Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-07-16

imrelled and advanced by this swindling spirit.
Yet tte,e very men who had disgrac,'d them
selves BY theae frauds, w,uld talk gravely
about he sin Of slave stealing. Now tale
the value of all the negroes that have bren
stolen from the South and then take the sum
of the Northern debts that have been rppudi-
atel by Southern men, and the latter will sur
pass the former ar least ten to one. Who
owns many of cur public buildings, railroad
stocks, bauk stocks. and other property
Northern men. Yet you who clamor about
your Southern rights can costly defraud your
/ Northern friends of millions of dollars. The
rebels of Tennrssee must be coerced. They
coerced Tennessee, or tried to coerce her. out
of the Union, and they must be coerced into
the performance of their duty. You talk of
Withholding your cotton and starving out the
North, Just make the calculation which will
stsrve ont the soonest-the Nnr'h. with her
hreadstuffs and no cotton, or the South, with
cotton aud no breadstuffs.
Gov. johnson paid an elegant tribute to
the loyalty and fidelity Of the East Tennes-
scans, who, under tie crushing weiaht of OPP
preston still rem;iued faithful to the Union
The cnnduct Of many Of the rebel women he
remarked, was astonishing. How dare you
breathe treason and insult the flag of your
country2 Hold up yonr hands in the light
Of Heaven-gaze steadfaStly on them, and
see f they are not red with hloodl Yes. the
biond of your own h. stands. brothers and
Suns, whom you wre ched mfatuafion drove
to treason and rebels grave Men who
would have gladly staid at home. who felt no
sympathy for tire wicked canSe, and who, but
with Us in the enjoyment Of lie and health
have been sent by your pernie:nus influence
to an untimely and ignomi.riru~ grave. And
vet, these women on the streets, haunt their
dresses as thou Oh they were terrific comes
and the world was to BE- dashed ont of exist
ence by a sweep Of their trains For true
woman he ever cherished an exalted rever-
ence and admiration but for those who unsex-
Ell themselves by di play of treason and i'll
breeding, ne nd none This rebellion must
he put down, treason be made odious, and
traitors impoverished and punished The
strong arm nf the Government must fall heavi-
ly and terribly on the heads of the men who
have brought this war on the country. For
0" viii taud b. ny Goverum Mt, at
wha ever personal risk. have enli-'ed for |
the war ana will not go back. expect to
receive in the uu~e. as I have received /
already, much obloquy and aIuse. know
thai am as&iled with fendish malignity.
Even to day, received di<patch from one
hi. h in authority. warning me that band Of
q ssSas~ins are on nv track. How or where |
they mean TO strike, know not They are
a aven, dsef srdly SET. " no cannot look Won !
in he eye, and who do their work from be-
hind your hack, or in the dark, or by poison.
Some wrech even now may be skulking IN .
this crow. awaiting c.ance TO do the r'e.d
TO which his mas'er has hrlbed him. I DEFY |
all this venom and malignity. Suppoe the
secession Succte'ls, What Jhell WEat nave /
they nbtaned2 What signifies one lie when
the life of the nation Is at stake? Even from
the blood Of the patriot armies Of patriols will
arise, and the blood Of the martyrs will boone
the seed OF the church. In vain the threat of
the assassin'S dagger or the poisoned bowl,
for patriots untimida el will press forward to
freedom and victory. or falling will he blessed
by poSteriry. Awake to your duty, Teines-
'eesnd Cone mp so the glorious work Of "a
wing your country. Let us take long pull.
md a strong pull, and pull altogether, and
,ur country shall stand forth re4enersted and
e Termed. and Pe7ce and prosperity again shall
bless our borders.