, 1862-06-07
Abolition Of Slavery will Become a
Military Necessity.
UNION MASS MEETING I'M COLUM-
Bus, TENNss THE and INST.i

ounscl were faithful friends, who zealously
Imported him In the hottest and exciting po-
heir chosen candidate for high official honors.
And now, although his political career had
:1o6ed forever, and he was no aspirant for Of
ice, he felt constrained by the sacred ties of
Incient friendship and hospitality to tender
hem in his sincere, unprecedented and candid
These were indeed strange and troubled times.
For twelve months, civil war, with all its
fierce passions, fiery resentmeuts and bloody
broilB, had ragged over cur borders, and this
Union, had raised tile standard Of revolt and
Joined the Southern Confederacy. He de-
clared that he vas not, never had been, and
never would be q secessionist. He
bad devoted the prime Of his manhood to
the service Of the Union, and could never
to loEe dnn1st it. Bat last saa spring. an{s
Judgment, repeatedly expressed in pub
lie, the question Of disunion was raised, and |
supported by influential leaders and power
fnl and active party. The people seemed |
hurried off by frenzy When he saw the |
that which breaks its icy cable and glides On |
its mission of ruin from the Alpine summit, |
when he EaW that he could no longer struggle |
to any purpose against the tremendous storm. |
be determined, come veal, come woe, he |
would stand By Tennessee. His opposition |
have ended il street broils and fatal altrrca- |
tions. He would rather die than lead life
made Of such dark and dreary and bitter
years as the one through which he had just
passed. He had seen young men, the hope
and flower Of the State, discounted, wander
ing hither and thither, scattered now from the
pr1souG along the Northern Lakes to the
MARSHES and canebzakes In the interior Of Mis-
eissippi
He wished to say, that in his deliberate aud
settled Judgment, taking I'll the facts as they
now present themselves, into consideration,
he was bound to declare that this rebellion was
played omit was an inter failure. He had
tics the dearest in Dnture to the Southern side.
His only brother was prisoner, and his two
sons were in the Southern army, and today he
He never asked them to 50 there. Tney went
against bis judgment. It was his solemn duty
to tell his old fiiends that the Confederate cause
teas ruined and hopelessly LOST. lie never had
been despondipg man, but for months he had
felt no faith IN the rebellion. He had not
sc1upled to say SO to all his friends, The
longer It lasts the worst it will be for the
South. He had the satisfaction Of knowing
that be never asked man to vote the seces-
sion ticket. But leaving this he would address
the very fiercest and most rabld secessionist
alive-he would suppose what wa1 not SO,
| that the crowd before him were such fierce
tire-eaters that they literally ate and sparkled
| dre-and then he would ask them, as men Of
| sense, if they were not compelled to rc1fnquish
| all hope OF resisting the Federal Government
| successfully? Let us look at these things
Here Hsre Ec w have =, ,ooo, 600 of white people
| against little over 5000 600, with J. 900 600
| OF slaves, The q ,000, 600 have the whole
| power Of long established goyernment-th:
| revenues, the navy, the military power, tue
markets and commerce OF the world, wealth
and manufactures, with an amazing increase
| Of active and entCrpri>iDg population. The
six millions have 10 commerce, no manufac'
tnrcs, no navy, no Immigration, no nauuition:
cul strength. The North and the South are
equally brave. No Northern man can whit
/ three southcrpcrs; no Southern 1nan can ~hik
| three Northtrner6. ALI men Of sense kno"
Ills to be the 'uct. We have war, and now
shall VIC stop its ravaSes and avert the certail
ruin it is bringing on US. If you would star
death ip the face, jus: look at the matter f.irly
aDd see wba' hope you have in the adventure
Missouri to day is in tAe possession Of the F cd
c1al troops; So is larry p4rt OF Ark,nsas
Kentucky, and after baying fortified then
, | strongly were driven out. Maryland va
fully under the Federal power la~S
I part of FirEi.a was under the same control
and the CuDftderaees falling back towards tn
. South. Even: to-day the Union army 10 fnrc
th1.atcrs the gates Of Richmond. Midi!
Tennessee is in tho Uuion lines, and East au
West Tennessee will soon be 80. Sc is . pal
OF North Csrolina, Mississippi, ard Of Florid
= soil Of every Southern State. Where is th
t Southern u'uy? 1t WIS lately at C3riat1
n Now, what must VIC do Us Tenue5seaus
!. She is lost to the Southern Conftdecacy 70
ever. The Coutederates caunot Teinsta
h themselves. They hive got neither nel
anus, aInn,unitiou, runboats or navy. Sou
professsd to feel hnn,i]iatcd at this. Son
say you will rather die than give it up. Wei
he hHd scanned this audience carefully, NJ
they didn't look much like men who thought
dying. They were here enjoying tbcnlst1ve
&c and ius ing and selling, eatiny and drinkln
e LIT US ttop this wauton, hopeless VT.
