Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-13

4 :, ---, Wall e-1C cOLilucQL ass ufSI1co that
sne ss9ss reposed by Us viii be wen per-
| at Tee conclusion Of Col. Burch's re-
ia4rks, Gen. Cheatham appeared and said:
EILLo"-ClTizENs: L merely appear be-
fore you tonight to return thanks for the
manner In which you have honorad me
do not intend making a speech. bacsnsa
| my voice is too weak, having failed me h.
day at Springfield. Hence Won must ex-
cuse me from making an address. which +
should cheerfully do under other eirc,1m-
Stances [Cries of 'Go on, Frank, 90 on.rl
l will state, fellow citizens, that have tya-.
versed the State In the interest of the cam
paigD, and am confident my Election will
be secured over Mr.. johnson by at least
$4,000 majority. Trusting my reasons viii
be received for not complying with your
urgent Invitation, will give way to sever
al distinguished gentlemen who will now
address you. Allow me to return again my
thanks for the high compliment You have
paid me tonight.
SPEECH OF COL. HOUSE.
Col. J ohm F. House of GAINESVILLE, was
then introduced, and when the tumultuous
cries for Cheatham had subsidized, he spose
| as follows
Fellow-citizens l will be unable 20 make
/ my voice heard to all of those in this vast
assemDiaSe unless you preserve more order,
and now appeal to you to be quiet. 3,
4 appear before you tonight, fellow-citi-
zens, not sSan aspirant foF any Office within
the ga OF the people, either civil or mill
] try. l belong to no military or civil or
ganizadon, but am citizen of the State
OF Tennessee. desire to tell YOU of the
political condition Of our State so far as the
canvass for Congressman from the State ct
large is concerned.
What the people of Tennessee now want
Is reconciliation. Thsre is no Tennes-
seean who desired to bring up the old issues
OF the late war, and am proud to say that
at the present time you have before you
man in the person OF Frank Cheatham who
fought nobly in cause which be consider
ed just, and now is willing to let all differ
ences be forgotten in the deep oblivion of
the past. -----.--.---... $500
Some of you may remember the speech
that was made by Andrew johnson at Gal
latin short time since. That speech was
one of the most unwarrantable onslsughts
upon the Confederate soldiers, and it was
disgrace that he, after advocating their
cause with mock earnestness, should turn
around and curse the source to which he
owes all that he ever was. 1t was speech
nursed by hatred, and from the fullness of
a hating heart the lips found utterance.
Our voters will not sanction q man o
such ungrateful and relentless characters
for Andy johnson has no right to abuse
men for participating in conflict which be
helped to bring about. Yes, my fellow
citizens, Mr.. johnson accuses You of being
secessionists and antagonists TO the consti-
/ tuition and laws Of your country. He seeks
to degrade you because you did what every
loyal man would do under the circnmstan-
ces-protect his native State. (Applause.)
was a soldier in the Confederate army.
| cloud applause.) 1 battled for what I
thought to be righteous cause. Itried to
| protect my State and support the Unsen at
the same time-and because did this am
TO be branded as criminal, or are you to be
branded as traitors? God forbid that any
one could be 80 unkind. And, feflow-citi.
zans, are you to give such man as Andy
johnson your suffrages? (Cries Uf No, no.)
| l cannot, do not, | will not believe it.
! (Applause.) g nc .--- 'SauE.1
Mr.. johnson now talks about conven-
tions; they are being discussed by him =.
with a great deal of earnestneSs, but can
his success. The people of this State have
sense enough to see the course that he is
taking-he hopes to build up his future as
a politician upon the graves of the noble
| Confederate dead, whose life-blood was
given to protect his home and fireside. He
| is jealous because he did not receive at the
| hands of the people the nomination for
which he was so anxious, and now he de-
votes all his time-that is not given to abus-
| ing Confederate soldiers-in shouting
against conventions. Let me tell Mr..
johnson that it comes with a poor grace
for him to abuse the people at whose hands
he has received official position all the way
| from Alderman of Greeneville to President
of the United States. say that Mr.. John
son Will never be satisfied until he is again
in Office; but in November next, l 1eel
justified III saying that a majority of thirty
thousand in favor of Cheatham will
greet his ambitions ear and he will retire to
his home in GreeneVille and live the rest of
his days upon the money that has been Civ
en- him by his mother State, (applause).
When this State was put under military
rule and military governor was to be APP
pointed-Andy johnson went to President
Lincoln, and if he did not ask for the posi-
stion, he received it, and would blush to
think that a native born Tennesseean would |
sdO thing so base. When get so low /
that am willing to accept the position of |
despotic ruler over a people at whose |
hands have received all in this world that |
l have, may just God visit upon my |
head a speedy and ignoble death. |
Let me tell you, felloW-citizsns, and |
friends of Mr.. johnson, that by these re- |
marks against him, mean no insult, but |
l only wish to let you see how ungrateful |
he has been to you. l charge him now as |
! l have before with not only violating the |
rights Of the State, but with ruling over his |
constituents with rod ofiron, and the people |
of the State will bear me out in this 2sser- |
ton. Mr.. johnson in his speeches has &C
cused Tennessee of seeding from the |
Union, but he forgets to mention the fact tina |
in 1850 when the people were called upon to |
decide whether or not they should go out |
of the Union, she cast a majority of sixty |
thousand to stay in, and it was not until |
she Was called upon to take up arms against |
her sister States that she seeded. Aud let |
me tell him further that if he intends to
charge secession against her he must take |
into consideration the fact that he helped |
to bring it on, that he was child of hers,
that he had been raised up to the
pinnacle of fame upon her ladder,
every round of which was labelled soon
Ventlon." Now, citizens, ask you
with all due respect to Mr.. johnson, if any
of you wish TO vote for such man as this.
Some of his friends object to having him
discussed, and say he is the ''best abused
man ia this country" If they are afraid to
have him or his career investigated, then
why do you want TO vote for him? Gap
plause)
Let Mr.. johnson remember that when
he is branding the Confederate soldiers as
secessionists, he is including the name
'of John Bell, one Of the most NOE of
them ala man who went TO the Peace
Congress, opposed the war Vigorously, but
one, my friends, who, when war was de-
clared and his own State of Tennessee Sc
coded from the Union, entered the ranks
and died like hero, and he sleeps among |
the graves that Andy johnson, with all the /
hypocricy that it is possible for man to
possess or demonstrate, pretends to I
shed tears over, but which
before be thought Of running for
Congress he denounced as the graves of
traitors. What John Bell traitors |
secessionist-write that inscription on his /
tomb and the very marble would blush with /
shame. (Applause.)