Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-02-03

perty 1t was well known that there coulu ~
be no peace between our loyal people and fe
them. Their history is sad record Of in u
famy. obscurity, and misery. Some ex- l
hibited their vengeful hate long after the O
war was over. Girty and his associates I
who murdered Crawford in the Indian II
wsrs of 1871 we're Tories Of the revolu- o
ton. Bowles and Psnton, leaders among
the Creek Indians, and who started the
Florida troubles, which resulted In long
and bloody conflict in the sWamps OF that
State. were Tories. As class, they went
out with the brand Of Cain upon themi
and were not permitted to return.
One State alone relented. South caro-
Inns passed an act Of oblivion, restored
large part Of the confscated estates and
permitted the Tories to vote and hold
| office. Her policy has borne IT'S oltter
| fruit. Her government has nsrdly Deen
entitled to be called republican. The
spirit of monarchy has ruled her eounels,
and at last plunged our Republic into Sne
most gigantic and bloody OF reVolutlons'
Let us take counsel from the wisdom OF
our fathers. Is it probable that those men
Who oophscsted all the property Of armed
Tories would, few years later, estsohsh |
II sss fundamental doctrine Of the Con- |
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bevond the lifetime Of the individual at |
tsiued2 1t is not probable that men VINO
had inst done what they stubbornly held
to he right should enact ss a part Of the
, supreme law of the land that 1t should
never be done again.
, come now to the question more direct
lv before US. This question, Of land, Mr.
, Speaker, is inseparably connected with tine
r yso-liar institntinn nf the svsth. 1t is
!. | well known that the power Of slavery
i rests in large plantations; that the plan
n tgr's Uapftuf drives the poor whites to the
, mountains, where liberty always loves to
o dwell, and to the sWsmps and by-plaees OF
; the South; but the bulk Of all the landed
estates is in the hands Of the slave owners
who have plotted this great conspiracy
Jetme give YOU an instance Of this, one
a Of thousand that might be given. In
"A the togn Of Murfreesboro, Rutherford
y county, Tennessee, a place made sacred
~ and glorious forever by the valor OF our
a. army, there are fourteen thousand four
a. hundred and ninety-three acres Of land
" owned by sixteen persons, and three oi
IN the sixteen men own more than ten thou
a. sand of the acres. One Of the three owns
: more than half Of the whole township Of
Il. n1urrreesboro'. And that is only speci
he men of what these men Of the South ara
Is. to the lands of the South. Only q few
We hundred men own the bulk Of the land, II
nj any Southern State, and these men holC
ii the lands and own the slaves. Thes'
n. men plotted the rebellion and thrust
II upon us. Thoy have had the polltlca
A. mower in their hands, and If you permi
sir them to 60 back to their lands they VII
- have IL again. The laws Of nature, tn
h. ~
~ resolutions Of Congress. Grant genera
lid amnesty let these men go back to thel
N lands and the land owners will again con
nd troll the South. They have so long be
av lieved themselves born 10 rule, that the,
will rule the poor man as with rod O
Tho iron. The landless man Of the South ha
~ learned the lesson Of submission SO Tel
q that when he is confronted by q lande
~ proprietor he begins to be painfully de
al ferential, he is fscile and dependent, an
we less a man than If he stood on Gods scr
nm covered by his own title-deed.
IN Gentlemen, if we want lasting pesc
,ee IL we want to put down this rebellion s
ss that it shall stay forever put down, VI
bv must put down its guilty cause; we mu
bs put down slavery; we must take away th
vor platform on which slavery stsnds-th
great landed estates CT the armed rebe
sIr Of tbs South. Strike that platform b
H. 99ff1ade 99fad iffffft Il into homes fot fhe men RR6 nav
- saved our country. put that to tn
~ House as q necessity which stsres us
80 the face, What, let me ask you, will 70
80 do with the battle-felds Of the South
of Who owns them2 Who owns the red mel
iob of Stone river2 Two or three men own
, - all. And who ale these two or three men
tsd Rebels every one-one Of them ma
~ who once sat in this chamber, but who
~ now q leader in the ranks of the reb
,m army. Will you let him come back al
~ repossess his land? VIII you ask his pc
7, mission, when you go to visit the grave
ber your dead son who sleeps in the bosom
IT, that sacred field
If the principles Of the gentleman G
the other side be carried out, there is n
,,to one Of the great battle fields Of the wi
80 (save Gettysburg, which lies yonder G
~ the other side Of the hne) that will n
a descend to the sons Of rebels for all tin
80 to come-to men whose fathers found
Nct bad eminence by fighting against the
a. country, and who will love their fsthe
for affeotion's sake, and love rebellion fl
.ha their fathers sake. God forbid thet '
, ~ ever should visit those spots made sacrt
- by the blood of 50 many thousand bra
80 men, and see our enemies holding q
,n an fields and blowing the graves Of o.
On brethren, while the sweat Of slaves fsl
on the sod which ought to be forever sscrt
NJ to every American citizen.
= The history Of opinion and its chang
De, in the Army is very interesting on
bIo When the war broke out men sprsng
"a arms from all parties by common il
rn m pulse Of generous patriotism, which a
~ ~ glad to acknowledge in the presencs
-; those in whose hearts that impulse seer
veII now to have died.
.eIi . 1 remember to have said to a frieI
"a , when [ entered the Army, "You ha
',, slavery; so do 1 but 1 hate disunit
D. more. Let us drop the slavery questiC
- and fight to susIain the Union. When t
supremacy Of the Government has bet
~ re-estsblished we will attend to the 9th
question. 1 said it in good faith.
said to another, You love SLAYER
"H Do YOU love the Union more2 If you d
20 with me; we will let slavery alone 81
g., fight for the Union. When that is saw
VIZ we will take up our old quarrel, if the
ia anything left to quarrel about"
,pu 1 started out with that positirn TAX
" in good faith, as did thousands Of otbe
of I'll parties, but the Army soon foun
- do what it would, the black phantom n
..n it every where, in the camp, in the bivour
ies' on the battlefield, and at all times.
- was ghostthst would not be lald-slsN
'n1. NO ~ was both the strength and the wesknt
~ of the enemy. It's strength, for it till
i0"- the fields and fed the legiOns; its wea
uess. for in the hearts Of slaves dwelt d
propheoies that their deliVersnce from be