Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-10-02

the laborer his just reward And what
became of that? Why it was one of the
very first laws that was repealed. There
were two laws passed for the same pur-
pose. One was prohibiting 800 from
punishment where 1t was for labor,
another was, where it was for labor,
suit brought on not exceeding $25 there
should be no stay for it. They were both
repealed. What was the effect
of it, A poor man will go and work
for his rich neighbor until he gets into
debt to him to certain amount, and
then hi7 rich neighb9r tells him to go
away, 81 do not Ike YOU" The poor
man asks him for his money, but the
rich man refuses it. The poor man then
tells him, C will sue you," and the rich
man tells him to sue and he will stay it.
And hence the poor laborer will have to
wait for his money and perhaps never
get it. Another law was passed by this
Radical Legislature, and that was the i'm
migration law. Our Democratic friends re-
pealed that law. This Radical, naughty
Legislature passed another law, and made
il a part OF the Constitution, for at
that time the Legislature had a right to
amend the Constitution, which provided
that when foreigner should settle and
live here twelve months he should be en-
titled to vote, if he declared his intention
to become naturalized. They (the Demo-
crats) thought so much of immigration
and the foreigner that they repealed that
law, and now you have to live here five
years before you can vote.
Talking about foreigners, reminds me
that there is war going on in Europe.
My ancestors were Dutch, and have
strong feeling on that subject. l want
Germany to whip France and whip her
good. hope King William win give her
a good dressing. When this, war broke
out, happened to be at Fayetteville and
heard some gentlemen discussing the sub
ject, and they were fiat down for
France, because they said that the ID
Dutch and negroes had whipped them in
the late war, and if they had not fought
against them they would not have been
whipped.
have not been living long enough in
this country to be called mother Wisener,
and not know something about DemOc-
racy. Our Democratic friends met
few weeks ago and adopted platform
to which l will pay my respects. hap
pen, gentlemen, to have that platform,
not only that one but one that is as old as
two years, and that is tolersbly old for a
Democratic platform. am speaking of
their principles. not of their MEM
bers, for they have many worthy
men, many patriots in their ranks.
In their platform, adopted the
other day, they had preamble. / always
thought that the less that was said in a
preamble the better. They had better
give results in their platform. Although
short it contains some pretty good hits
for them. My name had not been an
nounced as a candidate more than twelve
hours before they commenced hunting up
old records against me. A Radical, in
their estimation, is the meanest man that
ever lived. Our Southern Democratic
friends have great confidence in their
Northern allies. In the years 1864,
during the war that our friends engaged
in, opposing the United States Govern
ment they held out upon the ground that the
Northern Democracy would come to their
assistance. They met in 1864 and nOmi-
mated Gen. Mcclellan for President.
They adopted a resolution stating that the
war had been failure. They said; shall
we have Lincoln and johnson and the
government intact, or Mcclellan and the
government dissolved Our friends in
the South hoped the Northern Democracy
would carry the election, aud then their
Independence would be accomplished.
But they failed to do this. l was upon
the Lincoln and johnson ticket. then
believed that if Lincoln and Johnson were
elected President and Vice President, that
the war would end in six months.
They were elected and the war
terminated in less time than
predicated. Our Southern people were
looking there for help, but they did not
get it. They are mistaken if they believe
the Northern Democracy are in accord
with them in sentiment. Our Democratic
friends are running upon the platform
adopted few days ago. 1t commences
with the following resolution:
''Resolved, That the Southern States
should be Immediately restored to their
rights under the Constitution of the United
States as sovereign States Of the American
Union.
Now that is for Tennessee, although
they say it is in accordance with the
Northern Democracy. In July, 1868,
there was held convention in New York.
Just before this convention met, our
Democratic friends held a meeting
in the city of Nashville, and
among the resolutions they adopted
was one in which they said that
the question whether State could secede
or not had been decided by arms and
should be abandoned. Now, contrast
these resolutions and see the difference.
Perhaps on their way to New York this
latter resolution was lost, as nothing was
heard of it there The Democracy are in
power in Tennessee, except in the office
of Governor, and ttSy now want you to
place them in that. Their platform is not
at all in accord with the National De-
mocrscy in the North. The idea of
sovereign State in the American Union is
funny. Whenever you give them
sovereign State, you give them power to
form treaties; to declare war; to coin
money. These are the great attributes of
sovereignty.
To certain extent the States are SOW
ereign. They have rights hat the general
Government cannot interfere with. You
have not got one sovereign State in the
broad limits of the Union.
The next resolution is as follows:
Resolved, That all citizens in the
United States under political disabilities,
should be Immediately relieved there
from"
l am in favor of that. want Congress
to relieve the disabilities of just enough
to fill the various offices, so that there
will be some fighting and quarreling over
them.
There is such thing as reputation,
and it is frequently done by not providing
means to pay the debt. l believe Missis-
sippi, that Is known all over the civilized
world for her reputation, simply failed
to provide means for the payment of her
debt. Our Democratic friends speak of
paying the National debt in the platform
Of two years ago, but in their late one
nothing is said of il.
The next resolution is:
''Resolved, That we denOunce che
present tariff, as well as the substitute
ately introduced in the House of Repre- |
from the Committee on Ways |
md Means, as gigantic robbery of the