The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-04


A friend has sent us a copy OF a speech
made some weeks ago in Danville, Ind,
by Col. a. d. srREroHT, of the 5lst In
diana Volunteers, which contains many
admirable thoughts We select q few
for our columns;
"The policy of the war has been
changed" says one, "and can't fight 10
free the Niger; | want the war carried
on consiituionally." Let as look as this
a moment and see 10 this is the reason.
Have the rebels changed their policy2
They said they would divide the Union
and wrench from us the one half Of our
our territory. Then, my friend, who has
changed? Who made this air abolitio
war? Who commenced IN We were
compelled 10. fight, or submit 20 degrade
ton, which no Government can do and
retain the respect of mankind. Foe more
than year, we tried TO conciliate the
rebels by protecting their property. How
did we succeed2 So long as this policy
was carried out they laughed at us Ne
sroes were laboring for their benefit and
feeding them. When they ran away, they
were caught and good naturedly return
ed. Col. Turchin ran counter to this
policy; the rebels thought him a very
very fiend, and 20 please them, he was
court -martialled and dismissed the SER
vice--for what is now done daily. We
carried on She Ear in this--your way
Mr.. Constitution man. But at last IL was
seen that 10 would never do. So this
proclamation was issued, which changed
| II; and the negro either ran North, or was
| driven further SOuth-so were the mules
and other property. The wealthy men in
the South are now poor. They feel the
weight Of war heavily upon th,m. They
now come TO our camps with tears in
their eyes, and misery depicted on their
countenauces, and feel that their breth-
ren--yOur Southern brethren" Mr.. Com
stitutional man--are making war upon
them. They ask in piteous tones, as this
war never TO endP Our sons are fallen in
battle; our negroes, our mules and other
property, are all gone. Don't lie US talk
about terms; let us quit"
The speaker said he would not only
set the negroes free, but the mules, and
set them to kicking their owners.
| daughter. Northern Alabama, Missis-
| sippi and Tennessee were one cornlield
in 1912. The white men were nearly
all in the army, fighting US; the negroes
are tilling the land, and feeding them.
Now we had iNpart put stop 10 this.
We have made it the interest of The negro
| to no longer delve for the master.
/ am asked, "What will YOU do with
their women and children p You, my
| Constitutional friend, betray yourself, as
more in sympathy with the rebels than
with your own loyal friends. You say
you don't want TO be on an equality with
the "niggers." Negroes will not pre-
sumo TO be your equals. Sambo would
take two or three guns from our cxhaus
ted soldiers, your fellow-ciliz M, and
| bring them safely into camp. Well, say
| you, 81 am greatly opposed to armiug
the negro" Now let us be practical. Ii
your house is on ire--yoa would not stop
to talk of equality, il the negro shOud
take hold and help You put out the fire,
and thus save the house. You would not
say, get out you black rascal you. | am
not going TO put myself on an equality
with you. Our nation is on FIRE This
is cant; il is not sincerity. For my
| part, / would rather sacrifice negroes than
white men.
The Colonel spoke with much severity
of the secret societies already formed in
this State; il they inaugurated revolu-
ton here, they would be swept away.
He spoke of the complaint made of the
suspension of the writ Of habeas corpus (;
that Union men need not fear for their
liberty none but sympathizers and trail
tors had been or would be arrested; and
that's what's the matter. He had seen
many men who deserved TO be, but had
not been arrested.
| This sort of men had come 10 grief on
account of the slaughter at Fredericks-
burg. II was great calamity. But if
half the Union soldiers 10 the whole
army had been slaughtered under their
pc General il would not have caused
such grief
He showed thai the assertion that the
opponents of the war could not support
it because Of the negro was a mere pre-
tence for the X. q. O.'s were organized
before the proclamation was thought Of,
or even the war commenced, and their
schemes were then ooGcocted, and their
plans laid down. These men remined
him of hen who tucked her head under
her wing and thought herself safe from
sight.
II these cOnspiratOrs undertake TO get
up collision they are doomed men.
The French Revolution was mere pastime
aud a holiday in comparison with what
it will prove to them. They will have 10
fight q well disciplined army. And il
the Northwestern ContederacY scheme is
tried, il will only be obtained over a
stream Of blood of the volume Of White
River. The land would be covered with
slaughter.
But these men talk Of resisting the
draft II they do, military law will be
the order. Then cfiiZeas will not be able
TO go from town TO town without a pass,
and they will bring upon all the citizens
AteTribie state OF things--tOo horrible to
depict You laboring 60 make peace
MOI You are laboring TO make war, for
the moment you band together to resist
the military authorities, that moment you
make war. That is the way war is made.
And then comes "war to the knife, and
the knife 10 tue hiiL" Democrats are
not all traitors, but nearly al traitors
claim 10 be Democrats. You peace men
are now trying TO get the Government
into your hands, aud place your men in
command of the army. We have been
fighting just such men as you down
South, aud know how 10 take you. We
can smell you at forty rods.
YOU who cry abolition" cannot de-
ceive the soldiers. Ii you do succeed in
influencing one now and then, he il A