Year: 1863

you such freedom of the Press would
only be war without end. What is to be
done? Do as we do with mad man.
We put straight jacket on him, and he
is fool who strips him of the jacket


The rebels despise you northern men.
A while they said that one of them could
whip four or five of you. Aye, bnt they
have modified that [Cheers and laugh
ter. Let it be far from me to say one
word against brave man. They fight
WELL / have seen it to my sorrow.
When they see that Death is on one
side or on the other, | will say they are
gallant and brave men. What must we
do with the conquered States? will
tell you when to hold the door open for
them: When they come to love the
Government of their fathers as you and
all loyal men do, then open the door, and
say to South Carolina, come in. If it
be thousand years till she does so,
make her do it. Hold her out, govern
her and make her pay for it out of her
own Golfers But I hear some men say,
you have taken the property of the eRe-
my. l ask, will not they take our prop
erty? Suppose they take your corn,
your horses, your wagons, all that you
have, would you not pay them back? L
will tell YOU what rightful war is. 1t is
to lessen the power of the enemy; to
take their corn, their hogs, their cattle,
their mules, their horses, their negroes,
and their lives. [Good, good, and cheers. ]
Now, that is my creed. | will stop at no
half way measures, and the man who op-
poses it; the father who has son in the
army, but who breaches different doc
trine, is aiding and helping those who
would take the life of his child. If you
want to save this Government, you must
hang together and frown upon dema-
gogues.


Now, as to Party; what does it mean?
Where is you bank, your tariff, your pub
lie lands? On these questions am as
sound as you democrats. | am an anti
Bank man, and anti-Tariff man; hut
where are these issues now? Can any
man tell me? You may disguise it as
you will, there are but two par
/ ties in this Government-one for 1t and
the other against it. Voices, that's so.
! That is the naked Gods truth Men
may call themselves what they please;
there are but two parties-one for this


Government and the other against it.


War Democrats! who eTer heard of this
till lately? What is peace Democrat?
Who ever heard of that before? You go
| back to the Revolutionary war: there
was party arrayed against 1.-THE To-
ries The Democrats supported it, and
the Tories sank to naught, and lost
their name. Again, a war broke out


with Algiers; Democrats supported it.


So with Mexico democrats supported and


Wings opposed it, and the latter lost


their name too. Now, if you Democrats


cease opposing this war. So say l.. |


would whip the rebels and reason after


wards. By-the-by, what is Butternut?


He is one whose Clothes have been


dyed with the bark of the white walnut


tree-and that is the garment the rebels


wear; and if any man is proud to take


that name it is because he is rebel, for


that is the color of the rebel uniform


1t is so different at home to the field


that l can't believe that there is the
i treason some say exists here Suppose


that Vallandigham or VOORHEES, should


start a revolutiou-if he be valorous


man and have few victories-suppose


man like John A. Logan, (you all know


Logan is brave and noble loyal Union


many but if such man was to lead
+ these men you would have a revolution


here. If you have a revolution here, this
government is gone, and military des-


pots under the name of Generals would


lead and control you, that will be the re-


suit if it fall to pieces, and if so it will be


from the lack of unity in the northern


States. You must stand firm.


The further you go North the more


you see men engaged in old party issues.
L Some say withdraw the army. Well,


if we withdraw our troops from


the South, would they not have gained


what they commenced the revolution
for? Unquestionably So Would not
the mouths of the Ohio and Mississi ppi be


under their control? But you say this


war is destroying their negro property


Would not they block up the Mississippi,


and would not that destroy your lands


But for the war or the control of the


rivers, you could not get bit bushel
: for your corn, nor 25 cents for your


wheat. If, in this hour, the institution
: of Slavery falls, for the Government s
sake, | want to see it fall. [ do not
want to see it fall in Kentucky and Ms
souri, among loyal men. l will say to-day
that do not believe the negro would be
better off by being free, but believe the


Government would be. Loyal men are


entitled to their rights, and they should


have them; but with the rebels these
5 rights are broken and must not be allow.
/ ed To-day more than forty thousand
: negroes are in the armies of the Confed
| eracy and the Union You must under
/ stand that every free negro has been
| pressed in that could be found, but nc
E slaves. Gen. Prentiss, when taken pris
l oner, was guarded by free negroes. The
s reason they have not taken the slaves a;
f soldiers is because they are worth q
t thousand dollars each. l see from yes
terday's paper, though, that in Nortl
+ Carolina thay may press in slaves; the,
e would not do it before, because it was a
e the rate of thousand dollars a shot
e Ladies and gentlemen, you will do m,
# justice on this question. If man make
It speech on this subject he must be care
II full or he will be called an abolitionist.
y am not an abolitionist, because beliey
t. that the negro is better off in SLAYER,
l. than in freedom | am willing T.