Year: 1863

Virginia and all the States that they are now


in, and cease to proecute the war Extensively an
s further. We are to say to the rebels: I" No


gentlemen, we won't do anything further, we


quit awhile and see if you won't behave your
D selves" They'll be certain TO do it, theY'r tina
t kind of men. Well, now, what will be the re
D suit of this If we stop the active and offer
!; siVe prosecution of the war, in three month
j they will have Columbus, Kentucky the Who'll
t Mississippi river and all the territory that W
J have been driving them out of for the last twt
years. Now is that tie kind of peace W
, wanti Cries of no, no. want to know
These fellows either mean that they are afrai
to fight themselves, and they want to stop th
war for fear they will have to fight, or els
!. the war don't suit them because il is whipping


their friends, or they don't like so see the booC
for fear they will faint, or they are afraid o


something, cannot tell what.


But, felloW-cittizens, so far as that question
is concerned, in reference to the right and tht


power of the Government to prosecute thi


war, no sensible man on earth who is loyal tC


his country, will doubt for one single moment


II he is not a very loyal man, he will find al


sorts of difficulties and objections that can be


mustered up, to try to stop tie war in every


possible way.


! LINCOLN BASTMEs.


Some men in this country say they have


been inearcerated in-I forget the name they


call the thing, but believe it is Lincoln's Bas-
| tiles. never heard of q LlBcoln BastiIe be-


fore. They say this is a reign of terror.


have nothing to say about them, only this: II


they were improperly put in the bastile am


very sorry for it. If they were properly put


there, 1 am very sorry they wers not kept


there. [Applause.] They ought to know


whether they were put there rightfully or not.


Whenever you hear a man get up and make a


speech, and tell the crowd he is afraid he will


be arrested by some Lincoln soldier, you may
be sure there is something wrong about him.
| If he is a good Union man, and talks Union


talk, there is no danger of his being arrested.
If he is for bis Government, for his country,


and shows it by his conduct, and by his con-


versation, there is no danger of his being put


in prison-not particle, not a bit of It, l


don't find any man in this country afraid of


being put in Jail if be will make good Union


speech. What kind of speech ought a man


to make in this country? Does he want to


make JEFF. Davis speech ? There are only


two kinds of speeches for him to make-for
the government or against it. He can't be
half way for the Union-no such thing as
that. He is either Union man or traitor
he is for his government or against it. He
can't be against the Union and against JEFF
Davis. He is either Union man and for his
country, or else a traitor and against his conn-
try. If these men are so
fond of the Constitution as it is, and the
Union as it was, that they want the Constitu-
tion in such condition that the Congress of
the United States will not prohibit JEFF Davis
ToOmbs. and that crowd of traitors from hold
ing seats in Congress of the United State, SO
that they can again break up the Government,
am not for it. [Applause. ana not for
their holding seats in Congress again, in order
to go into conspiracy to break up the Govern
ment. The leaders in this great conspiracy
should never again be permitted to have the
same constitutional rights they had before
[Applause. If these gentlemen mean that
they arc willing for these gentlemen in that
part Of the country to control this Govern
ment, to hold lash over it as they have done
heretofore, am no t for that. Applause |
am for no such thing. | am for the Union as
it was, and the Constitution as it is. When |
say l am for the Union as it was, 1 mean that |
[ am for all the territory that belongs to the |
government, bringing it all back, every foot OF |
it, and governing it according to the wants o |
the people and passing such laws as are best |
adapted to their condition.


l can see through what these gentlemen !
mean. know it exactly. By saying they
are for the Union as it was, these men want to |
use the army to run around through the coun-
try and pick up stray niggers and return them
to their masters. They want our boys in blue
jackets to hunt the swamps, and hills and hoI-
lows for absconding darkies. Now for one, |
beg to be excused. shall certainly have to |
beg off from such work as that If they want |
that done, have no objection, when the war
is over, to let them go down and engage in that |
business themselves. We will permit them to |
do it, but let them not ask US to do it, if they |
please. 1 know that is just the meaning of the
"Union as it was, and the Constitution it is"
with those men. say to these men Il: These |
niggers have run away from these people and
they can just keep on running and run until |
doomsday, so far as am concerned. 1 didn't |
cause them to rebel, nor did I run any of their
niggers off. If they want them they can catch
them-but can tell them they will have a
happy time doing it. But suppose they want
them all restored; they want law passed re-
them; they want the army to turn
nigger hunters and slave catchers. Well when
they lay down their arms and return back to
the Government, let them come before Uni
ted States Court, and let that Court decide
whether they are entitled to this property. If
the Court says they shall have it, say "all
right. If the Court says no, then say you
eant't come it, squire" [ don't know, but it
seems to me that there is no country on earth
that allows men to commit treason against its
Government-allows them to commit such
outrageous acts of treason as those men have
stitution and rebel against the government,
and then claim that the Government has no
right to coniscate their property.


FEW WORDS FOR THE SOLDIERS.


But want to say few words to you in
reference 10 our soldiers. I have no eulogies
to pass, so far as I am concerned, upon their
conduct, more than what that shows itself en-
titled to. The country knows it; so for as the
conduct of the soldiers of the United States is
they know about it. But want
to appeal to you on behalf of these men, that
while they are travelling and marching out
through all the rebellious States, almost
naked, without food sometimes, in the burning
sun and drenching storm, in the day and in the
night; while they are sleeping upon the cold
wet ground, while they are suffering all the
tolls and privations of camp life, such as no
other soldiers ever endured before, while they
are doing that which they honestly believe to
be their duty to themselves and to their coun-