The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-04-16

Western Virginia She asked to come
back, and has been received back, and
she is the entering wedge of that series
of States which will come back that
way. But if they do not come back,
we are bound to subjugate them, and
then they become Territories of the
United States, cheers] acquired by
the force Of arms, precisely as We ac-
quired California, precisely as we ac-
quired Nevada-not exactly as we ac-
quired Texas. Is there any difficulty
in reconstructing the Union in that
way? Their case is-if the ladies will
pardon me the illustration-like the
case of wife who has run away from
her husband with another man, and has
divorced herself. cannot take ber to
my arms again until we go before the
priest and be remarked. have the
same feeling in the case of these peo-
pie who have gone out. When they
will repent and come back / am ready
to receive them, but i am not ready
until then. [Cbeers.1
CoNFIscATIoN AND COLONIZATION.
! The Israelites took possession of the
land of Canaan, which they took from
alien enemies. Has il not been held,
from the beginning of the world down
to this day, that the whole property of
alien enemies belongs to the conqueror.
and that it is at his mercy and at his
clemency? What shall be done with
it T? For one, would take the prop
erty of rebels and give part of it to the
loyal man of the South, enough to make
him as well, or as nearly well, as he
was before; and / woufd take the rest
of it and distribute it anaony the Uol,in-
teer soldiers who have gone to support
the Government. Bravo, bravo.
And, so far as know them, if we shall
settle South Carolina with them, I shall
be quite willing to receive her back
into the Union in the course of few
years. Applause.
WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH THEIR
4 SLAVES? a
That leads us to deal with another
proposition what shall be done with
the slaves? Here, again, the laws,of
war, dealing with that species. of prop
erty, have long since settled themselves
with clearness and exactness. 1t is at
the hand of the conqueror-of the gov
ernment which has maintained or ex-
tended its jurisdiction over the terri.
tory--tO deal with those slaves as it
pieases, to free them or not, as that
Government chooses. 1t is not for the
conquered to make terms, or to send
their friends to make terms on that
question. Laughter and applause
Another difficulty which seems to
trouble some of my old Democratic
friends, is the question of arming the
negro slaves. If these Confederate
States are alien enemies, is there any
objection that you know of-and if so,
state ito arming one portion of that
foreign country against the other? No,
no. Suppose we were at war with
England, who here, would get up in
New York and say we must not arm
the Irish lest they should hurt some
body? Laughter and applause
Again, there is no law, either of war or
of nations, or of governmental action,
that know of which prevents coun-
try arming any portion of its citizens
or subjects for the defence of that por-
ton or of any other.
WILL THE NEGROES FIGHT
There is one question which I am
very often asked, and 1 will answer it
here once for all. Will the negroes
fight? 4? On that subject have no per-
sonal experience, because / left the
Department of the Gulf before they
were fairly brought into action. But
they did fight under Jackson at Chai-
mettee. Let Napoleon III. answer it.
who has hired them to do what TIE
veterans of the Crimea could not do
whip the Mexicans. TLaughter1 Let
the veterans of Napoleon l., who, under
his brother-in-law, lie Clerc, were
whipped out of st. Domingo by them.
say whether they will fight or not
Applause. What has been the de-
moralizing effect on them of contact
with the white men, / know not /: hut
| cannot forget tha. they and their.
fathers would not have been slaves if
they had not been captives of war in
their own country, made so in hand to
hand fights among the several chiefs.
That shows that they would fight at
some time. If you want to know any
more about it, can only advise You to
try them.
ENGLISH SYMPATHY WITH REBELS.
There has been nothing in the Union
cause that English orators and states
men have not maligned nothing that
we have done not perverted by the.
press; while there has been nothing of
sympathy or encouragement not afford
ed to our enemies. Nassau has been
the naval arsenal for pirate rebel boats
to reft in; Kingston has been their
coal depot, and Barbados has been the
hall to- Jete the pirate chieftains. What
cause has England so to deal with US ?
What is the reason that she has never
shown sympathy or love toward US ?
draw a wide distinction between the
English people as mass and the Eng
lish government. / think the heart of
the people beats responsive to us; but
] know that their government and ar
istocracy hate us with hate that pass
eth all understanding. To-day, at
Birkenhead the Sumter is being fitted
ont; at Barbados the Captain of the