Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-22
The Nashville and Chattanooga
Platforms Compared.
Scathing DenunciatiOn of the
Civil Rights Infamy.

Cur State FInances-whRC We Owe
and How 10 PEy ft-HOw the Fund
ting Act Has wOrked-The Peniten-
tiary Lease-NOt q Candidate for
Any Once.
Pursuant to cali by the leading citizens
of Giles county, Gov. Jno. G. Brown deliv-
cred at Pulaski, yesterday, very interesting
public address upon the live issues of the
day. The speaking was held at Antoinette
Hall, which was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity. The speech was of nearly two
hours and half in length. Gov. Brown
said: t
Address OF GOV. JOHN c. BROWN.
Fellow-citizens Of Giles County: After
several years of public service, surrounded
10y difficulties Of which few of you are
aware, i. is one of the pToudest
moments OF nv life to meet you in
response 70 so cordial an Invitation as l
have received at your hands, when yon
show me that, notwithstanding all the
abuse, notwithstanding all the maleyOlent
criticism 10 which have been subjected in
the ranks of my own party, and n0twith-
standing the abusive epithets which have
been heaped upon me by our enemies-the
party in PoweF-you, the people among
whom I was reared, still look upon me
with undiminished confidence and undi
unfinished regard.
l recognize in this audience, faces that
have been familiar since my earliest recOl-
lection. Here and there | see the few
remnants of that hardy race--the Hompan-
ions of my father land kindred-whO, more
than three score years ago, left the comforts
of civilization in the older States, and trav-
ri N
The solitude of a wilderness, inhabited alone,
before their coming, by the red man and
the wild beast. They cut the cane, felled
TIE forrest, erected habitatiOUs for
man, and set up their affairs of religion
and civilization, without the presence of
governmental power, or the aid of law.
Look about at the fruits of their labors, and
revere these men.
1 see, too, a few, but very few, of the hon
ored followers of Jackson, who immortal
lied themselves in the defense Of New Or
leans and in the Indian war. Before me is
one of his captains, venerable man, whose
spOtless character as a citizen Is only
equaled by his gallantry as a soldier.
Around him are less than half a dozen of
his comrades, all that are left Of that large
Gordon that gathered here more tran forty
years ago, with glad hearts, to welcome
their chieftain with shouts that shook the
hills to their rocky bases.
Young men look upon the little remnant
of that hOnored band of heroes who pro-
tected the homes Of your fathers from inva-
sion, aud your county from conquest before
you were home. Make them the patterns
of your lives, in your social and political re-
lationS; serve your country as they have
done and obey the law as they have done,
and old age will be as honorable to you as
10 them, and your names, like theirs, will
live in the grateful remembrance Of pos
ter,ty.
Here are the familiar faces Of earliest
recOllections, and the schoolma.es Of my
bOynUOd. Together we grew up 10 man
hood. They have aIways been nv friends,
my patrons and my supporters. Hard by,
and within your county, is the rude struc-
Jgre OF pioneer, in which L was born;
and here l was reared and educated. This
has always been my home, and TO this spot,
of all Others on earth, when travelling in
foreign lands, or dwelling in the tented
field, has nv heart turned with that fond
ness which a child feels for its mother.
The ashes of my parents and my kindred,
and other io9ed ones, mingle with this soil,
and viii sanctifg it, in my heart, so long
as life lasts.
In this beautiful village, twcrts-siX years
ago this month, L entered upon my profess
siOnal career with no fortune save a stout
heart and ready will. To you, more than
TO all Others, do feel indebted for what
ever OF success LIES labors have achieved.
When the political horizon grows dark,
with ominOus clouds of sectional strife, you
not only hade me-, unsolicited, bear the
banner of the party TO which l belonged,
but required il, as q duty, at my hands.
accepted the trust and battled for the union
of States, until war became fragrant and
Tennessee was driven by a Federal man
date from her chosen neutrality. You
asked me then to take your sens, and lead
them where the fate of Tennessee might
be cast by the voice of her people. l
accepted your offering and led them where
you ordered. For four eventual years,
shared with them the vicissitudes of a SOL
Siier's life, in camp in prison, on the march
and in the storm of battle. How l dis
charged thai duty, ask your gallant sons,
and will bow submissively TO a soldiers
answer. [Applause.l
Thrice, since peace smiled upon our
wasted and depopulated fields, YOU have
sbOwered honors upon me. How the grave
and responsible duties which official life
have deyOlved upon me, have fcs-n met, has
been and will be determined by the verdict
Oi the counsry. ! have not escaped malev-
client Criticism from my own political
camp. nor yindictive abuse from the camp
al the enemy.
But when / turn, as l dc today, from the
arduous and perPleying duties incident to
my Office and receive from YOU who have
known me IN all the relations Of life the
hearty assurance OF undiminiShed cent?
deRee and regard, my heart Is moved by
emotions that have not Quitkened its pull
stations for many leRe, weary wears.
In the varied relations | nave sustained
to the country, have endeayored to do INV
duty. Before God and tbs country have
been faithful to my trust. Nv official acts
are before the country, and an investiga-
uon of them is challenged by men Of all
parties. l have never known Of any ring
or cliqueS. / have never traded in nor
Speculated upon your securities. | never
owRed bond or coupon of the State. l
have not made one dollar out Of the State,
oC anything connected with the State Gov
ernmenJ, or any of ifs institutions, and he
who makes the charge, directly or by iuu-
endO,. is liar and slanderer.
BufyO have invited me TO discussion
OfqUestiOns of State and National Solitics
all NtiI llAblN ANdAtt " INJECT NlliS IT,
quest, masmuch rs my claims are not before
the county for yOur Suifrages.
DEMOCRATIC AND CONSERVATIVE PLAT
FORM.
The platform of principles adopted by
the late State Convention at Nashville.
iIsye met with the unqualified appreciation
of the Democratic and Conservative masses
of Tennessee. And the principles therein
eRunciated are not only sound, but i'm haT-
mony with the declarations Of the National
Democracy.
With such a code Of principles, supported
so cordially by the press and the people,
and with a leader in the person of the no
bic, the peerless Porter, we will move in an
unbroken phalanX to glorious victory. 1t
is sound and healthy code of political
principles. 1t announces:
81. That all honest labor should be pro
tected and receive its just reward
Here is a basis of union for the mechanic
and manufacturer, the merchant and pro-
feSsional man, the farmer and the day
laborer. Does the present legislation of
the National Congress give equal protcc-
tiOn TO all the labOring classes? Il protects
the manufacturer, but where IS the prOtec-
ton given the farmer and other classes?
Let the Stlious aud discriminating tariff