Smyrna times., 1862-06-19

what must we do as Tennesseeans She is
lost TO the Southern Confederacy forever. The
COntederates cannot relnstate themselves.
They have got neither men, arms, ammunition,
gunboats or navy.
want this war stopped Whose heart has
not dropped blood who has son 10 the Southern
army He knew something of that unspeaka.
ole sorrow. Think Of this you who stay at
hsme and 6luster about whipping Yankees and
establishing a nation. Let Us stop this wan
ton, hopeless war. | would say this now, even
though | had been 10 the Ihabit OF eating fire
five times day. his running Us. The rebels
are burning up the cotton. WAY, in tae name
of reason ;ciy? Don't it impoverlsh the peo-
ole and tie l,ycrnment! G Dont it kill their
credit und thcit banks! Don't it ruin our
noges abroad? Then this conscrptive law. |
will 4os swallow aloes, gall and wormwood.
4 is a base fraud upon those brave boys who
nad enlisted for a year. and who were packing
up their dear momentoes of home IN their knap
sacks when this nfamOusly tyrsnnIcal law
came TO arrest them on the eve of their dcpar-
ture, and drive them back in violation Of all
ia .Ih into the hardships and suherlOgs of a
soldiers life. 1t binds our boys hand and foot
against their will. 1t sezes upon the poor
soldier who has been dreaming for nights OF
returning to his wife aud children, and dashes
his visions Of bliss cruelty to the ground. 1t
places the gallant Tennessee volunteer on a
level with the conscripts Of Fra nee and Aus.
tria. This whole policy was unjust and ruin
Gus. Now look at things just as they are, and
not ss you might wish them. II | was the
rankest Sece>siouist alive, | could not resist
the conviction that this rebellion cannot be
successfully maRaged with Southern resources.
viii you wait until an overwhelming force
drives you into the ground! Will You struggle
against hope When one eye Is gouged out,
and the other is about 10 follow, II is time to
cry enough! You were deceived in this mat
ter, ana facts show themselves 10 a strangely
different light from that VIII ch colOred them
year ago. Now, if am employed as your
lawyer, and you make me highly favorable
fiction of your case and your evidence, and
tell you you can gain it. But it turns out on
investigation that the facts are wholly differ
ent from your representation of them, and then
il is my duty, as an honest counselor, to tell
you 10 desist. | commit aud fl spur ynn
on 10 your own ruin. This is the greatest
lawsuit in the world. One side says, we will
be independents; the other eide says you shall
u't. Suppose you even get your independence.
oh, at what fea ful cost. 1t has cost TPnnee-
see already $5,000.00O in treasure, and 10000
Of her active young men, the jewels and hope
otthe Commonwealth. who have heeu hurried
from home TO engage in war
| There was another question of deep impor-
tance TO be considered. The President and
Congress have both said empha ticaIly. tina, they
! had no wish TO interfere with Slavery, or TO
disturb the rights Of property. Bat at the
same time the President had minated that he
reserved 10 himself to Judge what might be a
military necessity in the future, It the South
persisted in waging this war, Wi Il stubborn o O.
position. And my word for it, rather than al
low The negroes 10 continue giving aid to the
Southern army, he will emancipate every slave
in the South. 1t will become what is called ,
military necessity, and the question will b.
whether the Union or Slavery shall perish
He will be certain to say the latter. Suppose
however, he never does lhis-l don't say tina
he Wl--bUt suppose this war be fought on t
the bitter end, what will become of our slaves
OF what value will they be! They are runnn
off every day! When the war gets to III
! cotton States where are large districts dense
~ peopled with blacks almost exclusively, the
Slavery will be ruined. The slaves will 70
loose over the land, and then who that loves h
: family would live among savage Populato
j roaming about in search of food and plunde
u The white population will be expelled, or raIf
er self.exed. This question is traught VII
" trouble. Whether the Government wills il
y not, emanc patton will become necessary n
9 suit Of the war, from the trouble and irtclron
q occa sions If had but one prayer 10 offer,
y would be. "Give peace to his unhappy al
o oppressed people," | want Tennessee 10 pro
y per, bur she must at 6rst be at peace.
The South has not the power to wage III
var. Al. the proba Utilities are against h
SUCCESS Common sense, then, says, stop
e When on my dying bed, my last counsel wOu
j" be: Stop this conficl!" Don't let fal
e pride or sectional prejudice keep you from yO
u duty. Tennessee has a noble capacity
y greatness. She has soil, climate and aud VI
~ liable productions. She can be one OF u
OF greatest States Of this Union, and hope yet
x see her escape from the tempest, and glide II
s. a gallant ship, proudly over the waves Of liza
T. My counsel is honest and unprGjud'ced.
H. have done with public life forever. have e
{. hausted my stock Of politics, and shall not ia
g any more. have spoken from the dictates
D. duty, and have plead as well as | could
cause of Tennessee and her people.
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