The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-02-19

the other side; you know you can slip round
and destroy that magazine Would you not do
it! Certainly you would. He has o commits
sary store back little ways; II you could send
detachment aud destroy that store. would you
, not do II p Certainly you would; for soldiers
must have something to eat, or they cannot
fight. Well, that Is the case here. You don't
see the commissary store, but you see the per.
son who makes the commissary store. and II
you can take him away in time, II is just the
same as il you waited until he had raised the
provisions and put them In the commissary
store. IL you could take all the negroes, IL
would end the war, because supplies for the ar.
my must be.raised, and there would be no other
way to raise them, except by detailing men
Now, some people sayit y perfectly horri
be to take away mans negroes. Yes, these
men think Il Is a horrible thing to take away n
secessionist's negroes, but let man be Union
man, and have his negroes taken away by the
rebels. and nothing Is said about il Why,
they contscated all my negroes but one; got
him through, and Lincoln confscated him; so
that, between him and JEFF Davis. they used me
up on the negro question entirely. But there
is too much truth In that. These persons that
speak Of see the conhscaton Of Southern
Union mans property; they see his wife turned
out Of doors, his children reduced to heggary,
and insulted by the minions OF JET Dayis-not
by the masses OF the Southern people, because
they are not that kind of people-and they
have not word TO say; but just let rebels
property be conliscated, and these men raise q
howl all over tho country. Now, that is not
right; and say tho man who will occupy a po-
sition Of that kind had better SO where they be.
long--go down aud be shot ut, as did when
WAS against the government. 5.r 80 T#tl
Now, down in Arkansas, We test Union men
in this way ''What are you fort" am
for the government'' "Do you sustain the
war power OF the goyernmentf' ''Well-if-
oh iii you will give me the Constitution, and
give me the Union as II was, and the Constitu-
ton as it is, and all-that. do" WE'LL. We set
him down rs no Union mau. How are you CO.
ing to get the Union as il WASH Do you want
the dead negroes brought to lifel Shall the
CORY battle fields give up their deadi Shall
these great questions that have gone down in
the vortex OF war be resurrected for Us TO fight
over againi Sir. 1T could call from Its rest
ing place the Union as II was--R you mean the
negroes by that-I would not do il. Why do
you make this point, aud say you want the Un-
ion as II VAST You know you are going to get
the Union as il was, but you won't get the me-
groes in the Union-that is all; and why don't
you make clean sweep Of 1t, and tell tho peo-
pie, 81 am for the negroes" When you say
you want the Union as il was, you don't mean
that; You mean you want the negroes. l will
tell you just what you mean. You expect that
the government will be restored, and that you
viii be able to build up another great party
upon negro slavery that will reach over the
North and South; but you cannot get that; you
cannot fool Southern men with that; the time
has gone by; and the politicians who attempt
1t viii GO under. We are going to break up
these party questions. We are for blending
this great nation together. ~ stand as one gov
ernment, letting other issues rise hereafter. rs
events shall call them forth. Let parties and
platforms and politicians 60 down; but, oh,
my people keep the dag Of your country al
why's waving, and the Union and the Constitu-
ton will stand. .. ..r.r.
come to you rs Southern man and make
these appeals. l make them with an honest
heart. would not be so brutal, so inhuman as
To wish my Southern people oyerrun and de-
stroyed / want the remnant Of them saved; ;
and every day that the war is prOtracted adds
deeper sorrow, more terrible anguish and wider
desolation to that portion OF the country where
I reside. II is to stop that and to build up the
couatry that implore you to-day to stand by
the war power Of the government, " I'LL up the
ranks of the army and sustain your soldiers in
the field; aud believe as verify rs believe that
God regns and rules, that the rebels in arms
will be dispersed this year, and that the rebell-
ious States will spring back to the glorious
sisterhood again.
Icannot dwell upon this subject more. re-
turn my sincere thanks to those who have lis
tened to me 50 kindly and so patiently in the
feeble condition that now find myself And
especially am grateful to the ladies for their
presence. IL is sunshine over my pathway
wherever I 60, and it has been especially re-
freshing and cheering upon this occasion.
You, ladies', have mission to accomplish.
You have not shown the same earnestness and
zeal in this great struggle that our Southern
ladies' have. What want you to do Is this
Women, you know, have strong disposition
10 call q man aturn-coat IL he changes his opin-
ious, even il he changes them in the right way.
They do not like change in men. though some
of them like TO change well enough themselves.
You have great influence upon men, aud want
you to urge your fathers, brothers, husbands,
sons or lovers, to stand for their country. No
matter about what they may have been called
in the past-whether breckenridge men, or Blu
chanan men, or Clay men, or Lincoln men-
urge them now to stand by your country and
your country's good, let meu call them what
they will.