Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-09
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Another ROUSing DemOnStra-
ton.
The Blue and the Gray fOrLiber-
ty and Union.
An Earnest and Magnificent
Display by the Whole People.
Old and Young, Men, Women
and Children Turn Out.
The Greatest Enthusiasm and
Unanlmity.

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ovation to principle, by the masses of the
people Of this city and county. Notwith-
standing the efforts of Brownlow and his
minions TO suppress the freedom Of this
people, and to rule them at the point OF
the bayonet, they have shown, without dis
order or violence, that they are still at
tached to the Constitution and the Union
under it. The demonstration last night
was not only grand and inspiring success,
but a triumph, in that it showed that all
classes and conditions of our people are
for Seymour, Blair and the constitutional
rights of al. Such a universal popu-
lar outpouring has not been witnessed
here for twenty years, if ever. The
procession, which seemed TO be end
less as it progressed, embraced every
class and interest Of our society. The old
Joined in the march as well as the young.
All party distinctions of the past were OBJ
liberated, and the Democrat and the Wing,
the Union man and the sece@ionlst, the
Union soldier and the REBEL" were march
ing side by side in token of their unity IN
the grand effort now making throughout
the Union TO restore the country to peace,
prosperity and liberty. To record the
whole in detail would be impossible at this
hour. The entire white population seemed
to be present and giving their appreciation.
Scarcely house on the line OF march was
not Illuminated. The streets and sidewalks
we're thronged with approving spectators
and the entire city was aglow with sympa-
thy and appreciation at the splendid dis
play. No class of citizens, no branch OF
industry, no trade or employment was
without earnest representatives IN the pro-
cession. We cannot undertake to give
detailed account Of this extraordinary dis
play 1t would be next to impossible. We
therefore, give a general outline, naming
only such features as we could Jot down
under the press of such a crowd as was
never witnessed in the capital of Tennessee.
SPEECH OF COL. F. T. CAHIL.
FELLOW CITIZENS By resolution of
| the Soldiers Democratic Club of Tennes-
see, am requested to explain to you the
nature and objects Of that organization.
1t is composed of Confederate and ex-
| Federal soldiers, pledged TO the support of
Seymour and Blair, the Democratic nomi-
nees for President and Vice President.
It's objects are: The preservation of the
| trhoie Union the strict observance of the
| law, and the maintenance of the COnstltu-
| ton in all its integrity.
The ex-COnfederate assumes membership
| in this association in good faith, actuated
| as well by love for the old Union of his
| fathers, as by natural and manly desire
| TO rid himself of state of oppression and
| Injustice such az the civilized world has
never heretofore beheld.
! He laid down his arms in full confidence
that the terms of the surrender guaranteed
| him by the highest military commander in
| the nation would be faithfully carried ont.
| He was to return to his home, and, so long
az he obeyed the laws, he was to remain
| unmolested These were the terms on
| which he surrendered How have they
been observed? The most bitter of his
political enemies cannot point to a brave
| Confederate who has violated his parole,
while every condition of the terms upon
| which he surrendered has been broken
over and over again by the Radical party,
whose leader now, to his eternal Disgrace
be it spoken, is the very General who die
tated those terms. Surely, if the war
record of this man ended gloriously, his
civil career commences infamously.
Suffering under a sense of unparalleled
Injustice, the ex-Confederate looks around
him for relief The laws which Cypress
him render him powerless to redress his
wrongs. He must, therefore, look to others
for help. Where does be most readily
| find it? 1t is with pride l can answer
| At the hands of the conservative .ex-Fed-
eral soldier and in the ranks of the great
| Democratic party to which this ex-Federal
| soldier at this crisis rightfully belongs
| He il is who, turning TO the ex-COnteder-
ate. saws with the frankness of soldier
when | believed you to be wrong,
fought you nor that EnOw you to be right
/ lCiU aid, and If necessary, defend you.
Who is this conservative ex-Federal sol
| der? Let us refer to the history OF the
late civil war for an answer. In 1861 Mr.
Lincoln called outseventy- ethousand men
for three months, his Cabinet assuring him
that the war would be ended in ninety days
| Now it is a remarkable, but well authentl'
Gated fact, that large majority OF the mer
who responded to this call were Demo
Gratis. In Southern Ohio (purely Demo
cratic) more men offered themselves thar
the Government would accept, while in thu
1 MpaleFn -
RadicaO they had great difficulty in filling
their quota. But this fact IL, perhaps, nc
more remarkable than the other fact, tina
late in the war Massachusetts filled he
ouota upder the draft by enlistments il
Tennessee
Now. long before the time Of the tire
months soldiers had expired, their eye
) | began 20 be opened 10 the Radical object
4 Il. pf
i gressionai proceedings touching the "inteI
lirent contraband' who visited the camp
in Virginia. The Democratic majority !
!, the army had their suspicions aroused b
;, these proceedings, and plainly told the al
tborities that they would not re-enlist III
: less the objects Of the war were clearly d,
fined While affairs were in this state
q uncertainty, ii became necessary to call int
q the field several hundred thousand mel
= The call was made, and after due trial, Il
- Governors of nearly all the States notihe
II the authorities At Washington, that il won
be impossible 10 procure volunteers not
4 the people cnuld he assured of the purpose
for which they were called upon TO hgh
p Driven 10 il at last, Congress passed q
y famous resolution, that the war was n
& yaged for yindiC,iye purposes, but for Il
4
acv ol the law, and that SO soon az the Re
Of | els laid down their arms the States then
- rebellion would be restored TO all the
" rights and privileges in the Union, und
e the Constitution.
l.. RELYING on this solemn assurance, 81
'. willing to fight then, As now, for the prese
walton Of the Union, the three months m
AZ once re.enlisted for three years, and VI
unteers hocked to the army by the hundr
thousand Nor did Congress dare, 30 lol
n IA volunteers were to be had, TO pass a 81
as ole AZ. in contravention Of this resolutio
all When the emancipation proclamation a
peared, volunteering almost entirely cease
and the army was kept up by means
enormous bounties and the draft.
Ior The conservative ex- Federal Of to-da
on is the man who entered the arr
Ii under the sacred promise made TO h
. by Congress in the resolution TO which
{ have referred. lie is now opposed TO
- Radical party because they have yiolai
the promise made him then, and becaG
, thew have grossly perverted the objects