The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-08-13

to give my life, and all that would fol-
low, to have this rebellion crushed.
Gen. Logan then gave witheripg
rebnke to the miserable traitors aud
towards at home, who took advantage
of every reverse 10 our arms to dis
courage the further prosecution of the
war. He also spoke of the disadvan-
tagss under which the war was COM
menced. Floyd had shipped all our
arms and ammunition South. We had
not enough to arm one hundred thou
sand men, while the rebels had enough
for four hundred thousand men. These
mon were also better trained-they had
been prepared for this thing. and were
successful for time. But what huve
we gained The General detailed the
various operations and victories of our
armies, and called upon the people to
come forward and help gain new sue
cesses, by every means in their power.
'Fhe people, many of them, of New
York and Pennsylvania, had opposed
the war, and had not supplied men.
Lee went into Pennsylvania and walked
them up, and he was glad oft. They
rallied and Lee was defeated, and he
was glad of that. 1t showed what
could be done when the people were
united and in earnest. If you want the
rebellion put down, encourage the sol
diers-encourage the Government in its
measures.
If l was President wotld have no
mobs.. The 6rst man that raised his
hand to resist the law, | would hang
to the first tree or lamppost. / don't
blame the President for. being more
lenient; l only say what ]. would do.
When the rebel prisoners started out
of Vicksburg, after being paroled, they
had one-half days rations. Next day
1000 of them came back, and said
they were tired of pea bread, and wan.
ted to look to the Lord, and be dis
missed.
The creoles were great men in Vicks-
burg. We used to call them niggers,
but the rebels employed them and
called them crsoies. For the life OF
me, eouldn't. see the difference. Hair
decidedly kinky, and SO on
/ don't care what the President does,
if he will only put down the rebellion.
If he could send elephants to trample
down the rebels, l would say, amen
And all of you, my friends, would fee
as l do, if you, had been down there,
Here men will hurrah for JEFF. Davis
and reyile our Government if they are
arrested. What do you think would
be done with them if they went down
South and hurrahed for Lincoln or The
Union? Let me tell you. Sixty mel
were in Jail in Vicksburg for hurrahins
for the Union, one man, sixty year,
old, an Irishman, simply because h'
said he thought Grant would take
Vicksburg. Some men had been con
fined in Jackson Jail more than year
nearly rotten with filth and disease, be-
cause they had voted for the Union.
l want to say something about the
Proclamation. How will it effect the
people in the South BY the laws o
war, all property of the enemy is con
iscated. Down there they call horse.
and niggers property-all the same
and of course they both must be con
fiscated. Suppose it is unconstitutiona
to take their property, how can it be
remedied +? Let the rebels lay dowr
their arms, and try the question in The
courts, and all will abide by their de
cision. 1t it question easy to try
and by the courts-is the only way il
which it can be tried. If gentleman
are so fearful for the rights of the reb
els, and won't 60 to the courts, VIII,
) let them go to the-devil.
The rebels have been looking afte
their rights for two years. and they
seem to be getting them, just now, and
he hoped they would continue to. ge'
them in the same iody. r. ~
But many call ibis an Abolition war
because the niggers are all running
away from their masters, and come anC
stop with us. But there they ar,
wrong. If the enemy's horse come
over to our side, we keep him, as con
traband of war-same of negroes.
the rebels really want to save their ne
lgroes, let them stop fighting. This OLD
cry about stealing negroes is playee
out, and the men in the North whs
talk about it are unmitigated dema
! gogues and Copperheads-no mistake
about it. The negroes come to us o
their own free will, but the rebels stea