Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-08
Political Meeting.

A regular weekly NEE ing of the David
son County Republican Grant Club, last
evening, in Liberty Hall, was converted
into one Of ratification of the nominations
Of Grant and Wilson. The band employed
for this occasion, col0red, consisted Of three
athletic snare and one bass. drumHers,
who created deafening noise in the hall
at short intervals, until, at last, when there
were cries for fsTrimble," D. w. Peabody,
President Of the Club, mounted the ros-
trum and called the Club to order. ssThe
ordinary exercises of the Club" were dis
pensed with to permit of the instantaneous
Introduction Of the extraordinary: the
speeches, one of which was by the President,
VINO was followed by Capt. r. s. TuthilL
Almost with tears in his eyes he referred
to that old bell In Philadelphia which was
rung on the occasion Of the signing of the
Declaration Of Independence, and associa-
ted that great event with the recent greater
one in the same city of the denomination
of Gen. Grant, and then he swiftly glided
into calling Andrew johnson an ignoramus.
If Grant did not talk as much as Charles
Summer he was better speaker. The war
the war! Grants war record made the
people love him, that silent man. As Pres
ident he had accomplished more than any
President this country ever had. The Ku-
Klux had been crushed out By the de-
termined 1giU of that great man.
He never gave for tookl pledges.
Coming to a pious Illustration, he
said the Democrats had been "cutting" and
"shufIling" the cards. The imbecile old
Horace Greeley was baby. The American
people could not be kept from vo ing. PRO
found sensation. One Of the sweetest SEN
satiops of their declining years would be
when the old men, totterng 10 the polls
leaning on theirsons' arms, would cast their
VOTES for the Savior of their country, this
soldier President Of ours. Speaking Of the
dear, IoyGI women Of the country he ex-
cl4imed sGOd bless 'em J" 1t wOul1 be
something to tell your children, 81 voteu
for Grant, as when Our ancestors said 81
voted for Washington" u
Hon. John Trimble- have not been
for several years very much amongst the
citizens ofDaVidson county and never was
a practiced political speaker. Inever was a
politieia-,n and then he proceeded to dis
cuss politics doing which he exclaimed ::
"What man of these 8S, OO0, 900 oHght to be
nominated for President but Grant p
Having descended into the graves even (oi
James Buchanan) he told an aneedotc,
which he indorsed as true, that is too IN
delicate for publication. He said: 'He
(Grant) has a great, large, complete brain
A great, large heart A soul and Ofcourse
he is a great man" He ikened GRAFT to
Alexander the Great "who changed the
destinies of the whole world" Several
times in the course of his speech be signi-
fed his cbagrin that nobody would
tread on the tail Of his coat;
he wanted an opponent to discuss
these matters with him. Charles Sumner
had crammed himself to deliver bis great
speech. Such speeches were but bouquets
Of artificial ignorance. All any man has to
do is to put his hand upon his heart and
ask himself "What is my duty to my coun
try.' and be knows It. The right place for
Carl Schurz was in a university teaching
the science and ethics Of politics. The
leaders of the new movement constituted
only a corporaPs guard. Mr.. Sumner
thoucht he was the Hdaddy" Of the whole
colored race in the United States. Laugh
teri Horace Greeley was conceited. He
demanded of Grant that he define
his position and he never
renlied word. Had lie de-
manded the same OF Chase, he would have
written eleven columns, and OF Sumner, be
would have published a volume. Pro
tracted laughter.] He could talk forever.
3 Samuel Lowry, cOlorel sang The Battle
Hymn of the Republic" tie refrain OF
which was "Glory HallelujabEn led by Enos
Hopkins, using his cane for baton.
The third speaker was H. Il. Harrison,
after which the Club adjourned.