Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-26

bur pdlFfotlshls All Tue nun AMI IN the
country, who have had free cohtr j of this
country, who have owned it as farmer
owns his farm. have been guilty of oPpreS-
sion and corruption.
Look over this beautiful South. Look
at South Carolina; look a. Tex; 5; look at
Mississippi, and behold the fruit of this
tree OF reconstruction which tie Republic
can party has planted. What has been the
policy Of the party that has had control Of
this country? Have they tried to pour
oil upon troubled waters? Not at all.
There was but one statesman in the Re
publican party. Tha; man is deal,
but II gives me pleasure TO bear
testimony to the pure motives
by which he was actuated. That wa
Horace Greeley. No sooner had the dread
ful sound of war ceased in Virginia than
he recommended q nciliatOry measures.
BE stands solitary and alone. In all the
acts OF the Republican party with refer
ence to this cOUntsv. q ere has been moth
ing but hate and vengeance toward us,
though the men Of the SCuth vino tore
arms in the Southern c us are citizens Of
whom any government might b. proud.
(Applause-)
H-'As said the Republican party has been
ITO power las DCc4 ~
fined that they have done whatever they
saw fit to do. The history Of the Repub-
lean party since the war has been but an
other illustration of the fact that two parties
arc needed, in all free q untries. One must
be check upon the other. II 70 belong
10 one party then stand by it-nOt because
il is party but because it represents your
principles.
1.-The Republican party has gore ON and
on, passing one measure after anOt er-all
intended to degrade, excite, exasperate and
| alternate the people Of the South Look at
those States to which have alluded, they
have taken hold of the cOlOred man and
given him whole States to play with, as a
wealthy father in lulges his pet ci il with
costly toys. And still they are rot happy.
| [LaughteT.l Still the cOlOred man de-
mands more. But / e is not to blame for
| it. We Of the South are hot to la ne for
| IL. This Republican party has gone
/ ON until il has eliminated in this
| Civil Rights bill. And the colOred
men Of this State have met in con-
ventiOn; they have accepted the issue which
has been made by their Northern friends.
/ The man who b; money enough to send
his children Oft 10 school can snap his I'm
| gers in the face OF the public scb' O.s, but
the man who eaIIs his bread by The sweat
/ Of his brow must educate his children in
i the public schools. or not educate them II
i all. The gOveILme 1t Of the United states
has said TO the S iuthern man, 'if you
| want to educate that daughter f yours,
/ with her fine SeuslbilitieS and deli, ate feel
ings, she must take her seat by tie side Of
the colonel boy or not be educated at all.
| [GrOans.l
| Il am glad that this demOnstE ton to-
| day evinceS the IA { that the peOl lie of the
South are becoming arOunsed to the dangers
| which beset tn M. Many of the Rspub-
lican party in this State-and hOi or them
| for it-recOgnize the gross injustice the Civil
Rights bill was intended to inhict upon the
people Of the South, have had the manhood
10 denOunce IL, Il hough it was D ssed by
the Senate Of the United States. Ihs men
who Passed that bill well knew q at none
Of their children would be injured by its
enforcement. They were preparing an en-
teFtainment TO which they know their
children would never be invited.
sGentlemen, YOU have staid at home
YOU have stood alo # until the Republicans
have taken possession of every thing. They
have we'll nigh ruined our county; they
have made slaves of tie most ShiyalrOus,
the most honorable men and women God
ever permitted sun TO shine upon. Gap
plause.)
This Civil Rights bill will bring about
contest which every good man must
deprecate; a contest which every man who
desires the welfare Of his race and thai OF
the colOred race, must desire 10 avoid. II
il comes TO the worst, the contest will BE-
short, sharp and de :isive, and it will not
stop until every drop Of AnglO-SaXOH hlOOd
i'm the South bOils with indignation" (PrO
lOnged applause.)
| BRIEN's PRE-, UMPTUOU> REQUEST.
At this point, The Chairman Of the Exec
utiye Committee said he held in his hand
a communication fcOm VI. NJ. Brien, Jr.,
together with the resolutions which had
just been passed by the Executive Commit
tee, 70 whom it hal been referred. The
letter was as follows:
NASHVILLE, July p, lST4.-W. IL
Morrow, Chairman Of the Executive Com
mttec. Dear T: IL agreeable / would
respectfully ask a division Of time with
Judge Cooper, or with any gentleman who
will advocate publicly his election at the
barbecue grounds to-day.
Il am an Independent candidate for
Chancellor, and n opposed to political
conventions for u licial offices. The pOlit-
icll department IOuld not enerOach upon
the judiciary. Respectfully,
! M. NJ. BHEN, Jr.
N. b. II my request is refused, please
Ield the above from the stand.
M. NJ. B., Jr."
The following are the resolutions adopt
ed by the com uiItee:
sWhereas, The foregoing letter has just
been read b. the executive committee, it is
hereby
Resolved, That the request of Mr.. Brien
so far as reading bis letter to the meeting
is concerned, be courteously complied with.
Resolved, That this barbecue being in
tended a. grand mass ratification meeting,
it was never intended to introduce discus
sion into its proceedings, bat simply to
heartily endorse the action Of our county
convention. Therefore it would be mani
testify improper to grant the division of
time asked for by Mr.. Brien; nor do We
think il within the power of the committee
to grant his request without perverting the
Prime objects of this meeting. We, there
FIRE, as an executive committee, respectfully
decline to allow division OF time on this
occasion
The reading of the resolutions was greet
ed with rounds Of tremendous applause.
There being repeated calls for
COL. THOMAS CLAIBORNE,
| that gentleman assembled the stand and
said that for the first time in his life he
would undertake to address a eOncOurSe of
his fellow citizens. He wished that he
had had special training that he might be
better fitted to address a people among
whom he was born and reared. He said
he served fifteen years in the United States
army, had gone through the Mexican war,
but had nowhere seen 4 better country or
better people than in the State of TenneS-
| see. Here at the close Of the war he had
sat down as poor as any man and it had
pleased the people to put him in position to
| address them to-day. He was glad
to see this demonstration and hoped there
would be no scratching Of the ticket. He
paid high tribute 10 the character Of Judge
| Cooper, the candidate for Chancellor, and
said that the gentlemen chosen by the con-
ventiOn We're worthy Of the support of the
peop,e Of Davidson. He was in favor Of
| paving the interest on government with
| legaI-tender notes, and said that the Cur
rency bill favored the bankers Of the cOun-
try as against the working classes. The
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