National Anti-Slavery Standard, Year 1862, Dec 27

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VOL. XXIII. NO. 33
jJJntioiiHl gtnti-jSlawta Stitmtattl.
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NEW YORK, SATURMlfTDECEMDBER 27, 1862
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In this ftupitrln:eiu iw cl.c ['lii'e M men exlr.irii from
Hi* I'ro-sll.ncrv Pre;), Norlli nnd South, as servo lic.-r to
llhMr.ilt (lie cbarin-l.-r of Slavery nml iho spirit of 111
,:>;r- .-
Among llie few things :ir,d peoplo that .are noi
tnsed nro lectures nml leclurers. .Why Congress
Overlooked llieai wo cannot imagine, unless beeniisc
so many of (he honorable- members (ill up Ihe Id
sure L-v>:iihir>a oi the Congressional recesa by lectur-
ing It fort' library associations in tin: -mull 'towns ol
iheir districts nl SSO a night. Il could never knvi
been objected to such a tax <bn( it was imposed on
'
knowledge," nml therefore odious, for no ono will
gravely assert lhai lecturers, ns a class, Irade in Ibm
article, lfesides, Ibe lax-bill sdiows (lira knowledgu
rspapei Too i T'l'-'l
wu Lava advanced is clearly the only reasonable
one. Wo would not undertako lo ray how much
would bo nn equitable annual Jibuti) for lecturers ;
but, as tbty require no ontlit beyond a enrput bag
anil a quire of paper i.i ttt up in business, anil tlici
XiplSI
o employing a large capital nnil paying
ptuwung lb
The - ...,-»
mill chum to bo more useful or ...
one or (he other. Tin' number ol people who Inku to
lecturing for ft living in large, and ihe treasury bus
losl n considerable revenue by I his neglect on Ibe
part of Congress. The absence, of a tax on leelurcra
will also have (he unforlunato effect of increasing
(he number of that nomadic iribe from Ihe ranks ol
the unsuccessful members of other trades nnd pro-
fessions. Thin mill increase Ihe evil of wdicd irt
have lo complain. And so Congrossdoes injustice lo
the country in two mays.
Wo do not under (like to explain why it ia lhat
no litrgu a proportion of these strolling orators are
Abolitionists, radicals, reformers of ono stripe or
anolhcr. Perhaps it is because conservative men are,
as a class, more fixed in their professional aims,
more business-like in their habits—in other
that:
ined t ..
cnlliti
(he fact remains that by n r (he Inrgi r proportion of
the brotherhood of Icciuier.- are persons who ride
mud hobbies of Iheir own and insist on everybody
elto mounting -behind them. They are never at
oonec with llieuiseln'--i, nulti-.i tbuy :iro at mnr with
o majority of mankind. Whatever the nominal
subject of their ledums, (ho real (homo is alviaya
their privalc nnd particular views of some vexatious
social, inornl or religious i|uea(ion, presented in the
ii. -i I'll', ri.-nc -:< . 's -.:" j :...-:..,;! , ,., i:.'. i
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They do this, firstly, because they like to; and
secondly, because tin: people ivho mostly attend Ice-
cpitbcls, and would mit3 these eondiuienls. Every
kind of literature has its fashion, chnnging not quilt
so often, but tonierimis as e-ipriiriouslj-, as (ho out of
a coal or (ha shape of a bal. Tho fashion of lec-
tures is exaggeration in statement and delivery.
How to eny [lie t j .
1 .
1 _ t ihinj< in the most tolling wuy
ia a Biuily v.itli iLe prt'l'i-isiaiiiil lecturer.
if, having puid 1':".
or SO tints to hear ono of these
platform talkers, be travels out of bia jialh to insult
your political, moral or religious conviclions, wilb
some deliberate, simlird phrase of eoneeatrnteJ ha-
tred nnd eonieoipi. j.jii entnn: lo tiprcsa your dis-
sent in a mild bisn, what does he do V He ban now
tho occ:iaion (hut he has long teen looking for. His
ear baa beea aching lor that hits from Ibe opening of
tho lecture. Rash man I you have unknowingly
given him bisgrealest opportunity. He steps forward
to the edge of tho platform, elands on his toes. and.
looking down at yc
"There ate only two
rrilh
n (he enrlh who hiss
—fjeese and snakes, nud lm not nfrnid of either I
"
Ail the radical lecturers noswer all hiss-™ with sub-
slanlinlly this reply. It is their strong point ; and
tbey will sometimes, wo doubt noi, imagine a hiss
for (ho sako of bringing it in. Properly delivered, it
baa a powerful clh-tt, "nil bus L.iu known to tarry
a dull lecturer salely through. It is unanswerable,
because (ho admirers of (he lec(urtr, who nlwayi
(by the forco of rj mpatl.y in his known views) con
Blilule n majority ol his audience, will give a mill
Till boo
bim down, and if, in (be luce of (hia reprobalion, h
still undertakes to justify himtclf, tho chances ar
about oven whether lie mil get lo the outaido of th
building by (he suirs or the window. They will
vn.iii-_:i> lr..< [.in r,f .<(... i i.li 1 1, ruiv . .j 1 1.- iv. 1 1, 1,., i-'.l'ilt.
but it must he freedom of sj.Lti L. all on their side.
In such a dilemma, a quiet man's boat course is to
take up his hat ami walk out, thanking fortune that
he has been swindled out of no more than a quarter
or half a dollar.
It is not advisable to hi-i at ktlnres. even though
in rotolinlion of the most wanton insulls. The but-
ter course is lo leave (he hull quietly, uoteo much for
the purpose of signifying your disagreement milb the
lecturer us to save ynur.-ell ir..in I under annoyance.
He may, indeed, :is we dav-; nlreaily shown, turn it
to good necounl. A single hiss duly t ikon advan-
tage or, has been known (o cnuto such a general
rally ol the ledurer'a friends (o his rescue as to call
for tho repetition ot dia old story threo or four nights
in succession. Therefore, don't play into his bunds
by making a martyr of bim. Rather slay away
from bis lecture the nest time he appears ia your
city, town or village. Keep aloof from him, under
whatever name he may dirguiie his ferocious nod
quarretEome radicalism. Duii't give him any more
quarters or halves. Then you have a noble revenge,
end inllict upon bim the only retribulivo hlow that
be is likely to feel.
PRO-SLAVERY "LOYALTY" /A' KENTUCKY.
^ttth 1
according to 1
allow
move to be made with impunity. Wbeaever a go)
ernor disobeys bis constitutional obligations, li
should bo first and worst punished.
