Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-29
STAR HEEL" ELOQUENCE.

GOV. Vance ON Independents Can0i-
dates, Hogs, Old wings, Radicals,
etc.
The most amusing speech we have
read in long time was made by Gov.
Vance few weeks ago at Statesville, n.
G. Read the following extracts, and laugh:
One fellow will tell you that he is an old
W-h-i G, and don't like the Democrats and
Secessionists; that they brought on the
war and are responsible for all the
ruin Of the country, and therefore
they think they had better so over. Laugh
teri Now, have this to say ABOUT that.
IN the first place, these Seeessionists, alone,
were not responsible for the war. The
Northern Abolitionists had, in nay opinlGii1
more TO do in bringing on the war than
anybody else. But suppose the Democrats
were to blame for it, how does that affect
the questions What excuse does that give
for lending your influence to a party that
is robbing the country Of the little the war
left it? Suppose l was a Democrat at the
beginning of the war (Which | never was,)
or a Secessionfst (which l never have been,)
or that | helped to bring on the war (Which
never did, is that any reason why you
should take to stealingS Laughter Sup
pose a neighbor should catch you robblng
bis hep-roost, do vou think it would be
good excuse to say, Why, wouldn't nave
stolen these if Vance hadn't brought on
this war? More lsughter.]
Now, want to tell you some OF the
symptoms Of fellow when he begins TO
turn over. He first begins to talk about
being oilldepeader,t," ELaughter.] He is
rot tied down to any party, and will vote
for what he thinks best, etc. According to
the diagnosis of the most skillful political
doctors, this symptom means the same
thing as the sheriff !fthere says when he leads
a horse out to the block and cries cut,
'swho says, gentlemen, and how much9"
TApplause.l This is anindependent horse!
TGreat Applause.l In other words, he is
for sale. A man who is devoted 10 prlncl-
pie can't be Independent. His prlclples
sonstrain him tc vote with tharparty which
will carry them out. The next symptom is
an intense love of old Whiggery. Latgh-
ter and applause When this comes out
strong you may appoint The funeral.
Laughter Railways Ready Relief can't
save him. [Great laughter and con-
tinued applause l do protest and beg
that if any man wants to join the Radical
party he won't prostitute the name of Old
Wings. The old Wing party was at least
decent party. The Democrats in Olden
times used to call it dristOCrGtiC, and to some
extent it was. I can see now many Of these
old fellows who used to dress with scrupu-
lous neatness, their boots 80 black and shiny
that a puppy would bark at his image in
them all day [laughterl, his shirt collar
white as paper and stiff as pasteboard, IN
his pocket he carried copy OF the National
| hatelligencer, and bloWed his nose with the
sound of a trumpet in red bandanna hand
| kerchief. Great laughter and applause
Suchmen were the very salt Of The earth for
| personal and political Uprightness. They
| elevated no thieves and public plunderers
| to high positions in the government; they
made no Littlefelds the guardians Of Their
| State bonds, they had no Sam. Watts nor
| Jaybird Jones on the bench. They associ-
ated politically with no CufTy Mayo-De-
weese, a. J. Jones, Windy BIlys, and Jor-
| don Chambers. Applause
This prefane use Of the name Of Wing
| reminds me of a Circumstance that happen
ed once in my law office. a fellow came
! in one day, and, taking a seat, with sheep
! ish cOuntenanCe said, "GOveTnOr, me and
another gentleman has got into little
scrape, and 1 want you 10 help us out OF
it." 'What sort Of a scrape?" said L.
''W-eI-l, it's a kind of dispute" said he.
"But what kind of dispute?" said l. "Well," 4"
| said he again, "it's a matter cOnsarnin' OF
hogs" TLaughter.] ''Well, how concern
ing hogs?" saidI l. 'Wen," said he, Il be-
| Heye he accuses me of taking one of 'em."
! IGreat laughter.1 lie didn't want TO call
| il by its right name. Now, if any OF you
want to 90 over to get your share OF this
plunder that's going round, don't put it on
.'Old Whiggery." IGreat laughter.I Don't
call it ga matter OF hogs" but come out
openly and call it by its true name-a mat
ter of stealing. CONTINUED applause and
laughter.]
Some men pretended to find a great sim
flarity between doctrines of the old Whig
| party and Radicalism. There is no Wing
| cry in any OF these violations Of the COnsti-
tuition and outrages upon civil liberty that
have mentioned. Light is not more widely
separated from darkness than are the pTin-
ciples which distinguish these two parties.
| Just imagine, if you can, Henry Clay wal
lowing in the same bed with Billy Holden,
the Hon. Cufiy Mayo, aud Windy Billy
Henderson, and Daniel Webster stirring
them with stick. TUprOarOus laughter.
AClCtkLg II OlA l4tAfN al AhAEAAAio ~ 'AAN
| leshpots Of Egypt say so, and be done with
it. Be Ike the girl when her bashful sweet
| heart, ashamed TO speak his mind, sat and
| swallowed his spittle in stupid embarrass-
| ment, and kept pressing her foot with his
| under the table. She finally exclaimed,
'John, if you love me, why can't you say
so, Ike a man, and quit dirtying my clean
stockings" LGreat laughter.
,,,1T4sao1 "
which they are sUhiecting the people in the
Federal courts under this infamous uncon-
stitutiOnal Ku-KluX act. l have heard il
stated that there are 1000 defendants in
dicted and 10 be tried at Raleigh, no doubt
before a packed jury Of Radicals, as others
have been tried, no one Of whom is charged
with taking life OF fer any other Otfenst
which would amount TO more in our State
courts than assault and battery or torcib!t
trespass. l have seen five or six hundred
passing through Charlotte at one time, o.
men, women and children, going two hun
dred and fifty miles from home to attend
court, some with their ratiOns tied up il
rags, leaving their farms to neglect and ruin
with little or no money, and compelled
for went of means to camp il
crowds without 8 shelter over theil
heads, for weeks at a time, HOW sucn
sight does fill me with love and admiration
for the Government! The object of al
this is apparent enough. One of their mos
distinguished men had the impudence tC
tell me that they intended to run enough
of our citizens away by the Kuklux prose
cutions to carry the State in the next elec
tions. told him, if you undertake to do
that l will issue a proclamation telling them
all to come back. Laughter and APPLAUSE
| only tell you what had from the mouths
of their own leaders. Still some men pre-
tend that they are not satisfied with the
progress hat the Democracy are making tc
restore a proper rule to the country, anc
they make a thousand objections to contin
uinC in the Conservative ranks.
THE ONLY TRUE KIRK.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Judge Stanley Matthews checkered ca
reer since Nav !, recalls a story of Calvinis