The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-07-16

sertion.. A philosopher has said, nation
may be in the throes of a revolution and
not know it. 1t WAS long ere the masses of
the French people would admit that the
earthquake that topped down the throne of
Louis XVI. was a revolution. They re-
garded it as a mere struggle for supremacy
between the nobEesse and the tiers etdt. So,
some of our American rulers seem hardly
yet to have escaped from the delusion that
the present contest is a strife between the
Federal Government and the onfederates
concerning the possession of certain forts,
arscnals, mints, custom houses, and other
public property. A clear comprehension
and frank admission of the fact that the
crisis through which We are passing is not
only Rebellion but a Revolution, and is
destined to be one of the most radical of
modern times, will go far toward preparing
US TO apply proper remedies to the disorders
that aff1ict the country. What, then, are
the remedies for these convulsions In my
judgment, they must be radical in their ma
ture, and be applied by sagaeious fearless
hand. | will name them. They are Sub
jugafiOn, Confscation, Expurgation, and
Emigration. Tremendous cheers To ex-
plain aRd vindicaie these in their order
shall be my purpose. First: Subjugation.
This Rebellion, Mr.. President, was begun
on hypocrticai prelexls, is waged under
false pretences, and is utterly causeless and
wanton. 1t is a resistance to righteous au-
thOrity, and aims to subvert the best Gov
ernment the sun ever saw. To crush the
Rebels and subjugaie to its authority every
State aHd city, harbor aud river in arms
against it, is the bounden duty of the Gov
ernment. 1t must adapt means to eHds-
The traitors Wnor it would conquer COM
biue in their characters, their principles,
their purposes, all the crimes and infamies
that have made the names of Nero and Cati-
line, of Fawkes and Arnold, of Murat and
Robespierre, the synonyms of treachery,
conspiracy, meanness, cruelty in all parts
of the civilized world. 1t is over commu-
mites swayed by such men that the Gov
ernment must re-establish its power
Thanks 10 the frmness of the President, he
was not driven from his purpose at the out
break of the rebellion by the cry of coer-
cion." Let him not be deferred now by the
kindred wall of subjugation." APP
plause Rather let him put his foot on
the neck of the monster wherever it rears
its snaky crest, and crush out it's life. Let
him hold by the rel arm of military power
all that he conquers until the authority of
the National Govrnment is acknowledged
in every hamlet of the South, not by lip
service only, but is welcomed by loyal and
sincere hearts. Secondly: Coniscation.
Fellow-citizens the North is LAVISH
ing its money, taxing is property be-
yOnd all precedent, and loading itself with
an appalling debt, to subdue this rebellion.
1t is but equitable that the property Of the
authors of this misery should be made to
contribute to allay the storm they have
aroused, 10 extinguish the fire they have
kindled. Having compelled the Govern
ment to seize loyal property in order to
avert the consequences of their crimes
surely The law of retribution demands that
theirs should not be exempt from the gene
Eal levy. [.' That's a facl."1 Having for
feited all right to it, it should be confsca-
ted to public use by acts of Congress, by
Executive DEGREES, by the uplifted arm of
military mover.
Under proper regulations the army should
feed and forage on the enemy. Cheers
and Iaughter.l There must be no more
loyal bayonets set to sentinel Rebel planta-
tions. [Cheers.l No more imprisonment
of our hungry troops for taking stray
chicken or pig from Secessionists, whose
carcasses ought long ago 10 have dangled
from gibbets. CCheers- No more Union
pickets stationed around the lordly man
sions of officers in the rebel army, whose
airy rooms, grateful groves and healtEful
springs were needed for our wounded, sick
and fainting soldiery, who, because of un-
accountable tenderness for traitors, have
been left to writhe in noisome huts, piue
under tropical skies, and drink the waters
of miasmatic swsmps and streams. We
have had enough of this. ! must stop
( Loud cheers Rather, Sir, let the Villains
great AID small-who have whelmed the
country in this wanton war, be made 10
contribute to it's cost so far as is practiCa-
bic, though it take the uttermost farlhipg
of their goods and chattels, land and tene-
ments. That's the talk. Mr.. President,
an incidental consideration shows the ne
eessity for Government assuming control Of
this subject. reckless and useless de-
struction of Rebel property is sure to fol
low the resumption of Federal sway in The
iusurgent States, unless it is regulated by
national law, civil or military. This war
has eLgendered impacabe auimosities in
the communities where it RACES. Punish
ment should not be left to be administered
according to the caprices and revenges Of
those who have suffered from Rebel rule.
The partia, wrath of Wick life, who would
hang by resolution of Congress such of the
ringleaders as happen to be his political op-
ponents, and the impartial vengeance OF
Brownlow, who would hurl all, both rank
and file, with their goods and effects
" quickly down to the hottest he'll" prove
that the future peace and good order of the
insu.rectiorary States demand that the
persons and property of the Rebels be
placed under the control and be subject to
the disposal of the Government. Good !
Thirdly, Emancipation. l have now, fell
low citizens, touched the tender point of
this controversy. As briefly as possible
will I give you my reasons why this Re-
belIion and American Slavery should come
to a common aud Simultaneous end. |
might base my argument upon the i'm
mutable truth that every slave in the Re-
public has, by the law of the Eternal, the
same right to liberty as Abraham Lincoln,
Roger B. Taney, and George B. Mcclellan.
But, waving this, rest my argument upon
the two obvious grounds that Slavery was
the handspring of the Rebellion, and is
now the chief strength of the war. The
Slavery Propagandists having whelmed the
country in this Rebellion to streuPten and