Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-24
David DudIey FIeId on the War.

Ata Union meeting held in King county
New York, on Friday last David Dudley
Field made the following remarks;
The rebellion must be suppressed, or we
must make peace but there was no peace
without subjection--the rebels must be sub
dued. If after the repulses you consent TO a
peace without suhjugstion, no loyal Amer
lean can 90 abroad without feeling that he
is a dishonored and disgrsced man. The
rebels, by their own admission, had no
cause for rebellion. True, some of them say
that some Of the States have passed laws
they don't like; but the rebellion does not
help that. 1t is, therefore, wicked and
causeless rebellion, carried on by the most
6endish acts. What did you read this morn
ing2 That q bridge had been burned, so
that your troops might be hurried into
eternity. Could any thing but fiends be
guilty Of this2 The history of Spain fur
lishes no such record. Look at their repu-
diation of debts.
Voice-We will make them pay all.
Mr.. Field-We will do that, my friend.
In referring to this matter, he said he knew
a school-teacher in New York who had
young ladies in the school from the South,
whose parents requested the teacher to pur-
chase their clothes as it became necessary
She did so, and the debt has been repudiated.
"Subjugation," said Mr. Field, us the only
word" He had no doubt but what there was
a strong Union sentiment at the South,
which, under the fostering care of the Gov.
eminent, will yet be the dominant party.
Mr.. Field at some length referred to the
absurdity of a peaceful separation. That
could not be accomplished without subject
ing ourselves to the same infamy aud dis
grace as would be attached to peaceful re
union. If such an arrangement was made,
it would not last one year, for it would be
necessary for both sections to keep standing
armies, and we should be turned over to the
Mexican system. "But" said he ''there is
no other way of suppressng this rebellion
but by the union of all hands and all hearts
in the work. 1t was a great mistake that
had been made to underrate the strength of
the rebels. He believed it would be long
war, bard struggle, which will cost treas
ure and blood beyond any thing contem-
plated" In referring to emancipation, he
said that so long as we rest upon the doc
trine now promulgated, we should be at
disadvantage. The rebels have four million
men (slaves) sustaining their armies in the
field by following agricultural pursuits. In
military sense, for the purpose of this war,
the slaves are source of power rather than
a source of weakness; therefore it is that we
want union OF all hearts and hands. We
can not afford TO permit any one to remain
neutral. We must and can keep up our indus
trial operations without interruption, Just as
well as at the breaking up of the treaty of
Amiens from 1904 to 1915 the industry OF
Europe was interrupted. He would have
the North make up its mind to carry on this
war with the arts and agricultural pursuits
undiminished he would not tolerate a
a traitor in our midst be he man or woman,
[Several voices--"Sound"] He would have
the country presenting the sublime spectacle
of twenty millions Of people united in one
common cause, having but one Constitution
one country determined to prosecute the
war to the end. He had no doubt of the re
suit Of this contest; with every reverse
would come greater strength. The fires of
the war will fuse our whole population in
one mass; he trusted the intelligence and
virtue of the people they are slow to move,
but when they are aroused they are like the
giant. He is not erect yet but soon will be-