The cheek upon rndiLultsuj should bo made with
firm hand. Let ui Bee nhiit their duties arc. The]
U a coufiscatioD hill, involving' a military commissio
which ought lo be repealed. No confutation bill i
necessary under an atlivo Central, llo occupies tho
country, lakes supple.-, fur rehiv.li lie gives bonda ol
tho go'vernment, payable at somo lima after dam.
Of course, every person who hirniahea supplies he-
Comes inlerested in uphi.ldiiig [he government, as (he
value of his funds iu the market ia nlleeled by it.
There is a placo more sacred with the majority of
such (ban I lie heart. It is tho stomach, though vie
treasurer, the. pocket, tbitt controls. Hake it to
man's pecuniary interest to uphold a governmen .
and he is very apt to do so. Tho rebels bavo used
this power wild great ..fleet. They forced every man
iu the South to tako their bonds. Il was less an
object lo lake the goods niih-jul pay, than to take
them and give a note of Iho Confederacy. The one
would only exasperate, the other would appeal,
under the specious name of ^nullum independence,
to bis pocket. If our government, instead of passing
CC-BJucalion bills, bad scattered greenbacks Uborally
Congress, wilh a willful hlindiieifl. has mniio tli
prominent point. Tito negro must be freed. Upon
tins point the South win and is sensitive and irri
ble. A series ol io'Ih of nulieiil- Norlli, taken ndci
(Ufê of in the S h by deina-'iûiei, has inflamed (he
Bunds of Ihe people,.nml m.-i.|.- il. iu believe a T---
of invaiion.tuhiugaliori and i .it Tininolioii was b(
wng.d upon (hem. Once get this eouvietion tl
oughly inground in n people, nnd you may eslci
nntu, but you cannot subdue them. Under thesa
cuiij.ilaiitvs Ihe lirr-t duty of ihe gonrni.-.enl was
show, by every means pr.-;i I -h:.: !•,•'.. w.i.
ihe purpose' of the war, and should not bo mndn
This cause ot Irritation, by llm insltumenlnlily of
Soulbern radical!1
, lm 1
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be> n well nud skillfully used
na an act of e in unci pal ion, has no business on our
#ritatfim0.
Tout Hoial, S. C, Dec. 10, 1SG2.
Sriidirilnv. ihe "J'J-l nit., l"i v.- le-^ rocs—four men
no womnn—stealthily left Omrleston in n boat,
at hnlfpnsl len o'elouk at night. Impelled forward
by Ihe bright hopes of freedom, yet tremblinjj with
(he fear of detection, liny pie-std ihe pickets, nnd
glided by the butlerie-s in, der cover ol iho night, and,
-caching our bloi tuiiiiiL' ill et, sk ppcil upon the deck
]f (he gunboat Mi'iupln^.. snfr in in oppression nml
bondage. I have conversed with two of those-
men, who are c.'irp™ieni, nml nro now working at
their Irade here. Ono of them, Thomas Pritchnrd by
,e, is a very flnewd, intelligent fellow, nnd from
I lenriu'd "iitnnv important diets tone.-rning the
: ol nllnirs in Olnirleston. Although a negro, he
ideally a man of a keen and ohstrung imiurt,
1 run .'mi i rvs :.! mill 11...' reliability '! his slate-
Is. Willi regard to Iho statu of feeling in
Charleston, bo says- 1 hat tie' ernniinity wliieh his here-
j existed no longer prevails. Constant fears of
nek upon (be city by our imn-elti'l guulu.ats
eiii'tndtn.d a very hitler (' .ling. aiiJ divided
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eople into two parties, as to (ho host course to
be pursued in cafe our gunboals should succeed iu
'ng Ihe forts and b.-itteties. and reach the city,
render
,:
|inr;y nre in favor ul' bnniing
event of ibis, while Iho olhtra aro vio-
iy opposed io sued a sserilie 1
,
pielerring to eat
, bio pie and surrender the city, as waa done at
Now Orleans. The poorer classes nre reduced to
: most piliablo straita, and tho bitter feeling of
imonitv wined prevailed among tlnni at the begin-
ig of lie wnr is compl-.-li-ly tl ged, nud ibey now
iv for (be coming ol ihe Yankees lo bring (hem
d and relieve (heir distress. There ia a greater
ireity of provisions ilian bus existed, nnd prices
re never known io range as kigd before dui-ini;
s wnr. Flour is world £18 a barrel, ten $15 a
Eouud, good meat 7 5c. a pound. The poor are all
ept at ihe expeuie of the city.
The people expected Mint the tily would he at-
tacked about the 10th of last month, and a very
many have left. Thev are still moving nivav
fad of It, nod a committee ot Ahlerni.n wns
Dtd (o render assist iince lo those who were
e to get away. Large frnmc buildings have
been eretted ai liitenvdlo to aceommodato a por-
i. The greater portion of the negroes
:d to Columbus at ll.i. tommttieeiiieiit uf
Ihe war, nnd milb Ihtm arc Tom's wife nnd family.
They are slill active, and no means of defense is
overlooked wbie'i can be adopted. There are five
thousand troops in r.i.il ahout tjliarleslon, and n new
Ripley) l.nfl been constructed near (he
w or i.piks has been placed across- Ihe
channel, extending Irian litliind Fort Sumter to James
island, leaving only just sufficient room for a vessel to
iss with difficulty. To these spiles largo raits of
tuber bavo been fastened by means of heavy
The two rams are both completed, but have- proved
useless for offensive operations, the engines not being
lough to drive them through the water with
site velocity. They are anchored in the har-
, will be used as an additional means of
defense. The negro, Tom, assisted in building them,
nnd was able, therefore, lo givo me tho details of
[heir construction. Tom, whose eyca and ears, it
.ppeara, were tonlinoally about him, one day on the
ier overheard a gentlemnn, who was conversing
lilh Gen. Heauregnrd about the rams, remark flint
among other defends, the frntuc-work was altogether
too frail to wilhstaud the violent thoek nnd conous-
from tho discharge of Ihe guns. This, combined
Juat before leaving l.'liarltSten.Tom was employed
in Ibe auciion house ol John J. Milnor, lo whom al-
most all ihu cargoes which reached Ihe city were
. . -able
'
iulluenw! lime' he frequently enjoyed
the opnort'inili ol I .eating . onversuiiuus, where opin-
ionaandECnliuicnis nere f.til) o lie red, from which
ho wns enabled to form a very shrewd judgment of
the general feeling prevailing. In some ol these Coo-
versn lions ho heard great satisfaction expressed at
tho results of Ibe election in Now York. They
seemed to derive comfort aud encouragement from
ihe eleviiun of fJeimour, as 1111 indication lhat the
peoplo of the Norlli will not support President Lin-
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his Emancipation proclamation.
