The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-23
NO. 284.

clueu, ana Out one was lett, and mat
was negro slavery. It had to be met
The South wanted . Government on the
foundation Of slavery and an expansion
westward. The struggle had not contin-
ued long before he discovered that slave
ry must die. (Cheers.) he pronounced
tremendous philippe against Bona
parte, which drew overwhelming ap-
plause. BOnaparts was really expected
to act with the South. As sure IS there
was God in Heaven Napoleon would
fail In his attempted conquest Of Mexico.
(Oheers.) His time is coming. But the
blue coats came South, and further South,
steadily advancing, snd with them they
brought their Emancipation aud Amnes-
" ProclamatiOns, = noble band bearing
the old flag Of the Revolution, and the
letters fell eff from the manaeled arms
of slaves (eheers) who have joined the
serried hosts of freedom. Immense
cheering) We at the South, and you
'COpperheads" said that Lincoln, was
humbug (lsughter); but has not the old
fellow done everything be said he would?
(Great cheeriDg) When we look around
and see what slavery has done for US
when we see the sgOny Of suffering, of
pain, Of widows and orphans, the true
meR of the South and the North viii
want the question settled By the abOli-
tiOn Of the curse.
Push on your column, encourage your
soldiers and the Government; give il oV-
cry support, and at the end Of this year
the Rebellion will collapse. I hear men
in the North denouncing the Secession
lists with apparent bitterness, and they
say exterminate them but save the negro.
They might as well say of man bit.en
by a mad dog, kill the man, but for
Gods sake spare the dog (Laughter)
We in Arkansas are going to kill the dog
and try te save the man. Kentuckians
say there are two parties, dsstructives
and conservatives. He believed the de-
structives were the Secessionists and
their unwilling siders; bat these latter
called themselves conservatives fors0Oth
We in Arkansas are going to vote for
whoever you nominate as an unoohdi-
tienal Union candidate for President.
(Cheers) | say 10 those conservatives
that the only way you can stay this des-
olstion and bloOdshed is to say to the
South, yield to the government, then we
viii withdraw our armies. But, mol the
conservatives have not the time nor the
men they say. They see their true ard
gallant neighbors shedding their blood
in defence Of our rights, while you stay
at home to watch the COnstitu-
tion. If you can't fght il you
can't join either side, for Heavens sake
keep quiet and say nothing; for when
the rebellion is conquered and the SOL
disrs come home, they can see for them
selves whether the COnstilution is desc
Grated or not, and punish the desscratOTs.
(Cheers.) By your present conduct in
murmuring and multeTing, you pres ca
peace propositions and encourage the in
suFrectionists. l am q stranger I ex-
pect nothing from you. / want nothing
from the Government; but l tell you
truly that the Rebellion is looking
anxiously upon the course Of the So
called conservatives, and would like TO
spur them on, for they expect il viii
bring delay and finally victory 70 them.
want my suffering people relieved, but
I want the old Government to embrace
the whole territory as of old. (Cheers J
NV friends in the South have denounced
me because I am telling the truth about
them; but l tell you never met more
c0nsummste Secessionists than these
conservatives Of the North. Would
the South abuse me if / were not
telling the truth about them I have
been among the Rebels, and know that
your conservatism is aiding the South.
For once l appeal TO you. Leave party
and go 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 your conservatives to succeed.
Then will be their time for success The
hardest blow ever struck the Rebellion
was the Emancipation Proclamation en-
forced by Union bayonets. As 70 COM
promise, be said, would 10 not be wise for
the Southernors, after going out, 70 come
back 10 the President and say I've ars
willing to join you again" The ques-
ton would be:-"Why did you 60 out
aWhy, to protect the niger" 'What
have you come back forY' "WhY, 10
protect the niger" (Laughter) Bat
that is all stuff. JEFF. Davis and tho
leaders won't do that. The people are
willing to return. The bittsrest Secos-
sion ladies daily marry handsome Union
soldiers. / was afraid my wife would
leave me when determined to support the
Union, but when I told her she said it was
the nOblest act had ever done. tCheersl
The Union soldiers in Arkansas are hos
pitably treated. All this goes to prove
that we can live together. He said there
was plenty Of land aud work in two
States in the West 10 hold al the negroes
in the South when freed. There would
be no migration from the South, except
to escape actual bondage. lie spoke at
length Of the advantages to capitalists
offered by Arkansas. He did nos believe
bis State was adapted 10 slavery. You
cannot resist development. We have
mountains Of coal, Of saltpetFe, lead, of
iron and gold. Your Northern pioneer
hiss fallen in love with our country and
with some Of our girls too. (Laughter)
They have settled in Texas, and Louisi-
ana, and Arkansas, and more are setaing
there The Rebels are surprised st the
able manner in which your money mat
ters are conducted "a Voice-a0od for
Chase , Those things with JEFF Davis
head on them are going out Of date, and
8 greenbacks" are gradually taking She
place Of the miserable currency Of the
south. You see the "greenbacks" must
80 wherever the flag goes, and that must
finally be planted all over The South
'cheers), and thus the South must finally
become as advanced as The North. 10
brings the whole country together. Oas
Gag, one Constitution, ole Government,
must be ours soon.
In four months The State Of Arkansas
VIII be back under the old flag, and ths
Did Uaion aud Consultation, but without
llaVsry. We srs glsd that ths peonle
Who whipped as viii allow Us % do il,
bat We owe no thanks 70 our conservative
friends who promised 10 help u.s.
.Laughter.) WOn't your conservatives
be in . pretty box when ell The South
I'm States return voluntarily, abolishing
.he very thing they faithfully promise
lhem you would perPstuaie- Laugh
ter.)
General CAN'T concluded with an eio-
quent appeal for Northern men 10 1ustain
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