Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-08-01
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4lI Oe4AoCESl4S GSAGEa@s
General Dumont, of Indiana, n well known
and houored leader of the Democracy of that
State, thus refers to one of the devices by
which Vaandigham. and hose who act with
him seek TO embarrass aAd defeat the Gov
ernmeni;
"T'be charge has bsen made great many
times that the object ofihe North in pros
ecuiing this war was conquest and subjuga-
iion. Such men as this Vagabond. Valaudis
ham, say so. He proiess,s to be most ex-
emIlary patriot. and he says:-"M Millions for
defense. but not one cent for an aggressive
warfare" Now there is not man in this
audience who cannot see 10y a moments refiec-
lion how utterly absurd that is" Millions
for defense but not one cent for an agrees
i've wariare!' Did ever any one hear OF a
war that was moi aggressive upon one side or
the other? There must be aggression. II We
do not assume the aggressive our enemies will.
if we do not invade their territory they viii
invade ours. and if we can ouly keep the desc
lating tide of war from our own fertile fields
and from our own beautiful towns and villa
ges, we have half won the victory, even though
we shall NOT win victory at all. Il is a very
vulgar thing to meEtion. and am sorry TO be
compelled 10 say it. but ii is nevertheless true
unfortunately, that men, women and children,
too, must live by eating. When few months
ago. was in Virginia and saw that army of
thirty lhOn>and men advancing along one of
those beautiful valleys aud stripping the earth
of every thing that was eatable as they went,
this thing cams to my mind with tremendous
force. saw before me "a forcible illustra
lion OF the ncllculabe imp rtarce of keep
ing the war out Of our own territories. II, al
the commencement of this struggle, we had
coniented ourselves with acting On the deien-
>ive-ii New York and Pennsylvania, and
Indiana, aud patriotic Illinois, had not march
ed promptly into her border States, hnW long
d. you think i! would have ben until the
border .Iutes would have marched into them?
Why even now, at This mo-
ment, after our enemies have been g. Oiien
defeated after we have driven them from
town To town, from fort 10 fort, in a manner
that is almost unparaIeled-eve now they
b'rlst that they intend before long 10 over-run
and devds'ale the fair and fertile fields OF Iu-
dana, aud linps. Aud yet Mr. Vallandig-
ham and his school have the assurance to tell
US it is now too Iats-to think CT freconslrucling
the Union. and this aggressive warfare ought
10 cease"
Major General Lew Wallace, of the same
State, and same political views, in a speech
at Washington. wh.n asked 10 give his opin-
ion Il soldierup upon the question whether the
negroes should be used or not, in the suppress
ion of the rebellion, said:
He would be Il poor soldier, in my opinion.
who would fail to use every element OF war
which God Almighty gave him, il be could
use it to advantage. Prolonged ard enthu-
slastic cheering think you concur with
me in that at least Fries Of Certainly we
d.; every sensible man will Now, then, if
We find the negro before u, OF around Us, as
we advance, planted there by some accideui
Providence may have had great deal to
10 with it--and we can ind bis service svaila-
ole. would not that General be crazy Inan
who would refuse TO use him? [''Mo ST assuT-
eIly," and applauses. So it seems TO me,
and my position may be ainy stated upon
that. Ii by the services of \ negro I can
make my soldiers comfortable; if by the ser
vices Oi band OF negroes | can relieve them
of OnerUuS duties and hard work; if | can
make them available to dig my trenches f.
rnat' s righ'.'] shall / not dOit2 Cries o.
Yes, yes" Loud apPanse.3 Yes, aud l
w,ti do ii. v, ciierous cheering.j A voice
Soldiers will follow you To the death for
that" Another voice--~Put no arms IN
their hands--"Ol yes. as many as they want
Now, then, let ne speak about that. Cries
oi "All right uow;' . You are mighty good
ooy. Ii / accept OF the services of negro,
and lie works well aud faithfully. fed by us,
clothed by US, and be stands by my gallant
regiment relieving them ut the hard duties
HAve nentIoued would it he human, woulG
il not be cruel, To put him into the army, in
The way oil sho,, and vet give him nothing
with which 10 defend himself? Cries of"Hhats
| So, and loud and continued cheering Ny
leliOw-citiz. ms, speak as a soldier AL the
time, recocct. ain not viewing this matter
III i,s political aspect, for 1 have as much
prejudice against The negro politically, aud
ain as much apposed to slavery agitation ns
anys OF yeu can be.
Let Inc make one remark further. The
common impression has been that this was a
war in which we had all the advantages
Now then. listen TO my practical experience.
/ Tell you II has nut been such war Of inc
quality in our favor as many suppose. have
visited Plantations in the course of our march
es. / have asked where IS the man of the
house? He is in the army have louked
around. l have seen his harvest fields iall OF
slawart negroes. Tney reap his harvest and
they put it away as we,l and as carefully as il
tine man had bten al b )me and not in the ar
my; and What was the result? lie had plenty
10 eat-a uperabundande-snm Of which b.
was sure would coue to tho suSienance ol
thas southern army. There are 4O00,OO0 Of
negr roes. DO you suppose that Jefferson Da-
Wis, if we went humbly 10 him beSeeching such
"a thing, proposing to him: You have 4,000,-
900 operatives belonging to your people in
the South, under our policy we may moi
touch them-.not modest lhein. We will leave
them apon your farms to work, will you agree
to leave US 1000 900 Of operatives home on
our farms, in our shops unmolesled?' d.
you suppose that Jefferson Davis would agree
TO that? {Nol
Yet he would have to agree to tn at before
equality of advantage was established between
US.