Show j E SENATOR SHERMAN John Talks Politics to the Teimesseeans BAIT FOB THE COLORED VOTE protection for the Blacks Protection in Trade and Republican Buncombe I Sherman to the Tennesteeacts j XISHVILLE Tenn March 24A very to the speech j large au < rence listened tonight delivered by Senator Sherman J on the invitation of the Republican jaiinbTS of the Legislature of Tennessee Tennes-see Sherman said he accepted the invitation j in-vitation believing that a fair presentation 1 presenta-tion made to the people of Tennessee 1 without distinction of party of the aims 1 and principles of our party both past might induce them I and for the future j to join with us in a pubic policy that will contribute to the interests of the jl people Tennessee and of the whole country more and GREVTEE BENEFITS AND ADVANTAGES than can possibly be conferred upon them by th Democratic party I have felt that the differences that grew out of the war now hold a large body of the C honest andpatriotic citizens of the south from cooperating with the Republican party which in my judgment are now in sympathy with us and that perhaps I might be able to dissipate these prejudices preju-dices by a frank statement of the views which have actuated the Republican party in the past and thus bring us into operation in measures tending to advance the common interests and PBOPEEirr OF CUE COUNTRY At all events I feel confident that the people of Tennessee who from the vcrv earliest settlement have been distinguished dis-tinguished for their courage and independence inde-pendence will give a stranger among them fair hearing for honest opinion After dwellinz unon the lessons of ho political life Sherman said State rights as distinguished from national authority has been THE DISTURBING ELEMENT in American politics To the people at large this State and nation are convenient conveni-ent agencies for the exercise of distinct aIl separate powers for the common gCwd to individual citizens they are the gLsrdiaLS of distinct and separate rigrfci and privileges for which we owe al giauce and duty They are not hostile I hos-tile 5phere3but like thepanetsmovi gin g-in fie graid harmony the universe 1 fiju i ooperauon bat it ij the people the whole people and nothing but the people whicn is the governing govern-ing and paramount power of our system This at least is the theory I have been tau ht and if any of you reared in a different school have inherited in-herited Jealousy and suspicion of Federal authority and of especial reverence for that of the State of Tennessee Ten-nessee you may find in this the germ oc Lie controversy FOUGHT OUT IN THE WAR If I understand the principles of the I nepuoncan party i would say they are embraced in the trinity of the Union the Constitution and the country the preservation of the Union the maintenance of the full powers of the Constitution and the growth prosperity and grandeur of our country in all its parts as it is now or is to be These ideas we inherit from the wisest statesmen in American his tory and now since hey have been reaffirmed by the war there is MOTEIKQ TO DIVIDE AMERICAN CITIZENS by sectional lines but prejudice and passion Tie speaker then devoted himself to the other controversies which finally led to the war of the rebellion and to the features of the strife relating to Tennessee I = When the war was over Sherman said the people of the north heartily approved bv General the generous terms granted Grant to General Lee the and Confederate troops and wished that the people of the south should be restored to aU their ilges rignts and pnv subject only to such conditions I as honor and good faith seemed to dc mand F arising out of the proclamation of Preside1t Lincoln for ton of the slaves Both the emancipa sides t e felt that ABOLITION OF SLAVERY W33 a necessary result of the war and It seemed to us as if the saves WEre to be free they Iut be j armed with the Pflvieges of free men and these were secured to them by Constitutional endments The attempt to enforce tLee rights by the tare National authorities ve thus far UcoSJiJ Partially failed 11b artlaJl3rfailed8nd now ef the Considered Constitution under the limitations CIzen of ffi0 that the rights of a o a State ecan only be enforced gb th < tbState ate or national tribunals IiIRE PtBLIC OFtiO IS INTOLERANT 11 jurors will notolo their teus either duty as hut white or black will be a remedy ong for the grossest except thi right to rate to t oe respected where htQ rights Our ed Upon constitutions are the idea that thatsuch such denial ehts 15 a t1ll1e is impossible and I trust that not far Ie distant when the eo just every and State will feel it to be n of the Itate expedient that every ree s and canVi6 shall be Protected in jt equal enjoyment of r and ° every 5ltmion privilege of conferred by the Wan the lnited States The party is WEDGED TO THIS POLICY 1iQ tthough It WIll use