Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-16

q sASAA@S--'A KAEkIOTIC SPEECH.
AT the organization of Seymour and
Blair club at Frankfort, Kentucky, on
Saturday last, Captain Sanford Coin, sr,
made the following telling and patriotic
speech, which was listened to by a large
audience, and was frequently interrupted
BY outbursts of enthusiastic applause.
We copy from the Yeoman's report
Captain Coin said that he was net man
accustomed to speech-making, and there
fore could not be expected to indulge in
any attempts at oratory. He was, how
ever, always ready TO giVea reason for the
hope that was within him. He was thor
oughly and heartily in sympathy with the
objects of the meeting, and from his posi-
ton in the past, this might be thought
strange by some. y.a - ...s 81 ?
1t was known that during the late con-
test he was anHnconditional Union man. and
had with earnestness fought the rebellion.
For his course during the war he had no
apologies to make. He thought then he
was right and has never changed his mind.
lie was always, as he is now, unaltarably
opposed to any division of the American
Union. his devotion to the Union had
carried him into the Federal arny, and
naturally into the professed Union party.
Whilst making war on the armies of the
South, he had, however, never any feeling
OF hostility toward the Southern people.
de always gave them credit for being as
honest as himself, though he thought them
mistaken. When the war ended he was
ready to grasp his late antagonists by the
hand and say welcome home.' All he
wanted of them was to ground their arms
and cease their efforts to dissolve the
Union. This they had done. He had
faith in the honor of the Southern men
they were bone of our bone and flesh of
our hesh-and for one he had perfect con-
fdence in the good faith of their profess
sions when they gave up the contest. He
would net make them crawl and lick the
dust but would take them by the hand
and hail them as brother and bid them
stand up in the majesty of their manhood,
The Radical party with which he had
been acting seemed not content with over
throwing the Rebel armies; they wanted
still TO humiliate the Southern people.
Not content with desolating the land ofthe |
South, it had been determined by the party |
in power to degrade the Southern people
by placing them under the domination of |
the Ignorant negro race, Not satisfied with |
having set the negro free, they were re-
solved 10 make them the masters of the |
white men who were lately their owners. |
Instead of Perpetuating the Union, as he |
thought he was doing in the war, that
party had robbed the soldier of the fruits |
Of his hardships by driving the Southern
States out of the Union, and had announced |
That they should not come in unless they |
came as the slave of the negro. And to
cap the climax, Gen. Grant, the head and |
leader OF that party and its candidate for
The Presidency, had, by his own order,
Iolsted a negro on the people of Louisiana
as Lieutenant Governor. "a. ..I...r i
AS white man, man who believes in
he superiority of the white race; as
Union man--one who would willingly
sacrifice his life to save the Union from de-
'tructlon, no matter by whom attacked
ne could not and would not sustain that
party. When the war was in progress, and
he Radicals OF the North began TO show
heir evil Intentions, the Union soldier
laid to the people: "Help Us toput down
he rebellion, and then we will help you to.
put down the Radicals" For himself, he
vas ready to redeem that pledge, and in
order to redeem il he felt called upon to
sast his fortunes with the Democratic party.
de was fully satisfied that the charges
against the Democracy of desire to re-
1--WE secession were false. The platform
adopted at New York was contradictions
If the charge. 1t opens with reeogni-
ion of the final death of slavery and Sc
'ession. 1t is platform on which every
oval man can stand. The nominee of the
party gave the lie to the charge. No one
nan put as many Federal soldiers in the
ield as Horatio Seymour, then Governor
If New York. Frank Blair-a son of
had known from boyhood.
de was the truest and bravest among thu
rue and brave in command Of the boys in
Dlue in the late war. He would trust Frank
Blair anywhere. - 81. sra E5zt-4
In conclusion, he said that he was not a
nan OF words but of action, and that from
low until the election be should be found
n the thickest of the fight, doing battle for
he restoration Of the Union with the white
nan as the ruling element. Eair4-Tf -