The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-11-11
slaves or under onr own continue sovereign
freemen. Shall We serve in hell OF remain 10


is,ofilie Presideul's proclamation he says:
Just word aboutlthe proclamation w,
accept il as the conclusion of the inscruiiablc
irefrsgablc, and hinexoraLle logic, of events
(Applause.) sWe)wouldb guard the sconsl,u
iiop, and 10 do so most effectually We awoulC
save the nation. Does rot, tho, spirit pf III,
constitution abide in the body Of the nation
Do souls remain on earth after bodies art
dead? Save tho nation if you would save th,
constitution. Has the Presid'nt shown has,
TO exercise doubtful powersl Did lie not Fl
along time propose 10 saveoile gove,bmen
and slavery toos'9 Does lie not now propose
to do so il the rebels will lay down their arms
Is it'not lawful to'sare the nation at any Sex
pense . Is thcro any phrase insilco copsiiiu
ton which can be tortured into the inte ndmeni
that rebel soldiers have a right to bc, support
ed by slaves or,any body else? lfit lawful
TO shoot retels is in tho field, is it less so 10
kick from under them the. prop, which feeds
and clothes them in tho field 7 We look
upon tho proclamation as military measure
not aimed at slavery mol. the rights Of tile
States, but at tho rebellion, and as such, Just
necessary, and lawful. There is nothing Ia
consistent 10 our theory Of many in one.l Tho
stars are couuttss, but the universe Is ono
the planets are numerous, but the solar sys
TEN is one yand Carolina Venus will not, un-
der any circumstances, be permitted TO sccedc.
though il be found necessary to enforce the
most arbitrary of Keplers laws to keep her 10
the Upion. rer e n; rn sbl,eI .,ol ,.,i
The remarks oftLc Rev, Mr., Hoyc OF Miss,
were principally do o-criptivo of tho &c ,nes he
had passed through and the horrors he had
witnessed. He talked as follows about the
p-ocllmaton
81 am asked il I believe that this sproclaraa-
ton can be carried out Yes, believe It can
be carried out just so long as negroes lavc
legs. Uauehttrs aud applause J For they
will escape to The Union lines at every opror-
tuni;y.0 They came into thc Union lines long
ago, but they learned il was the policy of the
government not to receive them. II was
opposed TO the views Of the generals, and
Gen. Nelson, and Ger. Wood, and General
Ammon, have sent tht,no back. This i have
known TO be the case, and have seen to be the
cssc.g One Of them has gone to his ,rewad.
("More o! them will gor) Lam stating
things now that know to be true; that bayo
seen with my eyes. We are often asked this
question evil the, slaves make good
soldiersG Are they sufficiently intelligent 2,
Let mo tell you that tho slaves arc more
than the poor whites in the South.
Why, went into a, house, not ihreo months
ago, and ihcre was a lady belonging to this
class Of sand-hillcrs, and Iremaked by the
way Of passing time, as I VAS waiting for her
husband, thalthere was picture Of the Pres
idcnts. "Ycs," said she, "theum's the pictcrs
Of the presidents, and some Of 'em must be
gitiiu' mighty old by this time, IL they amt
dead. - prolonged lauebter) I remarked,
in addition, that one At the head was Gen.
Washington. ayes" said she, ave hear'n
tell Of him ever since was gal; wonder
he's dead yct." told her that l had seer
an account Of bis doath in the papers. aIasH |