no unconstitu means be false to to secure those rights it i its principles if it does not use all its moral and legal power to that end No wrong can be done to the humblest citizen and no right withheld without reacting upon the community at large I was glad to hear in nassing through several of the southern States conservative citizens say that public sentiment now REVOLTS AT THE UNLAWFUL METHODS to defraud the free exercise of the equal rights of citizens thathave been adopted in several States and are still practiced in what are t known as the black counties of the south So long as such methods are resorted to there will be the keen sense of wrong and injustice to the injured parti and those who prac ice such offenses will in the end butter for it Sectional feeling will continue con-tinue to exist as long as the large masses of people whether poor or rich white or black are denied their rights to SHARE IN GOVERNMENT But there is another ground upon which I prefer to base my appeal to the south for justice and fair payto the African race It was recently re-cently eloquently stated in debate by Senator Vest of Missouri that when our wives and children were in their hands during the war they acted so as to make every man in the south their friend who had one particle of manhood man-hood about him If this be so as all history attests thenwe may appeal to the manly spirit of our own race TO PROTECT THESE FREEDMEN i from the lawless injustice and cruelty of all those of our own race who may hereafter seek to deprive them of their plain Constitutional rights eil her by open force or by taking advantage of their ignorance If me kindly spirit stated by Senator Vest is manifested the color line will gradually fade away in the dim horizon from American politics and we can then loot only to the safety development develop-ment and power of I ONE GREAT AND UNITED COUNTRY Sherman complimented the south on I the vast improvement in the State of its commerce and manufacturing interests in-terests and devoted some time to a discussion dis-cussion of its labor questions The speaker then turned to the discussion of the questions ot national politics which alike affect all parts of the country and which alone he said ought to be the subject of political discussion namely taxation taxa-tion currency the public credit foreign and domestic commerce education internal in-ternal improvements and above all THE MODS OF NATIONAL TAXATION was the most important Whichever I party is in power would find it necessary neces-sary to secure by some form of taxation taxa-tion about 300000000 of revenue If Tennessee should tax the production of whisky tobacco or beer the speaker SMid it would only drive the manufacture manufac-ture into neighboring States which vied no such tax Another reason why these articles are taxed by Congress is that the tax is easily and cheaply collected and more freely paid than any other The speaker explained ex-plained the views different parties on the subject illustrating them with voluminous statistics After illustrating illustrat-ing the operation of the law governing the duties on imports and giving numerous statistics the Senator spoke at some length in favor of THE PROTECTIVE POLICY I We have had now he said an experience ex-perience of thirtyfive years under this system and we can judge of its effects which have been seen In 1860 the total manufactures of the United States were estimated at 1180000000 including every variety of mechanical employment As I have already stated these have increased to over 5000000 000 in value The speaker heaped some good natured ridicule the tariff ideas of the Democratic narty touched on the financial problem and said One of the great objects of the formation of the I government to secure such improvements improve-ments for commerce The great cities of the country think that all the rivers and harbors are unimportant except their own and yet THE COMMERCE OF THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI MIS-SISSIPPI rivers is much greater in quantity ani value than the commerce with the United States and foreign nations In conclusion he said No portion 9 the public expenditure is more prolific pro-lific of benefit or is bore carefully disbursed than that expended by the engineer corps In their improvement of our rivers and harbors If President Cleveland had ever been west of Buffalo he would never have pocketed the river and harbor bill I believe thatit is a wise public policy to erect suitable public pub-lic buildings to carry on the business of the country wherever the amount of business will justify such an expenditure expendi-ture Senator Sherman in closing EULOGIZED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY at length referring to the clamorous cry of the Democrats of 1S84 about time for a change and denied that they had accomplished or attempted any important reforms |