Daily union appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-186?, 1862-08-13
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which it is to be accomplished No nation
under heaven has any right TO call in question
this power. And / viii venture to assert that
there is not solitary man running for Con-
gress to-day IN the State of Indiana, who will
stand up before the people and say that he is
not willing to have black men taken to do the
labor that our soldiers would otherwise have
to perform, Some of them viii talk to you
about the efforts that are being made to make
the negro as good as the white man, etc. but
not one of them dare tell you that the negroes
of these rebels, who come within our lines,
shall not be allowed to work upon our fortif-
cations, in order to save the strength and life
of our own soldiers.
But said that the President had the power
before the passage of this bill still, however,
SIS to question of principle let me ask Is
there anything upon earth that can be made
use OF that you are not right in using in order
to save the life of this nation 2 Says one,
am for saving the Constitution" Very well,
sir, so am / but you have no Constitution so
long as you have not a government. If
in q dark night / am attacked by
man with deadly weapon in his hand,
/ will not stop to pull out Blackstone to see
| what it IS my right to do in order to save my
| self. MIR. Fessenden once said to q gentleman
| who was bitterly opposed to the employment
of negroes in the service of the Government
| "Sir, suppose your life and property were at
tackled upon your farm. You have large
number Of negroes. Would you not permit
your negroes to interfere for the preservation
| Of your life p "Ofeourse / would "Wen
then, the very life of this nation is attacked,
and shall not only the negroes, but every other
means be made use of in order to save it n /
| tell you, my fellow-eitizens there is nothing
/ on EARTH there Is not thing within the lids of
the dictionary, that would not do to save the
nation. Loud cheers.l If it becomes neoes-
| sary to use the negroes-to make them work
upon our Notifications and military roads-I
say let them do it; and let every general who
| refuses to do so, be instantly discharged.
| We have already done too much By way of
"coneiliation.P Why, lcok at the order, and
discipline, and respect of property, that has
| characterized the conduct OF our thousands of
soldiers in Kentucky and Virginia and Ten
nessee. When l was in Kentucky N the
month Of October last, lin the midst Of the
Blue Grass region at that | was told that
the Union troops tEat were located there had
never touched q stick of timber nor an ear of
corn belonging to any body. Gov. Wickliffe
himself, one of the men who talked to you the
other day about the "eonclliatory policy"
| which ought to hare been adopted, spoke to me
| of an Indiana regiment who remained for
| several weeks in the region in which he re-
sides, with the most perfect order, and the
most perfect respect of the rights of property.
Such has been the course adopted by the Gov
eminent, telling the people of tho rebel
States, by its kindness and forbearance, that
we desire them to come back into the Union
and to again enjoy their rights and privileges
under the Constitution OF their country.
Rave we not been conciliatory? A few weeks
ago our army entered the town Of Williams
burg, Va where there is located a lunatic
asylum. One of our own surgeons was iIn-
mediately placed in charge of that institu-
ton, and our own means were furnished for
its support, and everything was done that
could be done to secure the comfort of the
unfortunate inmates. What treatment have
we received in return for all this kindness
How have the rebels met your pckets How
have they murdered your wounded men
And yet, in spite of all these facts l am to be
met rightsin the loyal, devoted, patriotic State
| of Indiana, the State that has sent her sixty
thousands of strong arms and brave hearts into
| this struggle in benalf of the Union, one-tenth
of whom are already in their graves by men
who have the efrontery to tell me that we
have no. pursued q conelliatory policy. Let
me tell you, my friends, the truth Is that we
have been too conciliatory. The great error
has so far been, that we have not given force
and efficacy to our efforts to restore order by
taking the property of every rebel there was to
be found IN arms, and using it for the support of
, our armies That is the doctrine We must get
to before We can possibly succeed in putting
down this rebellion, Why in the city Of
! Washington one half of the churches are used
as hospitals, land in one of these / counted
: twenty-three of our own brave boys from the
Safe OF lndiana,) and yet there is to-day
: property enoughln Washington belonging to
rebels to furnish hospital accommodations fol-
t Eevery sick soldier IN our army. These rebels
are drawing rent for all this property, and
, they get it regularly every six months. Now
if the President should seize this property, il
less than twenty -four hours the salutary eff
feets of the measure would be felt all over tbs
/ | land. Rebels own property in almost every
part of the country. John Slidell is the owner
of immense tracts of land in the Northwest
= Now, suppose that all the land and all the per
sonal property and all the railroad stocks be
, | longing to rebels should be promptly takeI
possession of By the Federal Government, YOU
] next door neighbor, who is about half inclined
To favor the cause of the rebels, will look up a
: he runs his eye over the morning paper anC
q ! say: Why this Government is really in ear
nest !; it does mean to crush the rebellion, afte
, all and as YOU walk these streets, you viii
3 be able to see the effect of this prompt actor
4 on the part of the Government in unwonte(
expressions of loyalty, and the silence of thos
1 | who have heretofore taken every opportunit.
r to find fault with the policy of the war. UI
n to the present time we have been playing witt
|. the worst rebellion the world has ever seen
J. Our policy now is to march up as one man +
q the support of the Government, and let ever.
/. man know, once for all, that, whenever he re
bells against it, he forfeits all his property AM
q every right which he has as an American Cit
zen. Loud cheers.
# My tellow-citizens, it will not be long unit
= you can be persuaded to see the good resul
> that will follow the adoption of new policy
,e You will ind, not only new order If thing
1t at Washington, but new spirit in the army
i, before ten days. It viii not be hereafter as
1t was in Virginia when the Union army marche
N from Harper's Ferry to Winchester, and BAG
e again to Harper's Ferry, paying, ali the wa.
s two prices for everything they got, and payin
d for it in gold. You will find the army sui