Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-11-13

worship bod according 10 the die
IA e. OF your own conscience. Nol
, Is your great opportunity. The
say YOU will not learn ANYTHING;
tell them they hive never given vor
a chlncc. If lou are too old L
Z learn, see II Il that your childrei
receive an education II YOU hav,
a better head and better helt
tllln | have, then YOU are the bette
mln aad | BID Won Col speed
You t'tat are able boiled men, joi,
The army; yol vii! reeelve the same
tfeatntn the white soldiers re
ceive. The nrIsiocratS are al
ready sub b,ugated They have now
to cone to the Provost Marshal
AMI be- fpr permit 10 buy drihL
OF Il ear " hi>key. | wantshe Mar.
shllS Il enplny som OF YOU
negroes Is clerks, and whea these
men come for their papers or permits
refer them to you, go you could give
them the same treatment they used
to give you.
After NJ. Trimhle got through.
three negroes spoke about fifteen
minutes each, urging their young
men to join the Union army; that
now was the time Tor them to strike.
lie that would not fight Tor his lib
erty was n traitor to his race
That the rebellion would soon be
pat down, and then those men from
the north would want to 90 home,
and they Will want us here to keep
the rebels that W ,ulI he left in sub
lection. So OF their appea Is
were truly eloquent, but am al
ready making this article too long
There are great many nogoes
joining the army here. | almost pity
these old Sere>h when see their
negroes IN soldier clothes, w tn
.nu >ketS on their shoulders, march
ing 10 meet their sons upon the bat
tie fed Surely the way of the
transgressor is hard. Such meet
rngs as have just described are
being held all over this part OF the
state, anil suppose all over East
Tennessee.
Saturday night ! attended a meet
ing at the State House, composed ol
citizens and soldiers to congratulate
each other over the result oi the late
elections. The me ting was al
dressed ny T'r. Mizzey OF Cincin-
nut, De Bowen of Tennessee and
Gov johnson. DR.. Bpwen's only
~on joined the rebel lrinv, >ickened
inl d ei. IL. sa i hl.l Is it WIS
to give up his boy, lie w 'nld rather
hIve i as 1t was than TINT h
should he to day fighting as,in t
his co ntry. HIS ia.ni'y are still
~ the rebel lines; less thnn two
weeks ago they hid robbed his
house, aud si.ot his neigubcr's boy
He had been for Tennessee a large
sllveh ,lder, and opposed rebellion
because lie believed It would b. the
ieath of slavery; but it had been
L. g, anl ,llver9 wis abolished,
,nd he hii no tears to shell over L
grave. That we now had n0 u-e
or Abol.t,o lists, her wo.k WAS
done, that Our state lllS 10 lie re-
con trn tel, and III do NJ 50 lie
waited the dead carcass O. slavery
let out He had never beel m 4
lree ST te until durnythe past sud-
mer. have seen the advantlge>
o lrepIo -. anl rejoice ut the de-
~tructlon of slivety. Yesterday Il
mln tol me he bad his patience
trirG the no,t lie e>er hId IN hl>I
lie, a negro had cursed him; he
waited To know hit would have
Il ne had Leen III his place, told
hin ! would have done ust - |
would nave done had it been a
white man that cursed me. | feel
that for one | am prepared TO do the
negro justice.
Governor johnson said that he
believed thit we were under the di-
rect control of the Almi 5hty; thar
He had decreeG the destruction of
slavery and he was satisfied. IL
has always been our national curse,
and he was rejoiced TO get rid OF 1t.
When we coi.e to gather up the
scattered fragments OF cur State
governments; he waited that left out.
He SAID he was in favor oi putting
IN force that article IN the cOn>tltu-
ton which guarantees TO each
state a republican form OF Govern
ment; that slavery was anti-repub-
lican and could not be tolerated but
by violating the constitution. He
said the lenders of this rebellion
n ut he punished, their plantations
divided into small larns and work
ed by free labor. In the name OF
tie union men of Tennessee | in
vite YOU soldiers when the war is
over To come among uS, and cu.ti-
vate these lands; bring your north
ern energy and economy and help
Us build up a glorious great state,
dotted oyer with school hon-es and