Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-02-20
,aty;ots as that demanding that the rebel

patriots as that demanding that the rebel I lion must be put down so as to stay down. l The curse of slavery has been agitated long
 enough, and it must now be radically y'cured. l For elght long months the North has been
 contending against the rebels, and what l have we got to show for 1t? What results
 have been accomplished hat advantages ' obtained? For eight long months the gov
 elnment has been prosecuting this war so.
 as to hurt t~nobedy. It is time some one
 was hurt. We were willing enough to kill
 white men in the South, and to allow them I to be killed in the North, but we are afraid
 of committing sacrilege if we touch the | sacred negro. Cries of s'that's so." ! Yes, afraid to touch the sacred negro who I has caused the whole of the trouble But, l let me tell you the government has got over
 this notion, the people have got over it and ' l think I can certify that this crowd have
 got overit. Applause, and cries of ives,
 we have" We have been permitted to | discuss ali questions, human and divine; ! all questions of society; of morals and re-
 ligion. To canvass the character of God and ! the nature of his laws; but we have been
 forbidden to say word about the viper | which has stung us in our bosoms.
 It is no time for talking now, but for ac-,
 ton. We have consumed eight months in
 inactivity, have wasted three hundred mil | lions of dollars and sacrificed twenty five 1 thousand lives, turned this country upside ! down in our insane endeavors to put down this internal rebellion and save slavery, l ! tell you this can't be done, and the govern
 ment has come to that conclusion. Let me
 tell you confdcntially. that on Monday
 last they opened new set of books and l came to the conclusion that if the union
 can't be saved and slavery saved, then down | goes slavery The rebels have either got
 to submit, to die or run away. l tell you
 the time has come when play must stop | The rebels must submit or be sent down
 forthwith to that hell already vawning to 1 receive them.
 This desirable consummation was effect cd by compromise. The radical men | agreed that the conservative men should
 carry on the war according to their notions 1 for eight months, provided they were allow | ed the next eight. The time is up for the ! conservatives, and they now hand the war ! aud its conduct over to the radicals, and | every conservative man Sh0Rld now extend the same encouragement and support which [ we gave to them in the prosecution of their method.
 There are in the South 6S0, 900 strong and loyal male slaves who have fed and clothed the rebel army and have as good as l fought on their side. Government now proposes that these loyal slaves shall feed ! and clothe our army and fight upon our side The other day while l was talking with the President, Old Abe said to me,
 'Lane, how many black men do you want to have to take care of your army?" l told hin as my army would mum Der 34, ,000 proposed to have 34, 900 contrabands in addition to my teamsters and wagon mas ters. 1 Consider every one of my sol diers engaged in this glorious crusade of
 freedom knight errant and entitled to his squire to prepare his food, black his boots, load his gun and take off his drudgerg.- Vanity and pride arc necessary adjuncts of 1 the soldier, and l do not propose to lower him by menial offices, nor compel him to. perform the duties of the slave. So while ! shall elevate the slave by giving him his
 freedom and making man of him, 1 shall also elevate the soldier and leave him no
 work to do but fighting. A voice from the crowd" What are you going to do
 with the niggers?"
 The general, singling ont tho owner of the
 voice, and pointing his long finger at him,
 replied Ah, my friend you are just the
 man have been looking for 1 will tell
 you what 1 am going to-do with them. am going to plant on the soil of the gulf coast after we have got through this war, let them stay there ans cultivate the land !; have gov ernment extend a protection to them, as it does to the Indians, and send superinten- dants and governors among them and pay
 them wages for their labor There could
 be no competition betweon black and white labor" He believed wether the rebels lik
 cd the idea or not, that the blacks at no distant day would have possession of that gulf country, to which they were acclimat- cd and physically conditioned. He propos
 ed to establish free State governments IS
 he went along, and he could promise his
 hearers that either he or the rebels would be cleaned out
 After urging the benefit of vigorous prosecution of the war, the general closed by again thanking the crowd for the hand
 some reception, and retired to the pariors
 amid most enthusiastic applause, where he
 vas soon engaged in more presentations
 SHARP SH0OTERS.