Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-31

OI@-t INC oiuSO, has peen- low
sred g7 to its final rest. 1t has
been beautifully and lovingly said by an
Did Whig: "Atlas has gone to the
Hesperides and there is no one left to
support the falling heavens; Ulysses hath
departed from the shores of Ithaca, and |
here Is no one left to pack his mighty
1uiver or bend his awful bow; Webster
md Clay are in the deep grave, and in
heir tombs lies buried the noble old Wing |
party, which to build up they gave the
best days of their youth and genius.
Let the old Wing who has loved the
and of his birth put away every preju-
lice and give in his adherence. Let the /
;traying Democrat who wandered from
The folds of the Democracy come back to
bis first love. Let him remember if the /
old Democracy has a memory of sad de-
feats and errors, it yet treasures memories
of many victories, and upon Its escutch-
con, though battered, are written some
of the loftiest names which have
graced the rolls of the country. And let
him remember, too, its principles have
ever been broad, national and compre-
hensive, and founded withal upon that |
noble instrument of our fathers work, |
the Constitution of the United States, the |
only uninspired document that deserves TO |
be read and associated as human pro-
duction with the inspired Sermon of our
Blessed Saviour on the Mount Let US
all come together for good, and upon q
common altar make burnt offering Of
old prejudices, old bitternesses, past diff
ferences, and, escaping from the charnel
house of unhappy memories and dead
issues, bind up our loins and strength for
a glorious and hopeful future.
Tell the country our principles We
want prompt restoration of all the
States to their rights in the Union, under
the Constitution, and of civil and not
military government for the American
people. We want one currency for
the people, the laborer and the office
holder-the producer and the bondholder
the soldier and the pensioner. We
want economy in the administration of
the Government. We want amnesty for
all past political offenses, and the aboh-
ton of Odious test oaths which can only
serve to engender bitterness, and keep
alive unhappy memories. We want the
internal affairs of the State left to the
control and regulation of its own citizens.
Equal taxation of every species of pro
perty, according TO its real value, includ-
ing Government bonds and other public
securities. A tariff for revenue purposes
only, and which shall not discriminate for
the one class to the oppression and
impoverishment of another. We want
no bonds paid in gold, which by every
plain and sound construction are only
payable in currency. We want the
South so long neglected and oppressed,
to have a proper portion of the public
funds and lands, that her streams and
roads may be developed, her material in
terests enlarged--the great valley of the
Mississippi opened up, upon fair cOmpe-
tilion, with the lighthouses and ports of
the East. We call for reform of abuse,
and for the abolition of useless offices.
We want a restoration to its rightful au-
thority aud independence of each of the
coordinate departments of Government,
the Executive, Judicial and Legislative.
These noble ends, and others of similar
purpOrt, we may pursue under the COnsii-
tuition and in keeping with our Oaths and
duty, and are demanded for the common
preservation of all we hold sacred and
dear. Full and free discussion will surely,
in the end, give the desired result through
that peaceful and beautiful system, the bal
lot-boxes of freemen. Patience and wis
dom should mark the counsels of the
hour, and We yet h0Po 70 see TLU P1o-
scriptive Mokana of Radicalism, like its
prototype of old, tumbled from the high
places where he now keeps his orgies, and
buried amid the execration of free and
redeemed people, 'dowered with their
curse and strangered with their oath. 4
But this address is already extended be-
yond its proper limit and must hasten
to close. may not have an opportunity
of passing through the district before
the time viii come for the selection of
standard bearer, and it may be proper to
say, that in other days l served in the
Legislature of the State, and upon the
Electoral ticket of Bell in 1860. 1t does
not become me to judge how the duties of
these positions were performed, and l
leave the task to others. Since entering
upon manhood l have ever taken lively
interest in the political and legal his
tory of my country. Connecting my
self with the fortunes of the South,
in the late war, served in her armies
while l had the physical ability,
and ever kept love forthe principles and
fate of my section. l claim nothing on
the score of excessive devotion to the cause
of the South; the heart of dutiful son is
ever warm toward the mother who gave
him birth. And l am well aware, a con-
nection with the rebellion, will lend no
particular strength 10 representative in
Congress, and will certainly lend no value
to the estimate of a National Democracy,
whose leading tenet and practice, was the
crushing of the rebellion, the preservation
of Union and Constitution founded by
our fathers. Whatever may have been,
and yet may be, our views on coercion"
and secession" we know, indeed, they
are practically settled; and | trust IN God,
no occasion may ever arise in the future,
for another discussion either in Congress
or upon the battle-plsin. Upon the re-
bellion as people of sense, nursing hope
for the future, we must write that sad and
mournful word FAILURE; and beneath
the inscription we have heartful sorrow
for our noble dead, which it i'll becomes q
grief stricken spirit to have paraded upon
every corner and trOdden in the dust of
political conflict We date a new life for
the coming nation and the yet unborn,
and in the interest of peace and hope let
us not drag from their slumber the differ
ences and errors of hepast, but in charity
let them sleep on in that sleep which
knows no waking. The braves of Ten
nessee fill the sods of all the States, and
no pecan we chant or prayer we can offer
will ever restore them to their families
and country
| On Fame's eternal camping ground
1 Their silent tents are spread,
| And glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivOuac Of the deadI
1t is proper to say, in conclusion,
that by an act of Congress, passed in
| 1869, my disabilities, imposed by the
fourteenth amendment, have been
removed. Hence, if elected, would not
be compelled to take what is known as
the test-oath of July 2, 1852, which is
exceedingly stringent. A different oath
is prescribed, by general law of July IL,
| 1868, for persons whose disabilities have
been removed. This oath is, in substance,
an oath to support the Constitution of the