The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-29

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and six-tenths per cent Of the population.
This tells q strange & ale, 1t shows that the
war, 80 far as relates, to the old Union. is a
conspicuous failure, and has managed to
convert the old UniDni5ts Ito armed reb-
els. We have gal led in territory. secured
important strategic positions, andput an end
to whatever comrne:rce the Soath may have
had: but at the same time we have tho
roughly alienat.ed the hearts OF its people
from ourselves and from the old Union which
we both once. protested to love. This is ma
tural result of'the policy hch We urged
upon the Government, and, which it at last
adopted. The removaEof Buell. and Me-
Clellau because of their lenient treatment
of the Southern population, and the lnfu.
sion of more stringent policy, had the
proper effect upon the army. Instead Of
treating the Southerners as misguided
friends, to BE won back toa old love, they
we're instructed to treat them as enemies
for such they were to the great principles
of freedom, if not to the MON itself.
Hence it ia that wherever our armies have
marched they have made enemies of those
whom they found to be friends. Take the
State of Tennessee, for example When
our troo ps first entered Nashville, and, still
later, K i,oxville, the Unionists in the State
gave rapturous welcome to the dear OLD
Gag, ar.d the men under whose protection
it had been borne to their State. How
chang ed is all this BOW They who under
the r,ae of jeff Davis and his crew sighed
for the return of the old Union, and waited
long and patiently Cor the CLEAN OF Federal
bayonets, enduring meanwhile system oil
oppression that beggars description-these
10 en- and women are tosday the bitterest
,ebels in the South JEFF. Davis has now
no warmer allies than these people. And
if rebel invasion of East Tennessee should
ever be practicable, it is safe TO predict
that the old unconditionists, and followers
of Andy johnson and Parson Brownlow,
would give the Confederate soldiers Wel>
come even warmer than that which they
gave our soldiers at the first. go.
The Shenandoah valley is another case
To the point Gentlemen who accompanied
General Banks on the first expedition up
the valley state that the Inhabitants. as
general thing, we're not hostile to the Union;
the active young men were mostly rebels,
but the great majority Of the residents were
either Indifferent as to the result OF the con-
test, or warmly devoted to the cause OF
the Union. To-day it is doubtful whether
single Unionist can be found south of
Winchester, and SO bitterly hostile are the
people that it is impossible for any but a
very large army to march any distance
without being utterly destroyed by the res
ident farmers in the guise of guerllas.
Even on the road from Washington to Rlch>
mond, which our armies have traversed
again and again, there is the same state
Of affairs. The two Hundred thousand
Union braves who have made, the soil OF
Virginia more sacred than it ever was be-
fore they sacrificed their lives to rescue 1t
from the eraspyof secession, are no protec'
ton to the opponents of rebellion. Not
spot but is infested by guerllas, and hardly
does our ARMY move before the rebel lends
appear in its rear to murder whom they
can. do not call this Union sentiment.
Now, my friend, what is the result OF
all ths2 Shall we give up tho war? BY
no means. Shall we change our policy!
That is no longer possible Shall we sur
render the govern. to the pro~slavery DEM
ocrats2 Forbid il, Heaven! We have bad
enough of slavery and slave hunters. What
then, is the course that Wa must adopt?
answer deliberately, and in full view OF all |
the facts before me, that we must adopt |
the policy that Cromwell proposed for Ire |
land, and which would have saved that
happy country from years Of misery and
horror. We mus erterminate the adult pop. |
ulatioa of the South. Cromwell wanted to
depopulate Ireland Of its adults and substi |
tute Enelishmen and Scotcbmen. He ,rds
right. It would sbage been a wise, hu,
name nay more q Christiaui pc hey II ne
had slain every man. woman,i aud child on \
that bright Emerald Isle, and SO got rid OF |
the priest ridden race which cursed 1t |
Such . policy would have made Ireland
rival to instead of sderendent upon Eng
land, and contributor in place ofan inpe-
1iment to the prosperity, Of Great Britain. |
!. Are our people prepared to face The con-
tingency? Are you, my good friend? To
subjugate the people Of the South is an i'm
Like the Indians, they would
die rather than be enslaved So die and
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