B course of converaalioa I gleaned from Tom
a little of his personal hisirry, and bis reasons for
Samny, which were as follows : lie belonged
y in Charleston, to whom he was given, wilb
some other human chattels, by her sister. A short
time belbre be ran away, ho waa sent lo work at (he
Camp of Instruction at Crahaiaville, but was so
badly treated thero ibal he soon returned to hia
mistress. Dia uiisirt.-s then lold bim that she was
getting very poor, lhat she would be obliged to sell
dim am) the rest of her slaves. As ho bad been a
fnitbtul servant, however, she allowed him to choose
his muster, nnd sent bim lo ono Whitney, a slave
broker, who pave bim a ticket eulilling bir
—
privilege. Tom, in search of a master, 1
iiimsell (o n Mr. Milncr. an auctioneer, in w!
'
'up much ulnal-lij information from con-
wbich he overheard, ills employer wished
to purchase him, nul tun Id not agite with tho broker
as to price ; and it was while thus in dispute thai
Tom, convinced lhat lie should never agnio
ife, settled all difficulties by making oil:
The other negro—Israel—who rati away
line timo with Tom.guve me nn account of Ihe
iSthod of bis escape, which waa amusing nud origi-
isb at work nt Ornbsmvilie, and against
'a express, orders, went to Charleston to see
Having committed ibis rash net, he was afraid
to face tho wrath of his masler, and cast about for
a means of concealing himself lie made a
doer in the lleor of Ins honee, under which i
l or collar, and tlincing beneath tho apcrli
tin case, bo would alow himself nway thero
n ho beard his masler coming. Thero hub a Mil-
an the lloor, and the trap being tut through tbe
.et, wasalmoit iui;.cri.-j [.tilde, and in this hole Isra-
oii Id lie concealed, and Ir. mble, while hia master,
iding right over bim, uttered terrible threats of
death il ho caught bim. In this way he hid himself
for several days, ami finally escaped with bis
From
uicnt of Fort BumIer, Ibe rebels met with a very
severe loss of' life. ni>nvitbHtni.iiing their asserlir
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that not a single man was killed. I was assured
onetime by n negro that he saw tho dead bodi
brought from the batteries on Sjullivan's Island, at
night, in omnibuses, and tbi a teliel is uow confi
in my mind by what 1 learned from Israel. He
mo Itial two weeks alnr thai affair be was employed
to pump out (be lluating battery, which was
against the fort— 11 umilton's Battery] think it
called—and that during the work three corpses were
brought lo light, which were evidently mangled by
shell. Tho negro was threatened wilb bnnging if ho
revealed llm Inct to n soul, and there is no doubt that
tho number of deaths resulting from lhat ullnir wi
kept secret from tho eiliicns of Ubarlestoo thei
selves, and when tbe truth is inndu known, it will be
found to bo very different from what their reports
bavo led us to suppose.
These negroes declared to mo with enthusiasm that
the slaves in and around. Charleston are ripe for
revftlt, and vfcan nrmy o! 5,000 or 6,000 were to en
I r lhat iiiv i
!i. v wmld iiuiueiliatelv ri-e- ngninsl
ilieir musters'. In reference- to their lighting ûtili-
ties, he instanced a case which occurred some two
years ago, when (wo negroes set (lie whole city io a
turmoil. They refused (o work in l[jo work-li"
and armed only with cbihn, llicy broke away, ki
ing down nil "who nl templed to oppose them, atd
finnlly possessing ldeni;elves of a heap of ianesu's-
miKCtl atones, wliicd were intended to mend a rcid,
they kept a large crowd nt bay with iIicfc missile?.
Two companies of die militia were called out finally
lo tapturu Idem, and many of Ide soldiers wer< ic-
riously wounded iu iho attempt. There wero |bree
steamers in the luudior when ihcse men left, oioof
wdich dad arrived n week before Ilieir departure.
WHOLE NO. l.i"7.
IliC world nnd not the men of ptnyinr.es-
! :' - of .1,-, Aliunde.
via nnd r„r our reputation abri
;nt erred in not making more
) of t
It if
KENTUCKY KIDNAPPERS.
not yet
Tbenlw
no evidence of loyalty so un impeachable as to da
on the one side or to surrender on Idc other a fujili
black. The busine?s grew crndii'illy less reputible,
wns frowned on by pullic opiuioti at Iho North,
and finnlly prohibited by net of Congress. Eidiinp-
ping, oven iu lis nnldisi and must Clirialian varitly,
— ased (o be generally regarded with favor or lo bu
rsued as an es-tntial ' means of t .-ilia ting the
rder Slntc Kenluek; liel-xif linds (he Zeal of
r servants and eotiH in this bran, h of phllanthropio
edort rewarded now by no official encouragement.
Iiere lire (wo recent aud nolnbla coses.
Col. John McHenrv, Jr., or (ho 17th Kentucky
(loyal) Volunteers, saw fit to issue an order tbatnll
, laves should be removed from bis lines wilhin n
peeified lime, nnd by (ho terms of tho order their
owners, irrespective of loyalty," wen- politely in-
iled lo enll nnd lake Ihcm. Xmbing could bo more
_«lisfaclory lo Ilia! i-niin-ully ilisintt.iesledand pain-
olio loyalty wlueh linds such distinguished represen-
tatives on the Hour of Congress as Wichlille, who
vehcmentlv complained n few ilnvs f-inco that sin
the war liroke out he bimsell ' el lost, not less Ibt
ten of bis Afriian. 'battels. Hut, unhuppily for Ibe
owners irreiptelive of loyally, the I'l. sieent ilillen-d
front Col. Meilenry, nml responsive lo the Colonel's
forth the lol I
o iv • no from Hie W'm Hepi.rt-
"Col. John Meilenry, Jr., of the ITid
Ktntoek) V.-iliinieers, daving issued an order, dated
October 27, lBn'J, to his regiment, wdich order is in
-iolnlion of the article of war. approved March IB,
302, ia, by direction of the President, hereby dis-
charged from the service of the foiled Stales." And
the counlry has one 1-eloti.d the less in its array,
id Ibe owners, irrespective of leralty, are bereaved
forever of the much men valuable services of the
negroes whom Ibis order li-nlly " i! is elm rem " from
labor claimed to he due, nnd remits henceforth to Idc
ditnry duty of supporting only themselves.
