The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-01-04

their armies. inferior to our own in nun
bers. arms, equipments, discipline, and al
that constitutes the true soldier, and stretch
ed along line of over two thousand miles in
extent destroying the heterogeneous hosts
as we go, or scattering them in consterna
ton, and restore to the Republic those fair
regions now cursed by ursurpation more
intolerable than that Of the Austrian, and
which holds in bonds of terror even those
wFetched men who are committed to its sup
port Mr.. President. to doubt our ability
is disgraceful ls-=rs=z.sssz=..zsz
Let it not be said that the SHOWS of winter
are upon US. If Washington could march
his barefooted soldiers over the frozen roads
of New Jersey, their footsteps marked with
blood, and, in the middle of winter. cross
the Delaware, filled with floating ice, can
we not at the same season, move our we'll
clad legions towards the mild valleys of the
So nth, to re,establish that freedom which
their sufferings secured :? s nm
Will you wait till spring. when the roads,
if ever, will become impossible or till our
troops shall have been decimated by the dis
eases of the summer? No. Clear this
war of the doubts that surround its purpose |;
give to the volunteer battl-ecry; cherish
that enthusiasm which is indispensable to
success, and which nerved the conscripts of
Napoleon to the achievement Of victory
without reference to disparity OF numbers.
See your volunteers are not thrown upon
ar.illers without preparation; they must
see them, hear the whistle of their balls, and
thus prepared, no strength of notifications
can resist them they are the most effective
troops on earth. He who doubts this, or.
undertakes them in comparison with others,
knows but little of their energy of purpose,
and their devotion to their country and their
flag. Where was such another victory ever
gained upon the open field as that of Buena
Vista ? Twenty thousand well-diciplined
troops; amply supplied with artillery, over
thrown by forty-six hundred ragged Ameri
can volunteers. Those who witnessed that
conflict, well know how to appreciate the
indomitable fighting qualities of troops like
ours.
The occupation Of the Rebel States by our
Army is a military necessity. l laugh to
scorn the policy of wooing back the traitors
to their allegiance by Selling and holding
unimportant points in those States. Every
invitation extended to them in kindness is
an encouragement to stronger resistance.
The exhausling policy is failure: SO long
as they have four millions slaves to feed
them, so long will this rebellion be sus-
tanned. My word for it. sir. long before
they reach the point of exhaustion, the
people will lose confidence in their rulers
And it is unreasonable to expect the loyal
citizens of the Rebel States to manifest their
desire to return to their allegiance, while
their homes and families are in the power
of the oppressors. Did the Italians welcome
Napoleon till he had expelled their tyrants.
and thereby proved his ability to protect
them ? So with the people of the disloyal
States march your armies there engage
and scatter the forces of the enemy whip
somebody evidence your ability to protect
the loyal citizens, their homes and families
and then, and not till then, will they rally
to your standard by thousands and tens of
thousands. -a.r-.s.s ...aa- ,,-
have alluded, Mr.. President, to the
slave population of the Rebel States. Il is
claimed by the friends of slavery that the
institution is a source of military strength
Their slaves are made not only to feed and
clothe their oppressors, but to build forti-
fcations for their defense and in some
cases to bear arms in their service. The
Shareholders are right-and they are wrong;
the institution IS an element of strength, but
only while it exists. Withdraw that ele-
ment, and this rebellion falls of its own
weight. The masters will not work, and
they must eat. Now, they are fighting TO
retain their slaves; exposing their lives and
the lives of their sons. Suppose we had
their slaves, to what lengths would they not
go in an opposite direction. in the hope to
recover them? They would bow down even
to Abraham Lincoln himself. In my opin-
ion, the obtaining possession of those slaves |
is now the incentive to war; so would then
the desire for their recovery, be the induce
ment for peace. March you armies into
the heart of their Confederacy win one
victory oppose kindness to cruelty and as
the peasantry of France rallied TO the stan
dard of Napoleon on his return from Elba.
so will the slaves, with one impulse, flock
to ours. The general who commands that
army, will be received with the same &C.
claim as was Bonaparte: they will hail him
as their iberator and friend, and by their
very numbers will secure salty to his army. |
No trouble, then, in obtaining information
of the enemy's operations. Interested in
our success-grateful as they will be faith
ful-every movement instantly be reported,
endangering their champions and protectors.
Peace will be restored, and the CAUSE of the
war removed and then, in these halls. in
the interests of humanity ard united
country, We can deliberate and do justice.
Mr.. President, in my opinion the policy
of Notifications should be discarded. A
capital dependent on such protection, is not
worth preserving; the only sufficient bull
wark for its defense, is formed by the loyal
breasts of our citizen soldiery. Think no
more of barracks for winter quarters our
troops do not desirs them, Cheat yourseIft