The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-10

! ties. You in New York must follow the
| government as expressed by the will Of
the majority of your State, and the loyal
men Of the South must, until this con-
test comes TO the process of settlement,
also follow the action of the organized
majorities in the communities In which
their lot has been cast. No man nor any
set of men can see any solution of or
any other governmental problem as af-
fecting States, except upon this basis.
CoNFIsCATIoN AND COLONIZATION.
The Israelites took possession Of the
land of Canaan, which they got from
alien enemies. Has il not been held
from the beginning Of the world down to
this day that the whole property of alien
enemies belonged to the cOnqueror, and
that it is at his mercy and at his Glenn
| ency what shall be done with it? For
one would take the property of the
! rebels and give part of il to the loyal
men of the South, enough to make him
as well, or as nearly well, as he was be-
fore; and l would take the rest of il and
distribute it among the volunteer soldiers
who have gone to support the government.
| (Bravo, bravo) And, so far as | know
them, if We shall settle South Caroli-
ma with them, shall be quite willing
to receive her back into the Union in
the course Of few years. (Applause.)
WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH THE SLAVES?
That leads US TO deal with another
ropOsition-what shall be. done with
the slaves? Here, again, the laws of war,
| dealing with that species of property,
/ a
clearness and exactness. II is at the
hand of the conquerOr-Of the govern
ment which has maintained or extended
its Jurisdiction over the territory--to
deal with those slaves as it pleases, TO
free them or not as that government
chooses. II is not for the conquered to
make terms, or to send friends to make
terms on that question. daughter and
applause.) Another difficulty which
seems to trouble some of my old Demo
cratic friends is the question of arming
the negro slaves. If these Confederate
States are alien enemies, is there any OBJ
lection that you know of--and if so,
state tito arming one portion of that
foreign country against the other. (No,
no) Suppose we were at war with Eng
land, who here would get up in New York
and say we must not arm the Irish, lest
they should hurt somebody? daughter
and applause) Again, there is no law,
either of war, or of nations, or of gov
ernmental action, that / know of, which
prevents country armlng any portion
of its citizens or its subjects for the de-
fence of that portion or of any other.
WILL THE NEGROES FIGHT
This is one question which am very
often asked, and will answer it here
once for all. Will the negroes fight q?
On that subject / have no personal expe-
rience, because left the Department of
the Gulf before they were fairly brought
into action. But they did fight under
Jackson at Chaimette. Let Napoleon
III. answer it, who has hired them to do
what the veterans of the Crimea could not
do--whiP the Mexicans. Laughter.l
Let the veterans of Napoleon L., who, un-
der his brOther-in-law lie Clerc, were
whipped out of st. Domingo by them,
say whether the will fight or not. APP
plause What has been the demoraliz-
ing effect on them of contact with the
white men / know not but cannot for
get that they and their fathers would not
have been slaves it they had not been
captives of war in their own country,
made so in hand TO hand fights among
the several chiefs. That shows that they
would fight at some time, If you want
TO know any more about it, | can only
advise you to try them.
FOREIGN NATIONS.
What are the duties of foreign nations
if these are alien enemies? Neutral ma
tions have no treaty of amity or alliance
with them. They are strangers to every
neutral nation. Take England, for ex-
ample. England has no treaty with the
rebels. She has no relations-I mean
open ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS them
none that are recognized by the laws of
nations. She has treaties of amity and
friendship with us, Let me illustrate,
two friends Of mine get into fight. |
am on equally good terms with both,
do not choose to take part with either.
treat them as belligerents and hold my
self neutral. That is the position of a
nation where two equally friendly ma.
tions are at war But again / have a
, friend who is fighting with a stranger,
! with one OF whom know nothing good,
and Of whom have seen nothing except
| that he would fight. (Lsughter) What
is my duty TO my friend in that case
Is il 10 stand perfectly neutral? That
is not considered the part Of friend as
between men, and is il the part Of a
p friendly nation as between nations ?
2 And yet our English friends profess to
{ do no more than 20 stand perfectly neu-
tral, although they have treaties Of amity
3. with US and none with the South, They
; say: "Oh, we are going TO be neutral
We will not sell you any arms, because
! we should have TO do the same for the
I Confederate States" To that | answer
Q You have got treaties Of amity and com
; merce with us by which you agree to
trade with us, aud you have got no such
treaties with them Why not, then,
> trade with us? Why not give US that
d rightful preference"
, now THG CONTEST Is TO END.
!. There are but two ways in which this
L contest can be ended. One is by re-
70 yolutionizing a given portion Of their
v territory and have then come aud ask to
d be admitted into the Union. Another is
10 TO bring il all back or that part il
?, which does not come back in the first
?. way, bound TO the triumphal car Of vic.
O tory. (Cheers) There is No witohery
IS about this. This precise thing has been
e done in the case of West Virginia. Sh,
1 asked to come back and has been receiy.
10 ed back, and she is the entering Wedg,
2 of the series Of States which will com,
& back that way. But if they do not com,