Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-08
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UHlA H004En 8H O0FUTU B1A IGHX6E4IM4s
The nlacs selectsd FIR Nj. ,.Jobnson to de-
liver his address vester5av. at Columbia,
was Il, sIsa Atl,anaen,s, GROVE tcbara alsdrrt |
tweutysfiye hundred narsons assembled.
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nosor, Dus % qui1e = mucn na1ea ana :- aoussa
oy tne wing party. NOW tne Elnes ~
grea'iy Tanglea. a great wal was lsHaa l..sa.
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peace; our nopls o1sts uiu ios hss'IHs, lss A..
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sbe vaan a. svarv onslsnebt IN a. ,s:t to
some s1 aUtant a coolino time was had
"Still later. a United States Senator is
elected from Tennessee. The news flashed
over the North. At every Radical camp
bonfres are lit till the whole North blazes
with ioy. At what are our enemies jubi-
liant? At no mans success, but that mans
defeat, Look at it; when YOUR enemy re-
Joces he believes you hurt. Still later,
they are preparing to elect Horace Greeley
President of the United States. On what
grounds do our people support him? They
think him honest when he says Let us
clasp hands across the bloody chasm.'
81 am the last man to tear one leaf from
the chaplet that wreathes the brow of Gen.
Frank Cheatham. but fill this "chasm''
anh who is Frank Cheatham?" "An hon.
est man, There are thousands of honest
men in Tennessee. They say be will do
us no harm, and has it come to this, ''do us
no harm?"
This Is the "Dloody
chasm. "We want man who can do
us some good. There Is man who can.
They say he can "make Rome howl" No
Goliath will vaunt himself by loud acclaim
when he sees this gladiator on the forum.
And now fellow-citizens l have the honor to
Ex.pREsIpENT ANDREW JOHNSON
who arose and commenced his speech as
follows:
0FeIow-citizens-In annearino beFore
von at th:s narticular innctnre and eanaci-
allv after the elegant Introduction you have
Just heard, perhaps should make some
apology. My appearance is for the purpose
rather of holding a conversation than
making you a speech In which I am adyo-
eating the same doctrines, or rather tho
same principles which underlie
the basis of government that |
did years ago." "In coming
before you, do not come with the COM
mission commonly denominated sconven-
tion' / come with q commission nOminA-
ted by the people. know it has been said
and NAV be Aid, it is demagogue and DEM
aqogueism to be talking about
rup prop,r
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5:uo.on. lnou ~ - T Tf ~ sdUocata ,nassnres oa
uih ,nh;ch tb;s oovornusnt is h.sad % snJ wh,ch oh
tand - s1s ,hs Sood Of The ,sonIs 70 The Iro
..s.s;o1, of tts;, intarosts "a ,ha;- gslfa.o
+ an . Samaoocne and wish there wara
,,,ora Of such dem.pooues in the countrv,,
Tn this report. burriedly prepared. we
will not attempt to give his speech in full,
or even q lengthy synopsis. Mr.. johnson
referred to
CONVENTIONS
sorino have acted with conventions
When a convention reflects the viii of the
naonle fairly. and grows ont of the necessi-
tv IF the times. it is entitled To resnect and
Consideration. When there are two narties
and If ia necessary to settle disputes he
tween the members of one marty bv con-
vant;ons then tbey are entitled tn consi5-
erstion and infuence If tbe will of tba
naonIe he honestly. fairly and fnllv ranra.
sonta6
C0NVEETT0NAJ.S T.. SYSTEM
ia wrong In principle. it is anti Constitution
al, it violates the spirit and the intention
OF the constitution. Here NJ. johnson
gave snort glance at the
HISTORY OF CONVENTIONS
referring 10 1919 "hen jackson was
brought beiore tne people Irrespective OF
the conVentlon' opeSKlng OF oio HICKORY
MIR. johnson sald: LIQUID we communi-
cate With the dead; could jackson see the
corruption and the oeterioratlon OF principle
the old man would turn over IN his cotfin."
"He was brought out In 1874 TO
DEFEAT THE CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS
SYSTEM.
He was defeated, though receiving a plurs-
lity of votes, but not majority before the
electoral college," But by the
same spirit manifested in 1924 against Con-
gressional caucuses, he was elected in
1929. The people threw off the shackles
in 1929, and again stood as freemen."
Here Mr.. johnson, having reviewed the
caucus system, lwhlch ne informed bis
audience was orisillaiiy ins'ltu1eo oy mem
Ders OF Oongress ~ oruer 70 elect their
friends 70 onces oi elnoluinent and sta
tloDs OF poweT' pelns tneI known as the
Congresslona.i, caucus Sys'em) gave short
history OF ou'lihe Vi