Tho second case is (hat of Gen. Uoylo, who nlso
issued an order, ns follows
:
HEinontiiTEFi- or rur. nn.rcii-r or Wpstehk (
Ki-.vtci-.i--v, i...eis.iiti:. Kv„ ::..-.:. i-.;:.i
.... Gomoandim: et]i...:r- =e,-tii,- ia tliii lUitrit-t ere
ordered not lo icro.it anr negr.>i , or slut.:- lo enter tin-
in, J nil ellicr.t. in,.| in-ivuiu nti lorhiilJtil to Inter-
Iniermtilille etltti tin- ilnves in any way.
on ils face is only a milder veri-i-in of I In;
j "Order N'o. :!," emftted by Con. Halleek. It
is cautiously worded, niili tbe evident purpose of
,-oiding aa iesuo under the article of war above
ferred lo. But lb- government "cms lobedealing
in this mnlter wilb fans: with substance, not shti-
lows. Tho practical cOeet ol Ihe order was lo notify
,1! slave-ownei-s lhat tho lines of tlie Union armies
afforded no protection lo fugitives, ni-1 lo recognise
their inalienable right to pursue nni nrrest Iheir
ohatlels wherever found. It was so considered til
Washington, for Gen. Uoylo, ns a recent dispalcb
inlorma us, wns promptl; nurm d i but his nclion waa
disapproved, and, on pain of dismissal, must bo
forlbwilh reformrd. The bint wns not lost on iho
Kentucky General, no discharged from prison tin
negroes there held to await their claimants and put
Idem on work lo government service.
It ia urged in Lebnlt of tien. llnylo that ho did uol
ring himself wilhin (be terms of the arlicle, and
that if ho bad been guilty to nny extent, ho ahould
and would have Inn as summarily disposed of ns
Col. Meilenry. Wo should have beea far from
objecting if Iho President bud ncled with much
greater severity, hut for once a lenient reproof seems
to bavo been effectual. It is idle lo say that ibe
order does no', practic-illy employ tbe Union forces
:
n kidnapping work, ruder it, Ihe slaves were held
n prison, IT no worse. They understood, and Iheir
unstciM understood iis meaning. ISefore it wns
ssued, Ibe fugitive dlail s within llio Union lines
sere free. To eject them wii3 lo reonslnvo them ; lo
struggle ilsi-lf prolni'dv nearer its close. The Tresi
dent nnd Mr. Seward lave themselves chiefly
blnma that Our enure is so lutlo understood, both
home und abroad. I rlmr Ibe majority of the peo-
plo of the free Stan .< hardly ree,-igni;o for what tbe
nation ia fighling. IT Iho object ia only unity, Ibal
could be obtuined at any moment by yielding to (he
South, nnd giving to tho Southern politicians and
their Northern allies the control ol (ho government
ns before. Thot ibe free t-'lntci do not sto thai tbc-y
are fighting lo extinguish slavery— as all tho inlelli-
gent, history-rending iw.rhl ..ulsi.le docs StO—tho
result of tho late eh etious. f.illowing tho Prctiidcnt'a
proclamation. ntron;dy iiidi..-ai.uii and that Ihey are
Ihus blind in (lie nature of nue of tbe grandest strug-
gles ol history ia due, in part nt least, lo Ihe fact
that the govern incut ban not specially bought to im-
press thu truth upon (horn.
What a revelnlion of himself does Mr. Seward
mnko in his correspondence 1 Lot bim not complain
by hostile nunek.s of tbe i-talr- I'.-inrt-
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ior to
Mr. aonmst iney reveal nothing except the hob-
bling, ilipshod stylo of our stnlcstuauEhip for Iho
last eighteen mouths. Tbey consist mainly of blus-
(eringsund opologies. Oh, we are going to do bravo
thingbl We are going lo keep this nation whole
and iiidivitiblo, arnl I'ngbind bad better look out
and net meddle with us! Wo are terrible fellows!
TA'e dcmnial indemnity for gunbont 2001 Look out
for yourselves! nnd in tho nest breath, "Look yo
hero, llr. Adams. MJ'lelbm ms not defeated befo're
liieliniond; (ell Lord liussell that if Lee should nsk
lo swap place.) ; m,l ;,.-[ |,ael: lo the swamp again,
shoulil noi ti.l.e him ii[i; so ol course we hn.e
best ol iho bargain —don't .von t-co?" This is
nlainst ns bml ns lor Mr. Motley to send lioinu the
niilitiii-ii.nn'i^;.^,^ of tho Austrian newspapers for Ibe
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No doubt (hey nre. according to Ibe Austrian
tdurd of grenlness. 1 think, loo, that Louts Na-
poleon must have been impressed with tho profun-
dity of Mr. D.iyl'su'n argument intended to convince
dim ihnl we were gong to eon-pi-jr the South. " He
it was a largo country, and for that reason
difficult lo subdue, i told htm lhat we did not need
to teiio hold of a man's em he body lo ctinlroL bim ;
thai if wo grasped li roily any i-eiisitivc elremities, it
rns enough ; that bo bad controlled Russia for Ihe
me being by Inking possession of Sebastopol." An
lustration which WHS wholly ir, favor of Louis Na-
poleon's projtt ot mediation. France nnd Ilussia
stopped lighting, ricitln-r having eoinjuered iho olher.
""Lit is jusl what I ranee want, us lo do hern, and
il (ha theory of Ihu impossibility of conquering
tber sttlion. Oh, diplomnuy !
which was iht
Uoylo was a kid-
napper ia heart and act. Tho government granted
'
'm days of grace, and be dots what bo may lo
tserve its mercy. We shall watch his future pro-
ledings with interest, and not without hope lhat his
repentance maybe as sincere as it was unselfish,
id sis steadfast aa it wns sudden.— Tribune.
.wi swards diplomacy;
ply of (bo Hur-siiin Mini
n Allairs to Bayard Taylor's assurn .
Iborily of Secretary Seward, that IbeAineri-
ar waa fast drawing to a close and tbe rebel-
lion about to be suppressed, was a just sarcasoi on
Hie American Secretary. Tbe Russian said bo had
heard similar prophecies so often from tho same
ifficial source— thai bad heretofore tignally failed—
but ho must bo pardoned in withholding hia confi.
Icncc from this last assurance. Mr. S.'ivard has
lerlainly managed most unlV.riuuntcly for hi oi self
aad bis country, in bia Irealmcnt of iht wnr quea-
foteign powers, and before the pot'lie abroad,
me, bu has losl one of ihe btsi reputalions
nn long Americana lor intelligent and philosophical
statesmanship. From the first, ho hns juggled, or
sought to, or most uniiecouiitably, not to any stu-
pidly, misunderstood the rebellion, jla character,
Ini.!-, in d i. II- '- :•• i- '].!,' li" |- '!.-! I., i -i: ;
deceived by his or a. ulnr assertions at- the out-
dnt Ibe rebellion bad nothing to do iviih slaverv,
however resul ling, would have no effect upon it.
However stupidly the blindness of commercial in to-
rts I a or of prejudiced ignorance baa thought and
:led abroad, no well-read slalesinan or thoughtful
holnr has mistaken the real nature, of our corneal.
