New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-04
SPEECH OF GEN. LEW. WALLACE.
At the Grent Cincinnati War Meeting
Thmrsdny, July 81.
GEN. LEW. VILLAGES SPEECH.

Thursday, July 81.
GEN. LEW. VILLAGES SPEECH.
Fr1Iow.CtrIzExs: | am all unused TO the
sneaking mood and from late habit ara become
much more familiar with very snort speech
used usually in very energetic manner, tooi !"
was " Forward, my lads!' instead oil the muie Po-
Ito conventional and oft-use1 phrase, My fellow
cit;zeus" recolect some time since, while taxing
Journey, that | fell overheard one dafk nlens'
while fearful storm was raging, ana ,he e,iIlB 70
so windy stamped on my memory tnal shan never
forget it.a fe. ling Of Loot lost lost! Ana nave
,hn some feeling here tonight a. look around on
this yreat Tea of human heads, and waich the eA-
e ted and eager faces of those before me- Dnl h'u
NOT a stranger with Ohioans. ! baye been WIN
your troops in camps and on batile-neus, ~ s.eles
of all kinds Of danger, and can cay hno" ..ein
well. and | know you well, too. l know thei,
vgel I saw and God bless the boys that followed
me so bfavely and unilinchingly at the h,ii oil
shiloh have heard cir inspiring shouts nave !,
witnessed their noble and undying courage auo !
say again. God bless the noble som OF onlo'
have heard hard things Of the boys oil OHlo-o'
their conduct on the battlefield I have heard II
saii that they were towards, and that, when they
met the enemy on the hnrdiought battle-h' lbs oil
Tennessee that thy b.sey ran; but stand here q
living witness to the fnsi,y of these charges. IL
won't do for any one 20 cay before me tha' tue 10y
Of Ohio are towards; ! know differently. had
ak Ohio regiments under NY command AT shiloh,
md will pledge my word that not one OF MI those
men once turned his back the enemy. believe
tha, they all love me; anyhow, know that iove
them aud that | Away. shall do 20.
! This d. war meeting-a meeting called together
expressly for the purpose Of giving fresh visor 70
the war powers of the country; and IN discussing the
present 1t does good Ia conriier the past. Before
the war commenced every man IN The nation hau us
own thoughts and theories on the subject; bur when
once the war commenced, al these theories went by
tie board being absorbed m ole great principie-tle
rressryhton OF the country. We have ell made
mistakes and without meaning to LAY any ihng tha'
i unkind Of really good aud irue man. lhlhh ,n,'
the greatest mistake that ha, been made 10 the who;
conduct OF The war war that made by Gen. Winfield
scott lie thought that 10000 men would be suiil-
cent TO put down tie Rebellion, aud acting on nit
advice tie Pr sidcnt Of the United states is'ned
call for - 0)0 men. DO not cay ths oil Una, B"o0
old man with any bitter feeling whatever. lie was
20 true and noble-hearted himsef that he could noi
understand the bIt er and undy"g hatred with winch
the Rebel. regarded the Federal Government.
And let me say further, in apology for him, that
there were that time several atcs not out OF the
Union. which have siuce gone. What night had lac
TO ray that Kentucky would 60 out, or that Mary
land would rise against tho Administration what
rigit had he 10 ray that Virginia. the mother OF
States should follow in the wake OF the evil lIie or
that Tennessee or Missouri should secede WIN the
restf He thought that il called out 'J,Vo men,
Virginia would come forward al once for the war;
/ that Kentucky and Missouri would march ont al inc
sound Of the drum, with the glorious Star-SpanSled
Banner at their head, and that tennessee would
quell the rebellion IN her own state, and help her
/ sisters TO put down the rebellion throughout the
laud But, IA said before, Gen. Scott was too good
10 und, rsaud the enormity OF TIE oiiense, or tue
fendish spirit Of the lenders Of tue unhoy rebellohi
and when the flint call found to be Insufficient
for tue work a second call was issued for 0O'uVo,
but even that was not enough; and alter we had
swelled our armies TO the enormous number OF IUOuUV
men, we have to-day an additional reputation Tor
100000 more.
| have spoken of one mistake; now / will pro-
coed to the second IL was mistake to suppose the
objects OF the might be accomplished by concil-
alton. There were many who thought, when the
trouble first commenced, that could win back the
Rebels by kindness; but after one whole year =
fighting we have become awake 10 the fact that no
compromise possibly be OF use; that nothing but
war-roa terrible earnest war ever can be snccese'
full in quelng this unholy and Infamous rebellion.
| Now | come "A third mistake, aud you must par
don me, IT, in slludng to it, happen to run against
any Of your prejudices. 1 want You, before speak
Of this last mistake, perfectly to understand my
thoughts aud feelings, and | ray you must pardon
me il | commence by saying that | heartily despise
the negro Iace. ] can't help it. never "a negro
pass Inc in the street. without thinking: there stalks
the cause of all this trouble. | never VIII permit
him to be placed on al equality with white men; j,
never shall be done; Will fight myself II 1t ever
comes to that. Loud and prolonged cheering
have now given you my opinion OF the negro
race, and believe l have done 80 IN such manner
| that not of you eau mistake me. Now do yon
/ think that you understand my feelings on this sub
| iect lCries Of ave do"
Well, then, will go on to cay that another mis-
take have made all along is that Of supporting
that Slavery WAS element of weakness to the
South. We thought that II was rmolderpg fire,
which only needed the fact OF actual warfare 10
start it, aud il would start into blaze that would
leave us an easy tAsk 10 PERFORM but ~e were ms
TAKEN aud we have foundit 10 our coat that Slavery
il one of the main elements of strength to the South
at the present time. 4 voice, "howFJ How
why IT you'll wait a minute, Will show you how.
/ Yon wan. 10 have this war prosecuted with vlgos
aud the rebellion put down. IL l nsk you to 20, II
may be that you ARE a mechanic, and you say, II
cant leave my Workshop" you are, perhaps,
farmer, and you say yon cannot leave your arm
You are married and have wife ana family de-
pending you for support, aud you cannot Leave
them. Well let us change the scene, and fancy TINT
| | am down South recruiting for Jeil. DAVIS. say
Iust imagine it. IVpce--" We cant do that, Gene
RAIL- Wei, say go TO Il ercelooking individual
and say, ave have established u new Government
IL is in danger; 1t requires your arm to support IT.
and we want you to help us and fight for Vs." ii,
thinks, DWELL, 1 believe l can go the ccston liz all
my niggers to attend 10 the wants OF my family, anC
when The cotton is required to be gathered in III,
niggers will do it ALL and keep the cotton gins al
work, lnd on the force oi this reasoning 10 goes a
once.
Now again, suppose 80 TO JEFF. Davis and say
President, l want to make this agreement viii