The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-06-05


after, we must keep on trying. We have
get more men, more material than they.
We've got Just a. much courage-moro
patriotirm--and if we have not, we do
not deserve a country. We have more
means, more working men, fewer oilers.
We are more able 10 take care Of our
selves, for we nre in the habit Of doing H.,
aud tell you we can and will whip them,
all the foes Of the government TO the
contrary notwithstanding. (Chcers.) ]
nm not here to swear Ia the words Of any
master. am not hero to say that Abru-
ham Lincoln is tight or wrong in lis poll
icy. ] am not here b say that the cnnn-
cipation proclamation is the only means
by which he could bring the war to a
speedy and successful issue. | am not
here to soy that he should not have issu-
cd Il, but there is ono thing viii hni
20 you and that Is, we will have TO get
these rebels in very tight place before
they will give up, aud believe we ought
to take every power from them they have.
II they have horses, take the horses.
they have In nd. 10 tillihc soil take them
away 81 they cannot have anything 10 live
upon. II they ill the ground with white
hands, strike down those hands; il they
, ill the ground with blnck hands take
them away. Ii they have mules, takJ
the mules. II they have negroes, take
the negroes. do not cnrc what on
earth Il is; II | could turn loose mules
to kick them to death, | would do il ltI
/ could turn the darkies on them to shoot
them, | would do il. do not care what
| the agency is; so II is force, lot II 90
against them. ! care not for the prOclu-
nation but believe this that IL we
| could take the negroes from the south
they would last but a very short time,
/ and IL could do II by one fell stroke, |
would do it. They have their army just
as large as they eau make it, out Of white
material, and they dare not arm dark les.
Take from them every power they pos
acss--cut down their means of supply.
There are not white men enough left
out of their army to cultivate the ground
to keep the people at home alive, to say
nothing of sustaining the army. The
darkey has sustained the army. IT, we
can run uff--If we can take away the
means of life, they have got to die. am
not going 10 suggest what You shall do
with Sambu, or what not. Do what You
please with him. am not going % in
terfcre with his family mattors. am
in favor Of using every earthly power to
compel submission.
II had n cage of hycnas that could
not be shot would turn them loose 10
make them (lho rebs) get down and ac-
knowledge the authority of TIE govern
mcnt. | have got through with the g1T-
tlcmanly habit of conducting the war;
| am in favor of its being done thorough
ly and fully. One man says "tlie policy Of
the government does not suit me. um
opposed to illegal arrests" | am sorry
any thing of that kind is done--that any
mans rights are intcrfcrcd with, but, my
fellow citizens, just now, for a moment
stop aud inquire whether the invasion Of
the rights OF a 100 or 1000 Of our cti.
z,ns is an invasion any more wrong than
TINT suffered by so many Union citizens
south of Mason g. Dixon's line. How
m any Union men in the South uro over
run--their property taken away from
them, and they themselves uicd not
as men are tried here that are alleged TO
be tried Improperly, but strung up daily
their property taken and their families
thrust upon the world ns bcggars. ] do
not make any plea for any improper con-
duct. ask this let tht Sc matters that
we can correct hereafter 90. As Crit
tendcn says of Slavery, it you cannot
ugrco about it, settle it hereafter So
that again We can go from Maine TO
4 Georgia, and from Georgia to Louisiana,
aud from Louisiana to Little Rock to JET
iersou city, pass through kcntuCk and
Tennessee uud the authority of the gov.
arnmont is established, then | will at.
. tend heart and hand to these minor mat
tors; but while brothers are standing in
the field, sleeping in the opon AIR under
! storms aud slcet and snow fighting u
bitter foe in lloat who cares nothing Tor
. these things foo that is grappling for
8 the lilc ol the Union, determined to de-
stroy il while this is going on, talk not
/ 10 me 10 turn aside with these things,
t but let me join in this struggle OF the
, people aud let me encourage the SOLD
, Ter. (Applause.) lie that does not DO
, this does is wrong. ] Cm not going to say
: that the man who spends his time and
} pen aud ink In citing instances of impro
, pricty and tyranny on the part OF the
: govern mcnt--I wont say that he is dsloy-
f al, but do say that he is mistaken in
what he ought to do (; that he is running
, after minor matters, when they could be
{ delayed for matters going to the life oI
my country. And II ore careless peo-
. pie of this kind cannot be found in the
world than great many of those LETT
: at home, But perhaps, | ought not tc
say that will say there never was d
! time when there was SO much TO distract
I attention from the great question now
y before us, and Il ought not to be.
J, Lay aside past preferences aud present
D attachment, and come and bow before the
. altar of your country and swear there I,
discard all party prtjudices and all party
schemes. Swear upon this altar tha
yeu will give your life, your all, to you
: country, uutil che is seen standing cree
I in the great field of nations, with all hcI
national idonti,y-her authority reassert
u cd--her flag triumphant among those na
" tions. | am sorry we are not united upoI
. this subject. Admit now that Lincolt
d makes mistakes every day--but ho i
Y President and We must sustain the gov
! er0ment he administers. II James Blu
! chanan had continued president to th
! day hope ] would have been able /,
8 sustain him by my undivided support to
d day. Stop reyiling each other. Do no
J charge disloyalty upon each other. b,
d firm, be silent. When you write to sol
Q diers say to them We are firm, we believ,