Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-11

under which they groaned, will live afle
the stone which viii mark yourla ressin
place has gone to decay, and the archivs
Of Tennessee will still live in yonde
granite pile. And it will form th
brightest page glittering in your life
history. / thank you, sir, for al
you have done. An era of goo'
feeling in returning, we are entering upoI
brighter and purer days. How much hay,
l mourned over the scenes of the past.
congratulate you upon the joy you car
feel at witnessing the joy which burst
| forth everywhere, not in passion or abuse
but in real happiness and peacefulness
Rebellion, sir, is over in Tennessee; pro.
scription in Tennessee is over; all restless
ness under oppressive laws is over, and
liberation and good will in the future will
be the fruits of this triumph, or mistake
the people of Tennessee. We must
start out on a new career, a
career iu which we must turn our
faces to the future, inspired with new
hopes and good feelings. / trust, sir, that
your administration yet to come, may be
marked by high and noble aspirations,
and that you and all Of US will be spared
a long life to rejoice over the peace and
happiness of Tennessee, and the whole
country, for this is one common country,
with all its evils and its glories, and it
will be the country of our PROSPERITY for
ages 10 come, and if the constitution is ad-
minislered in its purity, yon bright sun
will rise and set, century after century,
upon this country in its bound
less extent and its glorious memories.
These are contemplations delightful to be-
hold, and it is our duty always to bury the
past. / have never witnessed an election
marked by more peaceful reign, and have
never known popular triumph character
lied by less belligerent spirit. / have yet
to hear the first hard word uttered by any
Of these people whom have seen crowd
ing along the streets since the day of the
election. They seem disposed to let
by-gones be by-gones-tO let the
dead past bury its dead. That this
may be the result is my earnest
wish and | believe it is the earnest
wish Of the people who have selected you
as their Chief Magistrate, and clo.e by
again bidding you welcome to the capital
Of the State and to the seat Of your ofhcisl
duties. ~ ...
Governor Brown was frequently cheered
while delivering his speech.
H GOV. sENTER's REMARKS.
Gov. Senter, amid long and loud cheer
NIB, replied as. follows: Governor Brown,
you may have imagined the recollections
hat clustered around me when | heard
you fifteen years ago, advocating the doc
rines and principles of certain party in
Tennessee. Never did my most ambitious
soaring at the time, expect, in
he presence of the people Of Tennessee
md this large Nashville audience, to have
received from you, sir, and the people
lere, the kind wishes which have been ac-
corded to me to-day, by them through you.
You may imagine how one feels who fols
owed you as his file leader at that time,
,ut let me say to you that
principles live forever, but parties subside
md do die. As you enuDclated to-day /
Iay let by-gones be by-gOnes, let the dead
,sst bury It's dead, and upon Its grave let
Is resurrect 8 party in Tennessee that
hall thrust il forward to the first ranks of
State in this Union. No prescription
or any party, nor prescription for any
ace. came to you fresh from canvss'.
came TO you recently from the mountains |
# East Tennessee, and when told you |
hat that people would redeem themselves
yben the right time should come yon
Questioned it, but we have come looming |
With large majority. We have now got to |
point where we must take a new departure.
rhe men of Tennessee, shoulder to should. |
n. irrespective Of race or color, must take |
heir position which hope Will be for the
best interest Of the State. In the future let
III the bitterness Of the pact be forgotten,
md LET the old wrinkles be smoothed out.
lis what we want. Let me make another
uggestion. Young America in this race
las taken the bit in her teeth, she has been
pretty fast and has gone clear over the
POLLS. / ask Young America to reflect; let
he wisdom of age temper, let the wisdom
If age correct and hold steady this Young
America that has strided the
.ourser that has got TO his des-
my. You have had it from the Mis-
issippi to mountaios of johnson the cor d
las beeen stretched so long that IFS parting |
vas thought by some to be dangerous, but |
( has been parted, and there has been no
evolution that brought with it one drop
# blood in this election. l cannot use, as
conceive, a more happy illustration of
his election than was used by your own
in his speech at Dresden:
Sound the loud timbrel
Ger Egypt's dark sea,
Jehovah has triumPhed,
His people are free"
Now transposed that little i said:
Sound the loud irimbrel
Ger Tennessee,
Truth and Justice have trlnmphed,
And the people are free"
We call upon all men of all parties to
.ome now as one man, side by side, heart |
linked to heart, shield locked in shield, to
make Tennessee what she is entitled to
% in the sisterhood Of States. Burn
he bridges, never go back, let your motto |
,e onward, upward, and forward, until You
place your State in that position. VII ich
he is entitled to in your sister States. | |
nave been the humble instrument in your
hands to accomplish the thing which you
70 much desired. As that instrument /
DOW down with sacred reverence before
his people and say to you that if you
will suppress wranglings, heartburnings,
ETC., in this State, you will find me ever
ready to assist you. My administration
hall be such as shall meet with your
and the interests of the pee.
Die of the State. You must excuses.me
Is l have been almost PROSTATE since tie
canvass. Let the bitterness ofthat canvass be
forgotten, let every harsh remark that fell
upon the ears of the people be buried
among the things of the past. To those
who saw fit to differ with me in the can.
Vass, l extend to them the right hand of
fellowship whatever may be their
politics, if they are willing to- link
heir destiny with the State. thank
you felloW-citizens, in the name Of East
Tennessee. thank you for myself, and
hank you for my friends, for this kind
to-day.
The Governor then left the balcony and
was escorted to a reception room, where
many of his friends visited him, and after
ward partook of the Inequalities of 'mine
host" of the City Hotel, the venerable
Gen. Battle, q number of friends accom-
panying him to the dining room at the
invitation of the proprietor.
A Man Killed by q Singular Freak in
Electricity.
The Paris Intelligencer of the It'll give
the following particulars of a singular
case which occurred near that place lately:
A few days since ton of Mr.. Wash
Cooke, of this county, was at work with
wheat thresher in a field threshing wheat,
when the machine was permitted to run at
great speed for considerable space of
time, which resulted in the cylinder or
trundle head, as it is sometimes called, ex-
ploding with noise equal TO the report Of
a six FOUNDER, bursting it into pieces. The
Young man was struck down almost life
less. His flesh became black and 40 soft