Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-03-11

submissionists of the North! Yes! No,
suppose we have got over the difficult
about the boundary line. The mex
questions that will come up will be ou
commercial relations, and the navigation
of the Mississippi river.
Our commissioners say we shall hay
the free navigation of these rivers. Yo
promised and guaranteed it to us q
Montgomery. Oh, but. say the rebe
commissioners, you did not accept
then; you have not carried out the plan
we proposed. We have q large debt +
pay, and we can only meet it by maxim,
your exports, your flour, your pork, you
bacon and your whiskey pay such tribut
as our Congress at Richmond may lev,
upon your exports. Shall this be? VIII
you have peace on these terms?
Our commissioners say we will neve
| agree to this, we must lay it before ou
President and obtain his Instructions
We will suppose that President Lincoln
with his Cabinet, should take these prop
ositions into considerations. Now, Will,
all this was going on, what do you suppose
the rebels would be doing? They would
be sending their cotton TO England. ano
buying arms, ammunition and navy
and would gain recognition abroad
while at home their armies would be re
cruited and become better prepared iol
war while our people, thinking the wal
was over, would become wasted away
We could not resume the war, and would
be obliged to accept their terms, dishon-
orable as they might be. This IS precise
ly what would be the resnlt
Thav osL for an arniSfica nnw yVhar,
we have nearly cleared the Mississippi
river. In short time we will have TAX
en- Vicksburg, opened the Mississippi riv-
er and cut the rebellious States in Two
The rebellion would then really be con-
fined TO a few old States lying east of the
Mississippi river, and would soon perish
from its own rottenness. / have never
despaired of the Republic; never de-
SPARED of the result of the war; but |
confess that the weakened and distracted
counsels at home have given me much
anxiety. 1t is on this that the rebels
now chiefly rely. The Richmond papers
point TO our dissensions at home
for the success of their scheme. They
are hoping confidently, and Davis him
self has pointed 10 ''the gleam of hope
coming from the Northwest"
We are urged to refuse to sustain the
because of the Presidents
proclamation. | have TO say that the
President has done some things that
do not approve of. He might not do
them again with the light he has now
gained. He was called upon to act in q
time of great trial and peril, and to have
acted without having committed some
faults could not have been human
Those who would complain of the Presi-
dent for such acts in such time are un-
sound in their loyalty to the Government.
Now, as to the Proclamation of the
President. What is it? What is its OBJ
ject? 1t was for the purpose of striking
a blow at the rebellion and weakening
the rebels. You say it was an expert
ment. | say it was an experiment; but
no great discovery was ever
made without experiment. Now, in re-
gard to the power of the President to is
sue such proclamation, have no doubt
Of it. As to its effect, that will be recor-
led in history.
The submissionists insist the war should
be carried on as we carry on society in
lines of peace. Peace has privileges and
and war has its rights and
What gave the right last
all to suspend business and drive your
citizens to work on the fortitications back
If Covington and Newport, but because
If rebel army approaching you p
Cheers for Gen. Lew. Wallace. What
vas it that gave the right to cut down
rees, destroy groves and dig bitches? 1t
vas because war existed near your door.
What gave the right to seize the churches
It Murfreesboro, and convert them into
hospitals, but the existence of war? To
AXE the horses, mules, crops and other
of the rebels? 1t was the state
,f war. What right to shut up harbors,
blockade ports, but the existence of war ?
These acts are not all provided for in the
Constitution.
The Northern traitors do not deny all
his; but it is only when you touch the
Institution of Slavery that they complain.
The President believes that Slavery is
N essential means on the part of the reb
is for carrying on the war. He believes
hat they employ slaves to load and un-
Dad their trains-to dig their intrench- |
nents, and build their fortifcations-to |
aise their provisions. That slaYe labor |
S an important element in carrying on |
he war, and being an instrument of war,
S liable to destruction. l would say to |
hose in the North, who are the advocates
or Slavery? If you do not want it dis
urbed you must keep it out of the war.
What propriety is there to ask US to leave
slavery alone, when tine rebels use it as a |
,ower against US. Is there sound sense
r morals in that? Notwithstanding by
he means of Slavey they are enabled to
all every white man into the field, yet
Te are called upon to regard that institu-
ion as sacred and inViolate. If they
Tere to withdraw Slavery from the war
t would require two-thirds of their white
oldiers to 90 home to save their families
rom starvation. In regard to the power
f the President to issue the Proclamation |
s a war measure, there can be more 9ues-
ion about it than about the right to dig
cut down trees, build fortifca-
ions or take churches. As to the ques-
ion of power it is too clear for argument.