Mr. Seward's positive as'iui-aiit.-s could not deceive
them into nny doubt, that it wns the collision ol tho
progressive nnd backward civilizations— thai it waa
only a repetition, in a now arena and under now
forms, of lbs old struggles between democracy and
aristocracy, between tbe well-being of Ihe many and
(ho power aud elevalion of Ihe few. Aid liko all
other such contests they could sec— and tbey did seo
belter Iban we—that it was not likely lo bo short
fceblo Or inconsequential in result. Tbey knew
tho French revolution by heart ; they aad studied
fmglish history, and found il only a lucccssion of
-uch struggles, sometimes political only, but often of
mis, also, yet always Ibe same in origin and chnr-
cter, whatever the name or form, ami always end-
tg in placing tho rigbls of Ibe pooplti ono step
enrer iho goal of eqiinlitj ; they had lived and
shared in Ihe revolutions of ltslS, und seen their
fruits ia a limitntioa of tho power of (bo few, nnd
dargsmont of tho rights of (bo many all over
Europo ;
nnd they wero fresh from participation in
tho regeneration of Italy, wherein ignorance and
tyranny nnd superstition had been thrust into dis-
grace, and tbe people, nnd their eomlort and iheir
power brought into now relief and activity. Mr.
toward could noi deceive them ; ho only sunk him-
self and his goveriiunut, and dried up the fountains
of respect nnd sympatic (or us aud our causa, b'
his oflorlB lo belittle the rebellion und pervert it
haracler. He either blundered most strangely i.
iis diplomacy, or erred most wofully ia his pbjlo
ophy. He presumed (oo much on Ibe stupidity o(
others, or was most astooishingly stupid himself
He has learned something of wisdom since—no
longer does he tell Europe ibut slavery bos nothing
'--ill) Iho war and will bo changed ":*1
ur character by ita result—but hi
for dwnrfing tbe strength of tho rebellion, and pre-
dicting ils speedy overthrow, continues. Tho ridi
id conlempt ibis now excites from tboso tt
t ia addressed are but thinli disguised in tho
reported reply of the Russian Minister. It is not
' " sny lhat Mr. Sennrd's treatment of tha
ii his I'-ircigiebelliui
public men; and that it has weakened the respect of
governments for us, and snpped tbe sympathy which
belonged to us and sought us from the students nnd
philosophers, Iho democrats and journalists—tho
denes wilb all tho great slrugglcit of civilization to
its own perfection —its immediate birth in slavery,
and tho inutility and intons> queme of resisting (bo
rebellion, o.'tept with Ibe Imp.! and purpose of crown-
ing ihe nation with n new lriumi.li for tib-Tty, flu
E
radical dcnling with tho institution may not bavo
can different from what wo bavo scon it; Iho
cits of the eainpaiens may well have governed
but our theories should hnvu been more cleni
distinct, and bnd Ihey been from tho star!, wo should
have found tbo peoplo with a belter understanding
if the struggle in which they nre engaged, nnd tho
military. •
Cot,, William L. IItlev, of the Wisconsin Twenty-
cond, is a perfect thorn lo rebel sympathizers. On
io twenty-second ol November, as the Federal army
Tib* moving fmui Lou ii- vilk- tt. I i-.vii.gion, K.i-.. :•
ernl Haves enteral his lines. Tlieir master, a rebel,
deaisndcd (hem. Tho C'olojiel replied that ho had
it (otuo to Kentucky lo ri store fugitive slaves, and
in-;aii a ibing be would not do.
Th) master repaired lo Oeo. Quincy A. Gilmoro
id obtained an order for Col. i.i ley In aorronder
Ibe Kgroe*. The Colonel siill refuted. Ho declared
lhatlie hud nothing lo do with tbe coming of lliese
slnveS into bia lines, and would hnve nolbing to do
with sending them out.
Gfn. Gil more iuunedi ileli ordered bim to report nl
hendqunrlera. He was very much excited aa Col.
title/ entered.
:ir," said he, " 1 issued an order lo youyeslcrdny
And, sir," replied tha Colonel,
L1
1 refused lo obey
lhat order."
Isbnltiesue tbnt order again lo-m arrow morn-
ing," snid (he General, " and if you do not obey it,
von r.-ill fuller the consequences."
Hen. Giluiort,'' replied iho Colonel, " you must
bent tho trouble to issuo that order again; I
shall not obey it. If you bavo anything to do wilh
e, you can just ns well commence now ns (o-mor-
Finding that iho Colonel was not to be,brow-bcnt-
. -, ih-i tleiii-ral made an effort t obtain tbo negroes
hy an iiisulbms slralugem. llo had another fnter-
iew, and informed ( ol. I'lley that ho was going to
rigado all ihe negroes coming into his lines, and
fished him lo send for thai purpose nil that ho had
in bis lines.
" When wo get more than we want, General," re-
plied Litley," 1 will tend them."
The next expedient adopted was to frighten tbo
Colonel; nnd ecandnl inplicules Gov. Robinson in
the conspiracy. Tho rebel sympathisers of George-
lown gave out word lhat unless their negroes were
forthcoming they would inob ibe Twenty-second as
issed through that place, and tako away tbe
s. Gea. Gilinore sought to laeililale this pro-
ject by sending forward all tbo olher regiments, leav-
'—
g Iho Twenty-second to march alone.
Ij'.jv. Iiobins'on, who lives near that town, had an
terra w with Col. Utley on Ihe subject. Tbe Colo-
nel gave notice tbnt if it waa intended to molest him,
the Governor should clear the lown of women and
children, aa be should mnrtli through with muskols
loaded and bayonets fixed ; nnd in en so [he attempt
should be made to lake awny tbe couirabun.de Irom
'
i regiment, bo would level (ho town wilb tbo
ound, mid net leave one .-tone upon .another.
He Carried out hia word. When Iho rebel mob
w fbS fixed bayonets, "a sober second thought
"
led them to oiler no alight lo Iho daring Wisconsin
men. Finally, an invitation to tea was extended lo
Co). Utley und Ins ulTietiJ,, but was declined.
Hut Iho pro-slavery, ball-disl.jynl Kentuckinas
fcro not yet willing to yield the controversy. Judge
Eobinsoa issued a warrant for the nrrest of (bo Col-
iuol, lor stealing negroes in violation of tbe laws ol
Kentucky, nnd gave tbe Sheriff
"
ling slaves. While the Illi
lety-seeond were quartered at M.uint Stirling, lif-
n negroes, the slaves of notorious rebels, came
.. o their camp and wore employed ns servants.
