The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-01-14
TIE WAR FOR TIE UNION
UNION NsrNTIMrNrorrnE soUril
SPEECH ny GENERAL CAN'T on
ARKANSAS.


evening OF the 7,h inst. The meeting
was addressed by Prof. Mccoy ont
General CAN'T. We rrit below The
rcmarks of the latter gentlemen, as We
ind them in the Cincinnati Commercial
ard believe that they embody the true
scntimen, OF lbree.lour,hs Of the people
in the South. Read his remarks, for they
deserve an attentive hearing
eENtRAL oASrI's srrEcH.
The introduction of this gentleman, in
whom the audience recognized a repre-
sentative man of Arkausas--a men who
bnd commanded rebel troops as a Cen
rral, who had fought Ia The cause ol The
r,bcllinn, but who, leo, recognizing his
error had resumed his allegiance to his
Goyctnment, and was duing all IN bis
p.wer 10 restore the Union, brought
forth storm Of applause, which was
many times repeated throughout the
course vi his speech. General CAN'T
said
LAptys AND FtLLuw-C -CITizLNs-l re-
rtut my inability to address you on this
occasion to the length at which ! would
like to. | regret that my duties IN trying
TO impress upon the people Of Arkansas
their duties to the lreHt Government, pre-
vent mo from speaking TO tie people Of
the North as would like 10.
have been engaged, as you know, IN
addressing the people aud soldiers Of the
South. desired that my appeals might
reach tue hearts oi nllmy io How citizens.
And know that my works did roach
soldiers in Mr.. prco's 1--WE call him Mr..
Price, in Arkausas) army, aud had their
ttTect. Th,y reached, too, beyond Mr..
Prices army, and have had many lc,trrs
from Union men among the rebels, as'
suring the that my words had brought 10
them a bright roy of hope in the future,
uud had neryrd them with comfort aud
courage. And they call upon me, on
tvcry hard to pursue the course have
starred in. Aud | shall pursue II, my
friends. lhpplaustl ] nwriting my let
ter to the people OF Arkansas, gave
great un,nsc 10 the leaders Of the re-
bclliun aud Il could not have been
Otherwise. ! struggled hard not To write
that ,tter, for am Southern mun.
but saw that the rebellion was only d
struggle to extend ard pcrpctuoto negro
slavery, | saw my people, whom | luv,
50 wei. lroaniug hcucuth the d,spoiism
of ] II. ID, Wis and his minious,nnd ! could
not be- silent. desired to rttrc FROM
tho struggle aud seek some corner
where could live in p,ac unubscfvcd.
But with these facts before me, how
could but srcuk. Then, whcnl spoke,
through that letter, there wnS raised
against me, by the 'cuppCrheads of the
North, cry that did 1t with view To
get flicc. But told them, Ne ! now tell
ven that would not accept my office or
cmolumcnt which Il is in the power OF
the people or their President To give.
wanted only TO see peace restored To my
pruplc. would that God would blast
all dcmRgogucs. und place true men In
ttlicc. IN the first days ot this Govern
mert. when the shin oi State started out
on its voyage. uur Fathers had ever be-
fore them a wprn,ng that II might be
wrecked on the rock Of slavery, II has
been TO the people Of the South the root
ornll their cvils-lhis slu,cry--a subject
of continual cummutlon. In 1860 when
the pouplc were ~ Ogitatcd on the sub
Ict, did all IN my power tn oll'y the
,xcitcmcnt | called upon them To bear
iu mind that the Constitution gave them
sufficient guarantees for the safety ui
shvcry hut they wanted new and Uddi.
tional puarautcrs. Alr. Lincoln had
truthully said, IN Illinois, that slavery
aud fr, cdom could not ,Nist together, and
that il must be- al slavery ornIl the other
th,nr aud the people Of the SDuth, fear.
ing il wps going to be all the other th'np,
cried out Tor more guarantees ol the SAT- =
~ ofthc institution. Aud when the blow
wus struck, we found that the Ounl II, E
ncy was hpscd on negro slavery
lishcd solely tor the perpetuation ol that
institutiuu. We had never divided thu
q, ycrnmcnt OF our fathers and We
found, Ia cur grief, that IN our anxiety lor
the safety of slavery, We hud founded o
government on no principles OF patriot
ism-mrrey as a matter q; dollars and
cents. We thought you wanted To drive
slavery in a corner where Il would sting
itself to death, aud we waited to protect
il. We thought Se would have a CIV
ernment all to ourselves, where thls IN
stitu,ion would not be intcrftrcd with
md we hup, d still further TO strengthen
II, in the course Of time, by grasping the
islands Adjacent TO our States; by an-
n king Mexico, and by reaching lorU ard
even, aud swallowing some olthc ana
condas of South America. Laughter
This was all before Lincoln's proolama-
ton. But what was the RESULT Della
ware would not come with us; Mary
land hcsiiaied. and then clung TO the old
flag Kentucky did not respond She
hesiiated in glUcm aud amid field OF
blood, ard then, emerging irvm the cloud,
shone brightly Ne ever Ia the collection
of stars. Missouri, too, long u scene OF
bloody cauhct, has returned to the Un-
ion. She tupplod amid the wrech and
disorder, but ugan sparklcs in the ma
tion's coronet Of st9rs, This look, d bad
to US. Slavery seemed worse hcmmed
in than ever fore, aud We feared We
should be forced 10 abandon il aud the
struggle. We wuitcd loug and patiently
for cur recognition by foreign paw, rs
But, Instead OF that, came Lincom's Pro
clamation OF Emancipation. ProlOnge,
applausc.1 | don't think the vast i'm
purtancc of that measure was fully uu
derstood, either 10y the people OF th,
President himself, when il was issued
We of the South certainly did not luli,
ar nearly appreciate il. But irst cam
his notice, aud at this We laughed.
What, said we, Les Lincoln or hi
Government to do with Us, that he scnL'
Us his notices. Let him Try il on, HnS
see what good II will do him. Sur,
enough, the famous Emancipation Proc
ldmaiion was issued. But still We laugh
ed. What does his Proclamation OmDun
To, said we. Our Government ~ rsn'
rstiiy il; il doesn't affect our Go. ,tiiu
ton. Bot armies had been raised, an
under the old 1ag the legions of th,
North and West bore down upon US, al,
they brought with them--lhe PrOoldmd
iion tCheers.l We called them Lin
eoln's hordes, but with their appearane,