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

Ex-President johnson and Col John
HI. Savage Address the Citizens OF
WflsOn-DisapPOintm for Those
who Looked for q Lively Time.

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H. Savage Address the Citizens OF
Wils0n-DisaPpointment for Those
Who Looked for q Lively Time.
The anxiously anticipated tilt between
ex-President johnson and Col. Jno. I'll.
Savage came ofyesterday at Lebanon. Mr..
johnson arrived from Nashville on the eve
| ming train, and on the same train was Col.
Savage. Both stopped at the same hotel.
During the morning Col. Savage proposed
a division of time, but the ex-President de
clined the proposition. He said he had
not come TO Lebanon to debate with any
one. lie had made his appointment with
out reference to division Of time, and
would consent to division with no one.
lie proposed to address the people of Leb-
anon. When he was through, as a matter
Of course Col. Savage or any other man
could speak, if he wanted TO. To this ar
rangenent Col. Savage assented, with the
understanding that Mr.. johnson was to be-
gin at noon, and that before he began, Col.
Savage was TO make an explanation. This
agreement was entered into at the Sugges-
tiOn Of friends of the respective parties.
At noon Col. Savage and Mr.. johnson
were standing in front Of an immense au-
dience in Masonic Hall, In a mo-
ment or So Col. SWage arose,
made his explanation, and announced him
self candidate for the Senate, declaring
at the same time, that he would speak
when Mr.. johnson hal concluded. Col.
Savage then took j seat on the platform.
and Mr.. James +. Stokes introduced Mr.,
johnson 10 the audience.
The ex-President began his speech bv
telling why he was there, and intimated
that he would speak as long as he desired
and the people were willing TO listen.
LCries Of $50 ahead" s'Ohi nv Andy..
and applause.l He soon branched ont into
the arguments of his Shelbyville and
MurtraesbOro speeches. His attack
on Gov. Browns administration and
his eriticims of Gov. Browns
speech at Pulaski were 4 trifie tighter than
hitherto. He said he had detected that Gov.
Brown had, in his Pulaski speech, advised
the people not to ask their candidates for
the Legislature whom they favored for the
United States Senate-nOt TO ask them to
pledge themselves for Bate or johnson.
And MIR. johnson became terribly sarcas-
tic and went for Gov. Brown in the severest
terms. The speakers friends were nu-
merous and applauded him YOeiferously.
His argument in regard TO the finances,
State and national, was i'm the main as
heretofore made at Shelbyville or MUIR
freesbOrO.
As usual. he paid his respects 10 his .Ed-
mund and his Henry and after saving a
good deal about the agricultural interests
of the country wound upon the Civil Rights
bill, to which he is opposed, though depre-
eating all passion in It's discussion.
He seemed 10 link that the labor ques-
ton, in connection with s-rieulture, was a
thing 10 be Il ought of before We ,,ssent pell
nell into driving negroes out of the e0ulr-
try.
Mr.. johnson said nothing about the
UNION AND AMERICAN, but insisted that
he had never been anything but a Consti-
tutional Democrat.
The audience was large, and composed
OF representative men. Mr.. johnson re-
tired the moment he bad concluded, and
took the train for Nashville.
Col. Savage then arose and began to ad.
dress the crowd, but the UNION AND
AMERICAN reporter was compelled to catch
.he train, and left just as the Colonel
opened. IL hlas lie imagined, however,
that he was particularly fodgh ON the gen
tleman who had preceded him.