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

thsv have arms in their hands. The nrst party,
;Sist alone. would acknowledge the independ-
enos of the JEFF. Davis concern. The real de-
structiyes-the Copperheads-are the men who
Issss because they think you are weak, and
are going to give them peace. with their gov
eminent and negro slavery.
speak Of what know. lhsve been through
the Southern States have been in this bloody
and terrible conflict. and tell you, say no
word of peace TO my. Southern brothers, except
tina, which echoes from, the mouths OF cannon
and CLEANS from the point OF every flashing
blade. would urge you to put more men INTO
the ficld. That Is what you ought TO do and
IL You do that, and stop talking about Peace
Commissioners, the rebellion will collapse this
very year Peace Commissioners this Is
beautiful idea Who will you send them to
Who will you get to carry the message, and how
would Won get Il to them, Would you go
sneaking through the army, with the peace
proposition In your pocketr You would ma
your head of close to the shoulders mighty
quick You see there Is no sense about u, anu
i have no patience with any such scneme'
Why! Because it tends 20 prolong the war,
and prolonging the war brings ruin, suffering
and desolstion on my loved section. love its
green fields, its bright skies and towering hills;
love It's brave men and fair women, and
would save them II could save the country
with them. I do not want TO sec them encour-
aged to continue this hopeless struggle with
the delusive idea that you people Of the North
ore divided, and are going to elect peace men.
or change your war policy TO peace policy,
whom You really do not mean to do any such
thing. o.. 30 ..-l. ai r.st. q. s.dv .Ihar 4
I do not mean to impugu your motives. my
friends but say, DO determined be bold !!
speak plainly TO the men Of the South. and say.
"while you have arms In your hands, you are
rebels against this Government. and we cannot
mako any terms with you. Lay down your
arms, and We will take you to our bosoms, kill
the fatted calf, and let rejoicings go up oil over
the land !'' on ND H.rH
All! but you say, we must stay here and
watch the nstitution-somcbody will hurt
that" But tell you the Constitution will
survive, and be frightened and purified by this
great struggle. You can trust your brave SOL
diers afar OF on the fields OF carnage to hold up
the flag Of your country and protect its Consti-
tuition. Well, then, one thing at time. Put
down this rebellion (; let these men dispense the
armies that now press against that Constitution;
and you 20 with them, for there Is the held for
nerve and manhood and honor, and there is
the place TO protect your Constitution. And
when they return from those cory battle fields,
bringing with them their flags, covered with
ipperishable honors. they will bring to you the
Constitution Of their country intact; or, IL
traitor hands have stabbed IL in their absence,
mark me, the swords that flashed Mt Vicksburg,
that cleaned on the heights Of Gettysburg and
along the rugged banks of the Chickamauga,
will strike home to tho hearts Of the men who
have dared assail that Constitution AL this
talk about watching over the Constitution Is
humbuggery to US down yonder.
You here all talk about parties. have moth
ing to do with parties. came from part Of
the country that Is bleeding and suffering,
where We want peace, where we understand our
Southern brothers, and come TO implorc you
to do oil you can to shorten this war. The
more you talk about Peace Commissioners, the
more you talk about peace, the more you en-
courage the Southern people. the more sorrow
you spread over this land Do you want your
brothers to come back from the fields of car
nage! Do you want prosperity to dawn once
more upon our pathway Ifyou do, put more
men in the field, put down the army of the reb-
els, and the people will rise up behind them,
true to the dag ofthe country again.
Now. will tell you why say so. am no
partlan have no party, hold no office |
would not tarnish the purity Of my intentions
by accepting any Office from President or peo-
Southern people, and speak TO you n an hon.
est man, who loves humanity, and who loves
his country. Look at the past rs long as
the Confederate forces, with arms in their
hands, held the Southern soil, you hesrd moth
Jug about q Union sentiment there. You heard
the correspondents Of newspapers talking about
Union sentiment that did not exist, and you
heard men from the South, adventures Who
came from there, retailing stories that had mel.
Their truth nor honesty IN them, about the de-
velopment Of Union sentiment in that section
OF the country, but you heard OF none in any
other way. But when the cloud OF bayonets
was lifted from Arkansas. when the tide Of war
was rolled back from Tennessee. when Missouri
was cleared, and Louisiana was cleared, then IL
was that the people rose up against the rebel
State governments. Arkansas will be back in
the Union free State in six weeks FROM the
time I stand here. Louisiana Is following
Tennessee Is oil ready to come back to the old
flag and even North Carolina, from the mids,
of hcr dcsolstion, looks hopefully back 10 her
old moorings In the Government. When these
come, State AFTER State win follow, until the
whole country shall be once more united. But
In order to secure this result, you must put
down the rebels in arms. Words will not do II.
The most eloquent appeal that you can make
TO them Is from the mouth, Of cannon upon bat
tle-delds you can do nothing else. Now, are
YOU going down TO talk 20 JET. Davis about
Commissioners OF Peace. What folly. what
absurdity IL is. You ought all TO know that !;
we know II so we'll. II is OF great Importance
to the ending Of th, war that you should un-
derstand thls-that the only way to end II Is by
bayonets and bullets not by talk, not by pol
iticians, not by politics. but BY the great heart
Of the country. And you cannot do without
that country you cannot do without the whole
country. Is il not the sentiment OF all the
Northern people that they viii sustain the Gov
erument! hthat Is your sentiment, Why pro-
tract the war!
II Is sometimes said that the Emancipation
Proclamation prolonged the war. All 1t did
IA he Vaf us heth
or II prolonged II or not. say II i, the harl-
est blow we ever cot, aud know, for felt IL
myself. When Lincoln commenced Illuminating
his proclamations, he commenced hitting us
pretty hard. What did We tell him, We told
him where our strength lay. Samsou's strength
Law In his locks when those were shorn of, he
was no stronger than am. We told Mr.. Lin
coin where our strength lay that Il was in our
four million Of slaves, who would cultivate the
soil, when all the white men Of the South went
TO war, while you had to leave just that many
white men at home to cultivate the soil. Did
we not say that! Very we'll We were not
very smart, II Is true, in saying that We ought
10 have kept Il to ourselves but God Almighty
intended this thing should be overturned, and
therefore made US just as big fools, on this
question, as possible.
We'll. some Northeruer Was shrcwd enough
70 sec that don't know who II was-and Mr..
Lincoln thought OF the idea OF making procla-
nation against US rs well as trying 10 shoot US.
We laughed at Il nj hrst. We said. eft you eau
make anything out oft try u on I. Itdont APP
ply to US. for We have got government and
Constitution Of our own !; and II can't apply to
your government because you haven't cot any
nigycrs. You can't proclaim against our Con-
stituton any more thau Queen Victoria could,
OF any more than you could proclaim the serts
Of Russia free, because wc are different gov