"a ! would say This nov, even though l had be.
it tL*: hahit Of ea'iug hea times 2 day. l.
~ ruiniug US. The rebels ore burning up t.
II coltan. Why in the name Of re;ssDn Wh,
- Don't it impoverish tue people and the go
n Ell ment? Dou't it kill their credit aud til.
u ta1ka Don't it ruin our hopes abr1aG
L. Then, this cors scrir;iun lav. will not sw
% low it until swallow l!ucs, gall and wori
Of voed- I! is & hAV fraud upon those bra
~ snys WHO had cnlis;ed for year. aud vi
T. Ht-c packing up thtI: dear ulcHsentoes
I'd hotnr in their ktiapsacks when this uf4mou>
l. !y1arnical law came 10 arrest them on t
~ eve If theav departure. aud drive them ba
- in violation Of ali faith into the hat
ID slips and sufferings Of 4 soldiers life
L. binds our bo. hand and loot against th
I'll will. II seizes upon the poor soldier who
~ ten dreaming for nights Of returning to !
- wife and children, and dasGes his visions
bliss cruelty to tir ground 1t placed the 8
n liant Tennessee volunteer on Il level With {
ns conscrip,s of France and Austria. This VII,
relsc5 Nas unjust and rulnous. Now look
Is things just rs they are, and not as you nil
wish them. Ii was the rankest secession
MT alive, could rot resist the conviction Il
aS ~, ibis 1cbcllion cannot be successfully mauag
~ wi!h Southern resources. Will you wait III
al overwhelming force drives you into
j ground? Will you struggle agoiust hope? WI
nj one rye is Gougtd out, and the other is ab<
Or deceived in this matter, and facts sho the
81 a se}ves in strangely different light from Il
~ which cblored them year ago. It has c
i'm T.nnrssee already g.. .opn, 900 in treasure, o
W &c, coo Of her active young men, tho jew
OF and hope Of the common wealth, who b.
,ed HaVe We right to rob the next generatfo1
~ these young men? Old men die aud I'll
he piaccs arc seon filled With others; but "
he a fcalful chasm does the death Of an 81
Md Of robfe young hen make in society?
ho. Yes, see the workings of this war. foa
!. l4AS lose your men, the flower OF your popu1as
tile -ycu will lose 3our commerce, your cott
sho Your tobacco. Tho air is thick with tt
je3 smoke aid the waters Of the Mississippi
swecfen.d with your sugar. This ruin
TAX tell Oh your credit when you arc dead. It
10Th tell on your friends and Kindred
,}on There was smother question Of deep imp
ance to be considered. The President
Congress have both said emphatically,
ling a;sinrh t,.c r;.i.,s Of n1orer,v Rut At
th same time the President said that he resel
ugs the right TO himself to Judge what might |
-. military Necessity in The future. if the South
eA- x1stzd it .rayi,:g this zedT, sca stubborn op
ndle tiu,a And my word for it, rather tnan 10
,tice low the negroes to continue gieing nid tt
IDLY .oon'n@7M amy ne nth Ma r. enssnel s!,
e 90 come what il called military nece~
con and the question will be, whether the Z
or aa,x,y shall periths He will be ccrtai
FAY the Litter; This question Is fra
7e in M4.n .iouole .:e., .,i1 ~ h=u,,',. .,sr.
rand ,rs7af or he ,e.r from the trouble aud fri
has it occssicns. II had but one prayer to
lse IL "'.u'u oe aNS Peaee ~ ~ s1s uaApp
and 1tar haS hcan n1,.en.bie and rather than
nent sgopY should last would pray to be
ftoni The earth. want 10 sec civil govern
restored to the State, for I expect to 60
her wherever she goes, from the snor7
'1o'y S'yx up To the gates OF Eden. This had
citing noble Union. was prond when, as
,bo2t e'En minister, saw our nag agkoau, any ano
Gale INV pe4on ,,s ,e,. 49,. a.',,,, IT,;nn ~ =
'iver, and wife sometimes quarrel, and th
e of cool. at frat, generally make it
Now, MY fricnds, lake things as
are. You mas want Southern Rep
Can sou ger it? viii any man say SO
you can get it, viii you gain anythis
holding hack~-yonr men, your money,
jury you wait until the land Ia draped IN m
coun- ipc? The Snuth has not the power to
home this war All the probabilities arc a.
her spccess. Common sense, then. say
, feel it. When on my Dying bed; ny last C G
io@n- wrnld be step Ills coniiitt-" Dor
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