Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-07-26
The Journal.
General Ros.coa on the slavery QucS'io"

Cen Rousseau attended banquet sNc" 1t" ~"
honor at Louisville recently We have room
only for the following extract, which will deeply
Interest the country. as the utterance OF loyal
Kentuckun and brave General serving his
country. on the slavery question
wish to say word of the " situation as It
ia called bv the reporters of the day. propose
To advise nobody. pretend to do no eXtraordi-
nary foresight But desire TO state that this
rebellion is a lie from the beginning. There new
OF was any cause for it. To begin and keep up
a system of Wholesale lying was adopted. and
s pursued industriously to this day 1T Is the
only stock in trade they have. They could teach
the devil much he never knew about lying
Wherever the army has gone it has met this fell
spirjt of falsehood. We have taken none OF their
propertv we have excluded their slaves from
our lines when needed we have placed guards
ot our soldiers around their houses to protect
them and yet they persist in calling us ADoH
ronists aud negro thieves And in spite OF our
disclaimers and our soldiers asseverations to the
contrary--of our words and our acts, they have
insisted that our object is to liberate and steal
their slaves
And if we fail to restore the Union, " the ev-
erlasting uiggern would he the cause Of the tall-
ure. They know what they say is false ana yet
they never cease repeating il. Behind and betofe
us this has been the cry of the enemies of the Gov
pently conservative | believe there is neither an
Abolitionst nor a Secess0ust in it. If there is
one of either faction do not know it. So or
derly so patriotic and so Conservative an army
of men believe never before assembled together.
That army in its intercourse with the Secession
lists has pleaded and is still pleading for peace
under the old Government, Offering to our South
ern brethren all they ever had, and claiming
nothing except in common with them. They
want to take nothing from any one, but desire
that their Southern brethren shall enjoy all their
rights unimpared. But the negro is in the way,
in spite of all that can be done or said. Standing
before the eye Of the Secessionist the negro hides
all the blessings of our Government, throwing Il
black shadow on the sun itself II it bad been
any other species OF property that stood in the
way, the army, provoked as il has been, would
willingly have seen its quick destruction. But
the negro they did not wish to interfere with ~
any way. Yet, with all its conservatism and pat
riotism, the army has grown weary of this insane
cry OF" abolitionism" as cause for breaking up
the Government.
have warned our Southern friends Of the dan
ger Of continuing it much longer and ! tell you
tonight that if ibis war continues a year from
this day, there will not be slave on this cOnti-
nents The great revolution will take care Of it.
sef-the dead will bury its dead-and those who
are causing all The bloodshed and desolation a
round US, under the false pretense that we desire
y y
find slavery snutted out as you snuff out candle.
Slavery is not worth our Government. 1t is not
worth our liberty. II is not worth all the pre-
cous blood now being poured out for freedom
1t is not worth the free navigation of the Mssis-
sippi river. No we must still have our Govern
ment We cannot he slaves to jeff. Davis * Co.
We must aud will be free. We must have the
free navigation Of the Mississippi river and If
slavery gets in the way of any of these rights,
why slavery must get ont OF the way. That would
be The last resort and / should be sorry to have
recourse to it; but | am for the Government Of
onr fathers against all things and everybody
Whilst the liberties Of the people are secure
under it, as they ever have been, wonld allow
nothing but death TO prevent my uphoding it,
And. 10th as you may be to decide, you will som
rs believe, be called npon to do so. In spite
of your enireaties, the issue will be cruelty
thrust upon you, and you will be forced to decide
between slavery and your wives and children
AS for me, | am ready for the responsibility. A
Southern man, as nm, born and brought up IN
the South, with all my sympathes with the
South | could not hesitate one moment when
the issue is presented between the nigger and
the Government Of our fathers. ] am for the
Government of the United States against all its
enemies. ! hope and pray that our Southern
friends will not force US to extremes on this
sensitive point We deprecate such a result for
we want our rights under the Constitution, and
We are all ready to fight for theirs under the
good old Government. would to day most will
ingy gild on my sword and fight for any right
belonging to them, siarsrB mcluded but they
must not put slavery between me aud the Gov
crnment Of the United States ] will not con
Rent to become slave that the negro may be
kept q slave ! will not sacrifice the happines:
Of my vile, children and friends the welfare o.
my beloved State, and the glory Of my country
"n an altar dedicated to Ebony Idol."-
When ! see placed % one side Goveruman
formed by the noblest men the world ever pro
tuced the legacy Of Washington to the human
lace, glorious country flied with happy an'
enlightened people, and admired or feared OF
every spot that is trodden by the foot Of cisilize
man and the other, country rent into in
significant fragments, engaged in continual war
with each other, each its knees beggn
assistance from some foreign monarch or othe
against rival fragment, an object Of contemr
70 him who uses il for his own purposes, then
rbal not be long in coming to decision, thong
negro slavery may be on one side and not on til
other