Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-11-15
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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER is, 1901.

First ChaSSeurS, better known as hon. Jon
Cochrane, democratic member of congres
from New York city, delivered speech j
Washington on the 18th inst, which show
that he understands the cause for which he i
fighting The immediate occasion of thi
speech was the distribution OF new uniforms
to his regiment, and the secretary OF war wa
among his auditors. We find in the New
York Herald report of this speech, from
which we take the following extract =
ITO what means, then, should we resort, in
this war for very existence "a war not
alone for the triLmphs which move in glorious
nroeession along our crowded streets, but a
war for the protection of their homes, their
families and Tor the main;enanc OF their do
ncstic affairs IN such war we are bound
10 resort to every force within our power
Suppose said the speaker, our army encoun
ters myriads of cotton bales, and we are able
10 export these cotton bales TO Europe and
receive from them millions upon millions OF
the sinews OF war, do you say we should not
seize the cotton? No. You are clear upon
that point. Suppose that munitions of war,
that subsistence tor their army are within our
reach, wond we be not guilty OF shameful
neglect were we not to appropriate them to
our own use +? Certainly we would. suppose
the enemy advances against you, would you,
from any squeamishness, from any 1alse uefl'
cacy. refrain from leveling the hostile gun and
prostrating them in death No. 1t is your
object, it is your purpose. Then it you seize
their property, il you open their ports, if you
destroy their lives, l ask you whether you
will not seize their slaves ask you wheth'
er YOU will not arm their slaves and whether
YOU will not carry them by battalions into
war against their masters (Cheers What!
You have no sympathy for white rebels, and
yet you will spare the black slave whom they
use Why, if it be necessary 10 save tins
government, l would plunge their whole peo-
pie, black and white, into one discriminate
sea OF carnage and slaughter, and build upon it
a government which shall be the Yicegerent OF
God. Let us have no more Of this dallylng
with peoples dilitant conservatism, this
doubling in cabinet, when your soldiers are
perishng in the field. Soldiers, you know no
such reasoning as this. You have arms IN
your hands, and these arms are for the pur-
pose of exterminating the enemy until he sub
nlits to law, order, and The constitution. Then
explode whatever magazine OF combustlbles is
in your way set fire to and consume the cot
ton; export the cotton take property when
ever you find it, confiscate property wherever
you find it; take the slave and bestow him
upon the non-slaveholder, if you please; do
unto them as they would do unto you; raise
up i'll their midst party interest against the
present STAKEHOLDER; distract their counsels.
DO all this, and if that be not sufficient, take
the slave by the hand, place a musket in it,
and bid him in Gods name strike for the lib.
erty of the human race. (Great cheerng.")
He did not preach this doctrine as either
"Abolitionism" or "Emancipalionism." His
aim was to crush the rebellion by whatever
means should be found necessary. "The
south commenced the war, and tile moth
is not responsible tor its consequences"
The secretary OF war, Mr.. Cameron, being
called up, endorsed Mr. Cochrane's speech as
follows -
Soldiers: 1t ia too late for me to make you
speech TO night, but will say that heartily
approve every sentiment uttered by your
noble commander. The doctrines which lie
has laid down | approve as if they were my
own words. They are my sentiments-senti
ments which will not only lead you to victory,
but which will in the end reconstruct this, our
glorious federal constitution. 1t is idle 10 talk
about treating with these rebels upon their
own terms. We must meet them as our
enemies, treat them as enemies, and punish
them as enemies, until they shall learn tn
behave themselves. Every means lchich God
has placed in our hands It is our duty to use for
the purpose of protecting ourselves. l am glad
of the opportunity to say here what l have
already said elsewhere, in these few words,
that | approve the doctrines this evening enun
ciated by COL Cochaane. Loud and prolonged
cheering
1t is not sign of sound and wholesome SEN
timent that the utterances of such sentiments
are noticed as remarkable. Gen. Burnside
and Hon. George Bancroft have recently spo
ken in the same strain, and the New York
Evening Post, in a brief reference to what was
spoken by Gen. Burnside, says his speech il
Significant of a most important awakening q
the national mind" Such an awakening
one of the necessary consequences of this wa
Slavery as 4 political power, and that insar
respect for it which still clings to SO man
northern politicians, created the war Such
rebellion would have been impossible if Il
public sentiment of the country had not bee
sadly debauched and misled by the infuenC
of slavery.
1t is only necessary to feel what the wa
means, and reason little, to see very cearl
that slavery does not deserve to be spared.
is the chief enemy of our free institutions, I'll
chief iustig gator of treason and rebellion, an
the chet support of treason in its most ungot
ly war on the best government ever establish
ed on earth. Why should it be treated {
something TOO awfully sacred to be touche
by the government under any circumstances
Why should the government hesitate to stril
at anything that upholds treason. or to III
any means that may be necessary to put dow
rebellion?
As General Burnside sale, eff part Of Of
system be bad in order to save the rest let
destroy that bad part 1t would be poor ge
eralship to leave either a positive or latel
source of strength to the Toe untouched"
is very clear that the chief strength as well
stimulus of the present malignant rebellion
the institution of slavery. The following pa
agraph from the Mobile Advertiser states Il
case exactly
"The total white population CT the elevG
states, now comprising the cOnfederacy, is s.
millions, and therefore, to fill up the ranks
the proposed army-six hundred thousand
about ten per cent. of the entire white popul
tion will be required. In any other count
than our own, such a draft could not be MT
hut the southern states can furnish that nu
Der of men, and still not leave the mater
interests of the country in suffering con
tion. Those who are incapacitated for beari
arms, can oversee the plantations, and
negroes can go on undisturbed in their usl
labors. In the north, the case is different
men who join the army Of subjugation are