Application was made to (.Jen, Ucrdon Granger, who
— '
-i order (o Col. Atkins not (o let any person,
black, come inlo his lines. Uut as Ibis was
not what tho slnveholdiug traitors wanted, they
obtained an order sending the regiment away from
Mount Stirling.
At Winchester, on tbe road lo Lexington, tbo citi-
zens made Ibe throat that they would, wilb Ihe aid
of (he Kentucky I.a.iriir.ntb. chastise tbo Illinoisans.
Col. Alkins man-bed through tho lown with fined
bayonets and loaded guns, fully as willing lo fight
traitors in that way as any other.
At Lcxingtoo the rabble broke into (ho ranks of
the Ninety-second, and attempted lo take away a
negro belonging (o one of tbe vilest of Ibe Kentucky
secession is la. Col. Atkins rode to the spot, and
ivnrrml Ihe miscreants uway.
"If you daro to interfere with my march," said
ho, "I will firo a volley among you, so help mr
God."
This was Eulhtient ; tbe> r- (rated, and the regt
ment tonlinued its march I
"> Nieholnsville.
[tut the slave-hunters were not contented lo let the
matter go in Ibis manner. An order of delivery from
the Fayette Circuit Court was served on Col Atkins
The General wrote lhat ilia military power,
ao right to resist the execution of civil process, and
thai tha attempt to da so would render item am>.
hlo to ibe- severe law of Kentucky. Col. Atkins
piled;
1 am mider orders Iu' lire:' ed so.
command, nnd 1 dn not know at wbrTificalllw
find (he enemy, and I cannot nllor.l to piddle away
my timo in bunting tip niggers ar in replying (o bills
in chancery lit.. I ngaio.t mo. When tbo wnr if
and I nin nt leisure, I will nriswor nny civil pri
but! beg to assure you. General, that T am now ulto-
gelder loo bus-j' wild a terrible rebellion and bloody
war to bu fooling away my lime ia wriling answers
lo bills in chancery filed by ?tce-.sion sympathizers.
I hnvo not resisted, and dn not especl to, fur I have
not a single nigger in my possession ntall, bull can-
uo( stop nnswer formally in court."
Not being able (., make any advantage out of tbo
Colonel of the Ninety-second, tlie tecession oyi
Ihnern have since resorted lo catumnv, iilleging
that regin lent wns committing depre'daliona on ,
vatu properly and mining tbe loyal sentiment* of
Kentucky.
A WORD FOR THE SLA VES-
I'oiirl'i.Mi'.'.iios.ritMi. N.-.L-u HLI.1S, Teas., I
November £5lb. 180'J.
A single remark in Dr. Hellow^t, address before
(ho Aulumnal Unitarian Convention has made me
desire lo say a few words in vindication of the en-
slaved African race. I cannot precisely quolo his
words, having given away the Ja,i of ihu papers
containing tbe address; but ibe idea to winch I
refer, was, that we have I i disnppoinlcd it
finding (ho enslaved African raco so ready to
io us as deliverers, and so enger to Hock to Iho
idard of our ndvantiog army, as we expected
mlhei
terniug in as ive bine concern in;; them, aud inon
than justify any di -1,-u :t and in.liili renec Ihey have
manifested regarding tbe war. We have positivelv
and persisleully refused to accept their proffered
assistance, or to encourage their hope of freedom as
a result of (be success of our arm*. Order followed
order from our Generals ol (he Department of the
Ohio, forbidding negroes to tome within our lines-
id Alabama, lhat all l laves in tamp should bo
ken lo headquarters, that slaveholders who c.imo
re might claim and take tl.em away. At I'nyr-
ville, Tenn., order.'
r— '
then
:d from thoea_
iploy, and who did not etnd bi_
beyond Ibe lines: nn media tell , should bo arrested
id sent to headquarters for punishment. Thnnk
.d. iL.> liuimritl by tii« nolil.i conduct aubseqiienlly
.-'outl, I'arolina, seeim to have been converted
im the error of bia way before hid dealb.
Regardless of all Ihesc orderj, hundreds would
mo and did remain in camp. In fpilo of every
dignity heaped upon Ibeni, and every enpre.-iion of
orn and hulred utter:! n:,'aim,( them by a large
proportion of officers nnd men of our Northern
army, (bey still pressed upon v eagerly entreating
pcriuisaiou lo go wiib us, nnd render any seri'tco in
their power that Ihey n'.igbt e:capo from bondage.
In our retreat from Hunlsvillc, und in passing
Ihrongh. Alhens, Alabama, 1 Eaw hundreds ot men,
women nnd children, who, after those who Were
ablu.to work on tbe leriiucaiions, and had been so
ployed, were no longer nteded, were turned oil
utter destitution, to wauder homeless, and find
subsistenco as tbey could. Tho cars ware landed
with colton, and there wns no transportation for
these miserable nnd de-rpi ! negroes, nnd so they
left lo ibe tender mercies of (heir enraged
s, wilb no friend or helper but Mini without
not a sp'trro-.v fall, to ib.- -round. Wild such
treatment nt our bauds as this, instead of espress-
; ditnppoinlment (bat tbey have not risen en nia.'se
welcome us as Iri.-nds of freedom, and aid ua ns
rion of nstonishment iliat tbey Iinvo so confidiugly
coruu (o us, nnd patiently fulloncd us, and earnestly
enlrealcd permission to do whatever they could for
i ns tbe price of freedom.
Daring nearly a year and a half of service ns
army ehnplniu, in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee
and Alabama, I have seen among the ueeroes
abundant love and desire ot fr, eben, and of willing-
ness lo do anything poe-iiMe, nnd iu nny measure
hopeful lo obtain it. I have seea everywhere the
ixhibifioa of sympathy wilh, and fidelity to tdo
Jnion annv—a kind of instmcliie (t-eling lhat, in
pilo of nil tbo rebuffs Ihey received, wo were in
omc way working lor freedom ; and they would do
II ibey could lo warn us of danger, inform us of
ny sources of supply, and aid us to their utmost
ibilily, nnd often at tbo risk of Iheir lives. I eaunot
help regnrdiag any cipreision of disappointment
lhat they have not givea us a more cordial welcomo,
:
fested more interest iu freedom, nud done
vin it, ns quila unreasonable and unjust,
very certain, ir Dr. Bellawa had witnessed
things which bavo come under my observa-
a year past, bu would Ihink nnd feel Ibe
A. H. Cokant, Chnplain 19th III. Vols.
I' their lest men talliiu:.- with tbe nllieers a day
o since : "Arm a hundred of us, and givo m
to place in the hands of (hose thai coma to us,
nnd let us go out in our men way—nnd wo will
itber n forco in tbrto weeks tbnt will surround
inrlealon on tbo land, and nul tbo people all in a
rror, while yon ennio up with your gunboats on
e sen, and we'll take it sure. ' t)o tbey pleaded lo
earn- help to their suffering friends, and" by so doing
""' our government iu tbo most aubdanlisl man-
any of these men hnvu escaped by Ibom-
, leaving all I, ..bind tie m. What is more,
there is in tbeir veins the blj^.l of iho old Florida
Indians, nnd ono ne.da but lo eco ihu firo of (heir
i'cb Io feel Ibut they would mnko good Iheir
lodges.
