The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-15
General Kimbail, at 0ampbellsburg.
Indiana.

a AAAA " 80 y 80 ~ q aAfF ~ 49, ~
zens at Campbellsburg Washington
county, Indiana, on the afternoon Of the
5th, TO hear Gen. Kimball on the war
This Is the Generals old home, and he did
not feel at liberty TO refuse his whilom
friends and neighbors, who have regard
ed with feelings Of pride his gallant con-
duct in the field.
The meeting was held in the Metho-
dist Church, which was crowded to its
utmost capacity, a good proportion of the
audience being ladies' We are indebted
to Robert Denny, Esq., Of that place, for
a report Of the speech, but can iind room
only for what follows
He disclaimed being politician. He
was only a soldier, endeavoring TO do
what he could for his country. Poll
ticians are Of q different stripe. Why
was it found necessary to ask any man
if be were loyal? Because politicians,
for selfish purposes, had sought to blind
the people by telling them this was not
E war for the country, but TO free the ne
gro. This war grew out Of rebellion
against the Constitution and the Govern
ment. Who commenced it? If South
Carolina, and the other States that fol-
lowed her example, had not renounced
allegiance 10 the Constitution and Gov
eminent, there wOald be no war to- day.
But some claim that the nature of the
contest has changed, and they will make
this an excuse for camoring for "peace,"
and compromise" The truth is the re-
bellion is to- day what il was at the be-
ginning-the permanent disruption of
this Government. The traitors in arms
have set up Government for themselves
and ihey swear they will never re-unite
with the North And yet these peace
men among us wish the Government to
stop the war to crush rebellion, because
we have TO suffer in blood and treasure.
But demagogues, from sinister motives,
declared this a "nigger war The man
who says it, tells lie. The war is for
the preservation of the rights of citizens
both North and South, under the Gonsti-
tuition. But we are told that it is an Abb
clifton war. Practically it is. Who
made il so Not the President, nor his
Cabinet, nor Congress, nor any part of
the Government. The Proclamation has
not freed one negro to ten that the Army
had before it was issued. Mr. Lincoln
might have saved the paper it was written
upon, and the result would have been the
same. The speaker claimed TO be DEM
Ocrat-had never voted for an Abolition-
ist in his life, except when he voted for
Tom Hendricks Laughter He voted
against Mr.. Lincoln, yet as an honest,
loyal citizen, it was his duty now to sup
port him in this contest with rebellion.
He explained the practical result of
the emancipation of the negro, in weak
ening the rebellion. One year ago the
wheat was ground into -four to feed rebel
soldiers, that was the product Of farms
which do not now yield them support
Why Because the negro is not there
to cultivate them. But complaint is
made about our taking the blacks from
their masters, because they belong TO
them. They never had any right to
them, except such as the Constitution aud
laws secured them, and when they re-
belled they forfeited that right. The
speaker was in favor of taking from the
rebels everything that can possibly be OF
service to them in this contest When
ub kOt8 ~ AahN d DNIHG Vi ulult IEOul
them, be didn't stop to ask whether he
was white or black. Cheering He
would take their slaves from them wheth-
er white or black; where he had been
they were nearly all white. Cheers
and laughter. He was with Mr.. Lincoln,
that if it were necessary to save the
Government he would enslave every AZ
rican in it; and if it were necessary to
save it, he would free every slave in it,
And yet the man who said he was an
"Abolitionist" was a liar He would
strid the man who is fighting against the
Government of everything.
The man who sets up a cry of rights
for rebels is the very meanest kind of
traitor that God let's live. There are
men who profess TO be loyal to the Gov
ernmenL and yet do all in their power
to weaken the Administration, so that
the rebellion may succeed He could
admire the man who had courage to take
up arms against his country much more
readily than the man who talks and acts
thus treacherously. lie would say to
them: If you like the South better
than he Government, go South and take
your place in the ranks of the rebels,
where we can get sight at you, and
draw bead on you" Cheers. The
only hope of jeff, Davis success is in
division in the North But, do they ask
for peace? No, indeed
The men who say they are Democrats,
and are against the measures necessary
TO make the army of the Union efIectual,
are traitors,
A Voice--"Do you mean to say the
members Of the Democratic party are all
traitors Z"
Gen. Kimball-"No, sir; / have de-
MED chat already, But do mean to
say that there are men who say they are
Democrats who are not Democrats that
there are men calling themselves Demo-
Gratis who are traitors Cheers The
mass of the people of all parties are, and
mean to be, loyal" ..It
Another Voice" Are you in favor of
arming the negro q" ....
Gen. Kimball-"I am in favor of doing
anything that's right, and of arming
everything under Gods heavens to put
down the rebellion and save the Govern
ment, [Great applause. I'd arm mule
If | could, and they are property
[ Laughter, Aiming the negro--arming
the negro--arming the negro. repeated
three times slowly If the murderer
was taking the hfe Of your family, and
negro should arm himself aud save
their lives, would you complain? Yet
rebels are numbering our sons, and faith
ers, and husbands, and brothers by thou
sands; aud when we talk about aruing
the negro TO save their lives, you make a