The weekly union record., 1864-02-20

General Gannt's Advice y Copperheads

! General Gannt, of Arkansas addressed .
large Union meetiDg at Harrisburg. Pennsyl-
vania, January l5Ik. In the course of his
speech. he gave the following good counsel 10
grumblers aud Copperheads:
| bear men in the North denoancing the
Sece.sionisis with apparen. bitterness, and they
say, e1termiuate them bat save the negro.
They might as well soy Of q man bitten by s.
| mad cog, kill the man, but for Gods sake spare
| the dogl [Laughter.l We in Arkansas are
| going to xiii the dog and try 10 save the man.
| kenluckians say there are two parties. desirnc-
| tives and conservatives. He believed the de
| structives were the Secessionists aud their un-
] willing aiders; but these latter called them
| selves conservatives forsooth. We In Arkansas
are going to vote for whoever you nominate as
| an unconditional Union candidate for President
Cheers | say to those conservatives that
| the ouly way you can stay this desolaiion and
boodshed is to say 10 the South, Yield TO the
Government then we will withdraw our armies
| But no. the conservatives have not the time
nor the men, they say They see tbeil true
/ aUG saliaut aeigAburs shedding iheig blood 10
defense of our rights, while You stay at home
| to watch the Constitution. IL you can't fight
| if YOU can't join either side, for Heavens sake
keep quiet and say nothing; for when the re
bellion is conquered and the soldiers come home,
they can see for themselves whether The Cen
stitution is desecrated or not, and punish the
deseerators. [Cheers.l By your present con-
duct 10 murmuring aud mutteriDg, you preach
peace propositions and encourage the insurrec-
tionists. | am a stranger. | expect nothing
from you. want nothing from the Govern
meui but tell you truly LII Lit the rebellion Is
looking anxiously upon the course OF the so
called conservatives, and would like 10 spur
them on. for they expect it will bring delay
aud finally victory to them. | want my suffer
ing people relieved, but | want the old Govern
ment to embrace the whole territory, as OF old.
Cheers.l My friends in the South have de
nounced me because | am telling the truth
about them; but tell you never met more
consummate Sece-sionists than these conserya-
tives of the North. Would the South abuse
me if was not telling the truth about them
have been among the rebels, and | know
that your conservatism is aiding the South
For once l appeal to you. Leave party and
90 for your country; nominate an unconditional
Union man and elect him That is what the
Union men of the South want. The rebels are
waiting for the Inauguration OF 4 new President,
and they want you conservatives 10 succeed
Then will be their time for success. The hard
est blow ever struck the rebellion was the
emancipation proclamation enforced by Union
bayonels. As to compromise, he said, would
it not be wise for the Southerners, after going
ont, TO come back to the President and say ::
ave are willing to join you again?" The
question would be: why did you 90 oat p
why, to protect the negro" What have
you come back for ?" why, to protect the
negro" Laughter But that is all stun.
jeff Davis and the leaders won't do that. The
people are willing to return. The biitere't
Secession ladies daily marry handsome Union
soldiers was afraid my wife would leave me
when determined 10 support the Union, but,
when l told her, she said it was the nobest act
had ever done.