Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-06-23

you. Tennessesns and men froth the
Northern States. that slavery is dead. II
was not murdered by me. told yoti
long ago what the result wonld be If you
endeavored to 60 ont of the Union to save
slavery. anil that the result would be
bloodsheri. rapine. devastated fields, plum
dered villages and cities and therefore I
urged youito remain in the Union. In
trying to save slavery you killed it. and
lost your own freedom. Your slavery is
dead. but / did not murder it. As
Macbeth saiJao Banqno's bloody ghost :
Never shake thy CORY. locks at me,
Thou canst tiot say did It,"
Slavery is dead. and you must pardon
me il | do not mourn over its deadly body !;
you can bury it out Of sight. In restoring
the State Leave out that disturbing and
dangerous element. and use only those
parts of the machinery which will move
in harmonF
Now. in regarl 10 emancipation. I want
to say to the blacks that liberty means lib
erty to work. and enjoy the fruits of your
labor. Idleuess is not freedom. / desire
that all men shall have fair start and an
equal chance in the race Of life. and let
him succeed who has the most merit This.
l think. Is a principle ofheaven. / am for
for two reasons: first, be-
cause it is right of itself. and second. be-
cause in the emancipation of the slaves.
we break down an odious and dangerous
aristocracy think we are. freeing more
whites than blacks in Tennessee. / want
to see slavery broken mp. and when its
barriers are thrown down. I want to see
industrious. thrifty cmisrsnts pouring in
from all parts of the country. Come on!
We need your labor. your skill. your cap
ital. We want your enterprise and inven-
tion. so that hereafter Tennessee may rank
with New England in the arts and me-
chanics. and that when We visit the Patent
Office. at Washington. where the ingeni-
ous mechanics of the Free States have pla-
ced their models. we necl not blush that
Tennessee can show nothing but mouse
trap. or something of about as much i'm
portance. Come on! We greet you with
a hearty welcome TO the soil of Tennessee.
Here is soil the most fertile in every agri
cultural product: delightful and healthy
climste, forest. water-power. and mines Of
inexhaustible richness: come and help US
redeem Tennessee, and make her q power
ful and fourishing State.
But in calling a convention to restore
the State. who shall restore and re-estab-
li>h il? Shall the man who gave his in
fuence and his means to destroy the Gov.
ernmen,! Is he to participate in the great
work of reorganization? Shall he who
hronght this misery upon the State be per-
mi'ted TO control it's destinies? II this be
so. then all the precious blood OF our brave
soldiers and officers so freely poured out
viii have been wan.only spilled. All the
glorious victories won by our noble armies
will 60 Tor nought. and all the battle fields
which have been sown with dead heroes
during this rebellion will have been made
memorable in vain. Why all this carnage
and devastation? 1t was that treason
might be put down and traitors punished.
Therefore say that traitors should take a
back seat in tho work Of restoration. III
there be but fve thousand men in Ten
nessce loyal to the Constitution. loyal to
freedom. loyal to instice. these true and
faithful men shoald control the work o!
reorganization snd reformation absolutely
[ Loud and prolonged applause | say
that the traitor has ceased to be q citizen.
and in joining the rebellion he became a
public enemy. He forfeited his right to
vote with loyal men. when he reneunced
his citizenship. and sought to destroy our
Government. We say to the most homes,
and industrious foreigner who comes from
England or Germany to dwell among us.
and to add to the wealth of the country.
Before you can be a citizen you mast
stay here for five years." If We are so
cautious about foreigners who voluntarily
renounce their homes to live with Us; what
should we say to the traitor. who although.
born and reared among us has raised 9
parricidsl hani against the Government
which always protected him! My judg
ment is that he should be subjected to 9
severe ordeal before he is restored 10 citi
zensbip. A fellow who takes the ,atf
merely to save his property. and denies
the validity Of the oath. is a pcrjured mar
and not to be trusted. Before these repent
ing rebels can be trusted, lei them bring
forth the fruits Of repentance. He wht
hclped to make oil these widows AM
orphans who drapc the streets Of Nashvill,
in mourning. should suffer for his grea
crime. The work is in our own hands
We can destroy this rebellion. Will
Grant thunlering on the Potomac. befor'
Richmond. and Sherman and Thomas OF
their march towards Atlantis. the day vii
ere long be oars. Will any madly persis
in rebellion? Suppose that an eqna
number be slain in every battle, it is plaiI
that the result must be the utter extermi
nation Of the rebels. All. those rebel lead
ers have strong personal reason for hold
ing ont to save their necks from the halter
And these leaders muet feel the power o
the Government. Treason mnst be mad'
odious. and traitors must be punished ant
impoverished. Their great plantation
must be seized and divided into small
farms, and sold to honest. industrion
men. The day for protecting the land
and negroes of these authors of rebellion
is past. 1t is high time it was. l hav'
been most deeply panied at some thing
which have como under my observation
We get men in command who. under tn
influence of tlattery. fawning and caressing
grant protection to the rich traitor, whil'
the poor Union man stands ont in tn,