Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-02-15
Fran tie n. Y TIna.
The UnIOn Men oC Lhe So1Eh.
Whut they Iatendt 70 do rit4 aar~-S,s

WAut they Iata4dto do 4uk Sar@y-SysAeI
efGe@ Ge-tt, Of Arkaa,a., al PlYaSsai
CLure4, BroeElyz-
A very large sudiesee assembled las,
eFeuIsE II PIymOetb Church, TO Eistea 70 a
speech mon &. ". GArtt, late General i.
Ihe rebel army, and recent convert 10
The Union cause. Al o'clock he cane
upon the platform, accompanied by Nsror
Wood and Mr.. Beeehtr. be vas iatro.
dUeed by The Mayor II a few frtiuy -.
z1ETks, md UKs frequently appIEudsd dur
ing the delivery OF his address.
He said that the gentleman Who in,-e-
d1ced him had said veil in beltinE the
audience that be vas an upc1aa,fiorsI
uneonpromfslng Union man IApplause I
he would say Tor himself that ae Asd bees
sols % break through the cloud Of ortTe-
dice which three years ego Eoaid- -azre
preTen1si his eTsn entering Ibe church Of
Rev. RerEy Ward 8eeeher, much less
speaking IN his PalPit, ana be ;eII more
ike uAa beeanse ne had been Abie u sn
il The speaker criticised he rgoors
made Of his spstch II New York, s sh,r,
time since, and then proceeded TO dis
euss the question as 10 whst Was The
cause of the war Low desaIaung the
country There vas 3o1hInz in tie
frame work Of The Couzt7tu1Ian
iLaslf that would indicate weaknsas, BIZ;
there Vas thai II tae eosorry which 81
Ie1gth roused the passions of the peopie
sEd caused The more patriotic 70 look Eirh
apprehension al tbs cIeRd that Was rising.
Whist WAS il? ItEAs ihe question of sia-
very. For Ihirty OF forty years s;atesn-n
were eadeaVoring to conPsonIse Lhs saes-
ton, attempting 10 apply remedies TO de
sTidsnoes Of the disease TrsTes5 oF TO tae
disease Itself But the disease fsstere6 in
the heart Of the Goveramtat, aud while II
vas there, that Government coaLd not be
aeAtthE-coRprom aid Rot heal the pas
sioc, did Tot cure The disease. Before The
oreaklng oat OF The war, NJ. Stephens. of
Georgia, made the negro question the on2y
lsSzt, there EEs no other eaestIon then 10
settle. They of the Seuth said, I'VE win
not take your guarantees, aud Es csanot
rlsk the question onder the CoustTturion "
Ineg knew shAt under the C5cs1itutioa
slavery wouldzting Itself 10 deaih; there
fore they said they woaid rot leave this
question 20 their children, D II make gov
eEnueut OF their o~a, based upon negro
slavery; they Eould take IN lAe Indian
Territory, ArzBOpa, New Mexico, reaching
westward % the ocean, and Ihey Eoai3
take CubA and = pArt of Mexico and
there ouild up grand s1pe-stra-tare
upon negro slavery. The speaker had
hold the Union ne7 of tie South that
ne Wo7ld 60 out OF the Union ID save
Slavery, ard they replied that theY EosI5
renAIn IN The Eaion 10 save iG he had
u!sd the eLPeHDenI, had been II their
army An6 Eoz whipped, Rp3 SiAverT couid
roi be sSTed' he. did not 1t the eHtse1
ask how they should preserve the Uriou.
bR1 nov SlEEsry might De saved Hs had
heard some say that the AooIitionists-
we're tae cause Of the EAr: Bat # th<re
had been no SlRrerF TO abolish there
would EAEe bssa no Aboliuaaisss! Ee
deaed any nan 70 show hin Azy eause Of
tais var other Ihza negro SiATerJ- Ne
gro SlAFery had de,rEsd the nd In blood
s1o orAPed It IN mourning, soi ooE Hhen
the GoFsrnnsnt II lts u.g4i thrust Ios
Institution from IL PoiIucIaos would suck
II bsek into the heart Of me G,vE-Lusrt
lAEE mex despLStsor might so.!ag trJn IL
bat they eould not do il Appl-us=-7
TIE psop.s oi Ine South. ibe Crioa usn
there, we're. determined, bF the help of
God, TO PsEFe rhs bodx polirc OF negro
and let Lh= Goverauza: sand.
| lAPplAuse The question vas, Ehstasr
they were to be peruirbed 30 do II There
Eks party Al the North who Eou4d con
pei them TO have Slsvery, vh+,her they
vould or not; and, tcr his aEn part, If
there vas no other rEasoo for ezrirpatirE
Slavery, he Weal5 O. 4 because her said
II mast and shoaId be retained In Ar
kansas they had III ,eo0 slaves =hsr the
War conmEacEd bat Al -oaI aooRt ~ 600
aA6 SNas@w4Fc taeir-.ebei uEstE-z 70 Tex
as sai The Union ueo proposed 10 stop
TIE hoIe where they vent o1;- Sod lei Iaeu
stay Whece they were. E4Ppispse and
r.
Try on tie Ei9be possessed Il more fertile
soil or more saIubrious clinEte :haa Ar
kG9sAs, Aes4 the F,eePfe o. thar StaIe EorId
1deEt the anenaDE4L 70 tkzi i-CO tsfis11iaa
aoo4Ishlng S.Avery. 50 iuAt EhItE nsu
Tea4a Ae 4o1EG 6esT1sTe to oEta5T tAe
seal and become reSideots. Ar great pu
rIfe2uoaS and all Erszt 6erelopneuts had
been accompanied with iesslszlons. aoe
thls- storm Of var ~oGld rage unril the
lasd vas purified and WASHED F-srn thA
deflsnent Of negro SlAEecy forever. {Ap-
ptsnse. As tie pee ple of the fvc ser
riUns ast face to face more sna more. The
neETer Sosid tbeY cone Laeetser- zap
pla0se-l
At the close of Gen Gantt's address
NJ Beashsr, being loudly called for.
came forward and made few remarks
He said "a 6e had beeh 4 .srea4 zaany
: strange scenes II PlymuuLh Church, bar
ne neRer e1Pecaed BOs live 70 see the time
when citizen Of Arkansas would stand
IN his place to plead With the North not
to stop the Aboli6eu Of Slavery. He de-
nouneed those who uled to hinder that
progress Whfeh Goi, In His providence,
Eas HaakiDg, 10 the South tow1r5 flssrtr..
tAppianse BE wished - Iay So ne
people Of the South and Soath~e<t
throegh the speaker Ebo EAd addressed
them, thai there never mas 3 eonuunitv
% large which bad 50 httIe auinonsitr as
the the North had toward the S5uIh
Ihece never was = Community Ehe~z
there Tas 80 Little enT az jeAlo1stv, and
Ehsre t6Ge was-so dgep and genuine
synpathy II TIER real prosperity. aad If