The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-24
ScatIling DenunciatiOn of the
Civil Rights Infamy.

and How 40 Pay 1I-1AOW the Fund
ing Acl Has WOrked-rhe Peniten-
siary Lease-NOt a Candidate for
Any Omee.
Pursuant to call by the leading citizens
of Giles county, Gov. Jno. G. Brown deiiv-
cred at Pulaski, yesterday, a 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:
Address OF GOV. JOHN c. BROWN.
Fellow-citizens of Giles County: After
several years of public service, surrounded
by difficulties Of which few of you are
aware, it is one of the proudest
moments of my life to meet you in
response to SO cordial an invitation as L
have received at your hands, when yon
show me that, notwithstanding all the
abuse, notwithstanding all the malevolent
criticism to which have been subjected in
the ranks of my own party, and nOtwith-
standing the abusive epithets which have
been heaped upon me by our enemies-the
party in pOwer-you, the people among
whom was reared, still look upon me
with undiminished confidence and undi-
minished regard.
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 oOnpan-
| ions of my father and kindred-whO, more
than three score Yeas ago, left the comforts
| of civilization in the older States, and trav-
cling westward sOughs their fortunes in
the solitude of wilderness, inhabited alone,
| before their coming, by the red man and
the wild beast. They cut the cane, felled
! t forrest, erected habitatinus 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.
L 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, a 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 IL an 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 We're home. Make them the patterns
| of your lives, III your social and political re-
latiOns; serve yOnT country as they have
done and obey the law as they have done,
and old age will be as honorable to you as
TO them, and your names, like theirs, will
live IN the grateful remembrance of pos
terly.
| Here are the familiar faces of earliest
recollections, and the schoolma' es of my
boymood. Together we grew up to man
hood. They have Always been my friends,
my patrons and my supporters. Hard by,
| and within your county, is the rude Struc-
| ture 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, las my heart turned with that fond
ness which child feels for its mother.
| The ashes of my parents and my kindred,
/ and other loved ones, mingle with this soil,
and will sauctify il, in my heart, so long
as life lasts.
| In this beautiful village, twenty-six years
| ago this month, l entered upon my profess
siOnal career with 10 fortune save stout
heart and ready will. To you, more than
to all others, do l feel indebted for what
| ever of success life's labOrs have achieved.
When the political horizon grows dark,
with OminOus clouds of sectiOnal strife, you
not only babe me, unsolicited, bear the
| banner of the party TO which / belonged,
but required ii, as a 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. on
asked me then to take your sons, and lead
| them where the fate of Tennessee might
| be cast by the voice of her people.
accepted your Offering and led them where
| you ordered. For four eventful years,
| shared with them the Vicssituoes of a sol
| dier's life, in camp, in prison, on the mare ;
| and in the storm Of battle. How L dis
charged that 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
showered honors upon me. How the grave
and responsible duties which official life
| have devolved upon me, have been met, has
! been and will be determined by the verdict
/ OF the country. l have not escaped malev-
olent criticism from my own political
camp, nor vindictive abuse from the camp
/ of The enemy.
But when 1 turn, as do to-day, from the
arduOus and perplexing duties incident to
my Office and receive from You who have
known me in all the relations of life the
hearty assurance of un diminished conf
/
emotions that have not q lickened its pull
satiOns for many long, weary years.
! In the varied relations L have sustained
| to the country, l have endeavored to do my
duty. Before God and ths country L have
been faithful to my trust. My official acts
are before the country, and an inyes;iga-
ton of them IS challenged by men of all
parties. have never known of any ring
! or cliques. / have never traded n nor
| speculated upon your securities. never
owned bond or coupon of the State. l
have not made one dollar out of the State
| or anything connected with the State Gov
eminent, or any Of its institutions, and he
who makes the charge, dilect J or by inu-
/ endO, is liar and slanderer.
! But you have invited me to discussion
| of questions Of State and National politics,
| and am the more ready to meet this re-
quest, inasmuch as my claims are not before
| the county for your suffTages.
DEMOCRATIC AND CONSERVATIVE PLAT
FORM.
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