The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-02
platform Iplant myself, and au o'spo''eTs o.
hell can not shake me.
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,n,Sor a,d The Union, but j want the
war carried on upon consu'u'ional pm
ciples" You say you uoh aPploso u
The measures or policy oil inc Aomtnls'
tration In She prosecution on ,ne war
and now. for the first time in the history |
Of the rebellion, be attempted to reason.
They say TO US, 'lf you are not IN favor
Of this policy, why do you indorse II by |
Sssenting to il p And they say, furth-
ar. "Let Lincoln abandon bis wicked
poliov, and then we will give him men
and money; but we will give him no
more men or money unless he does"
That Is the position Of the constitution
al Union men. Let us as see what II
amounts 10.
! plant myself upon the platform that
no matter what Mr. Lincoln or Morgan or
JEFF. Davis may do, the Government that
nav fathers gave me-the Government
which I inherited as priceless legacy
from the revolutionary fathers--that
Government is mine and will stand by
il in spite Of any policy Of Lincoln or
anybody else. (Cheers.) You say, how
ever, that l indOrse Lincoln's policy if |
give him more men or money. If l
don't give any more men or money,
whose policy do indorseP In effect, /
indorse and sustain the policy of the
enemy in the subverson of the Govern
meut Men and money are absolutely
necessary to maintain our position against
the rebellion. If you furnish no more,
the rebellion triumphs, and falls upon us
like night, and shuts out ell hope.
If You can tell me how you can crush
the rebellion without men and money,
would like to hear you. If you refuse
men and money. the certain result is that
the Southern Confederacy prevails, and
enforces such laws upon us as il choOsts;
The Constitution, which you profess TO
regard so sacredly, is torn into shreds
and scattered TO the four winds. You
would preserve the Constitution and the
Union by refusing men and money,
when il is as clear as day that by re-
fusing men and money, you will see both
the Constitution aud the Union de-
stroyed forever.
You say Lincoln must prosecute the
war on constitutional principles-but
what are those principles? You and
Mr.. Lincoln may argue constitutional
questions now, ii You choose TO, but |
shall not attempt IT, There is other
work TO be done. But, for a moment, let
us see what there Is about the war that
is not constitutional Well, the Presi-
dent has suspended the habeas corpus
that great writ of freemen, secured to
us at Runymoade, which was wrenched
from the barons of England. Very good:
but suppose you give no more men or
money, and JEFF. Davis triumphs and
comes to reign over you, whore is your
haLeas co,pusf General Polk spoke the
truth of the Davis dynasty, when he
said habeas corpus is dead. You are
terribly offended because the h0beas
corpus is suspended for time, and rebels
among us are kept out Of mischief; but
have no objection TO being dragged into
Government where there is no haJeas
coaPasl
You say the Emancipation PrUulsma
ton is ali wrong, and Kentucky should
not sanction it, You are Kentuckian,
and let us see where you stand. The
President excepted from his Emancipa-
ton Proclamation all the borders States;
even Tennessee was excepted from its
operation; and between its fret enuncia-
ton and the time 1t was authoritatively
promulgated, portions of Louisiana and
North Carolina having been recovered
from the rebels, those portions were EN-
braced in the territory excepted. All
territories were excepted where il could
not be used TO effect some useful purpose
in supervising the rebellion. IL was pro-
claimed as scare-crow, to affect rebels,
and not loyal Union men. But yet you
Kentuckians who are not 10 be affected
by il, turn around and want to held JEFF
Davis. You sympathize with him in re-
gard to his slaves; and TO that extent, al
least, you are for the rebellion and against
the Union. For my part, would say
il emancipation will effect anything
down there, go ahead. am for the Gov.
eminent, and for Kentucky, but you turr
against she border States, and wish tC
assist the cotton States, to plumber us
Of our slaves, rather than Lincoln should
dispossess them Of their property. You
would rather bring waste and ruin upon
your own country, than stand by your
Government.
would rather the policy of the Presi-
dent had not been adopted; but if Mr.
Lincoln threatens to rob them of Their
property il is certainly no worse than
their intention to rob us of ours and
surely, as guardians Of our own interest
we ought to stand by the Government
which proposes 10 defendu s. III the Pre-
sidenps policy is wrong, il Is aimed al
the rebels, our enemy; while the policy
of the seoesslonists Is the same wrona
aimed at us. You can thus see the differ.
enoe between the men who arc LOYAL Il
the Federal Government and doing ali
they can TO sustain il, and those who
sympathize with the rebels, and arc
thwarting the workot the Union army
the one is for us, the other against us
You are disturbed about the Oonfisca,
ton Law. Did you ever hear of the S.
Questration law of the Confederacv
They have such law down there, and 1
sweeps every thing before It. You object
TO emancipation and coniiscation, bu
sympathizo with sequestration. On
thing or the other you must sustain
there Is no middle position; II you ar
against the one, you are for the other
You play into Its hands, although yor
may say you do not You can not he'll
il.
MICRO SOLDIERS.
You object 10 negro soldiers. Who be-
gan this business Who raised the 1rs
negro regimentP Did Lincoln2 Don
you know that Ia the beginning Of thi
strife, in New Orleans, they heralded i
abroad that they had already organized
two negro regiments 10 fight the YAM