The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-09-19

and had proposed 10 make peace Dr,a Ina
terms q returning 70 their aIle~isnce
without saying one word upon the eubiect |
Of slavery, what would have been The no. |
sition OF the President them II under |
such circumstance, he had made he an
swer be did and refused peace. exeap.. u,,on |
the abandonment Of slavery, then the as
seruon which these malcon.ents make
might appear 10 be well founded. Bus IL
turned outthat they had no such authority |
AZ all, that they had made no.nroposition-
that the thing was a cheat evidently de-
signed 10 deceive The people--and 90 the
matter ended. Let me tell Won my fr;erds
that whenever-rhe Southern people lsy
down their arms and submit T. tho Gov
eminent, there will De no conditions what
ever insisted upon by the Government in
regard to the subject Of slavery. The en-
tire question Of slavery VIII be left 10 the
decisions Of the Courts. The only coidi-
ton the Government will make viii 20
the abandonment Of the rebellion snd
submission 70 the Government. and IL
they shall Insist upon lighting on until
every slave in the country has changed
bis base and lell the plantation, it will be
their fault. and the slaves good fortune
while il viii bo n matter Of no concern 10
Us, except 40 fir as we feel "A general Joy
that the chains Of every bondman arc
broken. So far as colored men-have been
used in the prosecution of this war they
have teen used solely with an eve to the
preservation OF the Union. aud not with
any direct regard 10 their condition A.
slaves or free men.
A great change has taken place in pub
lie opinion since the commencement Of
the war. When black man offered bis
services then be WAS rejected lie was
not permitted 10 20 into the ranks of the
army But who objects 10 the enlistment
OF negro troops now Then. st-ango rs
it may seem, the loyal people objected to
the enlistment OF negroes because IL had
the appearance Of wrong against the
master. lcu can now see how very false
/ ~ you reasoned in regard 10 this question
some three or four years ago. How strange
il Is that we should ever have imagined
that the men who had no right morally 10
the labor of the negro, was being uniustly
punished for his disloyaltv, by being re-
quired 10 give up his slave 20 the service
the country-and yet YOU did feel 50, and
that at the very same time that you were
freely giving up your own sons, under
| age, who owed YOU three OF four years
service, and sending them into the army
rather than TO demand the services Of the
coiored man, who owed no allegiance,
morally, t. his master. You never thought
of such a thing rs asking the Govern
ment 10 pay YOU the value % your son
service in the army; bat you sent him
freely, and followed him with your ar
dent, anxious prayers for his safety and
the success Of the great cause in which he
wa engaged. II instead of your son, one
of these slaves mad been taken into the
army, il would not have cost his master
one anxious thCaaht beyond the value OF
the negro. le., IN spite Of all these con
siieratlons, YOU reasoned that 1t wa.
wrong to take the black man from MS dis
loyal master and put him into the field
But. thank God, those days are past.
The people have at last come TO realize
that they should not scrnple 10 avail them.
selves of everything that Is destructive, oi
eau be made So against these enemies o.
their country. They have further dis
covered that these black men are usefu
and yalorous IN the field, and that they
are willing and anxious 10 fight for theil
country and for liberty. And why should
they not be permitted 10 do SOP | need
not pause for an answer 10 this inquiry
now, for am we'll aware that you would
say in reply that the President was only
too slow upon this subject, and that the
blacks ought 10 have been armed and put
into the field sooner than they were. You
must not forget, however in justice e
Mr. Lincoln, 10 remember how avcrse the
people were 10 that measure in the earlier
stages of the war, and the necessity undel
which M. Lincoln IVES placed of keeping
within the limits of public opinion.
tie was wise in delaying that measur,
for the time Indeed, II is my conviction
that when the history of this war shall be
fully written, and the world shall under
stand the peculiar difficulties and embar.
easements Of every sort and character with
which the President has been surrounded
it will be the general, il not the universe
belief of all mankind, that he was guided
in his management of the afians OF thi.
nation BY "a wisdom superior 10 any that
man possesses-a wisdom from above
People may stand here, and complain and
find fault with the administration, but
what say the philosophers, and patriots anc
philsnthropists Of the world, about Abra.
ham Linco n You have probably seer
in the papers, an account OF meeting IL
Geneva. where the who.c people assefn-
bled and expressed their gratitude 90 the
President OF the United states, for hi.
efforts 90 preserve and perpetuate human
liberty upon this sids OF the Atisntic -
This was meeting Of the only free
people in Europe They denounced
slavery, and cheered you and Mr.. Linco a.
Such is the opinion Of civilized and en-.
lightened and Chrisiianized people every
where-and vii you falter nowl
What has been douo % iafG Win til.
war commenced YOU could Tot march sol
der n ssi@ty across the Ohio Fvrf But
your armies went iuio sbc field. AID ctgfs
ate oed thea W4ohss followed hen "a
the fieldg Via "a, cared CO taeml Iou
slon~I No. an happy "a SAY. that ifotn toe
| vefy 81 fan.ssu. l8eut ~ tpe war dg~a e. tho
present lims, lhefe ass been oae, uho above
al otbes- Il : haa ala ear ever ogen - the
| Gre ~ fne sick and wsu10ed soldiers
81 the .fh4es o. The Union mean the
| Governor Of lndisns. Whit other Exscu-
| tive ms EXTENDED the same really rcief 10
the sufcfis- 0ea ia zoe ctsap. oH the bAtiis
/ fields aud in lie hosoitsi- that The Governor
| OF Iudsana hs- doees Oihers have dvas srH
bnt he hss done lhe bss, o. al. They came
a. quickly a. they could bus they could not
come ~ quickly - the tsovern1ro 81 Indiana
| What soldier will desert Oliver Morton
no~y
The soldiers Of Indiana sre Justly csi,bfa
ted 10 tAis war CT the hundred SID afty
THOUSAND men Who have goue from The
H0nsicr State bot one his ever TUNED his
back uoon the enemy or failed 10 % b. duty.
/ | am proni ~ inciana Or AL TIE Ststes
n be- go there IS 10 other Ia which |
- as rather lisr than Insis ~. aalcst "a =
psft Ass <-sks - bring shout dIsbonofk-
ole pcsce ihst looks 30 the destruction Of
the . s4esnsnent--to anarchy and ruia. shalt
succeed - grulBg the rcsns 81 g0yemmi 10
nlo ~ bands aud thea i vii become unsafe
/ o. t.svai = - hsa me1 - i've f1 bdtans.
Notice of Appointment.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN
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