Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-21

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of morality abstain from all hceHtious-
ness and let me say one thing here, for
/ am going to talk plain. have lived
in Southern State all my life, and have
known what has too often been the case.
There is one thing you should esteem
higher and more supreme than all 9TH
ers. and that is the solemn contract with
all the penalties in the associations of
married life. Men and women should
abstain from those qualities and habits
that too frequently follow a war. In
culcate among your children and among
YOUR associates, notwithstanding you
are lust back from the army of the
Union, that virtue, that merit, that in
telligence are the standards to be OBJ,
observed, aud those which you
are determined to maintain during
your future lives. This is the
way to make white men black, and
black men white. (cheers,) He that
is most meritorious and virtuous and
intellectual and well informed must
stand highest, without regard to color.
1t is the very basis upon which heaven
rests itself. So each individual takes
his degree in the sublime and more ex-
halted regions in proportion to his mer-
it's and virtue. Then / shall say to you
ON this occasion, in returning to your
homes and firesides. feeling conscious
and proud of having discharged your
duty, return. with the determination
that You will perform your duty In the
future as you have in the past. Abstain
from those chickering's and jealousles
and revengful feelings, which too often
spring up between different races.
There is a great problem before MS.
may as well allude to it here IN this
connection, and that is whether this
race can be incorporated and mixed
with the people of the United States,
to be made a harmonious and perma-
nent ingredient in the population. This
is problem not vet settled, but we are
In the right line to do so. Slavery
raised its head against the government
and the government raised Its strong
arm and struck it to the ground. That
part of the problem is settled.
The institution OF slavery is over.
thrown, but another part remains to be
solved, and that is, can four millions OF
people raised as they have been, with
all the prejudices of the whites, can
they take their places in the community
and be made to work tremendously and
conpurously in our system. This is a
problem to be considered. Are the di-
gestiye powers of the American Gov
eminent sufficient to receive this ele-
ment in new shape and digest it, and
make it work healthfully upon the sys-
tenn that has incorporated it. This IS
the question to be determined. Let us
make the experiment, and make 1t IN
in good faith. If that cannot be done.
there is another problem that is before
us, If We have to become a separate and
distinct people, although | trust that
the system can be made To work har-
moniously, and that the great problem
will be settled without going any fur
Their, and if 1t should be so, that the
two races cannot agree and live In
peace and prosperity, and the laws OF
Providence require that they should be
separated, in that event, looking to the
far distant future and trusting that il
may never come; if it should come,
Providence that works mysteriously but
unerringly, and certainly will point out
the way, mode and manner by which
these people are to be separated, and
they are to be taken to their land o. In
heritance and promise, for such a one
| is before them. Hence, we are making
the experiment. Hence, let me impress
upon you the importance of controlling
passions, developing your intelligence
and of applying your physical powers t.
| the industrial interest of the country
and that is the process by which this
question can be settled. Be patient
persevering and forbearing, and yor
will help to solve the problem, make TO
yourselves reputation in this cause, a:
YOU have WOE for yourselves reputa
ton in the cause in which you hav'
been engaged.
In speaking to the members OF thu
regiment, / want them to understand
that so far as / am concerned, L do no
assume or pretend to be stronger thai
the laws or the course of nature, or tina
1 am wiser than Providence itself. It'll
our duty to try and discover what thes,
great laws are which are at the founda
ton of all Things, and having discovered
what they are, conform our actions ant
our conduct to them and to the vii! o
God, who ruleth all things. He hold
the destinies of nations in the palm o
his hand and he will solve the question
and rescue these people from the diff
culties that have SO long surrounded
them.
Then let us be patient, industriou
and persevering, and let us develop,
onr intellectual and moral worth.
trust what i have said may be under
stood and appreciated. Go to you
homes and lead peaceful, prosperou
and happy lives, in peace with all men
Give utterance to no words that would
cause discussions, but do that which
will be creditable TO yourselves anC
to your country. To the officers wht
led and nobiy commanded you in thu
fiald, / also return my thanks for thu
compliment you have conferred upoI
me.
The troops then returned to Camp
bell Hospital. where they partook OF th,
abundant Inequalities of their coloreC
fellow-citizens,
A Strange sfatement-Hew william L
Yaaeey met his Death.
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