Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-05
TIE ISSUES OF THE CANVASS.

TIE ISSUES OF THE CANVASS.
. Speech SeIiversd by Capt. 1hOs. l..
DOdd. of the Nashville Bar, to the
citizens Of Nashville snd EdgeGeid
FELLOW -CITIZENS:-I am no politician.
Up 20 this time have been content TO de-
vote nv lime exclusively to my profession,
but IN view of The fact that this is canvass
IN v HIGH It is sought to disrupt the orgaDi-
zGiOH of the Conservative party in Ten,
ucsseo and 10 cast 0dinm on Southern men
on account Of their adhesion to the cross Of
Saint Andrew in the recent revolution, or
rebellion IS ex-PTesideUt johnson would
term l.. | have a; the instance of the Dem
Ocra'ic SAFE Executive Committee come to
address you.
A. that I ask az yoIr hands is that
you v i'll remember that this is a free coun-
ITy aHa, as such, that il is right and proper
for citizens to assemble as Beighbors and
counsel ore with another in order that We
may ascertain Who IS best entitled to our
Euhra res When We meet in that spirit,
lhoush Stra ger TO many Of you, may
Uo. ask st your bands a patient hearing
aid ;.8 adoption Of any good idea l may
sugge5l?
Iuoue in 10 spirit of hostility-I come
in no spirit ofpUusCription against those who
honesty differ with me; nor do l come for
the puGp.se e INDUCING in any vitupera-
iioI gains Andrew Johnson, whose can
didacs for Congress for the State at large
SO sinst the battle SCARED Frank Chestham,
tie regular nominee OF the Democratic
party, las fuHeHted political strife from
Shelby to Cater and row threatens the
disiutC eyaiiCn e the Democratic party in
this State and tie defeat of the State and
national tiCket. II / know the mission Of
MY heart in coUiug before you, it is to pre-
sent the truth, and t. appea, to you by all
you hold near aud dear and sacred TO your
patty aud your Stale. 10 sand up and no
bly, discharge your duty by the nominees
pleseuted toYOU by tue lioG-5earled Democ-
Tscy Of the II ne and Nation.
Wy should yuu support Hur4ce Greeley
fer tire Presidency? Was he your first
ChoiCt? Can We get our choice of men
always? No. You support Greeley be-
cause in Convention assembled he WIS
selected as the proper maj.
Dug We are asked by Johnson "If you
can forgive Horace Greeley, why Lot am
nesfy me?'
Strange paradox. In one breath he al.
leges we are guilty Cf treason, and in the
next sOliCits PARDON. We do forgive you,
but is il . c3rDil4rv ira, We shall confer Of
fee upon You t. show our forgiveness?
hr. johnson asSais cur Presidential Can-
diaate, Horace Greeley, by alleging that he
only aCcep,s him, in his classic language,
''as . crooked stick to beat bad dog"
Let us put the case between Greeley and
johnson ard see whether We ought to dis
tirgUish between them. No sooner had
The Southern banner been furled forever,
than Horace Greeley threw the power and
influence Of the New York Tribume-an
avalanche in pOiitiCs-in favor If universal
amuesty. l. column af er C, lumu he gave
utteTauce to the sentiments Of Hesven-bOTn
charity that weled up in bis great heart
toward the oppressed aud down-trodden Of
Tennessee and the d5sLlated South. Sirs,
when we returned from the rude walks Of
war 20 re paths Of peace, and saw the des-
OlatioI and destruction Of ShermaE's ter
Tibie march 10 the sea, We turned our gaze
20 him who by accident filed the Presi-
Dental chair, TenHessse's honored son,
Andrew Johnson. What sounds greeted
our eHs, as the President spoke to the In
diana delegation? "IreasCn must be made
OdIOus, and traitors nos only made Odious,
but impoverished and their social power
broken down, and every Union man aud the
of then pockets" His sentiments were
that JEFF Davis, Rgbt. L. Lee and other
leading 'traiLOrs' must be hung.
But harkl What Strangers voice is that
which in manly tones Teverberates through
out tbe length and breadth of the land
"Peace On earth ana good will to man.
Lei there be universal amnesty 10 the
Southern people.
How strange and Unnaturall Horace
Greeley, man Ct the North-an Adolf
tUnis5--Lhe l-a1 ani front Of the Repubi-
can party-lnscIiGes upon the banner OF
tie Tribune, which has always been 10
abOh.lUuiSm what the "Od Guard" was to
Napoleon, these noble and charitable senti-
m5lts, when Andrew JOhnson's great DOW.
er and influence as. President is arrayed
not ouly TO make treason odious" but to
iIupuverish and degrade us from socia
power.
We spoke Of Sberman's march to tht
sea. IL was like the iron hoof of Attila-
no grass ever grew beneath his legion'
tgeaa-and SO great was the desc alton tina
the torch lighted dwellings, blaze cas-
abroad its lurId light, but no living thin
WIS 20 tie seen, except what followed in th'
wake Of the Union Army, from Atlanta tC
the CO.'S.
We have heard the name of Sherman at
tempted TO be coupled with iufImy on this
account, but 10 bis honor be it said, wheI
We CapitCl2ted the terms were that eacl
man Of rs was to resume our citizenship
and he States, at wa. were to resum,
their former position with their powers and
dignity unimpsred, except that they wer,
q 10 revoke and annUl their ordinances 0
separation from the Government.
Thus 10y The capitulsiion We walked bacl
into the old Union, and our Sales stoo,
again in lLeiT Old orbit, with all their right
iutac, under the very joint resolution O
Congress introduced 10 tie Senate of th
United States Icy Andrew johnson
resolving that the war upon M
part OF the United STATES "was no
w5Ced in any spirit Of oppression
ncrfJr the purpose Of subjugatiOn, but u
defend and maintain the constitution an
preserve the dignity and rights Of the sew
ersl States unimpaired, and when thes
rfIrps ses were accomplished the war Ough
tc cesse." What was the action of tn
e4rrat Commouer' when he thus rad j
in lis power to restore each Sou1her
SAFE 40 is original position under the oil
constitution in the Union, and all Of tbel
soldiers to citizenship? He indignant
spJrsed and repudiaied the stpulauons
o.. ,lirreuutr, aud after we had sLacke
Cug arms and marched under The YOKE
hr Johnson, in The rear, vaiianlly eA
civ.ns tLac he will rot stipulate Wit
traitors that The surrender must be I'll
conditional.
ktig" Crizels: The FederalS by thei
tavolue and popular commander, Ger
Sherman ~piy asked that We would ceas
TO wa 'Ge government, acknOWl
EGG ISlcn, and we shout
'ttzenship, but GU