Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-09-14
Speech of IA Tennessce Clergyman on the
War and It's Results.


Rev W. B. Carter, who left Tennessee with
many other loyaists when the storm of seces
sion swept over the state, addressed an enthu-
sastic meeting in Cincinnati, recently, in
which he said THAT great king, jeff, Da-
| vis-I don't call him your eXcellency, as
Mr.. Nelson does, laughter, and don't call
him President Davis-what does lie do! His
congress passed law giving us poor dogs
forty days 10 leave our country-iorty days to
leave or submit. Get on the train and 20
down to Camp Robinson, where you will find
fifteen hundred or two thousand men-men
who were rich the other day-withOut cent
in their pUckets-men who were reared in
every comfort and luXury-without change
of raiment. | can show you men among
them who have travelled over hard and rough
roads fifty miles in single day to escape their
pursuers. Has any man in Ohio Travelled fifty
miles on foot to volunteer in defense of the
flag? These men have done it. Every man
of them is sworn to support the stars and
stripes. Some of them were shot down by the
pursuing cavalry, and died in the Cumberland
Mountains But, thank God, the Cumberland
Mountains also contain the bones of traitors
| have seen fathers in eastern Tennessee hide
their little store LOT bread and meat, to feed
their little ones. The rebels have overrun our
fields of grain and destroyed them as with
bosom of destruction. Oh! my Cod when
will the day OF retribution come What think
you OF these things, freemen of Cincinnati?
But Notwithstanding all our suflerings and all
our MISUNDERSTANDING all our poverty,
am thankful tonight that am a native of east
Tennessee. | am glad-I thank tor t--that
my fate tor veal or woe has been cast with
such people. Now, what is the position of
east Tennessee? ] know that she has the ad.
miration of our country, and justly So There
she is, sitting with population of three hun.
bred thousand, bound in upon the east by the
traitOrous state of Virginia, upon the south
by North Carolina-and am glad to say that
in North Carolina there are many noble hearts
who long to see the good old flag, and to rally
under its folds. There is also Georgia upon
her SOUTH There, upon the west, is middle
Tennessee, and upon the north we have the
border of good old friendly Kentucky-our
only source OF salvation, in our present trou.
be"
On the slavery question Mr. Carter said:
IF in the course of this war-and l say it
Notwithstanding portion of all / once owned
in this worId-tor do not know that to, night
Is 81 worcester with trains from Boston, Con
own any il4ifigii Ii tie progress OF this war
/ becomes necessary for the salvation OF this |
government and for the preservation of the
inion of these states that african StaceTy
loud die, in the name Of high hedUen, say lei |
ieriSh. Loud and long continued cheering. |
tell you honestly that the negro has, in my
,stimation, nothing more to do with this
rouble in our country, except in one aspect
t has no more to do with these troubles than
he man in the moon. Applause. There is
me aspect, and l will briefly refer to it. 1t is
his: The southern leaders never did have the
east fear that our government would inter
ere with our vested rights in the sla states
They know very well that congress can not
10 it. There are fifteen slave states in the
Union. There would have to be fully forty
i've free states before the constitution could
be altered so as to interfere with slavery
tweuty-six free states would have to be added
to the Union. While the north would be do
ing this the south would make three or four
states out of Texas, and so on. No, this is
not what they fear But there is an aspect
on which this slavery question does nau-
ence the southern mind-the southern lead
ers. i will tell you what they are afraid OF.
They are not afraid of this great govern
ment interfering with them, as appears from
the fact that the Institution was safer when we
were all together than it is to-day. Here is
what they are afraid of. They have learned
by experience that proslavery ideas will not
travel toward the north pole, but that anti
slavery ideas will travel southwark. Ihey are
AFRAID that the people Of kentucky, Tennessee, aud
Virginia. mag take into their heads to abolish
sldpery IN their domain, and they want to make
government in which the people can't rid
themselves if they wish"