Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-16

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Lime and accomplishing heroism, but al
ways with an unfaltering faith that the
day Of our deliversnce would come. The
Aurora Of that day has already come
forth. On the mountains of the East
even now she smiling stands. Phe VAL
legs Of the West are all sglow with
the light of liberty which beams
from her heavenly face; from
her rosy fingers he dews of peace are
being scattered, and the sad earth is now
| glad and smiling again. Let us all be
grateful and rejoice; butwe cannot hasten
The day of our final deliverance. We
must await; the Ides of August next.
Then the sun of public liberty, 30 long
eclipsed by oppression and wrong will
again emerge from darkness. : Il will be
full-orbed, and it will shine for all Did
say for all No, rot for all. There
are still those, though few they be, who
still feed on the vermin of dark and
loathsome places. But they will wither
and die in the full blaze Of that glorious
light which brings gladness to your
hearts and mine. But they must
be pitied and forgiven. We will
welcome them as our equals in
the new fields of liberty on which
we are entering. We invite them to q
| full share in the banquet which is being
prepared for those who have been so
long all slaves. They are invited now.
Let them come freely and without fear.
Had we the power we would not harm
them. Their fangs have been extracted.
A few toothless reptiles may not escape
our just losthing, but we can not honor
them with our hate. os.r---c- a
l have no advice to offer any one at
such an hour as this-jOy, like grief,
heeds, no advice. Some currents in the
human heart flow so deeply, they are but
seldom stirred-once in a Hfe>t ime
is surely very often for q free born
man to rejoice that the letters of
slavery are tora from his limbs.
You once enjoyed freedom and
you fell to the low estate of slaves
You have had task masters who revelled
in your misfortunes. The day of their
triumph is over Now that yos stand in
full view Of "0ld Canaan" hosannas
must and will be heard Senter has thus
far been your Moses to lead you up to
the Pisgah of our deliverance. Ia August
he viii be the Joshua to lead your tri-
umphant hosts TO a gloriQus victory.
Rejoice as you will, but do not min>
gle with your praises dreams of present
or future revenge. There is 40 room in
your full hearts for anything but graft.
tude to Heaven for the means and agents
by which your liberties will soon be se-
cured Then, if we have no David, nor
DaEid's harp, we can all sing as Miriam
sang
Sound the loud tim0rel Ger Egypt's dark sea.
Jehovah has triumphed-the people are free"
Alter he closed, W. P. Caldwell res
ponded to call in a speech of few
minutes length, which was followed by
Col d. NJ Nelson, whom the crowd
called out, in a few happy illusions to
the importance of burying all the hates
and prejudices engendered by the war in
the grave Of eternal oblivion, and in
future living as brothers of a common
destiny. His remarks were loudly ap-
pIauded. Capt ]. J, Brooks and Esq
Crawford also spoke in response to calls
from the people.
An impromptu meeting was held and
delegates appointed to meet Saturday
week to select candidate to represent
Weakly county, and also one for Senator
for that district, after which the people
dispersed, all the true liberal minded
men being we'll pleased with the days
work, while the Radical proscriptionists
- n tho mouth
badly whipped Senter will carry the
county by at least 1000 majority, with
good Conservative members to the begis-
lature @ .-.-. p. ...."
Before closing we desire to return our
sincere acknowledgements to many
valued acquaintance and friends and the
people generally with whom we met at
Huntingdon and Dresden, for courtesies
and kindly aid rendered US; especially
would we mention our obligations to Mr..
R j. johnson, at Huntingdon, and d. L.
Shaver and lady at Dresden, who conc
tributed so much to make our stay COM
Portable and pleasant. Their hotel was
crowded and everybody seemed delighted
and pleased with the efforts Of the pro-
prietors to give satisfaction to all; and
we commend their house to all who
Journey thither. We were delighted to
meet our young and talented friend, c.
NJ. Ewing, Esq, and to learn he is maxi
ing an envi4ble reputation as a Practls
toner at the Dresden bar. We enjoyed
a pleasant evening at the residence Of
our old time friend A. R Hall, Esq, Of
Huntington, one of our most enterprising
and successful merchants. The pleasant
hours spent in company with him and
his most excellent lady and boys, called
I'D thousand memories from the unfor
gotten past. Charley says he felt per-
fectly at home with his little namesake.
Our best wishes attend them through
life.