The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-02-19
VOLUME M, NUMBER 8.

tdenco % tntenueu u. NOW you tstk eoouS
raising cotton. You must have u on yotir
machinery. In all your manufacturing stab,
lishments. One man will cultivate moro land
IN A feW years, or q much ss four or hve
nccrocs would. And whyi will tell you. |
recollect Now York man married one OF our
Southern women-and . great many Of our
worst seccssionists arc some OF your Northern
men who went down and married our Southern
widows with heaps Of negroes, and they eeoeded
on the negro question and fought about It. ho
married, a. said, Southern woman with .
great many negroes. Ono way OF planting
cotton 10 tins We have one nigEer and mule
to throw up the land. snother niggsr sud mule
to open tho furrow, two niggers TO drop u:
seed, and another Niger and mule 70 20 and
cover Il up. There are i've niggers and three
mules 70 each row Of cotton. Now this Hsv
Yorker, when he csme to study tho thing. sad.
that looks like heap Of trouble and great
loss OF labor. Your people thinkss good deal
Of that. We like to loso labor down there ly-
Ing In the shade. Nature has done % much tor
us that ws do not have 10 work % hard % you
do. Well, this New Yorker said. 81 can 6x mp
something that will do this work bettsr," J" and
in two days he brought out kind Of drum and
hitched up mule In the concern and puta mig
ger behind Il. and that hcaped mp the ground:
opened the furrow, sowcd the seed and covered
bury the negro too ~.
We'll, that u what we want down there, and
God Almighty intends We shall have IL whether
wo want it or not. This great Government
must extend. Its eagles must 60 over every
part Of Its circumfercncc, and its genius must
60 from lake 70 gulf, from shore to shore.
I have heard great many people say there
u no Providence In this. l think thereB. Tho
very destruction Of Southern society and the
prosperity Of Northern society, shows that God
Almighty intends to fuse this country together
In the war furnace, and make II one homogeno-
Gus, strong, powerful, prosperous and wealthy
nation. Look over history. No great devsl.
opments have ever occurred without great
struggles and great convulsions-the uphcav-
ing OF some nations, the destruction OF others.
Tho flaming Of armies across o country, In all
history, has been but to toar down rotten insti-
tutions and build purer ones In their place.
Look at the physical elements. Tho Dir becomes
rari6sd In one place, tho cold air rushes In to
supply the vacuum, and along its pathway iio
buried forests. ruined cities and mangled corp-
before Il. But the air becomes purified. and
the grass springs green and fresh along tho
footprints OF ruin and desolation. 30 with na-
tions and people, and 90 with this great Gov.
canment of ours. Tho whirlwind Is abroad In
the land. The South lies In It's track. Desola-
ton drops from It's flaming pinions, and sorrow
circles Its lurid pathway. II will rage and roar
mark mo II win rage and roar until the
measure Of purifcation is accomplished, and
the dcfilements Of negro slavery washed out
from the land forever. And then how fresh
and green and bright and beautiful will be the
prospect that will spring up along Its pathway
Providence has permitted Southern society to
be DESTROYED and become chaos, and Northern
society 10 flourish, In order that out OF the two
sections homogeneous government might DO
built up, and the cause OF the war removed from
the land. SO understand 1t, and I 50 accept
Il; but fnd that oil the Northern people have
not yet come up to this point. hnd that somo
Of my Democratic friends aro afraid that they
will be called inconsistent that II they march
up to the philosophy Of this struggle, somc-
body will say they have changed But who
cares about changes In great struggle like
this, when the hand OF 0mnipotence Is direct
ing His people to higher dcstinyl You are
afraid somebody will say you have changed,
my Democratic friend ; but what are you!
fOu ought to change, you arc wrong. II 10
manly TO do 30. know 1t Is hard struggle.
I had been bitter pro- o-slayery man. hsd un.
shcathcd my sword against the Government Of
our fathers. bad stood against the fag my
father upheld against the enemies Of bis coun::
try I; but when found that was wrong. had
world, and say II to-day to you. But yet
some fellow, who wants to get some little petty
Office. Is afraid somebody will call him "ad-d
!" Call me just what you please
Slavery Is dead helped kill Il (; and, II God
gives me strength, viii help bury It.
lam glad these dsscnsions among you do
not 20 down deep into the manhood VI your So
siety. They are only upon tho surface they
are upon the lips Of frothy politicians, who
cannot rise to the grandeur OF the subject, who
cannot give up the serving OF party to servo
their country, As they ought to DO. Whenl
20 back home don't want to tell my people
that there arc any dissensions here, because
that would protrsct the war down there. We
hear men denouncing the secessionists with
great bitterness. They say, "Exterminate
them but for Gods sake don't touch the mig
ger !" A man has been litten by . rabid dog,
and this man says, "Exterminate the man but
Tor Gods sake don't hurt the dog Wein
Arkansas intend TO kill the dog and try 10 save
The man and We don't care what you call u
for doing that. Call vs. abolitionisis, or any
right, and wo would rather do what Is right
han have any position In the world.
Wo want this war over. But, you say, you
sre afraid you will subjugato the Southern pco-
pie. Well, ono Of two parties at the South must
DO subjucaied. The party that raises It's arm
n rebellion against the Government, the party
hat under false aag and foul leaders assaults
hcse glorious institutions, must be subjugatcd;
,r that other party, who In darkness and peril
md storm. have stood true to the old dag aud
rue to their country, must DO subiugated, and
placed under the iron heel OF JeG Davis and his
nInions. Choose you whether you will subju-
Union men Of the South. All here In favor of
the rebels against this Government,
md sustaining your Union brothers at the
South, will please rise to their feet, and let mo
70 home and tell them how II stands (The
Tast audience, a. moved by one impulse, stood
ip.) THANK God II Is unanimous We have
friends In the North. and shall 60 home and
ell the unconditional Union men Of the South,
. You haze friend, oil orsr The iand." ~
A distinguished gentleman from Kentucky
'ays there are but two parties IN ths country
ives. Well, that d true. belonged TO the dc.
tructives once. but I quit them, end then I
ried 10 hnd middle ground. What do you
All those people up herel dough. h.hcads"-no,
hat Is notit. (voices-C -Copperhesds.) "Cop-
eads"-that's Il! You will please pardon
nc for my ignorance Of parties. have been In
foreign country down yonder, In the dark.
o long that have not kept. up With things
lsre. Itried To hnd that middle ground, but
ouldn't nndit. VIII just tell you how !. is.
- great surgirg wave rushes . long lisaree
q one direction. when Il starts back Il .ves
ust as far In the other direction. Il Is fhs
wing Of the pendulum. went to one extreme
nd found there blackness and snguish and dss-
lation; and now 60 to ths other extrems
hat may uphold my country and brins psIsa
o a bleeding land Who Arc the destructive
Why, they are the men Who talk about "pcaec
n any tsrms." Thoy arc secessionists, ami
he sympathissrs with and sbettou OF secession
sts. They are men who attempt 70 stand IN
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