The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-09-19

away the precious hours that shall sassF them
from perdticn.
Now. II may DC perm tied 70 take 'sp aud
discuss Al this late day. al obsolete, e1pio-
ded. AMI given up question mean the De-
gro questlon 4 will indulge IN a Few remarks
upon Il We have been often asked n times
past, What zre you going % do nth these
negroes. anef you set them ffeef. That
seemed 70 be the great trouble-what Was
% be done with them. Msny persoUs could
not see how The freed negroes we're going 10
live here. sithout the creates hsrGrresalt-
ing from Il They aid the laboring population
OF thi. county would be compelled 10 come
in composition ~ish freed slave labor. and the
result would be th,t they would be speedily |
redueed 10 the !owesi state oil poverty and /
degradation WI. YOU have seen how this |
Il. You have heard JEFF Davis tell Colonel |
jacques that the Institution OF slavery Is |
substantially AZ end; so that, il these ter /
ribIc consequences we're coming, We might |
have res 40. DIV expected % witness them By |
the prescott time But do you fnd these ne
eroes coming here TO distress youi Is there
solitary isboring man here to-nie ht, who
hes received oos-quzfter OF cent less Tor
rs lsber than he did before the war CON-
mencedl
| And now 90 far from any psr-on's being
annoyed Nv the usgro the very men who
| were loudsst IN heir disn.i prophecies and
| mos hostile = the neI 49, are trying 20 bire
them 70 take their places 10 the ranks Of the
army They vaut them now. They are
even anxious % secure them deep alec
| ton for the freed men has seized them all OF
a sudden, aud they arequite wiling % make
them their equals upon the fed OF bate.
| while they stay at home tradcci0g Pfesi-
-. 4 -. IL - -. staII hat
any man could do, 20 save the Government.
unlike his predecessor, the man who said,
ssThese people have gone cut OF the Uuion
without cause bur there j. 90 power Ia The
Cor sti,tiios. that eau bring them back
again."
Such was the exclamation with which
James Buchanan quilted the Presidential
| chair, leaving his friends 10 rob ths Govern
ment 10 the ex 'ent OF millions OF dollars
He had cent what few ships We had TO the
farthest portions Of the seas. aud pl-ced TIE
army. what little there wa. OF II, in Texas,
to be surrendered at discretion ~ the enc
mics Of his country. That . lhc kind Of a
! peaceful AdmiAi-tT alton watch sriain class
OF men desire 70 bring back t. yoa.
think you will admit ,bat there i pref
" strong contr.s; between To- situation OF az
fairs when Jsms- buchanan lett the Govern
! ment asd tnt OF The present time IL 5 not
: given - any mai 10 be inialhbe. and the
President has no doubt made many mistakes.
May men whom he has entrusted with POSI-
, tions of responsibility have proved incompe-
. tent aud some have proved ialthless 10 their
tru-t Whenever he discovers that a mar
whom he has appointed 10 sny position OF re-
: spon.ibility lail- 70 do hs duty, he puts him
aside Whom has he now finally succeeded
in placing NJ the head OF the srmyg L. there
even citizen whose conduct has become 20
{ dlsoyaI and detachable AZ 10 be called Cop
. perhead that will dare 10 complein OF the
' me- NO are now leading the Union armies I
{ No man dares to complain OF Grant or of
Sherman before the people. or say that The
7 President made any mistake IN appointing
: either ~ them And yet when they are
! alone among themselves thcse 'ender-hesri~
I, ed men call Grant butcher Well that
is what he /. thste tor What mistake aas
d be madef What iauli have they % lind
, with himl DID ne ever ~ out into the held
0 with sixteen wagons 10 haul his personal bag
gagef Did Sherman ever do snch thing
No. lie goes with one mule 10 carry all he
: wants Day AID night. early and late. IA all
a kinds OF weather. be j. ia tho field superin-
{ tending the affairs OF his vast army, trying %
D put down this wicked Rebellion and constant
! iy drawing the cords closer aud closer around
D the neck ~ the foe and even now, he eau
b hear the ieath-rsttle That l. the kind OF
Z a mnu you delight TO honor and that is the
1 kind Of man that will. in the end be the
! means OF subduing and conquerIng this
naughty TOE.
Thee people who cor demn you and OPP
pose Mr. Linco.ns administration. talk loud
IL OF peace Peace. peace, y their 50 Q
cry. D. they not know .thiDk you. that their
friends down yDnder can have peace the 10
slant they iay down their arms and submit TO
the authority Of the United S,stesf That is
, all there 10 at this moment between Us aud
: them All they have 20 do lie 10 take the
J oath of allegiance. They have repudiated
that oath and made war agslns, their plight
ed faith. Whenever they give up their re-
bellion aud agree TO support this Govern
eminent, then they will have peace And
ON they have any other peace than that. No
: How can you undertake TO make peace
y with set 81 msn who are II state ~ con-
: tinual aud incessaDt hostility and dehsBce
I | toward ynuf UTon what terms can you IN ke
peace with themi You mus give them every
thing they ask And what d, thsse rebels
sskS You say an armistice Yes, but they
ssk no such thing. Ga the contrary, i On
: srmi-sice j. agreed upon, IL must be you that
shall ask Tor t. II YOU propose the arms.
tice,, OF course Il remains with the other party
10 say upou what terms yuu shall have II,
. aud what are the rebel terms upon which
thew will consent TO suspension of ho-tili-
= tl~-f They say. withdraw your armies from
our serritore: give up all the ports and Tort
resses shat YOU have taken from u give us
all the territory Vt had the beginning OF tue
!, war. aud then, but not all then, will talk
: with you about peace. These are the rebe
: lefms upon which you can have sn stmslcs
: Yield % them, aud you give up your Cause
:. toe it AMOUNTS 90 neither more DOT lees than
that. You give up the entire matter m die
pu:e the moment yca propose Al srmst'ce.
: There will be no more war theL-but there
wsll TO more sny such Government as tho
: Z sited States.
Nov, let u.s. little further. There are
: eeverai States OF the Union IN rebellion
agsins, the Governments. each with ~ So
called Legislature and Executive. Oar ad-
vessaries sometins- say they wait tie Con-
-titution obey 81: tire Constitution lu.t - il
Il, ia whal the, ~Aat Well now, tie Con
: stitut'on ssss that the members OF the Legis-
lstgre 81 every state aDd every executive Of
: ticer shall take an oath 70 supyorl the Con-
stitntion. Now if the people OF Georgia. and
thos~ 20 tho other States in rebellion. viii
submit, aud Their Governors. and Legislators.
aud their Judges Gill only swear 80 sup-ort
! The Constitution OF the United States. there
eau. as = matter ot Course. be no more w-r
/ against them; Tor We masIs war only upon
traitor Mmed against the Constitution -
Sueh Vas the reply = tbe rsssaca; - Fcs
! nanjo Wood, and Others. ~ho intcr:ered -
favor Of peace 10 lS62. The moment they
submits 20 tbs Government ard snip
port the constitasieu. the var must cca-e.
a. matter OF coarse. aud peace oil oc la-
! nasnrsi result Thee tn q.essioe whether
tie President sPsocismsiien has IN fact freed
the slaves Of III people ~ the South sill
! come NJ sor decision Is A. question OF LAW
aus eau be decided only ~ the coars.-
The President believes the proclsmAt o. -
constitutional AID lawful. aud that il
sIscfec all IL has intended - effect. butii b