The New York herald., 1872-09-25

an aisle between the trees seats were placed
for the ladies, who were on hand, like Viliiken's
Dinah, In gorgeous array Eleven O'Clock was the
meanwhile, there were about hundred OF ''us
girls" and all scattered around the grove. Soon came
on the wind IN. sgaa OF ngsS tSs rot train
had arrived and brought its delegation to the
meeting. This set the crowds In town in motion,
ing from the roadway into the grove. whole
seminary OF young ladies marching two and two
time. Ten minutes after Horace Maynard climbed
the hill, followed by General Cheatham, who tarred
on the way to receive the Congratulations OF his
- DISASTER TO THE LADIES
Presently there was great crash OF seats in front,
dies, carrying with them the lady professors and
several demure matr0ns not accustomed to that
Horace Maynard laughed. Governor HcMuilen, % Of
washington Territory threw up his hat and caught
laughing faces, and he smiled. when the audience
had settled themselves to hear the speaking, the
about fve hundred, the men standing In dense
girde around the fair auditorium and the negroes
met at the steps Of the platform for consultation
IL was agreed that Cheatham, should erfr
Johnson follow, and Maynard come last each one
to have two full hours. Their demeanor towards
each other was not to say wonderfully cordial they
smiled as II in mockery Of themselves, and at once
proceeded to business. Andy made o survey OF
the platform, feeling the trestles and nooring to
see that its whole constitution was safe and sound.
At this moment there were about i've thousand In
the grove, massed in an obong circle. Governor
McMullin and his blackthOrn sat at side Of the
stage, two reporters at the other, and the candi-
dates at three seats at the back looking for all the
world like three distinguished culprts condemned
to execution. The
SCENE IN FRONT
leaves wsrdns o the rays Of the sUn while the
brilliant colors OF the ladies' dresses contrasted
with the dark suits Of the men had fine effect
port with the centres Of fashion and Intelligence.
As q rule, however, the head gear was OF the wide
awake order. General Cheatham, In
- seet. os as A SUIT OF GRAY, 'at. -o..r
front Of the platform, spun his hat into the seat
behind him. and said he stood here before them for
the first time a. the Of the demo-
CHEATMAM's SPEECH
Tne convention that nominated him for Con-
Of any convention ever met in the State. General
Andrew johnson had called that Convention
packed one. He wanted to say II that Convention
was packed Johnson had hand in packing it. The
General then detailed the circumstances attending
Charged tnas Andre% .ohnson had Sesed IL SaS
faith in not abiding by its decision He (Cheatham)
1ess as %
speaking. He had no doubt OF his being elected.
and when he should go to Congress 1t would be as
to reward and no enemies to punish. Here he con-
cluded amid cheers and cry, "hurrah for Chicka-
mauga."
Mr.. johnson then came forward and said the
time had arrived for ciques and rings to be broken
right, and the people acanesce In them, there is
no objection to them, but packed conventions now
are the order Of the day, and on these he Is now
determined to war. He thought 1t was about time
for the people to take the matter of NOM
mating candidates in their own hands, and
reject the nominees OF such conventions. Since
his advent into public lie he had always pro-
tested against the system of conventions as
have come to pretty pass when candidate comes
date and here is the oflcal label pasted across my
petitor, Cheatham, received it from packed con
mans, when Caesar was in GauI, Pompey in Naples
and CrGsus somewhere else we lind that each had
s Gd no Sd na 50 w
wanted Cheatham to admit the terms OF q speech
made on his behalf by +. c. Dunnington.
Cheatham replied that he never heard Of the
speech and Of course repudlated 1t.
JOHNSON RESUMES
Johnson, however, went on to read it, and the
point was that Huntington said on behalf of Cheat.
ham ham that the triumph a. Of the North DESTROYED the
to what party Cheatham belonged. Cheatham sat
grayey and Indignantly silent, while Horace May
into it to the very core. Governor McMuIlin in
serted the end OF his backthorn stick in his mouth.
band got ready to strike up a tune. Andy, having
said or he es s ana Ing getting
revolution and dissolution were rife IN the
land and called the people to forty
package Of books and documents. His first quota
tion was from radical speech, In which he was de-
OF the constitution. To counteract that he quoted
from set OF resolutions passed at a meeting In
been the tried and trusted defender OF the consti
tuition, and, in the words OF the Roman Consul If
he had overstepped the law a little, he had aved
the life Of the Republic. II the Republic had been
lost, then there would have been no place for
the constitution Those who discarded the
flag of the Union and went in for the dis
sooa by the ola Stars and stripes and % swore to
fight under tY Jef Davis had colloquy with him
before he left the Senate and he told Mr.. Davis,
would stay where he was and fight the battle
within the lines of the Union If these secession
gentlemen had done the same we never would
have had any war, and half million lives would
have been spared "They say,'' cried Johnson,
oppressiveIy on or the rebel c. cisens WHAT did my
predecessor, Isham q. Harris, dor What did that
detested bastard do? man who .prostituted all
that is noble and honorable in human nature,
and whose name stinks In the nostrils OF honest
men. carried of the school fund and the peoples
lie quilted the city OF Nashville ike thief in the
night and he is now one Of the supporters Of my
COmpcultOT CnedbhdHi." JOllIlSOH tHeu went Ou III
narrative OF what he did as President In the spirll
of reconciliation, taking for his motto, "Amnest,
and forgiveness for ALL" Here there was a burs.
ofapplause and it was well earned, for he hal
talked exactly an hour without the solace OF !
cheer. Again. when he said he stood between tir
people Of the South and the cOndscatlOn Of ther
property, another cheer broke out, and sever;l
cheers more followed, interspersed with cries Il
"Hurrah for Andy" as he went on o
enumerate what he performed for the Souh
when President. He concluded by expressing lis
love for peace and that he would sooner wer
the field than the gilt epaulets and pumed hat0f
the triumphant warrior. Before concluding lie
turned to the eighty odd darkies at the rear of tie
PLATFORM holding on to each other, arm over arm,
as our target boys do in marching down Third ae-
nue.. Johnson said that he had done more for thm
than any radical in the State, and had given tn
dollars out OF his pocket to relieve them whre
their pretended radical friends had not given 0e.
He advised them to vote for Horace Greeley, Tho |
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