Xenrlv 200 were ready on Mouday lo go on tho
Bon do Ford, and waited only for their pav for their
four utonihs work on the fort, ihnt Ibey tnis-ht
: such friends as were here in comfort. Hot
those who held the money did mil par, and others
lold Ihetu monslrous stories I othcie, tba't government
woold not do ns it said; and among tbo parties
imicnl to Gov. Saxton and lo tbe policy or llm
beads of Department, ninny wore frightened from
iheir purpose, nnd only l-'ti relumed with Ihe Gen.
Oral. The balance wero ready (o go (o-day nfler
tbey had received Iheir money. Tho friends Norlh
may rest assured Ibal white men, who do not enro to
war ended, or who Ij.ne some .-eltl.di purposo
pli-b.as l,,.| tl,,, builders of these forts, Bra
idling blocks (hat (urn tbo negroes awny
Iioiii the [.roller ei I p-i'rumg-' .-I government.
1
"' 'ong and able-bodied black iiiea aro too
ioiivenieneo lo wditc officers and floldion'.
pleasant to be wailed on, and worked for,
and Ihe assertion, a often bt.ard, Hint "Tlie negroes
tieiit for freedom," iiu-an:! " Wc want idem lo
work for ua." Hon. Saxton is working nobly ngain.t
thia insidious tido of opposition, null bo wilt eon-
I'ermit me to sn) Iliat tbo offieers nnd soldiers of
tho Olb Maine, with a few exceptions, nru very
friendly lo tbo missiemirv cnuee, and davo rendered
the ladies every poi-ilile assistance in (hoirworkof
Tba Bev. Mr. Kennedy and tbo Kav. Mr. Shields,
ho aro doing good work, nre highly delighted wilb
ie earnestness and proliciencv ot" li.o peoplo under
their charge nt this plate .Vn old man, who was Id
old at (bo lime of (he llevolulion, nnd rctueni-
helpini; to carry Gen. lieorê Woshinglou up
from Ibe ship nt Sitvnnnnh, " on two while sheets"
tbe hold, nnd was nfterwanl n slavo of Gen.
sold
.. .a tho
with us, and is teariiii.;. lo road—sees common
letters without glasses, and tells his stories of Ihu
lievolulion, nnd of his eld master nnd young mister,
Mr. Nightingale (now win, ihe rebels), with aslon-
:_ -
inuteness of detail. lie Is a wonderful old
LOOKING AFTER BLACK SOLDIERS.
1st S. C. Kegimenl, under o 1 ol Col. liiggir
young ladies from Syracuse, Now York, Miss
Smith nnd Miss .Merrick, and your correspondent,
liled ourselves of tbe opportunity, and came down
establish schools among lie contrabands, there
ng but one whito leather on this Island (and he
preferring a ministerial office lo lhat of pedagogue)
l,200people.
Wo arrived nt 7 a.m. Sunday. At Ibe meeting
bald in the forenoon, nn anuoun, omen I was mado that
at 3 p.m. Gen. Snulon and the Itev. Mr. Konurdy of
Cbambersharg, I'a.. would address tbo colored peo-
plo. At Iho appointed hour tbe large Ita p list t-hureh
as full to overflowing, ami but for the dusky facts
Inch thronged tbe doorwai .one nug tit have thougdl
iuisoir near Piymooth church, i*rooklyn.
It was strange to Fee how tbitt war bos changed
the face of things. Colored people filled tho centre
paws, and crowded round Ida pulpit. Soldier*
thronged the galleries, and oft,. . rs and soldiers and
black women and while sat indiscriminately about.
The negroes sang. Mr. Kennedy made a prayer, nnd
Gen. Saxton mudo one of his plain, vigorous, off-band
ipceches, deluding in Ihe simplest manner ibe intcn-
ions of government toward the i olored soldiers, nnd
irging ihcm to enlist. Tba difference between the
race of Floridians and the Islanders of Soulh Curo-
13 very great, nnd nil in favor of the I- loridiaus
—Ihey are more truthful, earnest, sensible and in-
telligent, tban tboso left behind by (ho runaway
rebels oa Hilton Head nnd Port lioynl. As the
General proceeded, there was nn increase of feeling
nnd enthusiasm, wbiob was heartily joined in by Ibe
soldiers of the 9lh Maine, who have been stationed
hero under tbo command of Col. Hicb, for
onlhs. Ono or two olbcrs made short addres
Then a negro, very black, rose and, after a few
remarks, declared himself ready lo g<
crnl ; said ho was a shoemaker ; bnd run nway from
his old master, broogbt away some lentber, nnd bnd
been waking up shoes for soldiers. I'
tbetn til! Ihoy could get their pay,
afraid [o trust government, lli.-i oloihea were nearly
worn out, but bu was going, " if be hadn't a leg left
to his breeches. ''
'Ibis brought down iho immense
house wilb cheers. Another immediately arose;
said he bad nothing now ; but he had more than be
had over bad before—which caused a shout,
proceeded lo tell us, with inimitable drollery.how ho
got away from old Mass a ;
hue, frightened ho was
when bo roned across tbe river from the main,
expecting tho Union soldiers woold kill bim, and
wbea tbuy beckoned him lo como ashore ho thought
tbey must want Io kill him, and eat bim too. Hi
came ashore wilb bia Lo it- lend. Hero ho described
his fear and terror ; bow bia knees sank under him,
by sitting down on the pulpit steps and lowering
bead ulmust 'to bis knee*. The first question
found courage to nsk —without daring to look up—
was, "' Ob I Massn, ia I free T '
and when Ihey an-
swered '
Yes,' 1 grew strong—strong as a man '
(and
he sprang from bis crouching posture and stood like
H man). " We'll stand by that old llag, boys," said
he ;
" 'twos Ihnt old ting tbnt made us and kept ns
slaves; nevermind that- It wns liko nn unconverted
state of grace. It's Christian. It's turned
Lord, and we'll itick to it, Yei, brothers, we'll
PELUW-CouSTni-VEK : The abolition of negro slave-
ry—alwnya an object of earnest desire lo tbo philan-
thropist—has become now an urgent political neccii-
si(y. Thirty years tigo Lngland found it impossible
any longer to toleralo the existence- in her colonies
' EtiO.ntiii bondmen, t-iuce ihnt time Franco, llol-
id nnd Portugal hnvu decreed Iho abolition of
slavery in Iheir colonial possessions. Slavery in (ho
Vnilcd States of America has at length produced a
crisis ns much more terrible than that which threat-
ened us, us tho extent of ibe sys.lem is greater and
ibe strength of the slave-owner more formidable- If,
'
own country, slavery leid occupied half tbo soil,
ountcd ns votaries or as victims a (bird of Ibo
population, bad for 111:1111 em controlled tbo gov-
ernment, and bad il.iius-.il "ike [.ci-'-.n of its influence
through all our religious and social institutions, wu
should nut have got tid of ii l.v so easy a process as
the payment or i^D.uuti.OIH!. uio-rJing. It would pro-
bably bavo provoked a civil war, and bavo threat-
ened to destroy Ihe commonwealth it could no longer
rule. Thus has slavery in America armed in ita de-
fence tbe States lhat pro: hum. -I ibemselyes nn inde-
pendent Conlcderncy. and demand European reeog-
nilion in that capacity.
