Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-09-18
Parson Brownlow on the War.

TO tie Governors of the Loydl States ::
GENTLEMEN: [ do not wish to figure
as a "busy body in other mems matters, =
but feeling and knowing that the crisis
of our national affairs is now upon us,
and believing that the next sixty days
will determine the question whether we
are to maintain the supremacy of the
government, or whether the rebellion is
to prevail. have personal acquaint-
ance with many fyou-Governors Cur
tin, Morton, Tod, Morgan, Buckingham,
Andrew, and others-and bear testi-
mony that you have done much, and
have done it we'll and wisely, and in due
time to promote the best interests of our
country in this the day of her trial !;
much remains to be done, and you, gen
tlemen, representing more than twenty
states, have it in your power to do more
than any other class of men, let NE i'm
press upon your minds the alarming
face that the rebels have now more men
in the field, and in camps of instruction,
than we have having brought all their
achttc men into reqUstfion; and having
made slavery an element of strength by
retaining them upon their plantations to
raise supplies for their armies. Let NE
further impress upon your minds the
startling fact that the rebel advances
are simultaneous all over the country,
and exhibit system aad concert Of action,
with zeal and talents displayed in the
execution of their plans worthy Of a bet
ter cause tnan that in which they are
engaged. New Orleans, Memphis, Nash
vile, Louisville, Cincinnati, Washington,
Baltimore, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia
are all threatened by an enemy that
shows prodigious activity, talents, and
strength. Indeed, they have us now
where they had us thirteen months ago,
with this addition, that they have invad-
ed Maryland and Ohio. If they march
upon us, and their daring plans are not
promptly met and most singnally de-
tcated, it will be our fault.
Now propose that you, as governors
of the loyal states, meet at some conve
Lient point, without delay, and as the
representatives of your people address
yourselves, in unmistakabe terms, to the
civil and military authorities of the
United States. [ do not say what you
shall tell them, but / will, with all due
Difference to your superior abilities, sug-
gest few points that you might make,
and forcibly impress upon the minds OF
our authorities
First, Urge the government to draft,
without delay, a half million Of men, IN
addition to the force already in the field
and in camps of instruction. And upon
the score of economy, apprise the GOV
ermmont of the fact that it will require
less mouey to furnish. equip. and sustain
a million Of men for one year than II
will halfa million for two years.
,Sccond Enter your protest against
every other bri2adicr and major general
in our army being candidate for the
presidency during the existence of this
war, and as a consequence, shaping his
course IN that direction.
Third, Enter your most solemn protest
against one half of the members of the
cabinet looking to the presidency, and
shaping their conduct of the war ac-
cordingly.
F1mtb, Call upon the President,
whose honesty and patriotism | do not
doubt. to recognize his cabinet and the
army, aud place men at the head OF both
who will not study how to kill OFT lead
inc rebels without hurting them.
FTtih, Advise the civil and military
authorities Of the country, and the poll
ticians. TO cease this war upon the ever
lasting 'niggcr" until we conquer their
white masters and arrest the onward
march Of their despotic and arrogant
owners. Meanwhile let the negroes be
seized upon and urged in every possible
way to crush out this internal rebellion.
tSirth, Advise your senator's and rep
rcsentatives in Congress. and the mem, !,
bers of your states legislatures, as well
as the people, to cease to make efforts to
revive and recognize old political par
ties, and to organize one new party to be
known as the Unconditional Union
Party of America
,Sereath, Let the government and the
army know what they seem never TO
have learned-that is to say, that the
rebels are a unit-6ghting with des-
peration and skill never surpassed py
any people on earth while we, VINO
have a noble army of brave men, Win
money credit and all else necessary,
and truth on our side, are divided and
d;stracted-while we are tolerating ira
itors and tories in our midst. !,
E,ohth. Inform our government ana
neonle that our ship of state is now IN a
heavy sea and that, at no period since
tbe rebellion broke out, has so deep a
denression fallen upon the hearts OF
loyal citizens as at present
I would, gentlemen, start a new paper w
- some elioible point, and urge