Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-28

Cooper, in this connection, but, in order to
put himself right, he would read a dis
patch he had received yesterday from the
chairman OF the committee on public build
ings and grounds, which dispatch was to
the effect that the Nashville cIStOm-house
appropriation had been secured solely and
entirely through the persistent efforts of
Judge Harrison.
He also wished to read from the report
OF his speech, made upon accepting the
| Congressional nomination, as follows:
''Gentlemen, the Civil Rights question is
not the only question before the country.
The bill IS not yet a law. Itmay never be.
The action of Congress will not be con
trolled by threats, or by that fayOrite pro-
jet Cfthe Democracy, a united South. A
united South, on any one Of the main ques-
tons growing out Of our late unhappy con-
tlict, means a united North. If the party
To which my competitor belongs had ma
jOrity in Congress, or could by possibility
get in the majority during the next two
years, he and those who think with him
might accomplish such a revolution as my
competitor prayed for at GAINESVILLE, a few
weeks since, when, as reported in the NdSls-
Uiiie Republican Bonner, he said that she
prayed that God would speed the day when
the South would take control of the Gov
eminent and give laurels TO the country;
when party would rise who would not
convert an African field hand into Daniel
Webster"
The Banner, he said, belonged to Col.
Houses own party. and he had taken il for
granted that the Banner reporter was an in
telligent man, and had reported Col. House
correctly.
As for his own action in Congress, he
felt that he had been above partisan feel
ing, and that he had always endeavOred to
work for the best interests of the entire
district.
Col. Houses RejOinder.
In making bis rejOinder, Col. House first
referred to that portion Of the Banners re-
port Of his Clarssyille speech, which had
been quoted by Judge Harrison, and EN-
phatically denied having ever uttered, or
entertained such sentiments. He had the
original notes of that speech, and what he
had said, was that he hoped the time would
come when the South and West would
unite and control the commerce of the
country, sand, gentlemen" said he, ''the
great West has spoken, and in a voice OF
thunder tones, which leads me to belie7e
my prayer may yet be answered" ZAP
plause.l
He denied that he had misrepresen'ed
his competitor with regard to the Custom
House matter, as he had based his refer
ence 10 that subject, upon the records,
which established the fact that il was upon
a motion Ex-senator Cooper that the apprO-
priatiOn was secured
In answer to an assertion made by Har-
risoD, that he was tOning down since he
canvassed the district with Col. Claiborne,
previous to the nomination, he would say
that thare was no paddock on his mouth,
and that he would continue to express, as
he had heretofore done, his opinions with
regard to the acts of the Republican party,
though by so doing he were defeated in
the Congressional race forty thousand !
times. [Applause.l
He reminded his hearers that the Civil |
Rights bill was only sleeping, and that |
when Congress assembled, it could be |
taken up and passed by bare majority, |
and said the only way TO defeat the meas
ure would be to defeat the Republican par
ty-'O defeat Maynard in this State by |
forty or City thousand majority, and his |
honorable competitor by as overwhelming |
a majority as be can stand. Laughter. |
his competitor was like the boy |
who set the trap-"he just set it, Judge |
Harrison, although a Republican, being |
.jitst Republican"
Judge HarrisOn's RejOinder
was very short. He reiterated what he had
previously said with regard to his action |
in reference to the Civil Rights bill.
He said he was a Republican because he
believed the principles of that party were
preferable to those Of the Democratic party.
lie and Col. House had formerly belonged
o the Wing party, and, when it became
lisOrganized, he had joined the Republic
ans, and his competitor had gone over to
he Democrats.
He closed by saying that, if reelected, he
would serve his constituents in the future
S he had in the past.