The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-28

4 Pillow made able and interesting speocl
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! ain onr c,nss r,r o,id 10 me onomv ,rs
now varipo . vor 4 thunder and If onr men
F Of nronortv ana no, nov ,e,dy and WILLING r.
aid an, army i, IN n. mean. i tbcir no,,or
IN dr;y. h,ot ~ 80, n,,,r ,o..no, ooa,,la; !,
Ior do c.rorr,non, CO. ~, nro..o,;nc ,bei,
nro,or,y 1d.o ana sod 20, p;low p
Iindo bimsolr, ;d, ,bo H., ,,, h. cam lv ,he
o,o,y.J or rnioa sonino,,s r, i, nroyipc
nlso n Lie conr,ry n,sscryo nronerty ,o,o
tbo roy,ces of d,a foe Thoi. object Is 10 de.
I s,,oc ,ho Who'll. Soutl, rosnec,,o. tho riobts
ana mo rror.,,, ~ ,or. Tboir intention 10
40 sl,o,yn b, tbeir co,,Ir., j., ,pisiapa to
make slaves Of tbe White men If tbo south.
Tho man If propert, v.l,o noo. bositatos ~ nse
al tl,ot he has IN ennnort If tbe Government
aud for il,o nprnoso If strorotb, .,po army
1 is moi onlv ev;nrino lis want If nrncinld and
patriotism, but Is blind TO his own self inter
est The poor men have given their sons.
the rich men have given heir sons. YOU.
all Of you, said Gen. Pillow, have given
your sons, and now are You unwilling to give
a portion Of your ne --oes to serve as team
sters to take the place Of the brave men who
would do good service "a soldiers, but who
are now engaged in driving wagons.
He said the slave power Of the South was am
element Of strength il we would use It proper
Iy, but all eiemeNS ST. weakness If we did not.
The negroes woul be wen fed. we'll clothed,
and wei taken care Of in The army, and would
be IN no danger; in fact they would be safer
in the army than ont Of it, because then they
would not be liable to he carried off by the
enemy Cen. Pillow drew am affecting but
truthful picture Of the condition Of the negroes
that had been carried away by the Yankees
He stated that they had taken four hundred
negroes from him by force Of arms thot he i
learned they wero now in deporablo condi-
ton, without clothing, without shoes, without
funds, and suffering from all manner of disease.
They were begging to be returned to him, but
the cruel onemy would not permit them 10
come. lie said he had sustained heavy losses
during this war; that the enemy had taken from
him not only his negroes. but thew burned no
four gin.houses which were worth ten thousand
dollars each. they had taken 100000 pounds Of
bacon 2 GOO hogs 5o0 fine cattle destroved his |
houses in Arkansas laid waste bis plantations
and otherwise Injured him in MANY respectq
Our own Government had burned lOo bales
of his cotton. I'LL ttis and more he was will.
ing to endure 10 secure our INDEPENDENCE. he
said he was ready to Law down his life rather
than submit to the tyranny Of the Lincoln Gov.
eminent. Who of YOU. said he would not
willingly do the same thing?
Some men, he said, through lmidity and
fear Of the loss Of property, had permitted
themselves to be placed in position false 70
themselves and false 10 their country and
some few though re,y few, were traitors at
heart. The day has now passed for gaining
anything nv timidiy and submission. Anil
must " ork, and work energetically, and IL we
do we have nothing to fear. lie stated that
Gen. Sherman had written him a letter couched
in very polite language Offering TO return his
negroes to him, and to indemnify him for all
his losses, if he would abandon the Conroder.
ate service. His answer was characteristic
of the man. He said: "General, whilst | thank
you for your courteous letter, let me say to
you the properly your Government has taken
from mo was my own. Your Government baa
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