Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-09-26

anu instead OF Dlack working TOT the white, W
white from thls honr will have to work for lh
black. l"Thstyso."l Itisaf fact, and hislSl
will 20 record Il .nc0h iss fE3'a fy"I
!, Bot, my fslipsscitlssn5, in1conueclion VII
this policy Of Abolitlonlsm, what has i dop'
toward the restoratiop Of the Union2 Offer
talked With Mr.. Crittendeb, OF Kentucky, be
fore he died, and also With Colonel Peylonfo
Tennessee; have talked with many mon o.
that class, and they have told mo that this 40
clifton policy has been the Norst enemy Of ths
Union Ia the South thstwe could possibly have
hadios They havetold me that when jeff. Dayi!
wanted TO recruit hls army, he did not read
Yallandigham'e q speeches TO the people, or Pen
dietoh's, or Cox's; he read such speeches a.
Bfough's, Giddingsf6, Bingham's, Riddles and
Lovejoy's, and the proclamation of Lincoln. and
then. the Abolition acts of Congress and the
legislation upon that point; and the result vas
that the Southern Secessionist would 60 to the
southern Union man and say to him: tsI tpld
you yeoj l. told you that the Abolition ,party
would do that; you have faith In them; bad
none; l have proved TO be right and you wrong
come over to nv side. '.l sss2! ii.i III. .
The result is, that the Union party of ihe
Sonth has been wiped ont, and the South con.
solidated, while the North Is divided; and be-
fore God and the great tribunal Of history, l
declare to you that this Abolition policy has
been the murderer of your countrymen--has
been the murderer of your gallant soldiers--
has prolonged this War-has embitlered This
contest, and has cost one hundred thousand
lives altogether, that would not have been laid
down but for 1t; while the Southern man
fought harder for 10, 90 he says to himself:
"Here - the Confscation Act; under u have
nothing left-no ground even on which 10 be
hnried-no place to plant the corn for myself,
my wife and my cbildFenS We must be beggars,
II ever l 20 back into the Union under That
law. And here's tue PfeAident's Proclamation:
that llberates and arms the black man, and
gives him his freedom forever, TO be on terms
Of equality with me-" and ho says: "Rathes
than accept such an unconstitutional position, l
can just do one better thing, and shat 10 TO hght
and 60 de-" The result 10, that the Aboli-
tlonist, lnstead Of being the friend Of the SOL
dier, 10 his worst and biggest enemy-the mur-
derer Of the soldier; instead Of being the
friends Of the army, they are the very destroy
ers Of those gallant soldisrs that 60 forth eve.
~ lev months from your borders. But. gem
tiemen, verify believe, that II, on the other
hand, q fraternsl and wise policy had been pur.
sued towards these revOlted States, We should
hsve different result.
For instance, take Tennessee. Suppose Wher
our srmies had got possession, Lincoln had tolt
her: 81 have now got q chance to talk to you
you have done wrong, but you have bts1 mislet
By bad leaders; come back into the old Uaion
and you shall have IL unchanged, the same I'M
changed old Union; the same house your fatheIi
built stands open for your return" Had thai
been done, my felloW-citizsns, they would have
come back. The people there do not want war
kha ~ do, hrk hau haan' LAD
to believe by Ysncsy, JEFF. Davis, and the bad
men wanted 10 abolish their Institutions, in Or
der TO take their property, aud just what they
we're afraid Of has been done. If, Instead Of
that, they had been guaranteed all the rights
instead Of having them torn from them By q
President's proclamation, State after Statt
would have come back into the Union, and takeI
their place as stars upon the National fsg; and
they would have taken their place permsnently
by the consent Of the people to remain HithouI
standing armies TO bold them. We would have
won victories, bloodleas, glorious and permanent
victories, over the minds OF the people Ken
take people and make them subiecs 10 force
and force alone, aud whenever that forco Ia
Withdrawn, they will rlselag but subdue them
by reason, subdue them b. argument, BY kind.
ness, instead of by brute violeuoe, and you have
ore of the best and strongest Governments thai
can be conceived Of, bsted, as is is, upon the
consent of the governed, just as your forefstherl
made 1t, sH 10.
But if you subdue the whole South, by FunnIpl
| your armies over IL, you will have TO keep
standing army there of 100000 men, and 10,
will have 10 work to support that standing army
You might as well expect permanent UnioI
10 result from this Rs TO put your stick into th,
water, aud expect, on Withdrawing 1t, to find th,
hole there still, as to expect that, on withdraw.
Ing your arms, they will not rise and shuggl,
for freedom again. On this question of Aboli
tion policy, the Southern people, right or wrong
will fght as long as mothers continue to bea
children; the children will rise up to bear arm
against this Government, because Il is humal
nature that it shouldd be 90. In oil the hiator,
Of the world, where has been the nstion or thI
people that has succumbed to mere iorce, In
habiting o vast country, such 90 the Southern
people inhabit, peopled ,by as brave araoe al
the Southern people are, blood Of your bloo1 !
bone Of your bone, speaking the same language
bound BY ties of kindred, and worshlping tht
same God2 They are the same people; they
will do Just what you would do under simila
circumstances.
declare myself o.day devoted 10 the las
hour OF my life, to restoring this beloved Unior
but my planis not tho plan Of the Aboltioulsts
My plan would be to accompany the aemie
| with the power Of reason as well 10 thepoWe
Of the sword. ! heard your gallant candidAt
for Governor In the hall of Congress propose
by resolution, to send five Commlssioners alon,
| with your armies, to make oyertures, or 10 &C
| cept overtuFes, from auch States az desired 3,
] come. back, With all their rights, under tn,
Constitution. The AbolitiGnisis voted Il down
because at that time they did not want th,
Union restored 90 your forefathers mad n; bu
they don't want II restored to day--Brough say
go in go many words-as your iorefathsra mad
II. He talks about being an unoonditiona
Unlon man. He is o conditional Union man
You and make no condition 10 our Unionism
except the Constitution. Brongh makes con
dition outside Of Il, namely, the abolition Q
slavery. The Administration. does the same
for tits but q few weeks since Louisisha pro
posed 10 come back into this Union, under he
State Consultation, and Lincoln shut the doc
In her face, and told her to stay where she va
luntii she modified her State Constitution o
'fth6' subject Of slavery, thus making himaelf
dictator TO the States, and not allowing bhel
to return, evenf they want to come bach int
1.-The Union, i-t~f 90. aAyH& ,4alsea alfi
! Where 10 this thing u ssopa& When IA thl
war to end upon this plan2 Let me appesl
soldiers that are 10 this contest. It IL your An
ltersst that thls war should speedily close--clo
upon terms OF honor--upon the basis OF the o
Consultation, upon the basIs Of the old Unio