who led
Us 10 victory or defeat under the name Of
Wings, with a name worth copper, now
10 the Radical camp, unless he has got his
arms run deep into the Federal treasury.
Tell me, if you can, what KentuckiGn Is
found in the Radical camp to-day, unless
he has been bought and paid fOr-bought
Is a spaniel in the market. More, ! assert
There is no man in Tennessee, who has
been known fifty miles from home as re-
spectacle, now working with the Radicals,
unless he is an office holder under the re-
gime Of BrownlOw.
If any one here knows such 4 one, let
him call out his name. Take your minis.
ters; you cannot lind any man in TeRnes-
see eminent for learning or piety that is
now in the Radical camp. You cannot
find any scHoOl-master that can read or
speak the English language with proPrie,y
thai Is uuw In the Radical camp. / meH-
tion this 10 show where the Wing party l..
Sir alfthat Is respectable Ia The Wing
party, it Is cue 10 truth 10 say, is Outside OF
the Radical camp. Bui mind, when / say
Tennessee RaGicalish, / do not presume 10
insult any Northern Radicals by iutimatirg
that they have any respect for II. Laugh
ter. And why have they no respect for
it2 Because tGgre they said the slaves must
be freed as 81 inevitable result Of the war,
but DO not make the negro their political
equal but 1t remains 20 The crawling,
creeping, eEthsOme things that crawl in
tie dust remained 10 the sCalawag in
Tenness,a g. place The black man upon us,
and wrest from you yp4ir right TO vote.
thank God there Is Nj one in thousand
uu-th " the Ohio river that descends 10
sach depth Of iuismy.
G0u are q Wing, are vOU, and YOU can
-Ut 90 with the Democratic parry. Let me
a-L vou. 77ho did Won hear making the last
Wing speeches IN TENNESSEE Go back to
1860. % lhc la-t Federal Congress that met |
guder ha old Constitution. Examine the |
I.l af iurGurgTD sgrucn and vuu will lind |
tic ,aTiy each belong 60 indicated by the |
kind Of type used Ia printing his name. |
on Will nal hU. one marked "Whig'
Who is me- am ashamed To say ] am
The last man there called "Whig." And if
ever the Whigparly should be resuscitated,
J will be tho progcnitor of that party.
! can s.v there are Democrats who are
ia honest and patriotic, and as anxious to
raise their children in the nurture and ad-
mention OF the Lord as YOU are, and you
need not be ashamed 10 be working with
them for the salvation Of your country.
But Let me aak Won, when you join the
Tennessee Radical party, who are you
WITH You are with the meanest Demo
.raiaihat walk this earth. Every true De-
inucrat has seUsibilities; he can get sick
AID vortit. Laughter But they don't
vumit Ben. Gutler APplauFe. will
take the Democracy OF Tennessee, and you
may take Ben. Butler, and sing the silver
spoon song, and ii that's your choice you
are welcome 10 ii.
Look at Kentucky, the land Of Wings,
the land of Clay-for Clay and Wings
seem 20 20 together. Look at the best men
,heie now. Are they Radicals? Certainly
not: they car read and write, and they
use soap in their families. But L refer you
Go The debt Cf Kentucky. How-mueh does
she owe Less than two millions. Since
the war be has reduced her debt, and
when the'goycnment pays back two mil
Ions borrowed Of her for advances during
the war Kentucky will not owe a dollar.
What are Kentucky bonds WORTH One
hundred cents W the dollar; while yours
are worth fifty 70 sixty cent? on the dollar.
now come to something little more
practical. the subject Of taxation. ] assert
That nothing in the world so clearly indi-
,ates the condition Of The people as the
tate of the pablo finances. So It is now,
qud go il Will be throughout all coming
iiue. While governments OF all things
are the most complex, the revenue requires
lhe greatest amount OF craftsmanship. Acts
Of taxation are but the discharge of neces-
gary but dangerous duties. Show me
people who have had light taxes, | care
not under what government, and ! will
~ how you q people devoted to freedom and
II ai0us of cuC:olChments upon the public
uberly. Eut on the other hand, show me
4 people who, for years, have been hurdened
hv taxation, and ! will show yen 4 strong
central government anG a timid, slayish
people.
Mr. Elhcridge, al-o, reminded them shat
ihe effects UpoIIhe public morals were as
pIriking "a upon freedom of thought, and
referred 60 thy late Impeachment trial,
when Impeachment managers fell out
among lhtmsrlycs. and began accusing each
other a. h-r. hrhrd. said he did not
believe Tmmhnll, Eessenden and some
others vrr. lr,n,d bat that IL was too in
disputsblr taas President johnson was
Offered. aud could nave got three more votes
Than he did Aud he could tell the poo
Iie before him whum they could luy--a
man whose elevation depcuds upon the en-
sIavem.r; & hjs people. And a man who
viii attempt lnriir into power on the necks
+ mis- race, sud Il the expense OF their
N.rr.Eau0u-i tel these black men they