Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-02-05
The Philosophy of the Rebellion.

Inc philosophy of the Rebellion.
Speech. or Gsn,I Gantt, late n R.b5s,il b5,il
BrigRdIer, at Cooper. lInstItut..l fn
New York sifsafE2 (,
We take the" folio wing extract from the
speech of E. W. CAN'T, of Arkansas, late 4
Brigadter General in the rebelsarmy, de.
,ltyered by him. in New York on Monday
evening last: -....,.,.ls.ti. -
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But / was attempting to show that
slavery was the cause Of the war. and 7
defy any human being to tell of any other
cause. Some may say il. was the. aboIi.
uonlsts who.were the cause. Indeed was
lt.,-'Buts suppose there bad been no negroes.
how many abolitionists would there bavs
been2 What would they have had to
hang to 2.."No, 1t was neither negroes nor
a6olitionists: But, you Say seeessionism
was the cause. Very we'll. But if there
had been no negroes there would have
been nothing to sscede about. What
would any one .secede about2, There
would have been'no North and no South.
technically, for there would have been no
negro, But the negro stood between the
two governments. Others might sav II
was. the local tsFiff; bntlWho made local
tariff? The simple fact that all this grand
glorious country, with it's towering NOM.
taius, its glorious rivers.andits fertile soil
had been kept alone for the interest ana
we'll being OF the whtts. man who owned
laves-agtew white slave ewners-andlttis
industrious white man would not come
while slavery challenged him 10 stay at
home. siiFhas m4de a, local tariff, for Il
made the great machinery of the North
anei sept the Ing rnau With .fhsfr,' in
sdustry and machinery at home We would
have bad a Lowell andsa Manchester along
the banks Of the Arksnsas, tie White river
and other rsBtreams, but. for slavery. : fans
sptanss But they seey.tlieir way there
now Cheers. But other men say thaf
seesssion came because the Southern peo.
pie lost power and the government. Is
that what made them lose that power 2
in.hhy u was beeapse.o of the eter6ai neRro,i
who was Drought on all their platforms.
Ihe egSonthernerst based their policy nbon
II. But that is now passed, and now it
must be our duty to help the government
in this struggle to maintain ITSELF and in
this struggle We must be meniand patriots
lUheers.) Say this truly to yon:, / am
noefone who seeks for power; 1 do not want
place OF otice;;' but / say that we put that
Plank IN our piettor N, and I say that ftom
that cause theisnEge Of human passion has
rolled over our Iandiin such destructive
waves that could they have, been imagined
they wOnld have been sEemmed long 900.
And tell you now that we have suffered
so much we must be more charitable 10
each other-wsmustqo abuse. this section
and that, and we must leave the abolition.
issts aud the. SLAYER alone, not charging
them, one or the other, with being the
cause OF The Ear,i bpJ hoping that the canse
Is removed and that we may again, al is.
days Of 26te, With Stout h&pds aud brave
hearts, uphold the, flag of oar Union for.
ever; lApPlAuse.l Aud as a fnishfnsl
touch let us remark, while we. are abbut.
1t, the 6suse Of this ana t6s DfeteJt 6flaIi.
others, which is, and might be, If notIre..
moved, sinvery. (Gheers.) What pdod,
does II do partlally TO review the question! 9
and NOT go deep d6y into lis very iphiIos.
ophy2 "a The, Jaot may be. Eelog ogniEeda that
there are Abolitionists aud secessiouisfsS.
and mere ind ieatious that there, Was local
irritation In tue government, as the doctors
would say FheresWere evidences of diseasa.
that had seized upon the paEient; buS If
you examiRe-the patient carefully you viii
ind that psgFo, 5slaYer8 was tue disesse,
and why moi treat thst iusSead of ,aimi6S
Your -shsttsa The meFe exidsnces ioF th Q
disease % siifs 10 - siis,a5-i b5fa1as sviri -
=. For iistanesS 3 patient comes % d, anack
doctor, who has nail driven in the centre
OF hlssarm1 IlRhee doctor fumes aud grow
turi0ns over the extremes, and poaltices
both /, hapds and the fellows, back, but al
t9RSSstne PqA 20 stay there i've have suf-
tered an theh Southfaand Issaylthat all our
iapg9isip al opE e s9rS9w, al 9pr all
ESopr q qesQlau uQps, Gu M. be- sd--zaad I'VE
understand it-directly to negro slavkrv,
aud we are determined to extiFpate IL for,
ever: Loud cheers Well, now, ri we
can afford to dn-that, can't yon let us 6e
fqnietIon thesqdestiOE.i T:d6nFr cars what i
am called y ot can y me 5lst whEtt YOU YOU
PleassI but let me "a Sc hold of the phi ESQ,
tphYaof this thing, andsremoVe III o teatiRh az
this wat, aid give 10 The eo6ntrYF bright;
glorious pathway to the future, and Il viii
be isatis6ed. sdi EApplause. 70 diNov. lt6e
evidence that there never "a iBs spsfmrssll
nsat ReReefV bile slavery. Is III The govern
Iiment haseforced itself upon ouf, minds m
this;wise;; while the nstitusoh RAs ia 5th6
government 1t Kept up q sconsfant agitation
I'M the NoEth9 andsas seouuter.nfrFitation! as
the doctors would say, il'ths S6tl til, well
nse4 ltnAt We hay 81 sol bn1i tied II to sword
aud lhatour goVernmehT,ha ROns through
tetfible 1hfoes;s We fnd5S when the hboIi.
tienists .haye les ps alone, on the question,
there is another party come up thht7says,
You. shall have. negroes whether YOU
l want them or not" Does not that SHOW
any sensible smaa that We seannotI haSt
Peace At the. very time the aholittohfsts
stop, thelpaAeR party men come to talk Ia
I iius and sayS aYOn shan't 'tFhaYe .peace uhtil
l y9u have snegt6es', The nj she bs ople
ERt4 my State teasol bolt tbs qaesIioa d
thts:[Ehey say, ave have got % start lif.
4 aneWi - want peace, but We wait thal
klnd 81 peace Ehieh T. .pefnRaent.n Yot
] Our homes are sdesoIatS; our land Il Searl,
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