The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-07-04

ol A Union man must have an abandanC
It OF faith-faith in the saving grace of Oh
e exalted President-iiith that he will ye
IS prove the political Moses to lead our a
l. mics across the Rappahannock-faith tina
: under his leadership, could he be induce
n to take the field, the mighty hosts OF rebe
l. dom would flee from Marye's Hill an
: drown themselves, like possessed swine
;. in the adjacent stream.
{ How Is recruiting now in West Tenne.
a see? Last summer only few thousan,
t enlisted In our ranks; but very few, be
l lieve, in Memphis. You were so ampl
Y protected within the lines that you quit
2 forgot, ! fear, the sorrows of those wh,
had not yet had an opportunity OF greet
ing the flag which brings such certain Sc
: curty to loyal men, women and children
such inevitable protection to property. in
! Guiding such trifling articles as negroes ane
r cotton bales. Hurry up volunteers. Give
; the lie to those who intimate that Ten
r nessee will not 60 into thesGulc States I.
fight for their brethi en- Of African descent
True, most of our citi zens have sons
daughters, sisters, fathers or brother.
there, but they ought meyer to have set
tied so far South. Besides, when you
have secured freedom to our African fel
low citizens south of us, you may possibly
have the honor of taking part in carrying
the same boon 10 similar class in Tenn-
essee and Kentucky deu5t not our
noble President will, in due time, adopt
suitable means to ascertain the will of the
Lord in this behalf Indeed it seems to
have been maze known already to some
of the lesser lights. Last week q grand
| convention Of the loyal women Of Ameri
ca assembled in the city of New York -.
Each delegate had conceived (not a babv)
an idea; and under the inspiration of the
great occasion, they have commanded our
magnifc ent President 10 proclaim freedom
/ throughout all the ends OF the earth 1
doubt not at'the proper time, he will 50
proclaim; and the twenty thousand troops
which his Excelleucy Governor Andrew
Johnson was recently authorized to recruit
in Tennessee (you have no doubt enlisted)
will soon be ready for the geod work of
giving practical freedom to our enslayed
fellow couutrymen. male aud female, of
African descent When that time comes
Memphis will be lovely city It's walks
and promenades will be illuminated by the
smiling faces and brilliant eyes of the
graceful and accomplished sons and
daughters OF Lincoln and liberty, dark
ness aud Dahonley. True our State con
stitution and laws. like those of Illinois
and other loyal States, will not permit free
negroes TO come within our State, nor en-
frapchised slaves to remain there; but
from, military necessity, Or, a. a high Of
fetal expresses il. from the eL necss,,Itts
ri of the thing" they will, no doubt, be
permitted to remain. The plan recently
adopted ia South Carolina of selling ther,
the lands OF rebels might be adopted, and
thereby Memphis might soon become a
.,.l -. 4
brethren and sisters might thus furnish
an example of that q freedom and frater-
nifty which SO many uahappy NORTHERN
sp!nsters sincsrely regard a' the only
means of compromising the present un>
fortunate distinctions of color.
You should by all means pass resolu-
ton IN favor OF giving such rebel farms
and town lots q are not needed for our
cOlored brethren TO our Christian friends
of The North who desire TO live amcnc
their coior.d friends. particularly to tha,
numerous aud rcSpec' able class no think
that both races will be improved by cross
OF the Anglo-Saxon and p1re Guinea -
- When this cruel war j. over" how our
paSlm singing brethren from the church
OF the Puritans would enjoy a Coufeder-
ate farm upon the .Di. Black Red RIVER
the Arkinsi, or Poutch4rtrain, When
thd rebels are disarmed how meek and
lowly. docie and pentent, they will be
while behOtding our northern brothers
occupy their mansions. and illustrating
the beauties of Gen Banks apprentice
system With what impunity zen But
Ter would ride from his plantation on Moon
Lake TO his rancho on Deer Creek Then
would be made manifest the absurdity of
those copperaead croakers who fool oiishly
insist that, while military power can put
down a rebellion, moral power alone can
eradicate its consequences and keep il
down.
1t is true, they cite the example of Ven
dee; which, ia area, Is only about the
fortieth part of France There we admit
the peasantry believed their religion was
endan sei'ed, and history records that they
defeated SIX or seven Of the best appoint
ed armies which the French Republic, in
that warlike age, could hurl against them
1t is also true that afterwards, when Car
not was made Minister of War, he quieted
the people by assuring them that they
should be undisturbed in their religious
faith These mlschievous taultfinders,- to
give further force tptheir insidious assaults
upon our worthy President point also TO
Poland, in which the fires of rebellion are
ever burning but they forget that the
inferior to our mndel President, and is
wholly ignorant of the true means of
auieting disaiiected people. 1t never
occurred to the aforesaid Gar that, 20
squelch rebellion eiiectually, the cause
must be removed Had he studied the
history OF rebelIions IN this country, he
would have discovered that we always as.
certained the cause the evil. the. sin,
VIII ich gave prcteXt TO the insurgents.
For example: During the administration
of Gen. Washington portion OF the peo-
pie of Pennsylvania got up rebellion
about whisky. 1t was crushed out by
coercion" but the sasacious statesmen of
that day determined to strike at the
cause. The result is that the people of
1 that noble Commonwealth have ever since
eschewed whisky and turned their atten>
! ton to contracts Nothing IS now known
/ in that State of whisky; and, though Mt
| Buchanan used to recite some Evolutionary
stories of odd rye" to the junior members
! of his Cabinet, it is we'll known that the
( sight Of a bottle of pure Monongahela was
! az tepulsive 10 his nature as ice water to
mad dog. Subsequently,, while General
| jackson was President, the people OF
South Carolina revolted at taxation, be
cause some demagogue called it high tar.
! itf and asserted that the monster "stole
money from their unconscious pockets
! fhe rebellion, however, was sueIugated'
by the military power of the government
! and the cause-iaxation-ef course atol-
/ ished. Nota2 gatherers have been known
since iu South Carolina. At later day,
1 during the administration of John Tyler.
! Of the firm Of 81 Tippecanoe and Tyler too, :
some unwashed democrats in Rhode Isl
and fomented grea; insurrection against
| the sovereignty OF that large and pepulous
| State The army and navy Of the United
States, 10y a hearty cooperation With the
"loyalists" Of that day, seen overthrew
! the insurgents. Their Provisional Govern