The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-11-18

man aud child By a trick and a swnde, be
got Gen J {. Johnston away from command in
Virgins, and gave no other definite position un-
I'll there was pressing emergency aud chance
TO damage him-thereby showing boih his conf
Gence in him and bis mslignity toward him. He
drove Gen. Pike out OF the army to Crafty Hind
man and the Johnsons, and thereby lost 20 Us
the whole Of the Indian country, aud Il the war
continues. viii place the tomahawk and scapiug
knife at the throAts Of our women and chill
dren lie retains a weak and inefficient Cabiuet
and never calls them in council, that he NAV
reign as sole despOt over our people. He has
bad at bis disposal physical force enough 10
carry out acts the most arbitrary and oppressive
lie has used that force. He has shown his sell
ishBess and disregard tor the interest OF the
people. by bis appointment OF Heath. Van Dorm,
Dick Taylor, Davis, and Mansfield Lowell, all rel
atives and all alike Incompetent He has al
ienated the people Of Georgia; so much so, that
we're toe Coz f.deracy acknowledged TO-DAY
Georgia would tremain Two years under him.
| heard Confederate General of great promise
who understands the feeling there 30 declare.
And as significant of this, Gov. Brown, Of Geor-
gia. gave Gen g. W Smith, means and spite
fully driven out OF the army by Davis, the Pres
idency OF the Etowah Iron Works with a salary
larger than that Of his salary as Lieutenant
General He falsisied all his promises 10 Ken
tucky, Al took Humphrey Marshalrs command
away from him, 'tuI ming it over TO his Old poh.i-
cal rival General Preston, 10 gratiiy the parti
san requirements Of Kentucky citizens, who had
suddenly risen from the obscure position OF pork
packers, TO that Of Senators and Representatives
in the Confederate Congress, aud jugglers in
that political Sodom. Iua word, he has enriched
and honored his friends ruined and impoverish-
ed his enemies Has given over the people,
those Of Arkansas especially, to plunder and op-
preston by his favorites, and in no instance pun.
ished the offender.
g l admit that in some things he looms up
above other men but he has so many defects
ard weaknesses beneath others, that il reduces
him to a very poor second rate character. And
yOu can never change him. His life has been
warped by political intrigue. His prejadices
have been narrowed and his hates embittered
by years of partisan strife And YOU had as well
take the oak that had been bent while a twig,
and beat upon by the storms of centuries, when
its boughs are falling off and its trunk decaying.
and attempt to straighten il up toward heaven,
as to attempt the strengthening Of a character
so warped and bent by political storm and in
trigue "
On the subject of slavery aud its future fate,
NJ. CAN'T says, alording another verifcatior OF
the fact that every Union man who has yet rs
en- mp at the South is also anti slavery
81 am asked If Mr. Lncoln's Emancipation
Proclamation will stand. II You continue the
struggle, certainly. He has the physical force
at his disposal to carry it out. If you cease
now, you may save all in your hands or com
promise on gradual emancipation. But let /
beseech you, the negro no longer stand in the
way OF happiness and safety Of friends and kin
dred."
81 have recently talked With Southern slave
holders from every State. They are tired OF
negro slavery. and | believe they could make
more clear money, and live more peaceably, with
out than with il. As for the non STAKEHOLDER OF
the South, honestly thought the struggle was
for him more than for his wealthy neighbor-
that to free the negro would reduce TO compare
tive slavery the poor white man. l now regret
that instead OF a war to sustain slavery, Il had
not been a struggle al the ballot box to cOonize
it, This will certainly be the next struggle.
"Let US, fellow citizens, endeavor to be calm.
Let US look these new ideas aud our novel posi-
tion sousrelv in the face We fought for negro
slavery. We have lost We NAV have 70 do
without II. The inconvenience will be great Tor
while. The loss is heavy. This, however, Is
already well nigh accomplished. Yet behind
this dark cloud is a silver lining, il not for us al
least for our children. In the place OF these
bOodsmen, will come ar immense Influx ol peo.
Pile from all parts Of the world, bringing ~iih
them their wealth, arts and Improvements, aud
lending their Talents aud sinews 70 increase our
aggregate wealth. Thrift and trade and a com
mou destiny will bind us together Machinery
in-the hills Of Arkansas, will reverDerate To- the
music Of machinery in New England, aud the
l ,f
echo upon the slopes Of the far OF Pacific Pro
tective tariff, If needed, will stretch in their in
fuences from the Lakes to the Gulf and from
ocean TO ocean, bearing alike, al eat equally
i upon Arkansian aud Verm0nter, and upon GrOr
gan aud Californian. Difference OF section aud
4 local sentiment will wear away and be forgotten,
and the next generation will be more homogen
eous and united than any since the DAYS OF the
revolution. And the descendants Of thes,
bloody times will read, with much pride and
lttle jealousy, Of these battles Of their fathers
as the English and Scotch descendants Of IN,
house Of FlOddenfeld read Of their ancestra
achievements in the glowing lines OF Scott, Or a
the descendants OF highland and lowland chiefs
aIusious 70 their fathers conflicts in the simple
strains Of rustic Burns
"Let US 1--we in hopes, ny griefsIcken broth
ers, that the day lie not far distant when Arkau
sas will rise from the ashes Of ner des0laiiou, q
start on path of higher destiny than, with ne
gro slavery, she ever could have reached; Will
the reunited Government, freed from this can
kering sore, will be more vigorous and poEeriu
and more thrifty, opuent and happy, than tho
the scourge OF war had never desolated be
fields. or made sorrowful her hearthstonesin -
Mr.. CAN'T Justly declared that "we (the South
must propose peace, for we ought 70 kno'
when we have got enough Of the thing" As {
the mode aud timelessness of peace and recon
struction, he says:
"The shortest way, in nv opinion, to resum
our relations with the Federal Government, il {
instruct Hon. w. K. Sebastian to take his sea
, in the United States Senate. Il Is by ali near
desirable that such instructions be so clear th'
the United States Government may be at 10 10.
to see that our people are loyal, and that VI
Sebastian may have but one course Of condut
left. feel sure that he will respond iavOrab
10 your wishes.
"Whenever it can be done, meetings should
J held promptly, inztructng him to resume L
seat in the Senate. Where il cannot be don
1 or where citizens cannot attend meetings, i
Z them get up petitions TO that effect. The pr
, ceedngs, and the petitions, If sent 70 me at th
+. place, viii receive prompt attention. We sho
do al this before the meeting of Congress
December. We will have trade open and get
: the other benefits OF government that mu'
= sooner"
Mr. Sebastian, it must be remembered, b
: never given up the old Union.
, This speech is an era in the downfall Of q
\ rebellion, and as public attention is attracted