The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-17

bring it all back, or that part of it which
does not come back in the first way, bound
to the triumphal car of victory. [Oheers.]
There is no witchery about this. This
precise thing has been done in the case of
West 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, [cheersl,
acquired by the force of arms, precisely
as we acquired California, precisely as we
acquired 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 her to my arms again until
we go before the priest and are re-marrieda
l have the same feeling in the case of those
people who have gone out. When they
will repent and come back I am ready to
receive them, but l am not ready until
then. lCheers. ~La' ..1af bob
CONFIsOATION AND COLONIZATION.
The Israelites took possession of the
land of Canaan, which they go. from alien
enemies. Has it 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? For one, l would take
the property of rebels and give part of it
to the loyal man of the South, enough to
make him as well, or nearly as well, as he
was before; and would take the rest of
it and distribute ii among the voltnteer
soldiers who have gone to support the
Government [Bravo, bravo.] And, so
far asI know them, if we shall settle South
Carolina with them, shall be quite will
ing to receive her back into the Union in
the course OF few years. Applause.
WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH THEIR SLAVES?
That leads us to deal with another prop
osition-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 ex-
actness. 1t is at the hand of the conquer
or-ot the Government which has main
tanned or extended its jurisdiction over the
territory to deal with those slaves as it
pleases, to free them or not, as that Govern
ment 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 Demo-
cratic 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? mo, 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 applause
Again, there is no law, either of war, or
of nations, or Of governmental action, that
know of which prevents country arm
ing any portion of its citizens or its sub
jects for the defence of that portion or of
any other.
WILL THE NEGROES FIGHT? .e4
There is one question which am very
often asked, and will answer it here once
for all. Will the negroes fight? On that
subject | have no personal experience, be-
cause, l left the Department of the Gulf
before they were fairly brought into &C
ton. But they did fight under Jackson at
Chaimette. Let Napoleon III. answer i,
who has hired them to do what the veter-
ans OF the Crimea could not do-whip the
Mexicans. [Laughter.1 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.1 What has been
the demoralzing effect on them of contact
with the white men know not; but l can
not forget that they aud 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 sever
al chiefs. That shows that they would
fight at some time. IT you want to know
any more about it l can only advise you
to try them.
ENGLISH SYMPATHY WITH REBELS.
There has been nothing in the Union
cause that English orators and statesmen
have not maligned; nothing that we have
done not perverted by the press; while
ClIcIc Has UceH nOIuluS vi syIIIpdllly OF en-
couragement not afforded to our enemies.
Nassau has been the naval arsenal for
pirate rebel boats to refit in; Kingston has
been their coal depot, and Barbados has
been the hall to fete the pirate thieftains.
What cause has England SO to deal with
us? What is the reason that she has never
shown sympathy or love toward US. |
draw wide distinction between the Eng
fish people as mass and the English gov
eminent. l think the heart of the people
beats responsive to us; but know that
their government and aristocracy hate rs
with a hate that passeth all understanding.
To-day at Birkenhead the Sumter is being
fitted out; at Barbados the captain of
the Florida is being .feted; the 290-that
cabalistic number of English merchants
who contributed to construct hers prey
ing upon our commerce, and we hear
t1at at Glasgow steamer is being built
for the Emperor Of China, and at Liver
pool another has been launched for the
same Emperor. But do not think
the Emperor of China will buy many
ships from the English till they bring
a