The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-08-01
A Sound Document on the War.

SPEECH or SENATOR WRIGHT, OF In
DIANA. IN THE UNIFIED STATES Sen
ATE, July l5 1862.
Hon. Jos. A. Wright, OF Indiana
delivered an able speech on the
Confscation Bill, in the United
States Senate, on the 18Th instant,
from which we make some extracts
below. He handles tho rchela, and
the sympa,hizers with rebels, with
on. gloves, and tells q good many
truths which it would be we'll If the
Gov. rnment and people were to take
to heart, end make q note Of lie
begins as follows:
We have passed bill IN The sinh
Jet Of cOnfiscation, which gives the
President power 10 employ negr"es
TO work at his discretion. | he'i've
he he'd the power without that bull:
and will take this occasion to v
to my friend from New York. CMr.
Harris that 30 far as the exercise
OF that power is concerned by our
Generals, my Information is not Of
the character he gives TO us in the
letter from Gen. Mcclellan. have
a letter before me, written in the
South. from a gentleman | have
known for m any years and | propo'e
now to read an extract from il in re
l4tion 10 the effect OF Gen Halleck s
order No. 8. My friend writes as
follows:
"Halleck's order No. 3 has killed
at leaat ten thousand Of your West
ern soliiers. You can see them on
every car and on the corners OF ev.
cry street. At Hamburg, fonr miles
above Pit,sburg Landing. there were
two thousand seven hundred soldiers
sick, and six hundred had been ta-
ken away the day before we were
there. saw detachments of our
troops m aking roads in the hot sun;
| saw the boats being unloaded BY
them, and. in fact, Young men, no
BILE men who had sprung 10 arms &c
save the country, were performing
labor which was enough to break
down the constitution of the strong.
est: and did not see single black
man at work at any OF the landings
on the Tennessee or Cumberland
rivers; but | did see two stout fellows
backing the boots Of rebel prison
ers on board the steamer Uncle Sam
at Pittsburg Landing"
This is the authority Of q gentle.
man | can vouch tor as q man oI
respectabilty. He sent me anoth-
er fact. He enclosed to me list
of four hundred and seventy sch
men, who were then on board ohe
steamer, most OF whom were from my
own state and Ohio; and out of the
whole list but three were wounded
in battle. They we're all afflicted
with the diseases OF that country, as
shown from the list opposite to each
name, and but three were wounded
only refer to this to show the fac
that while 60 as far ss any mar
in prosecuting this war. in uphold
ing the Generals in the field, in sus
tanning any proposition Il at ma.
be necessary, to employ these mel
not only to work and labor, but will
do whatever else may be necessary
with the vast means God has giveI
US, to save the life OF the Republic
/" | fear there has no
been a true appreciation OF our con
di,ion among US as the represent
tives of the people. There WAS
great deal OF truth uttered by Ger
Wallace, OF my own state, the othe
night, in those magic words: ~
ayant TO make acar." Sir, we haa
to make a0ar; we aoant TO make soai
There was much force slso in the r.
ply made the other day by an offic,
; 10 Alexandria, where he was sske
by the commissary department whit
he wanted: 81 aoant ropes IN Alef
andria." II was a laconic repl,
but 1t meant Q great DIAL, l pu
pose for few moments to look ,
a lew facts that stare us in the fac
What has been the conduct Of OF
armyp When l vas in Kentucl'
in the month Of October last, spen'
ing few weeks. there was q reg
,, ment located right in the Blue Ora