New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-04

principe which should be instantly acted upon that
we ought TO Use every means TO weaken our enemies
and strengthen our own hands. Ii Slavery IA the
basis of this rebellion, why in Gods name do we not
knock away the base from under it2 Loud cbeers
and applause You say that il is right to take corn
from the rebels, TO take their hOrses. cattle ana
everything else; that's all right, bat inst touch ii
single niger and then there's an awful huiiahailo
about it. Laughter and cheers.l Now, then look
again at another thing. | have eleven regiments
under my command, and from each regiment forty
four men are detailed for teamsters, to drive mules
and perform all that kind of work which, II we only
seized the uggers they could do as well us our own
men. Only think Of that. There are 4S4 men taken
away from nv eleven regiments, because we are 20
scrupulous about taking away niggers from rebels.
Why, il il almost enough TO make whole regimen,
and God knows our regiments are weak enough
already; in fact, that is why am here tonight, 10
get you people of Cincinnati to raise more men, 10
III no those already in the field.
II we can find men that can DO all tins drudgery,
why in Heavens name do we not dQ,itl Am | not
riQht Yes. | have seen hundreds OF our boys,
after a long and weary days marching, when they
Were tired ont with the fatigue Of their wearing
Labor obliged to take the spade and turn to dIggng
10 protect themselves from n Watchful and vgl4nt
enemy These bows ought to have been able 10
have got their suppers aud turned IN TO rest so az 10
be ready TO meet the enemy at any moment ana be
in q condition to fight, and fight well; and II lot
OF niggers accompanied the regiments, after days
march the BOYS viii be able TO take their suppers
aud rest while the nggers perform the laborlous
work which has cot no many lives already. Thus
the men would be spared all this unnecessary IA
tiguc, and would he ready at any time 10 meet the
foe, reire,hed and invigorated by complete rest
do not mean to FAY that you, people OF Am erica,
unequal to the task OF putting down tins Rebel
lion. / believe we are perfectly capable oil h9htlng
the thing through ourselves, and no thanks TO the
Eng,ishman Frenohman or 10 the Ethiopian. I'M
mense applause. In times OF great excitement IKE
the present, "a simple prejudice may 90 an Immense
amount Of evil. A creased cartridge produced the
Sepoy rebellion but Notwithstanding all these prelu-
dces that have been insted into the minds OF some
of our BOYS when our troops are worn out Win
fighting against superior forces, when outintnoeieu
and cut to pieces wiih every hope gone, ana ho.hg
but destruction staring them IN the Ia'e' t'ieh 20!
If white men should hear the sweet music OF the
rife even though in niger hands, they would Ike
il amazingly. and lie wonderfully glid OF It, Now,
then. have done with the niger, aud am heartily
glad of it-thoronehly glad Of II, assure you.
lLaughter.l Now have told yon OF three mistakes
aud they very serious ones, but nave YET an-
other mistake to tell you Of. -,
We have an old tradition VANITY, II yon Ike 10
call II go and that is that whefever our nag BOeo
there trade follows. We regard n as an inevitable
and inseparable consequence. We Thought tnH
wherever our armies 90 we might let traitors trade.
Dd il not occur 10 You that il il very foolish thing
To do to open up the whole OF tins great frontier Tor
these traitors snugge in stores and supplies toour
ltierest enemies some may deny that II isso, but
we know that for months and months they were snf.
fcring all through the South for want OF every KIND
of clothing Now, wherever we 20 we find that
they have plenty. Where DO they get their books
rsom7 IA rcice, "FTom England No, Sir, they
don I: they get them from Cincinnati" lhfts
so 20 from ST. Loais from Cairo from every place 10
the North where they get to TO send down goods
to the South. They don't care for the country hs
long a they can make money. They pass on shoie
k.f.r
trade; they 20 into the interior and buy cotton.
The PLANTER asks what lie wall pay In; the merchant
offer; greeu.backs, and Mr. Planter says, NO, SIR;
they amt good here; ! must have gold ana ~
this dsy there gold in the State OF Tennessee
than there j. ia the whole State Of Ohio. To 90 on
with this subject: the trader takes down piles oil
boots aud shoes, and who buys them Our soldiers
No; they supplied BY our own Government;
and, let me say, they are better supplied than any
other nations soldiers under the sun. VINO, then.
are they bought byl Why, they are smuggied
through our lines and sold to the traitors Of the inte-
nor and we consequently Mr. secessl)nist walk
my round with tue best Of boots and most respeeta-
bic clothes on.
The blockade will have vet to lie re-established,
and more strictly than II was before. IL were
commander | would stop everyone trading with
iese PEOPLE and IL anyone dared 10 dlsObey my Or
deis, would have him instantly hung as a traitor
10 lis country. II any one told me Cincinnati was
not "a lOval place, | should !eel aggrlcved; but i
want to warn You that the test will soon come and
perhaps sooner than you imagine. The other DAY
YOU tienbled in yoIr boots wien you heard John
Morgan was away of in Kentucky and | want TO
ark you one thing L. nO II strange thing that I'm
cnnati should be frghinlly scared because OF John
Morgan with about 900 friends al his heels
VIII tell you the reason why you were 50 scared.
You never thought the war could be carried right up
to your own city. You always thought the war was
too lar of 10 affect yOn III any way. lou heard o'
biz battles on the banks OF the Tennessee, but 1t
4 han lapu IA
England or France. am glad John Morgan came.
wish lie had come right up 70 the Southern bank OF
the Ohio, and shipped few Of his buternut scoun-
drels across to this city. No; You don't want John
Morgan; and fancy II Will sound queer when II
comes TO be written down in history, to nave our
children rend about the fright OF Cincinnati over the
Morgan rad into kentucky and i also think that
when they come read about 1t, they " III Say 10
themselves, What coHardly asses our fathers
were y
Now, the way for you to keep him away, Is 70 tll
up the ranks Of the regiments already In the held.
and form new ones, and push on the work
thoroughly. You have heard, and read and thought
Il thousand timer, that this glorious country Is III
danger. | wish my voice was IA the voice OF
thunder that might tell the State Of ONO OF the
fearful danger by which own lair land Is men,
aced ask these gentlemen Of the Press TO speak
for me through the columns Of their papers, AMI
show To all men the cOuntrys danger, and To say
that there s only thing earth that can save II
now and that one thing ID the will. and power, and
energy of the people. Don't think am not speak
ing to Won. Don fancy that am addressing my
self 10 the inhabitants of Dayton, Hamilton, or
Columbus. No, mean what cay for you. Let
us suppose for "a moment that our Government was
lost-l;od FORBID that we should even suppose it
but even now this glorious institution Is rocking To
its very foundations. Let not history SAY That The
Government WAS Lost because the people would not
stretch out their hands To save it. Let not posterty
point lcerngly at To and say that We lacked the
will and capacitv 10 maintain the freedom That our
fathers purchased for the cost OF 80 much noble
blood. What is lite, position, wealth--what 4,
everything else in comparison with ones country 7
1t lose everything else, If my country is lett,
am conten,od feel rs If | WAS insulting yoa to
stand up and give you reasons why you should hight