Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-02-11

the man who has drawn bis sword against
the Government Of his fathers, the man who
has attempted to subjugate his Government
he must be subjugated and brought back to
the Government, or the other. man in the
South who, in darkness and storm and trial,
has stood true to the Gag Of his country with
his faith never wayering. The man who has
worked for his country must be subjugated,
or the Rebel must be subjugated. Now
which arr, ysu going the whip2 He has lost
all. He has been confiscated; he has been
hunted like avid beast, Willyou subjugate
that man, or send down your columns to
uphold him and save your country2-
lCheers.] have not aimed to say anything
that would hurt the feelings Of any body;
| hope you will all get office that want it,
| don't want to interfere with that. We
don't know anything about politics in Ar
kansas; we are for saving ourselves and sa-
wing the country. We have not time to talk
politics, You might just as well talk about
q man leaving the grave Of his dearly be-
| loved and going to festival as expect us to
60 into politics. was reported as saying
that when came out for the Union l was
afraid that my wife would secede. l never
about secession and coercion to try that
thing. / did say that l had not seen her
but once in two years, and when | issued
my address | supposed she would say, when
I met her, " am no politician; ] am wo-
man, and although my womanly instincts
tell me that you are wrong in this matter,
yet / will yield to your better judgment"
But when | met her l felt very sad. had
had vituperation poured upon me. / looked
for consolation to the sharer of my joys and
sorrows, to the mother of my children to
say when she would sustain me in the trial
hour of manhood. thought it my duty to
apologize. She says: "Stop, no expIana-
tion or apology is necessary; it is the noblest
act Of your life, and am proud of it. -.
| Three cheers for Mrs. CAN'T. Nolanguage
nor imagination can describe my feelings
upon that occasion. And again, when /
desired to go to Washington, had been
with her little; she had been insulted and
plundered by the merciless leaders of this
concern. Though | desired to stay with her,
| felt that something depended upon my
action. They had plundered, her OF her
silver. She had with Confederate money
bought buggy and horses, and said -
Take them and sell them, because it is q
duty Of patriotism, and you ought to 60. "
| lApplause.J To show you something about
the sentiment of Arkansas, 500 Arkansas
| sUIuicTS, CtuS we Gull t0eIn, CaIne
out and asked me TO address them. / did
so, and told them that.the time had come
for us to 60 back to the Union of our faith
ers, and / want you to take a vote about
whether we shall 60 back with the curse and
the cause of the war. Now how do you
think the vote was? Out of 800, Just 800
voted to come back without Slavery
lCheers. There was another regiment just
forming Of 500. Willis Jones was one of
them. l thought he was hung for being a
Union man. saved him once When l
met him at Little Rock, said I. Good
gracious, Jones, you scare re to see you |
thought you were hung. " well" said
he, compromised. I told Col Arther-
spoon that would recruit for him, and |
have been recruiting for him ever since, but
! could not get man to 60. y He had 500
men. sent to them to take vote, and
they sent word that Slavery was the cause
of the war, and they oil wanted to come
back without it. Now won't our Democratic
friends just say that the dog is dead and we
will bury him. The Secessionists are the
men who abolished Slavery. 1 have been
told by q great many that it is not right that
a man who has been once in rebellion should
come back, and have hsen.t told by great
many more that he should. [Cheers. i
They say, What shall a man who touched
torch to the temple be allowed to come
back into the temple again and help rebuild
i'll Shall a man who destroyed the temple
have any right to help rebuild it2 Thank
God Almighty that the temple is not des-
troyed., :. Cheers. L thank God that this
great Government, the hope Of human free
dom the world over, stands proudly erect
amid the surgings Of human passions, aud
that it shall stand through all the ages.