The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-13

was, because [ saw, or thought | saw, in
the future the troubles which have burst
upon US; but, having undergone those
troubles, having spent all the blood and
treasure, do not Ike to 90 back again
and be CHECK by jowI' as We were be-
fore with South Carolina, if | can help it.
TCheers Let no man misunderstood
me; and Irepeat it lest might be mis-
understood. l do rot mean to give up
single inch OF the soil Of South Carol
ina. If had been alive at that time,
and had the position and the ability,
would have dealt with South Carolina as
jackson did, and kept her in at all
hazards. But now she has gone out;
and l will take care that when she comes
in again she viii come in better behaved.
daughter and cheers will take care
that she shall no longer be the tirebrand
of the Union-aye, and that she shall en-
Joy what her people never yet have en-
joyed, the blessings of Republican form
of Government Cheers. Therefore,
in that view, am not for the reconstruc-
ton of the Union as it was. have spent
tears and blood enough on it, in con-
junction with my fellow citizens, to make
it little better 1t was good enough if
it had been let alone The old house was
good enough for me; but as they have
pulled down the early part, l propose,
when we rebuild it, to build it up with all
the modern Improvements. Enthusl-
astic applause.
CONFISCATIoN AND COLONIZATION.
The Israelites took possession of the
land of Canaan, which they got from al
len enemies Has it not been held from
the beginning of the world down to this
day, that the whole property Of alien enc
mics belongs to the conquerOr, and that
it is at his mercy and at his clemency
what shall be done with it? For one |
would take the property of rebels and
give part of it to the loyal men at the
South, enough to make him as well, or
nearly as well, as before; and | would
take the rest of it and distribute it
among the volunteer soldiers who have
gone to support the Government. Bra
vo, b. avo And, so far as l KIN W them
l shall be quite willing to receive her
back into the Union in the course Of q
few years.
WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH THE SLAVES!
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 property,
have long since settled themselves with
clearness and exactness 1t is at the
hand of the conqUeror-of the govern
ment which has maintained jurisdiction
over the territory-to deal with those
slaves as it pleases, to free them or not
as that government chooses 1t is not
r IL -
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 Otheri 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 somebody Laughter and ap-
plause. Again, there IS no law, either
of war, or of nations, or of governmental
action, that l know of, which prevents a
country arming any portion of its citi-
zens or its subjects for the defense of
that portion or of any other.
WILL THE NEGROES FIGHT?
There is one question which am very
often asked, and l will answer it here
cnce for all. Will the negroes fight? On
that subject have no personal expert
ence, because left the Department of
the Gulf before they were fairly brought
into action. But they did fight under
I Na1aloor
Ill answer it, who has hired them to do
what the veterans of the Crimea could
not do-whip the Mexicans. Laugh
teri 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.
lApplause] What has been the demon
aIizing effect on them of contact with the
white men l know not; but | cannot for
get that 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.
FOREIGN NATIONS.
What are the duties of foreign nations,
if these are alien enemies? Neutral ma
tions have no treaty of amity or alliance
with them. They are strangers to every
neutral nation. Take England for ex-
ample. England has no treaty with the
rebels. She has no relations-I mean
open relations-[ laughter with them
none that are recognized by the laws Of
nations She has treaties of amity and
friendship with US. Let ME illustrate
Two friends of mine get into fight.
am on equally good terms with both,
do not chose to take part with either.
treat them as billigerents and hold my
self neutral That is the position of q
nation where two equally friendly ma
lions are at war But again: | have g
friend who is fighting with stranger
with one of whom | know nothing good
and of whom have seen nothing excep
that he would. fight Laughter VIVA
is nv duty to my friend in that case? L
it to stand perfectly neutral? That il
not considered the part of friend as be
tween men, and is it the part of frien'
" nation as between nations? And ye
our English friends profess to do n