The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-15


then the mission Of the hour. These popular up.
fshgs are not neiely special In then character, but
efoad and general The universal air and eep as
Wfh tue wings Of an srchanRe, the vast horizon o
maladmlnh tretion aud OF horrible battle htlS. ThC
true meaning Of this Ia that the people are sick OF
this horrible fratrcldal war, and demand tuat 4
should be speedily termnsted, / ayoW myself op.
Po d to Il, and ash ior cessation OF kostlties. IA
vain protest Rgalnt Illegal arrest and wicked pyuels.
mailone, u You have got war policy that justhes
bpih cant Tor the life u me see now great wrongs
are TO be redressed, ARd the Union fe-es,ablshei
while nleasa,es are on loot which render il mposs
bic 10 accomplish either on the war plan. Now am
Tor iedressing these wrongs and doiug what can be
cohe LOT the Union cause. am for getting back the
Southern States by lair and honorable means IL such
tung be possible; aud will hope Tor the beat
Ann want 60 Rft them back as they Weie don 4
want conquered, bl,od drenehed states, with their
ruined honIos aud weeping population, 10 make q
UpiOn lOF Iee Such kind Of Unon would be a
no kerry Of he name. The Uniun desire Il Union
" hearis AID O hauds. such as our athtIs Eave us
WAen the great Irish orator Edmund Burke took Il
part Of America in l7i5, be denounced the British
policy which would dearuy "the plautatioA." ''My
opinlon SAID he,' lis muuh mOfein favor Of prudent
management than Ot force; the use of force A, hst
tepINrIry ltmay subdue Tor moment, bot Il does
not remove the necessity oi sIbduing again. Ailut,
tter objection 20 force is, that you impair the object
by your very endeaYors TO preseGe IL. The thinR
you fought Tor Is not the thing ynu TecOverbit de.
preclated, sank, wasted aud consumed in the con.
estr And thenraislng kis voice ieill the oId arch.
e. Of lIisb oak resouBdedp 10 his trumpet tones he
exclaimed In never tO-be forgotten wOds Morning
less will satisfy me than whole America 70 Applv
these noble sentiments TO the case beore u.s. sud we
shall be at no lose what course TO pursue. In the
spirit OF that great apostle OF constitutional liberty
aud OF au enlightened humanity.-if may dare take
Ms Language on my hps-l row say, nothing ess
will satisfy me than the whole Southern States TfE
But DO not expect TO get them back as they we're
by sacrificing hecatombs 10 the demon Of Northern
lunaticism or In any such way. The voice VI the
people, speaking through their pabc servants and
through such meetings as this, and through their
Journal, and ChristiAn p1lpits-of which there are
a0me few lett--that voice demands something better
than the exterminatlon Of kindred race. This Is
the true yox pOpuli vox Del of the hour-the only n
depreciation we have had OF II since the war began
and fer give ear to It's v0ice-for II is The voice
Of peace aud good will TO men. It's demand is Tor
peace, fraternity brotherh0od for Union based on
the rights guaranteed TO US by our Fathers, sdeh
Union as the sword can never purchase, establish or
malntan, ,l ......I. ...' .fu
Fellow citizens, will detain you no longer. There
are THOUSAND things which the crisis demands
should be sad--and they may be said Rs we got iur~
Tier In the campaign HOu Lave suffered mech for
opinion sake since the clash OF firms was st heard
and have bad some experience " the dark DAYS
which civil war brings On ones country Some Of
you have been often levled prosecuted and abused in
ySuS eusness, aud in your northumberland even
threatened with v0lence But possessing your souls
In patience you have risen above all this and ere
now rewarded by a change Of public opinion, wh,h
brings with it the hope OF better days True, il is
winter yet--bnt the Spring is notis of!
Oar birds OF song are silent now, '' .
H. There sre no flowers blooming;
Yet lie bears Ia the frozen bough,
/" '" And Freedoms Spring X coming
$40 Aud Freedoms tide comes mp alwRy,
Though we may stand in sorrow, Ill. q
And our good bark, aground to-day, a.
,a Shall aoat again tomouow b.,