Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-24
GOV. VANCE'S POSITION.
How Man who was for Re-construc-
tiOn of the Union before the
Amnesty Proclamation was
Issued now Talks.
He would Rather die like n Man
than Live like n Dog.

Gas you all know, regretted to 60 out of
the former Government, and was one of the
last to lay it down, and did lay itdown with
the same molirnflll feelings with which /
followed my dear father to the grave. l
never expected, and do not now expect, to
see it resurrected again. The act of seces-
sion was deliberate expression of senti-
ment, although it may have been wrong.
Let us not cease to remember that we all
consented to this war-old line Wings as
well as Secessionists. We consented after
appearedinevitable, and We must all stand
up to it-every man, woman and child
throughout the length and breadth of the
Southern Confederacy. We must forget, If
possible, for awhile, the causes that led ORR
ginally to this rupture, and each man take
den and responsibility, regardless of conse-
55 The Governorthen portrayed In very SOM
ber colors the results of the conquest of the
State by the National troops, and read an
account of the land sales at Beaufort, s. c.
where many of the town lots were bought
by negroes. He said: M W Il
81 tell you, my fellow-citizens, If we could
consent to this thing we would deserve the
I. fate of dogs; but we would not get even
that, for dogs are allowed to sleep under
their masters floor, and to eat the crumbs
that fall from their masters table. You
would get nothing. Yes, you would gel
kicks, and until you would wish you hat
died a man rather than live to become {
/ dog. ~ ' glj.'E .r.
my friends, there are great many de-
sirable things, but the question, not wha
may be wished, but what may be obtained
is the one reasonable men may consider
1t is desirable to have lovely wife an(
plenty of pretty children, but every maj
can't have them. tell you now, candidly
there is no more possibility of reconstruct
ing the cid Union and reinstating things a
they were four years ago, than exists TO
you to gather up the scattered bones o
your sons who have fallen in the struggle
from one end of the country to the other
re-clothe them with flesh, fill their vein
with the blood they have so generousl,
shed, and their lungs with the same breatl
with which they breathed their last praye
for their country's triumph and independ
ence." l --r .al,. ..,..
The Governor then said: ''There neve
can be peace on the Continent of Mort
America until the North and South are in
| dependent and distinct nations. Do yo
suppose the blood of the Southern yOut
| would run quietly in his veins when he sa,
negro officer walking the streets, an
making his sister give way for him? Th
only way to obtain continued peace-and
want no .other-is to fight itout now, willis
we have Government and great and gle
rious armies in the field. If we have actu
ally whipped aud driven back two millio
soldiers there is encouragement to hop
that we can drive back all that can poss
bly, be sent against us. The bones of tn
/ Yankees that bleach on the plains of North
ern Virginia, if piled in row, would max
macadamized road from Richmond I
Washington, over which the artillery of th
Southern Confederacy could roll betwee
the two cities"