Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-07-17

covered, but your polite. fastidous ant
chivalrous merchant can 90 smous
what be calls "bIue belIied Yankees, J
buy their goods on credit, and then
when payday comes. tel his creditors
in the North: "Ob. ! have secededi'
It is an outrageous crime to steal I
negro. but it is gentlemsnly fnancier.
ing to deGraud a Northern creditor oI
$50, 900 or 100000. Hundreds ol
instances could be related showing
how far the rebellion was impelled
and advanced by thistvindfing spirit.
Yet these very men who bad disgsaeed
themselves By these frauds, would talk
gravely about the sin OF slave-stealing
Now take the value Of all he negroes
that have been stolen from the South.
and then take the sum of all the
Northern debts that have been repu-
dated by Southern men, and the lat
ter will surpass the former ten to one.
Who own many of your public build
ings, railroad stocks, bank stocks and
other property? Northern men. Yet
you who clamor about your Southern
rights can cody defraud your North
ern friends OF millions Of dollars
The rebels of Tennessee must be CO.
creed. They coerced Tennessee, or
tried to coerce her, out Of the Union,
and they must be coerced into the
performance of their duty. You talk
of Withholding your cotton and storv-
ing out the North. Just make the
which will stsrye out the
soonest-tbe North, with her bread
stuffs and no cotton, or the South with
cotton and no breadstuffsl
Gov. johnson paid an elegant trib-
ute 10 the loyalty and fidelity of the
East Tennesseeans, who uncer the
crushing weight of oppression. still re-
mained faithful 10 the Union. The
conduct of many Of the rebel women,
he remarked, was astonishing. How
dare you breathe the treason and in
suit the flag Of your country? Hold
up your hands in the light of Heaven
gaze steadfastly on them, and see
If they are not red with blood! Yes, /.
The blood Of your own husbands, |
brothers and sons. whom your wretch
ed infatuation drove to treason and a
rebels grave.
Men who would have gladly staid
at home, who felt no sympathy for the
wicked cause, end who. but for your
might tonight be with US in
he enjoyment of life and health, have
been sent by your prenicious influence
o an untimely and ignominious grave.
And yet, these women, as they pass
oyal.mens -eB--the1stzsets, RssaE stsstrv
1resses as though they were terrific
comets and the world was to be dash.
ID out Of existance by a sweep Of the
rains! For a true woman he ever
cherished an exalted reverence and
but for those who unsexed
by a display of treason
md i'll breeding. he had none. This
must be put down. treason
De made odious, and traitors impover- /;
shed and punished. The strong arm
IF the Government must fall heavily
md terribly on the heads of the men
Who have brought this war on the
country. For one, l am resolved TO
stand by the Government. at whatever
personal risk. / have enlisted for the
war, and will not go back. 1 expect
o receive in the future. as 1 have re-
,eived already, much obloquy and
lbuse. l know that 1 am assailed
With 6endish malignity. Even to-day
received a dispatch from one high
n authority, warning me that band
If assassins are on my track. How
'r where they mean 10 strike. know
lot. They are a craven, dastardly
et, who cannot look you in the eye,
md who do their work from behind
Tour back, or in the dark, or by poi
on. Some wretch even now may be !
kulking in this crowd awaiting a
hance to do the deed to which his
master has bribed him. 1 defy all
his venom and malignity. Suppose ,
he assassin succeeds, what them
What have they obtained? What i
igni6es one life when the life of the
ation is at stake? Even from the ,
'lood Of the patriot armies Of patriots
will arise, and the blood OF the martyrs !
will become the seed Of the Church.
U vain the threat Of the assassin's ,
aggar or the poisoned bowl. for
atriots unintimidated will press for !
yard to freedom and victory, or fall
ing will be blessed by posterity.- ,
awake to your duty, Tennesseeansl-
'ome up to the glorious work Of saw s
ng your country. Let us take long I
ull. and strong pull. and pull al
ogether, and our country shall stand $
orth regenerated and redeemed. and
eace and prosperity again shall bless I
ur borders.