Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-28
NASHVILLE UNION AND AMERloAN WEDNESDAY oCToBER 81 ISL

ana ne YOJe0-nO, DuL ne Qlu mol know
that when he voted aye on Buffers motion
that it would not prevail. He says he /;
opposed to mixed schools. In his speed
al Ashland, on Saturday, he said he wa,
opposed to any mixture at all. Then he i
opposed to the entire bill. But, if so, VIII,
did he vote for the motion TO suspend thu
rule to take il up? He says he was assured
that the bill would be subject to amend
ment, but he did not know in what partic
ular. He wanted 10 amend bill ever,
provision Of which he was opposed to.
any competitor insists that the colore
people of Tennessee do not want mixet
schools and that the Democratic party know
they do not. III this be so, it demonstrates
that the intelligent colored man Of Ten
nessee has better knowledge of the situa
ton of affairs in Tennessee than the Re
publican Senate in Washington. ZAP
plauSe.J Is this not noble tribute which
my honorable competitor pays to the states
manship of his party, as embodied in the
United States Senate"
Col. House then referred TO the Colored
Stale Convention, held here last April, and
to the preamble andresolutions which they
adopted in regard to- the Civil Rights bill.
He had no feelings of luminosity for the
colored people. They were not response
bic for the position which they had taken
on this question. Ali those privileges had
been held out to them by the white dema-
gogues of the country. Whenever the
white and colored races of the South began
to live tremendously and peaceably to
gether, they would be sure to find such
fire-brands as this Civil Rights bill thrown
in for the purpose of breaking up tho Sc
peaceable associations.
Here Col. House remarked: In his
speech accepting his nomination at Nash
vile, my competitor took occasion to quote
from my remarks accepting the nomina-
ton at GAINESVILLE. OF course my com
petitOr was not to blame for the report of
that speech as it appeared in one of the city
papers here. had been reported as having
said that 1 longed TO see the day when the
South would get control of this Govern
ment and shape its destinies and give laws
to the country. My competitor went on to
say that united South meant a united
North. He also goes on to show what he
baS done TO get appropriations for the
CustOm-houSe, and asks the question
whether one who entertained tine opinion
that | entertain would DC likely TO get any
appropriations. The idea l wish to state
distinctly is, that L made no such declara-
ton in my speech accepting the nOmina-
ton. had no idea that the reporter who
reported my speech meant 10 do me an
injustice. / knew precisely what did say.
| was speaking of the high protective tariff
and the mOnopolies of the East,
and went on to express my utter
GrarF hat s1,a r
the great Mississippi valley had slumbered
50 long, and said that the time was coming
and would soon come when the great Mis-
siSsippi valley, rising like a young giant,
would assert its power and control the
country; that when the mighty West and
great South saw the power there was in
their united strength, they would combine,
and that the West and South would get
control of this government and control its
destinies. [Applause.1 Such was the SEN
timent uttered. l know l had been ac-
cused of making bitter speeches, but it is
not so. have simply criticised the policy
of the Republican party, as | have a per-
feet right TO do.
Col. House said that the reconstruction
policy of the Republican party had made a
bowling wilderness of the fairest portion
Of this Southern country. That which
once reiOiced and bloSsOmed as a rose was
now wilderness and solitary place. Go
TO South Carolina and see her condition
poor South Carolina, shaken with the palsy
Of reconstruction in every limb of her
body. Mississippi whipped in
agony in the folds Of the Radical boa con-
StrictOr, and we could hear her bones crack
with the poisonous pressure. Applause
Louisiana lifted her lean, bony hand,
white with the leprosy of reconstruction
and cried out IN her agony: "Oh, wretched
me, who will rescue me from this horrible
death?' His competitor had accused him
Of being haunted by tie spectnes of Louisi-
ana and South Carolina. Ali he had TO
say was that he wished his competitors
party could be haunted by such spectres.
Applause There lay those States, their
property taxed to an amount that almost
amounted to confscation. He would hail
with JOY the day that party would ascend
hat would seek to bind up the wounds that
he war made. he wanted that party to
pursue a policy that would stop this eter-
nal strife. He honestly believed that the
Republican party could never restore peace
md quiet in this country.
The other day he was at Dover, and |
vent over the battlefield of Fort Donelson.
The rains aud storms had nearly filed up
he ri1e-pits where the soldiers lay. Trees, |
IS large as a mans body, had grown upon |
he breastworks. Near by was a beautiful |
federal cemetery. On Sunday morningh he |
listed that cemetery, and found it to be in |
beautiful spot, overlooking the Cumber- |
and river, which spread out above and below /
Ike a sheet of silver. High up on the flag |
taft in that cemetery fioated the stars and |
tripes. He looked around upon the many
raves and asked himself the question, for
THAT did these men offer up their lives?
t was 10 restore the Union. Their bones
adj mouldered into dust, but the Union
faS no nearer restored than il was on the
az of the surrender of Lee. He lOnged 10
&c the day when the man from Maine and
ne man from Louisiana could shake hands
18th each other, and, looking upon the ma
onal banner, recognize it as the emblem
the liberties and rights of both. [Ap-
lause.1
Ii had been said that they should not
lake such fuss about the Civil Rights
i'll, when they proposed measures that
-Ould revOlutiOnize and ruin the whole
Icial system of the South, and expect the
eople not to get excited over it. Could
hey put coal of fire on mans back and
OF expect him 10 finch? He asked his
Dmpetitor to put himself in their place
nd see how he would feel under those re-
measures of Congress.
What was the appeal that was being
lade by the friends of the Republican can
late to Democrats to desert their princi-
les and vote for him? His competitor had
lid to the mechanics of Nashville and to
he labOring men: 81 have got, with the
id of the Tennessee delegation in Con-
ress, S3T7,0OO for your custom-house."
Col. House did not wish TO rob his COM
atitor of any credit that attached to him.
Ie did not dOIbt that Harrison had done
Il he could TO get that appropriation for
he CustOm-hOuse; any other Representa-
We would have-done the same. But the
hcial record Of the proceedings of Con
ress showed that the bill asking for an ap-
rOpriation for the Nashville CustOm-hOuse
as laid on the table in the House, and
lat Mr.. Cooper, Democratic Senator, had
wed il by his action in the
enate. When Harrison attempted, upon
lestrength of that appropriation Omake an
ppeal 10 the mechanics and labOring men
Nashville not to vote for the Democratic
Ominee, it was time TO show that the
Iboriug men and mechanics had political
rinciples that C uld not be purchased in
rat way. Col. House then read an article
ON a paper published by cOlored men.
ruino itS readers tn VOfp fn. Harrison, .,,J |