Show EIGHT IVJORE ViCTir I Another Railroad Train Goes Through a Bridge With Heavy Loss or Life No lioiilical Contributions from the Labor Knights InterState Commerce Com-merce Commissioners The Chinese Solve the Tramp Problem The Great Northwestern Flood Still Swelling Sherman Speechifies NASHVILLE Tenn March 25A very large audience listened to the speech last night delivered by Senator Sherman on invitation in-vitation of the Ketjublican tnernbers of tbo i Legislature of Tennessee Senator Sherman and his party were driven about the city in carriages calling at the Capitol and the home of Mrs James K Polk at the Vanderbilt and Fisk Universities Universi-ties and at several manufacturing institutions institu-tions At night in the State Capitol he spoke to an immense audience Mr Sherman said that he accepted the in vation believing presentation made to the people of Tennessee without distinction of party of the aims and principles of our party both past and for the future might induce them to join with us a public policy that will contribute to the interests of the I people of Tennessee and of the whole conn try and confer more and greater benefits and advantages than can possibly be conferred con-ferred upon them by the Democratic party I have felt that the differences that grew out of the war now hold a large body of honest and patriotic citizens of the South from cooperation with the Republican Republi-can party which in my judgment are now in sympathy with us that perhaps I might be able to dissipate those prejudices by a frank statement of the views which have actuated the Republioan party in the past and thus bring into cooperation in measures meas-ures tending to advance the common interests inter-ests and prosperity of our country At all events I feel confident that the people of Tennessee who from its earliest settlement have been distinguished for their courage and independence will give a stranger among them a fair hearing for his honest opinion iiie speaker then devoted himself to other controversies which finally led to the war of rebellion and to the features of the strife relating to Tennessee When the war was over Mr Sherman said the people peo-ple of the North heartily approved the generous terms granted by General Grant to General Lee and the Confederate troops and wished that the people of the South should be restored to all their rights and privileges subject only to such conditions as honor and good faith seemed to demand arising out of the proclamation President Lincoln for the emancipation of the slaves Both sides felt that the abolition of slavery was the necessary result of the war and it seemed to us that if the slaves were to be free they must be armed with privileges of free men and these were secured to them by the Constitutional amendments The attempts to enforce these rights by the National authorities have thus far partially failedand it is considered under the limitations of the Consititution that the rights of a citizen of a State can only be enforced through State and National Na-tional tribunals and where public opinion is intolerant and jurors will not do their duty citizens either white or black will be without remedy for the grossest wrong except the right to migrate to where his rights will be respected Our Constitutions are based upon the idea that such a denial of rights is impossible and I trust that the time is not far distant when the people of every State will feel it to be both just and expedient that every citizen of the State shall be protected in the free and equal enjoyment of every right and privilege conferred by the Constitution of the United States Sherman complimented the South on the vast improvement in the State of its commerce and manufacturing interests and devoted some time to the discussion of its labor questions The I speaker then turned to the discussion of the questions of 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 currency public credit foreign and domestic commerce education internal improvements and above all the mode of national taxation was the most important im-portant Whichever party is in power would find it neceseary to secure by some form of I taxation about three hundred millions of I revenue If Tennessee should tax the production pro-duction of whisky tobacco or beer the speaker said it would only drive the manufacture manu-facture into neghboring States which levied 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 the views of the different parties on the subject illustrating them with After illustrating the operation of the law governing the duties on imports and giving numerous statistics the Senator spoke at some length in favor of a protective policy We have had now he said an experience of twentyfive years under this system and we can judge of its effects It had been seen that in 1860 the total manufactures of the United States were estimated at 180 000000 including every variety of mechanical mechani-cal employment As I have already stated these have increased to over five billions of dollars in value The speaker heaped some goodnatured ridiculs on the tariff ideas t > f the dominant party touched on the financial problem and said I One of the great objects of the formation of the Government was to secure improvements improve-ments for commerce The great cities of the country think that all the rivers and harbors are unimportant except their own md yet the commerce of the Ohio and Mississippi Mis-sissippi rivers is much greater in quantity and value than the commerce of the United states with foreign nations |