, 1874-10-08

ANDY JOHNSON arEhKA 1i1s1 un1oAtLY AND AUTO
11u0HArutcALLy
NASHVILLE, ..Tenn., Oct. r. Ex-prsa,1ant
JolluBon spoke three hours md 1,alf nj Huplby-
v1llo yesterday. largo portion of Ills gpeech
is doyoted to defending himsa1f against Tho
Union and A,nerican's Chattanooga gpccial and
editorial, Oct. 8, in wllict. no was designated an
"tho ox-Rapubican rr,sidont," and IN favor of
tho roputiatlon Of Sta.le md national obliga-
tfonB.
1Io snid "ThiB od,torial hnye read is IT,
tended to express tho opinion Tint ex-prcslent
johnson, Republican ex-prea,dent, Ia not d
proper person to 60 to tic United statoB scnato.
Then who ought to go? ri,ey paint tho cuHo
weil, a!,d suggest to tic Democratic party that
Slokes Ia ltlsoll t'io stump. aud that Stokes and
HopkinD advocate precisely the game VI W. M
Johuson ; ts!at Jo!,nson is as Nstlo Of n Repub~
lifan, and tnat tlo tnnn they ara holding IN TO-
servo IL not Ro publican; thu: THU man John
aon, though We speak OF linn favorably, IL
NOT oOn MAN.
They haVo Expressed .lelr opinion as to wlio
ought not to 70 to tho senate, and thov onght tn
hMve told III WHO thoy favor going npplauso.l
Tie query comes mp, IL mt tint unlttnd That
papor l have stood By in all tilnus ns.d occa-
/ aions, and I hope, when thoy como 10 con.
sldor, they will como back in support Of
srue Democrncy--the Donocraoy that Jereraon
| and Jackson fashioned. [Applauao.] In those good
| old times, when yuu cniod ulau Whig, TIN
tetm had aa association Of ideas i'll it. You
| thought OF Clay, of n protective tariff, OF T.
iinu Of improvements BY tho FoderaI Govorn-
! mpnt which Nero adyornleu by tho gront party.
| Wien you, called n'an q Democrat, yolt
meant nnti p. ctuction, mutt. banking, aud di-
rset onpspis19~n 1~n; to all the principles sy,; of
| party Is gouo, Tut We still Lavo left what
] u caiicd tho Douoeratic party; but in tllore
! any dstuct md doilnite Bot ot ideas aBsociated
| with It? suppore we TAXA up Tue Crollt Mo-
tjIftr find 1t NJ rn11nf EnfDIn nlfrAn n q
| Democratic. Thoro is 4 corresponding uumbor
Of fingers IN that po OF 10th sides. Laughter ]
| Than the .grAb-tlat 1nenarre was nether
| Republican nor nemocrano. Whom you come to
| THE CUnliENcY QUESTION,
yon find you have az many Democrats on ono
grone Democratic party? We have had 90 many
% aro sailing now. aud thinI tho liz Ii limo las SCI conc
when VIC should consult that old log-book oi
principles, TINT we may got our reckoning a,,G
:. get back within constitutional lmits. An OK
l.opublican President What way tllat put il
publican I,H presidont Stokes '' upon 1tis IL.
stunp;' tStokos advocates the same prin
ciples aa thoso Of johnson. Now this 70
diapatch based upon i single sentcnco torn from
speech, without giving its connections III 1866
Stokes .aa ca,ldidato FOR Governor, with Sen
tor running eea,nft him: y IL tho !, request . .
1
speaking III ail portions Ct tho State, urging pou
pie to support Santer. Tho result waH,
sroKEs WAs DEFEATED.
| It acetns to ND thht tho service J then rBn
lcred tho party ought not to la forgottaa, got
in Chattanooga, 1lr. Stokes ha1pcned TO be pses
ent when ma do Hpeoch. aud when closed h,
was called by gomo Of his t,ionds. 1Ie is m In
depeudant candidate for Congress. aud, rs tn
audleuco waB composed of all classes, he had hl
friends present, and don't SEQ how atn to b
held Responsible for TINT fact. or why our name
should havo beeu connected. Charlcs Y,
tma very aucceaafu administration, beca,n
: Government TO Ills son, retiIod to
monastery. md undertook to, regulat
tho movement Of Watches but 500
found that ho could not mako any tw
| lod to Iotlcct upon tho folly OF attempting I
make men think alike, for ho llad undertaken t
> make everybody think "a he did in religious ma
7 tera.
: Wall, people differ from me. and am wilin
they should, out When a1n Glassod ~, o. Nepnl
! that the editor OF tho Onion and american
: ignorant OF tho history OF the past. will 81
| | right hero that
. NEVER WAS REPUBLICAN,.
! From my adyout iuto ,pnblu lle have boom
+ Constitutional Democrat, as taught by tho gre
. statesman Thomas Jefferson, aud that patrit
solt!ior, Audrew Jachaon, when Democracy VI
III its groa:oHt troubca IN Tounossoo Ybn d
: not hexr such talk Us tllia whon help Was needle
| 10 carry our bannor through, but now. f0rAootl
! We hava new Judges and now critics. did nj
yieid. the palm to any man i'll support OF thal
, | 1860 Ar. Lincoln was elected President. ]
that Ganyags supported Drepkiuriige in Ter
1 nossa O, aud would hayo supported Douglas
1llinQ.s IS.