The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-29

ANbNlAAVu hhAll We NOllAN Oul bNANAN NllN
declare that this Government belongs TO
the loyal men Of it, north and South. lie
who is not for the Government must
bear the consequences. Not only what
he has, but all he is in possession Of, must
be taken. 1t was a very pretty thing 10
listen 10 the Senator from Pennsylvania
talk about the spectacle Of men going
into southern and northern homes, and
taking possession Of the property Of wo-
men and children but, sir, my mind re-
yerted TO sadder spectacle in my own
State, All over which may be found the
widows Of our slain, clad in the habit
ments of mourning bright hearthstOnes
made silent and desolate forever, and
beautiful daughters and dear boys turned
upon the cold, cold charities Of this uu-
plying world. ! draw the curtain over
the sad, dark scenes which crowd around
the hearthstones and upon the stricken
hearts the slain patriots of my country
have left behind them.
Sir, the man who rebels against this
Government ought to die. He has no right
70 the protection Of a particle of property
for an hour. Why, sir, ] have before me
a letter from the secetary of one Of the
finest railroads in Indiana asking my
opinion in a case of this sort A hau by
the name Of Mitchell owns large guam
tity of stock in that railroad. He
was raised and educated by the Govern
ment of the United States. I see by the
list that he was twenty-five years in the
Navy. When this rebellion broke out, he
went South. He commanded the Louisi-
ana, rebel vessel, in the fight at New
Orleans the other day and when he
found that he would be whipped, he
blew her up. He was taken prisoner,
and is now in Fort Warren and yet he
is receiving every six months his divi-
dends on this railroad stock. And this
is but one Of ten thousand such examples
and in the face of such facts, shall we
continue, as we have done, shall we car
ry on the war in this beautiful way, pas
sing over to rebels in arms the profits of
stocks and property in the North, Or
loyal States, to feed them and strengthen
their bastard government? The marshal
of my State owes an existing debt of
$4,000 to gentleman who is commits
sary in the rebel army; and every six
months that man gets his interest Can
you tolerate these things? If these
things are to go on, do you ever expect TO
restore order in this coutry
Mr.. President for the last five or six
weeks have sat in my seat and heard
gentlemen, hour after hour, and day after
day, talk about what we could not do.
1t would have been gratifying TO me if
some gentleman had told us what we
might do. 1t would have been far more
gratifying to me to hear that. / know
that there is REBELLION in the land; know
well as in the South; and l know that
they are living on the tat Of the land
know that in this city to-day where you
are tsking the temples Of God as hospit-
ais, there is more properly belonging TO
rebels than would be necessary TO furnish
hospital accommodations for every sick
man in our Army. Sir, / would march
| with this Senate in a body 10 night and
! say to the President, "beforc to-morrow's
sun shall rise take every bit Of it," tits
not the mere value of the property look
to, but to the example You would show
to the country that you mean to
oAnldAlA WIS NONNA AilhN Nhu AAlthl
that he who rebels against it shall lose
his property altogether; and you will
never have peace until you do it, / al
ways begin 10 suspect any mans loyalty
when he talks TO me about the violation
Of the writ of haJeas corpus, or this thing
or that thing done to sustain the Gov
| ernmcnt,
Mr. President, as an humble Senator,
| | have voted against every measure that
cent prosecution of this war. voted
against the proposition of my friend from
Virginia Mr. Wiley yesterday. voted
against the Pacific Railroad. voted
| against the bill to dispose Of the public
| lands. Every measure that will weaken
the Government, by weakening as be-
| lieye her credit, as these measures SEEM
! ed to me 10 do, in this crisis, am
| against; but ! am for every measure that
will give power and efficacy TO the Gov
/ eminent, and give strength and nerve 30
| the soldier, II we could stop the discus
| sion Of this negro question, and not put IL
on every bill that comes up, and carry
out, as we ought to carry out, Che prinoi-
pies of the confscation bill, we shall be-
| gin to see daylight BY that bill we can
employ these blacks upon Qualifications,
and in all kinds Of work ! am ready for
that am ready TO sacrifice everything
TO preserve this Union; but ] do not like
10 see the Senate day after day discuss
ing questions that will only tend 10 eX-
cite sectional controversy, and can pro-
duce no good.
desire to make a remark on another
subject, and | hope the Senate will par
don me for alluding toit. / listened the
other day with great deal Of interest Ia
a speech Of the Senator from Delaware,
| Mr.. salisbury, in which, / think, fOl
about half an hour, he summed up what
he believed TO be the causes Of this rebel
lion. OF course men will differ ON thai
point, but have made up my mind thai
this is not the time TO find fault. list
ened to the gentleman talking about a re-
mark Of President Lincoln's, that the
| Union could not stand with half the State,
free and half Of them slave; bat can tel
the gentleman that there is one sentenc,
which 1 have In the book before me which
has done far more injury 20 this Union
When a certain President Of the United
States wrote these words: kansas Il
therefore az this moment as much Of
slave State as Georgia or South Carolina
and when that was followed up by de
cision Of the Supreme Court, the highes
tribunal Of the land, that your father
and mine made a Constitution thar car
ried slavery where there was no law 70
Il was not in the country At the tame
but / think / understand the p0pula
heart Of this people--it struck the heart
Of millions of freenon as a ialsehOod AM
SANDER The people vere told Cha