Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-20

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3 entire siste.hood Of States. They tell rs
that poor down-trodden Louisiana, torn;
T bruised and bleeding as she is, still has
: friends among the neighbors of the NON
, ster in human shape, who, in 1862, would
subject her fair daughters TO the rude in
suits Of a soldiery who, to their credit, and
the credit Of coIhnion humanity be IL
spoken, disdained to avail themselves Of
his brutal license. They tel US that the
South, no longer chained like the Titan to
MS rock, with the vultures of Federal
power rendiDg and tearing at her vitals,
snail bound again to her feet clothed in a
grant strength, and assume once more her
PROUD position in our grand community OF
sovereign and co-equal States; that her
sunny plains shall wear again the golden
Smiles OF prosperity and thrift; that her des-
Oiated homes shall be rebuilt and their hos
pitable halls again resUund with the clad
songs OF liberty and peace. IApplause.l
Ihey tell us that our government shall
again be administered upon those great
card nal principles of political philosophy,
first formulated by the hand Of the imnor-
tai Jefferson, and which have constituted !
the grand tenets in the creed Of Democratic |
faith, from the establishments OF the Union |
to the present hour.
Enat there shall be an absolute subrdi- |
nation at all tiiies, and under all circum- /
stances Of the military to the civil auibs-
- I5fIcer uJ tiIe 76Ennrknnestead "
armed soldiery, compelled 10 execute Che |
mandates OF an irresponsible despot, but |
that every mans house shall be his castle, |
in which he can lie down TO the refreshing !
slumbers of conscience, void of offence, |
secure under the protecting agis of his |
l.
contempt Of the judicial power On the part |
Of the petty sub-altern, but that the habeas
corpus shall be in fact, as in theory, the |
talisman of the citisen=safety.
That there shall he an impartial distri- |
button Of the burdens as well as the bless. |
ings of the Government over all sections of |
the Union and all classes of the community |
alike. No more protected monapolists; no |
more tariffs, designed to build up one por-
tiOn Of the country at the expense of all !
cthsrs, aid 20 swell the c0lers Of the capt. |
talist while grinding the face Of the la |
borer.
That we shall have the strictest economy |
in the public expenditures, and no more /
Presidents who have so many relations that |
they esD't live on a salary Of twenty-five /
Thousand dollars year.
A rigid aTaignment of all abuses Of |
power and public trusts, both before the es-
tablished tribunals Of justice and the great |
bar Cf popular opinion. No more shaTu in |
FeStieatiOns, no more whitewashing COM
mittees, but a general cleansing Of the I
Augean stables, a thorough securing out Cf I
the Hobbies, a complete smashing up of /
rings, and the prOmp, ferreting out Of /
frauds, corruption, bribery and official theft, /
That we. aE-s to have no more interference /
With local elections by corrupt United
States Marshals, drunken District Judges
or partisan Attorneys General, but a jeal-
ouS care of the elective franchise, the sole ,
property Of the several States, and the COR
ner-stOne Of their independence, as it is OF
all free governments
That the General Government shall be
supported in Ill The p5wers dslsgatsd to y
in tie Constitution, carefully aud strictly
construed, as the established means of Sc
curing justice and harmony among the
several States, the chosen medium of COM
municaiiOn with other countries and our
surest protection against foreign aggression.
And, finally, thai. the rtete governments
sii8ii be maintained in all their rights, Gig
nifty and equality, as the most reliable ad-
miniStratOrs of our domestic concerns and
our sacred bulwarks against antirepublican
tendencies; that each particular star in our
splendid galaxy ca Sovereign communities
shall move on in its own appointed path
with the harmony and precision that
marked the music of the spheres when the
morning stars sang together and all the
sons of God shouted for JOY.
If Athens observed the anniversary OF
Marathan rs a festival; il libati0ns we're
annually poured in honor Of Salamis; if
sacrifices Of Thanksgiving were offered every
year in cCmmemcratisn Of Plateaui If III
The better days OF cur own republic each
anniversary of our independence was
ushered in with the booming Of cannon,
and its lingering twilight heightened by the
grandest displays Of pyrotechnic skill,
surely the Sd of November will stand as
white day in the calendar, while freedom
has home among the children of men and
patriotism finds a dwelling fn the human
heart, if for no other reason than the check
Z has given to the tide Of Capitalization
and the promises it affords Of the perpetuity
Of local SelfgOvernment.
BUTLER AND OTHER s.DEAR DEPARTED.
But, my fellow-citizens, if the 3rd Of
November shall hereafter be observed as a
National holiday, as trust it will, there is
a single association connected with IL,
hours with a shade of Sadness-it marks
the retirement Of so many able-bodied,
self-sacri6cing patriots from the public ser
vice. Prominent in that noble band of re-
ceding statesmen is the battle-scarred
veteran from MasSachussetts-the Eagle
eyed hero of Big Bethel and Fort Fisher;
the grim-visaged warrior who captured New
Orleans-and nearly everything in it; the
faithful guardian of the public treasury;
the terror of salary-grabbers, lObby-rings
and delicate women. Laughter and ap-
plause.
a sweeter and lOvelier gentleman
Framed in the prOdigalty OF nature.
The spacious world cannot sgain Afford"
[Laughter.l
But alss! the place that now knows him shall
know him no more forever!
And there is his illustriOus namesake,.
your own distinguished neighbor. lie too
must go where the weary are at rest, and !
the wicked investigating committees cease
from troubling. How joyfully will he
gather his immaculate robes about him and
bid adieu foreE er to the communicating in ,
auences of Congressional life, where man
can't even sell a cadetship without having
a fuss made about it.
CTHELLo-Is he not honest
IAGO-HOnest, my LordI
OTHELLO-HOnest Aye, honest :
IAGo-My Lord, for ought know" !
And there is the gallant Maynard too. I
He will have to seek some sequestered spot |
Far from the maddening crowds ignOble strife
where he can recline beneath the shade Of !
his laurels, mediate in undisturbed repOSe
upon the rich rewards of loyalty, and in G
1ulge the sweet consciousness of a gene .
rous magnanimity to his Southern foes. t
'riS long indeed my friends, since We have S
been visited by calamities like these, but | I
trust we shall bow with meek submission
to these bitter DEGREES Of the sovereign c
will, and bear our misfOrtunes with be-
coming fortitude. Laughter
But, my friends, humbly beg your par a
don, and the pardon of those distinguished l
gentlemen whom know you are so anxious {
10 hear. | have detained YOU much too 9
long already-much longer than L had in I
tended. [Cries of "GO on" $50 on.'l But Il
would ask your permission to make |
single additional suggestion. know that L
the minds of many are disturbed by ner- a
vOus anxiety as 10 the manner in which {
the majority of the next House of Repre- {
will discharge the tremendous I
which has devolved upon Z
them by the wonderful revulsion of pOpu- a
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