Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-04-17
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which have 70 make. IL is the injustice
add insult 70 the President Of which they
are guilty, who charge him with turning
the War into an abolition War. lie sol
EMMY declares that his sole end is to put
dosn the Rebellion; and that whatever
he does with slavery is done but inciden-
tally and but % that sole end What if 4
the President. having taken it into his f
head that one OF the most effective things I
which could be done toward prostrating +
the Rebellion is to free the cotton from
the tenacious grasp Of the Confederate
Government. should be multiplying en-
deayors TO that endl Would il be fair to
charge him With perverting the War into
n War % free the cotton7 deliberately
affirm tina, Il would be quite as fair as to
charge him with perveatiag it into a War
to free the slaves. Let US all be lust 10
the President. To be unjust to him is
not only TO wrong him, butte wrong and
perhaps ruin the country. Democrats.
there are some who accuse YOU Of oppos-
ing the President Proclamation because
you would pervert the War into
War for Slavery. Are you not IN
dignant at the accusationl Surely, you
should be. For nothing in all the history
OF man could be more revolving than such
a perversion Of just War, and such a
betrayal Of a righteous cause. Great is
the wickedness of slaveholding people
who make war for Slavery. But the wan
ton and unmitigated wickedness Of non
slaveholding people, who should Join
them, would be infinitely greater.
must bring my Speech to close
DO you wonder that ]. so old and so rad
ieai an AboIitionist, have expressed ire
no concern about Slavery ! could not
express what did not feel. Since the
bombarding OF Sumter have felt no con =
Germ about Slavery-for / could not doubt
thai il was the eifectual bombaring of
Slavery. As the war has advanced I
have been increasingly confident that the
people would never consent to re-estab-
lish the cause Of all this blood aud horror
and desolation. As | have seen the
Plovshare of war pass through Slavery,
/ have felt more and more that the time
for the abomination to pass away had
come. And now have we signs that the
very earthquakes ofwar will soon be rend
ing this mountain of oppression, and toss
ing its parts hither and thither beyond all
possibility Of restoration.
Moreover, Civilization Is everywhere
casting oil Slavery: and there is reason
TO hope tina: even the South will become
30 far civilized by this War as no longer
to desire Slavery. Ii is indeed sad tc
have to number War amongst the civiliz
ing agents. Nevertheless so it is thai
whilst the nations are on their present
low plane--a plane in the case of some o
them not above the barbarism of slave
holding-it is hardly extravagant to SAL
of them that: without shedding of blooc
there is no" civilization. War is emphat
ically the worst Of all remedies. But IN,
nations are still too low and barbarous t,
try only the better ones.
Yes. tho slave is soon to 90 free
Heavens time for setting him free is a
hand; and Earth and Hell cannot prevail
against Heaven. He goes free by tn
shedding of blood. But il is the blood o
his common orpressors North and South
instead Of his own. Wondrous manifest
ations OF the Divine hand. Wondrou
retributions of the Divine JUSTICE
But though am sure that the innocen
shall 60 free, am not sure that the guilt
nation shall live. God alone knows VIII,
penalty will be adequate TO its enormou.
continued and unrepented ofcrimes agar
His poor. Perhaps it is to be destroyed
and TO be a warning, loud and Ions
against oppression. Nevertheless, thong
we are to be submissive to whatever ma
be in store for her, We are TO labor yea
ously, wisely, and necessarily for her sa
walton.
Ny hearers. we will all stand b, the Go,
ernment--will We notg Although some Of
are Democrats and some Republicans al
.oms shofffforfsfs W. will ravor+hafass 10.
hands as Americans--will We mott We W
all ofus. notw outstanding our party division
and party Interests. generously and patriot
ally band ourselves together 20 crush IN
eauseless and aceursed Rebellion-wfi v
nor Would that We might this night fe
more deeply than ever that 70 j. not b. Il
Rebels that we can De conquered. but only
ourselves. Nothing IS traer than thatthe d
9th Rebellion IS ia disunion 81 the North.
Nothing i truer than that u would and
death In union al the North.
Ere taking my seat let me remind you
our duty 10 stand by oar Army-by the bra
men who have gone ont from among us 70 "a
fer every hardship aud - face every peril
the high and holy work % suppressing Il
most nefarious OF all conspi racies. Bat q
way 20 stand by them i 90 siaud by the Go
ernmeni they serve. To desert hr Cover
ment Is 20 desert them. Our soldiers bid
stand BY the Government. They are amlet
that 80 may Of b 10 not they are indi
nant 81 the divisions BY which We eneoural
the foe, AMI make him ADLER 10 drive IA
and slaughter our friends. SaoA heartle-