Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-19

The night of his defeat SeLa'or
IcCreery, of Kentucky, was serenaded
and made one of the most eloquent
speeches that 1t has been our pleasure to
read in many day. From it we make
the following extract: Dbl
With what emotion would Andrew
Jackson contemplate the present position
of Tennessee. with large portion OF her
white population DISTINGUISHED, and the
right of suffrage conferred upon all the
negroes. With what feelings would George
Washington survey the situation OF his
beloved Virginia, sundered and divided as
she is. with her hills and her valleys rcd
dened in the blood of her sons, his own
kindred, and smoking with the ruins OF
their habitations and homes, with
no representatives in the national
councils to state her grievances
or to plead her cause. Voiceless as the
tomb, military satrap with trained
band of soldiers declares and enfOrces the
only law known TO her people. THINK
YOU that the pure soul of Washington
could be propitiated by the cant OF the
hvpocrites who offer their homage to his
memory at Mount Vernon, when their
armed heels are planted upon the neckss
of the people he loved? Applause.
| And where is Texas, the lone bright star
that added the Iustre of her rays TO what
she was taught to believe was glorious
galaxy, radiant and pure as the stars OF
| heaven? And where is Mississippi
The eloquent tongue of her Prentiss is
mutc. the Father of Waters flows
bv her borders, and the clank of her
chains awakens the only echoes that
float upon his bosom. And where is the
South, the sunny South, that paradise OF
earth. where from hamlet aGdmansionarost
the anthems of thankfulness to God fol
the rich blessings he had shOwered upon
them? viii any man pretend to say thai
the Southern people, at this day, are en-
loving even the forms of constitutions
Government? And will some person b
kind enough to point me to the article Of
the clause in the Constitution which au
tborizes one section of the Union to rid,
rough-shod over the rights and privilege
of the other? There is no such arti
| Gle and there is no such clause
Ii is downright usurpation; and there i
only one remedy, which is a restoration
of the Constitution, and there is no othe
way given under heaven for our pOlitica
salvation. There is a political party i
this country which from its organization
to the present day has adhered to tn
Constitution, and has repeatedly declares
its unalterable faith in strict cOnstruc
ton, giving to the general government
its delegated powers and -Tescrving a
other powers TO the States and the peOpl
respectively, and in that faith there
safety.
The Democratic party, from jetferso
: to Jackson and from Jackson to buchanan
= administered the Governmentw with a sacre
! regard fOrthe reserved rights of the States
as well as the individual rights of the cit
zens in the States. 1t required no wal
| no bloodshed. no bastiles TO execute th
2 | law and maintain the Union under the
, | administrations. The Democratic part
can point with pride and pleasure to th
long roll of illustriOus names which al
associated with its peaceful triumphs-
| triumphs won in the cause Of humanlt
: and right, and not baptized in the teal
6 of widows and orphans. Under its gult
ance armies marched to encounter fOreig
l foes and to extend and expand our teri
2 tory Ivy the acquisitions Of war; but IL
: sword never was drawn in fratricidal stiff,
and brothers blood never crimsoncd i
edge. The throphies and triumphs of Il
Democratic party lie glittering and sparl
5 ling all along its pathway; but its create
and grandest achievement is yet to COM
, and in that achievement is centcred Il
last hope of a betrayed people.
has been faithful and true IN all tins
past TO its pledges and its Pril
ciplcs, and it viii not prov
recreant in the hour Of greatest meet
The full measure of its glory dcman,
r that it shall not stop until it has hurlC
4 The Radical party from power. Cheers
= Then. and not till then, can the veteran
who have enlisted under our banner, cIai
a discharge. Il viii be the boast OF the
after-livcs that they took part in th
: conflict When Sumner is driven fro
the Capitol to his home in Massachusctt
when Butler is bottled, and when carpc
r bags and scalawags are remembered
= more, then will the country be at peac
i and then may honest mon expect to 8
y their rights. Applause.