Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-12-10

Little Rock, Ark, communicating ex
tracts from,a speech BY General 3. W
CAN'T. delivered 10 that city Novem
Der =, from which We select as fol
lows:
DOOM OF sLAyERY-sfAfK SUICIDE.
Az Secessionists, We supposed VI
were out Of the Union. We went on
TO protect slavery. We failed. We
nov come back. For what purposei
To Protect slsveryf The absurdity il
monstrous to tolerate for . moment
We went out to protect the negro. We
come back to protect the white man.
We regard the negro question as def
nitely settled by The last source OF sp-
peal, and We say. here let il rest.
But we of Arkansas must dispose Of
what is left Of this question for our.
selves. We can't dodge it. In our
settling it We are not sgitsting the sls-
very question. Can you agiiats the
dead? Is not slavery dead in our
State? Did it not go down in the vor-
tex Of secession and civil war? But
though dead. its remains must be dis
posed Of. Its dead carcass is all that
lies between US and perfect restora-
Etion Of our former relations Of the
Government. A convention OF people
should meet and bury it. The question
of abolition and its converse, can't be
made 10 our midst, We are not like
Missouri. With US the question is,
What shall We do with that which is
already sboiishedi To this there can
be but one answer: Amend the Con.
stitution and put il beyond the hope oI
resurrection We OF the North and
South. knowing that slavery was the
disturbing element in our Government.
after many "sehiemsnts, each one
deemed final" resorted to the last
arbilrament-the sword. We who
own slaves have lost, tairly lost. and
We must abide the decision. The peO-
pie Of Arkansas are therefore the
proper ones to act on its finsl extinc-
lion 10 our midst. The sooner we do
it the better for rs and the country
To many this truth is unpslatable, but
we can't blink it; il must be met; let
as do il like men.
There is a large and growing party
in the North that is disposed 10 reduce
the seeded States to the condition OF
Territories. The central idea Of this
party is 10 get rid OF slavery. SIS the
source Of our calsmilies. 1t would be
snbeeoming in US, as well as waste
Of time, to get up and argue the alb
sIrsct question with them rs to their
right to do this. Let us anticipate
them and cut under them at once, by
meeting 10. convention, at the earliest
day that we can be empowered so to
do, and extirpste forever the last YES.
tage Of slavery in our midst, and hurry
out Of sight this source Of all our ca
lamiIies, personal. State, and national.
BY thus formally giving up what is al
ready lost, We will have secured to us
all our rights as equal States in the
Union. II we do not do SO, give il
as my opinion that. right or wrong, we
will be reduced to the condition Of q
Territory. and so remain sntil we do
pass upon this question. definitely, at
once aud forever. You can't find 9
soldier in the army who has not already
reached. OF is not closely approxims-
ting. the conclusion that his health,
happiness, and life, have been exposed
and jeopardized because of negro sIs-
very, and who does not feel. and who
will not insist. that. after all bis toll
and bardsbips, this question. which
diplomacy and statesman could not
settle, beng settled BY the sword,
should be put at rest forever.
ARKANSAS Is LOYAL.