The Big blue union. [volume] (Marysville, Kan.) 1862-1866, 1864-09-24

ny from my thougntS-mY s0ilcltude for
this country follows me wherever / 20
l do not think it is personal vanity or Am.
bition, though l am not free from tbe,.
inirmities, but can no, but feel tb,, N.
veal or woe of this great nation will bsd..
cijed in November. There is no pro,
gramms offered by any wing Of the Dem.
ocratic party hut that must result in the
permanent destruction ofthe Union.''
"But, Mr.. President. Gen. McClsllan i,
in favor of crushing the reb ellion BY force,
He will be the Chicago candidate.
'Sir," said the President, "the slightest
knowledge Of arithmetic will prove 70 N,
man that the rebel armies can not Be de,.
sroyed by Democratic strategy. I, would
sacrifice all the white men in the No,,I
to do it. There are now in the ssrvic. of
the United States near Two. hundred. .thou..
and able. bodied colored men, most of than
under arms defending and acq ui,ine Uuio.
territory. The Democratic strategy d.
mands that these forces be disbspded ana
that the masters be concilliatsd By rss,or.
ing them to slavery. The black man Who
now assists Union prisoners to escape, arc
TO be converted into our enemies in thu
vain hope of gaining the coed will Of their
master. We shall have to fight two nations
instead OF one.
"You cannot concilliate the South If you
guarantee TO them ultimate success: and
the experience Of the prescn. war proves
their success is inevitable if you Ainy the
compulsory labor Of millions of black men
into their side Of the scale. Will you
give our enemies such military advantages
as insure success, and then depend On
coaxing, fattery, and concession to ge,
them back into the Union Abandon
all the posts now garrisoned BY black me D;
take 10000 from our side and put them
on the battlefield or cornfeld against Us,
and we would be compelled TO abandon the
war in three weeks.
I'VE have to hold territory in inelenent
and sickly places; where are the Demo.
Gratis to do this 1t was free fight, and
the field was open to the war Democrats to
put down this rebellion by fighting against
both master and slave long before the
present policy was adopted. There has
been men base enough to propose 10 ma
to return to slavery the black warriors Of
Port Hudson and Olustes, and thus win
The respect of the masters they fought
Should l do so l should deserve to bs
damned for time and eternity. Come wh,,
will, am determined to keep my faith
with friend and foe. My enemies pretend
that am now carrying on the war for the
sole purpose of abolition. So long ~ Am
President it shall be carried on for the sole
purpose of restoring the Union. Bu, no
human power can subdue tho rsbslGop
without the aid Of the emancipation poll.
cy, aad every other policy calculated to
weaken the moral and physical forces Of
the rebellion. Freedom has given ~ tvo
hundred Thousand men..raised on Southern
soil II will give Us more yet Just 20
much it has abslrae,ed from the enemy,
and instead of aleniating the South, there
are now evidences of frstsrHal feeling
growing up between our men and the rank
and'file of the rebel soldiers. Let my enc
mics prove to the country that the dessruc'
ton of slavery is not necessary TO The res
,oration of the Union. will abide the
issue
l saw tba, the Presiden. was not mere
Joker, but man Of deep conviction, Oh
abiding faith in Providence, justice and 10
truth. His voice was pleasant. his man
ner earnest and emphatic. As he WARM
ed with his theme, bis mind grew 10 the
magnitudeIof his body. l fels wa. 10 sne
presence of the great guiding intellect Of
the age, and those huge Atlantean should
ers were fit 10 bear the weight Of the
migh,ies, monarehies. His Transparent
honesty, republican simplicity, his eu'a.
ing sympathy for those who offered tnsit
lives for their country his utter torge!fu''
ness of self in hls concern fer iss ~e!'sts'
could not bu, inspire me with confidence
that he was Heavens instrument to con,
duct his people through this sea Of Oi00a
10 q Canaan of peace and freedom.
IT. MILLS.
The above is taken from letter wl''
ten to the Grant County Herald, OF WIS
consin, by Judge J. J. Mills, giving 10
account of an interview between the kre''
ident and Gov. Randall and himself sn0''
time since.