The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-06-21

OnAOns Al VI AitS w saw FARF ~ yON
killed it, and lost your own feedom.-
Your slavery is dead, but1 did not
murder it.. AS Macbeth said 10 Ban /,
quo's bloody ghost; Ii .sui.
Never shake thy CORY locks st me; fs
~ Thou canst say did II. sa.., ,,,,sf ,ii +
Slavery is dead, and you must par
don me if do not mourn over its dead
body; you can bury it out of sight, In
restoring the State, leave out that dis
t'irpihg and dangerous element, and use \
only those parts ofthe machinery which
will move in harmony. .aoisn ,ao9 oI
Now in regard TO emancipation, /,
want to say to the blacks that liberty I
means liberty to work and enjoy the
fruits Of your labor Idleness is not
freedom Il desire that all men shall
have q fair start and an equal, chance
in the face OF life, and let him succeed
who has the most merit. This, think,
is principle of Heaven. l am for
emancipation for two reasons; first, be-,
cause in the emancipation OF the slaves,
we break down an odious and danger
Gus aristocracy. / think that we are D
freeing more whites than blacks in Ten
nessee. ! want to see slavery broken
up, and when its barriers are thrown,
down, want to see Industrious, thrifty
emigrants pouring in from all parts Of
the country. Come on! We need your
labor, your skill, your capital. We
want your enterprise and your inven-
ton, so that Tennessee may rank with,
New England in the arts and mechan-
les, and that when yoii visit tie Patent
Office, at Washington, where. the in
genious mechanics Of the free States.
have placed their models, we need not
blush that Tennessee can show nothing
but mousetrap, or something of about
as much importance. Come ON! ~ We
greet you with hearty welcome TO the
soil of Tennessee: Here is soil, the
most fertile in every agricultural pro-
duct; a delightful and healthy climate,
forests, water-power, and mines OF in
exhaustihle richnes; come and help us
redeem Tennessee, ,ahd make her apow-
erfill and fourishing State. s'IIs. 3
| But in calling convention to restore
the State, who shall restore and estab-
lish it? Shall the man who gave his in
fuence and his means to destroy the
Government? Is he to participate in
the great work ofre-organization? Shall
he who brought this misery Upon the
State be permitted to control its desti-
nies? Ifthis be so, then all this prec-
ious blood of our brave soldiers and
officers so freely poured out, will have
been wantonly spilled. All the glori-
Gus victories won by our noble armies
will 90 for 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 back seat
in the work Of restoration. If there be
but five thousand men in Tennessee
loyal to the Constitution, loyal to free
dom, loyal TO Justice, these true and
faithful men should control the work of
Reorganization and reformation abso-
lutely. say that the traitor has ceas-
ed to be citizen, and in joining the re-
belliou, has become public enemy
IIt IOIlcltcu Ills IlSit w NotC WIN IVY
al men, when he renounced his citizen
ship, and sought to destroy our Gov
ernment. We say to the most honest
foreigner who comes from England or
Germany, to dwell among us, add TO
the wealth Of the country, "Before YOU
can be citizen you must stay here for
five years." If we gre so cautious about
foreigners, who voluntarially renounce
their homes to live with us, what should
we say to the traitor, who, although
born and reared among us has raised n
parricidal hand against the Govern
ment which always protected him? My
Judgment is that he should be subjected
to severe ordeal before he is restored
to citizenship. The fellow who takes
the oath merely to save his property and
denies the validity of that oath,is per-
jured man, and not to be trusted. Be-
fore these repenting rebels can be trust
ed, let them bring forth the fruits of re-
pentancc. He who helped to make all
these widows and orphans who drape
the streets of Nashville in mourning,
should suffer for his great crime. The
work is in our hauds. We can destroy
this rebellion. With Grant laundering
on the Potomac, before Richmond, and
sherman and Thomas on their march
toward Atlanta, the day will ere longb
eurs. Will any persist lnadly in re-
bellion? Suppose that an equal num-
Der be slain in every battle, it is plain
that the result must be the utter exter-
mination of the rebels. All these rebel
leaders have a strong personal reason
for holding out to save their necks from
the halter. And these leaders must
feel the power of the Government
Treason must be made odius, and trail
tors must be punished and impoverish-
ed. Their great plantations must be
seized and divided into small farms, and
sold to honest, and Industrious men,
The day for protecting the lands and
negroes Of these authors of rebellion is
past. Ihave been most deeply panied
at some things which have come under
my observation. We get men in com
mand who, under the influence of Hat
terry, fawning and caressing, grant pro-
lection to the rich traitor, while the
poor Union man stands out in the cold,
often unable to get receipt or youch-
er for his losses. The traitor get lucra-
tive contracts, while the loyal man is
pushed aside, unable to obtain recog.
milton of his just claims. I am telling
the truth. care nothing for stripes
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