Year: 1862

the enormous outlay incident TO this war


and carry it on to an unlimited extent.


Now the means by which this is to be ac-


complishcd afford an exhibition of inancier.


ing skill that is without parallel Aud


how is it they propose TO do this ?


In the first place, they begin by author


iEing their banks to issue an unlimited a.


mount OF notes. In the second place, the


Confederate Government itself has author


ity to issue an unlimited amount of notes


on its own hook and for its own benefit.


Thirdly, tits made both penitentiary offence


and haugablc offence to refuse to take the


notes and fourthly, to make these notes


strictly reliable they base them upon cotton


and then purn up the cotton. Isn't that


magnificent fnancicring9 laughter


THE NIGGER QUESTION.


A few words upon the negro question in
! its present phase. There are among us
! here in Indiana and other States, many men


who are brave and patriotic enough to enter


the army-men who are full of the right


kind of pluck, and yet they do not volunteer
! because the little birds in the nest at home


open their mouths because the wife of his
| BOSOM she whom he has sworn to cherish


and protect by the most solemn vow ever


uttered, will be left without support or u
! protector But in the South every man has
| gone. The conscription takes every body,


and yet it takes nobody at all. In the eye


of the Almighty, nobody is worth as much


as rcd-headed woodpecker unless he


works. No recruits who enter the Southern


army go there with sun cmhrowned fore
head and hands hardened by honest indus
try. The demand for troops takes away a


set of pampered men-vcry good men for


the purpose--men who are sort of walk
Il 6 e
ent; but ii takes away nobody from the pro-
ducing classcs-in other words it takes "


way nobody at all.


The country around Nashville is as fine q


country MS the sun of Heaven ever shone
upon. 1t is no pent up Utica can assure


you, 1t is Il country of broad and fruitful


fields, well cultivated by a wealthy and intel


ligent population. Take the three Congress


sonal districts lying Immediately around
| Nashville. Go among the people there and


you will find that at nearly every house you


come to the lady is widow, and she seeks


protection for herself and her property, by
/, repeated declarations that she is u lone wild


ow left with q large nuuber of negroes to
look after. But when you come TO inv9sti-
J gate the matter little more closely, you will


find almost without exception, that the ne
, groes belong to men who are in the field with
: gun upon their shoulders and the knapsack
| upon their backs; men who, forgetful of THEN


most sacred duty to their country have tax
: en- up arms against the bcst Government the


sun ever shone upon.


: WELL why can these men go to war while
) you cannot? Simply because they have the
negroes at home TO work for them and you
: have nothing to depend upon but your own
J honest industry. Besides, when, as is most
generally the case, the wife herself is the


better man of the two, the property is as


well taken care of in the absence of the hus-


band as when he is at home, and thus these


men can go into the army and stay there
until the last star falls from Heaven, and


their wives and children be none the worse
off by it. Within the territory have men,
, toned there are 100000 slaves, toiling day
after day cheerful!y and uncomplalningl


for the support of their masters who are in


the rebel army. Now, suppose you give no
tce to all mankind, and the human family in
particular, that every man who shall fail tC


return to his allegiance within given time


bringing forth fruits meet for repentance
and give suitable guarantees for his good be
havor in the future, his negroes shall be


confscated. Don't on suppose there would
be terrible skedaddliug among these mer
! about that time? They wonld come flock
ing home by hundreds and thousands


They would soon learn by mysterious in.


timation of Divine Providence that they had
got their rights already, and that the bes
8 thing they,could do waste go home and enjoy
them. | happened to meet one day i'll the


road near Nashville, a y Dung man whose ap
pearance was wretched and sorrowiul G


nough. | saw by his clothing that lie had
been in the army, and ! said to him, my
: friend where are you going to?" Said he


Il am going back to old Kentuck." "Whert
= have you been, and what have you been do
5 ing?" His reply was II was soldier in the
: secesh army" well" said !, "How long
, did it take you to get your rights after you
got therc?" "O.' said he, II had them before
: | started, but didn't know it, o, yes
: would be but q very little while after sucl
= proclamation as that should be made pub
: lie, until all these men would go home. AnC
r wish to God that they would go home fol
r one reason particularly if no other The
t ladies who are at home are Just as Jealous
: and as bitter now as their husbands were
Y when they left for the war. They imagine
9 their husbands are just what they were whel
e they left home; they do not know what
| terrible falling off there has been in thei
, devotion to the cause, and when their hus
e bands do come home they will hardly know
0 them. (Laughter.) have mad hundreds O
0 them come to me after having been in til,
:, rebel army, and beg to take the oath of allie
t glance swearing that they had been deceiv
| ed, and g" they would say, what a terrible
y wild goose chase it is that we have been lee
e since we We're induced to join in this rebel
lion !"


!, Well, say you, would you take those ne
+ groes into the army? Would not that b,
: like winning the elephant? In regard t
f what would do personally, would jus
), say that chanced to capture eleven goot
), looking negroes in the little fight at Leban
II on; and have just been standing stiH TO SCI
/ the salvation of the Lord in the premises
C do n2t much want TO see them in the army
e want to hit the enemy as hard lick a
t possible, and do not know how better t2 d
S it than the way have indicated 10 you,
# Letter from OrpheuS G. Kerr.
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