The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-26
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Northern Conservatives, &c.
FROM GENERAL GANTT's RECENT SPEECH an
HARRISBURG.

FROM GENERAL GANTT's RECENT SPEECH Al
HARRISBURG.
We In the South and you "Copperheads'
said that Lincoln was humbug rlaughterl
but has not the old fellow done everything
he said he would? Great cheering. When
we look around and see what slavery has
done for us; when we see the agony of suffer
ing, Of pain, of widows and orphans, the true
men of the South and the North will want
the question settled by the abolition of the
curse.
Push on your column. Encourage your
soldiers and the Government; give it every
support, and at the end of this year the rebel
lion will collapse. hear men in the North
denouncing the Secessionists with apparent
bitterness, and they say, "Exterminate them,
but save the negro" They might as
well say of man bitten by mad dog.
xiii the man, but, for Gods sake, save
the dog" Laughter.l We in Arkansas
are going to kill the dog and try to save the
man. Kentuckians say there are two par
ties, destructiyes and conservatives. He be-
lieved the destructives were the secessionists
and their unwilling aiders; but these latter
called themselves conservatives forsooth =
We IN Arkansas are going to vote for who
ever you nominate as an unconditional Union
candidate for President. TCheers. saw
to those conservatives that the only way
you can stay this desolation and blooashed is
to say to the South, yield to the Government,
then we will withdraw our armies. Rpt mol
the conservatives have not the time nor the
men they say. They see their true and gal
iunt nefghpors shedding their blood and in
defence Of our rights while you stay at home
to watch the Constitution. If YOU can't
light, if you can't join either side, for Hea-
yen's sake, keep quiet and say nothing; for
when the rebellion is conquered and the sol
diers come home, they can see for themselves
whether the Constitution is desecrated or not.
and punish the desecrators. Cheers BY
your present conduct in murmuring and NUT
tsrings, you preach peace propositions and
encourage the insurrectionists. | am stran-
ger, and expect nothing from you. want
nothing from the Government, but l fell you
truly that the rebellion is looking anxiousIy
upon the course of the so-called conservatives.
and would like to spur them on, for thoy ex-
pect it will bring delay and finally victory to
them. want my suffering people relieved
but want the old Government to embrace
the whole territory as of old. TCheers. i
My friends in the South have denounced me
because am telling the truth about them;
but tell you never met more consummate
Secessionists than those conservatives of the
North. Would the South abuse me if | was
not telling the truth about them? | have
been among the rebels, and know that YOUR
conservatism is aiding the South. For once
appeal to you. Leave party and 20 for
your country; nominate an unconditional
Union man and elect him. That is what the
Union men of the South want. The rebels
are waiting for the Inauguration of new
President, and they want you conservatives
TO succeed. Then will be their time for sue
cess. The hardeet blow ever struck the re-
bellion was the Emancipation Proclamation,
enforced by Union bayonets. As to compro-
mise, he said, would it not be wise for the
Southerners, after going out, to come back to
the President and say: "Wo are willing to
join you again" The question would be
"Why did you go outp why, to protect
the niger" "What have you come back
for?" why to protect the nigger." Laugh
ter But that is all stuff. JEFF Davis and
the leaders won't do that. The people are
willing to return. The bitterest Secession
ladies daily marry handsome Unien soldiers.
| was afraid my wife would leavs me when |
to support the Union, but when / |
old her, she said it was the noblest act had |
.ver done. Cheers. The Union soldiers in
are Hospitality treated. All this
goes to prove that we can live together
He says there is plenty of land and work in
wo States of the West to hold all the negroes
n the South when freed. There would be no
migration from the South, except to escape
lctual bondage. He spoke at length of the
to capitalists offered by Arkansas.
lie did not believe his State was adapted to
lavery. You cannot resist development
We have mountains Of coal, saltpetre, lead,
ron, and gold. Your northern pioneer has
allen in love with our country, and with
'cms of our girls, toe. [Laughtar.l
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As Coon AS EvEE.-A lady making inqui-
les of gentleman about his friend. an in
man, who had been sick for some