Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-01-08
The Doom Of elaEsrr.

re 49, --- The Doom Of Slavery. s
r. Gen. r. w. Gantt. hii- IF the Confederate
| Army, mads speech at Little Rock, Arkau-
sas, November 7th, in which be expressed his
views on The slavery question in very can
/ did manner His opinions on this subject
4 sh did pdt to shame the Conservative, pro
4 !, :, ,ltfy err rlrrnen Of the n orth wlie would
tratpr 5}5.tGe Union slide Than bavs il reorga-
| nized without slavery sWe make The following
extracts from his speech OF arepentant rebel :
AS sfcesSioiiists, we supposed we were out
o the Unlon We went out to protect slave
Try. We iaiird. We now come back For
/ lwa,H purpose 2 To protect Slavery. The
labsurdNys is too moustr0usito tolorate for ino-
fhente y We went out to protect the negro
Weycohe back to protect the white man.
VIZ reTuFd the rl negro question as definitely
Settled by rhs@ast source .! appeal and we
say there e' il rest. .s5rslgsaaa -1sa ri
Bur We nf Arkansas must dispose of what
lis left Of lhis question: ourselves. We can't
dodge il 10 our settling il, we are not agi-
tatiug the s'agFEyl question. Can you agif-
aid teed5ad? 5Is potBSIayery dead IN our
STATE? did it not go down in the vortex of
secession and civil war72 .aButs though dead,
e
carcass ia all that lies between Us and per-
feet resi- oraliOn Of our former relations with
the GoverRmeBf 20 A convection of the pee
Die sheud meet sand bury I1jto The question
Of aboliti0a ande7iis converse can't be in our
midst We are not like missouri. With
MS the question ia what, shall we DO with thai
which is already abolished /? 10 thie there
can beg 5pt one an swer Amend sLhe Gonsti- 4
tutious and puE it beyoad the hope of resurrec- \
tioR-, w e tpf lhe North and south. knowing
that Slavery was the only disturbing element
il our government, after many settlements
each one deemed 'haai," resorted u the last
arbitramenI sword, We who ewned !
sa7es have iosj, fairly Gosi, aud inq4f abide the
ne decision The people q Arkansas are
therefore !he proper 9gPes e az, TO ip5 is faal
extinc'loS ~ oar midst the 7sopner we DO |
il, the better. Tor Us and 9Se cQuulry. 10 |
many bis. truth is unpslatable,. but we can't |
biloxi il il must DE met let ds dp il Ike men.
There is a large and growing party in the /
North That is disposed to reduce ibs seeded |
States 10 the couditon of Territories. The cen
trail idea q this party is to get rid OF SLAYER y,
ls the source Of all our calamiies Ii would
Be unbecoming is US, as well as a waste of
time, to gel a2 and argue the abstract gaes-
ton with 'hetn as 10 heir right 10 do this, Let
rs anticipate them, snd cur them under at once,
BY meelins, in convention, AT The earliest day
hat we ca, 0e empowered SO to do, and ex-
Elase forever the last Festige OF slavery in
our midst, aud. bury out of sight this source
If our calamaties. personal, State and Nation
L. By thus formally giving up what is al
'eady lost, we viii have secured to US. all our
tights as equal States in The Union. If We
10 not do so, | give it as my opinion, that,
light or wrong,we will be reduced ~ The cOadi- 4,
ion ora Territory. and SO remain until we do
,ass upon this question, definitely. at once
nd forever. You cannot find a soldier in the
rny who has not already reached, or who is
dt closely approximating the conclusion, that
is health, happiness and life have been ex-
osed and jeopardized because of negro slave
8, and who does not feel. and who will NOS
isst that alter all bis tolls and hardships, that
-hich diplomacy and craftsmanship could not
-ftle being settled by the sword, should be 9
ur a, rest forever.
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