The government ol tbo foiled Slates has tardily
bui decisively advanced from the principle of freo
soil territory to that of freo labor throughout Ibo
"- - -1, It has proposed und earnestly recommended
lary emancipation, offering partial or enlire
indemnity from the Federal exchequer. TotdocJInles
and slave-owners in arms against ils authority it
inounecs tbo cessation of tlieir legal title to pro-
:rty iu human beings ; aud appoints the first day ol
next year ns the epoch of emancipation Ihrdi-'ti
1 the Stales then in rebellion.
Tho Southern slaveholders re'pond hy Ihe dennn-
llion of Ibis mensuro as a violation ot Ihe laws of
ir, nnd threaten acts of retaliaiioa Ihnt imply n
oted resolve to hold the negro rate In Iho deepest
degrndalion as well a ; the hardest bondage.
To such a strupgle England cannot be indifferent.
Iculnility must bu to ihe end, as it bus beea from
ihe beginning, lite rule of our governmental policy,
'lut our people cannot regard wilh unconcern a con-
act Iho origin nnd issues of which are so closely
Hied to tho question of [ -.i.-oual slavery or freedom
a four million of human beings.
To make more plain ibis connection, to mnko it
everywhere perceived and i-oiilesi-cd, by tbe force, of
:
nilispulable testimony, lhat the fouth is fighting for
ilnvery, whilst the North is fully committed lo tho
destruction of slavery— is tie principal object fur
which this Society ia organized. Its promoters do
not believe that English an ti- si 11 vary sentiment is
dead or even enfeebled. They aro confident that
when Ibo demand's and designs of tho South are
undo clear there will I e no danger of your being
nU'ced inlo complicity therewith." They trust ibal
.n unequivocal expression of Lnglish Iceling in favor
f Ibo ilepubliean Xorlh—of its Ireu soil platform
md its freo labor proclamation—will powerfully
encourage Ibo friends of negro Ireedom in America,
and so hasten the satisfactory termination of ibo war
(bat now devastates Ihe ."cw World and afflicts tho
old. liy order ol tba Committee.
Wii.i.nu Evxxs, Chairmao.
F. W. CnEsswt, Hon. Sec
Dili:, ,
•;.-,
l-iiei Siren. f^.-nJon, E. C.
" muppixo-iiovsEr
of ihu Missouri Dmiocra!, writ-
ing from Uelenn_Ark., under date of September 9,
describes, as follows, one of (bo beauties of tbo ''pc-
" Perhaps your renders are not nwnro lhat whip-
ing negroes is a regular bnsiness in same ports of
10 South, but such is undoubtedly Ihe cose, im-
proved machinery hns been invented and put inlo
operation, and whipping is done by wholesale. An
institution ol thin kn.d is le-ested at .Muvenn, twenty-
five miles from (his place, on ihe St. r'raneis road-
Tho '
whipping-bouse,' as it Is tailed, is about six
feet in diameter, nnd ten feet high. A shaft runs
from boltom to top ; on tho upper end ia a small
cog-wheel running h.rif .mall) . into which o large
straps about two inches wide-- Lashes aro inserted
in tbese, and when the shaft is in motion tbey reach
tho neck. Near by is Iho office and strip ping-bo use.
Hero the victims ana divesled of their clothing, and
five or six nre placed in the loriure-room, tbu door
being fastened, the n-jjro on bold of tbe crank ; tbo
proprietor, wilb watch in band, orders tho machine
to be put in motion. Around whirls the shaft at (he
rale ol two hundred revolution* per minule, with
straps and lubes extended, bruising and laceraling
the poor victim wilh thousands of blown extending
from head to feet. Fifteen minutes is considered by
the proprietor—Hampton Jones—lo bo a reasonable
lime to grind a batch of b imtin flesh ; ni.d then it ia
Jt us so very cheap, costing bul a dollar per head. 1 do
rrlcd think it very nearly equals ledl itself. Notbiog for
iaâ human torture couid be m. re terrible. A thousand'*
" I
scorpions stinging tbeir ilesb ..ouh.i not toilictuo e pun-
ishment. At tho time, ihu poor, bleeding, quivering

V ^The lucre
iUI to' f if
jptimuU &»ti-£tov«y 3towiM.
MEW YORK. SATURDAY. HHCEUJjER 'iT, IBM.
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS AND FB1EKDS OF
THE STANDARD.
ADVANCE IN rniCG.
Ik consequence 01 Iho impi-fcoiluntci] ndvn
ery Society, at amentia,
it of January
,
to *2.CB. 01 coarse, tho Committee I»tb come io
ii nc I n? ion most reluctantly ;
but they see no other
n meet Ibe added rspunse of pnblieai Ion, and they
ire that every friend of (be paper nod the cause
.sjout lu tlu! juslico nud propriety of Iho sb
liana Hint noi a single eul.torihor will lenv
iccouiit, but tbnt nil will make special ell
u3 ihi- iiiirnc* of new subscribers at Ibe liînnrnj;
.,„.„-,,„. li wemnj indue Iron, HiMonoot tin
lor ye:
lay ,lo i i Ibe
Aboil Hoi
really abolished,
imi slop our pnpi
! sure that it nil
.therefore, must
capons ol
iy nctivo usO, nml bold thcnisclv
I, further sarVicu as may be necessary for tlic
iploto extinction uf the hellish system against whleh
; havo so long contended.
f course tbo change of price will not affect llioae
isc Bubscriptmns nro already paid to a time beyond
first of January
FREDEMChSUVRO ASB WASMSOTON.
Asoirmit ulanater lo our I
uiJ nothing lo tie proud of t
,viil vliii li it
bird to bear, and w
high places aro bus)
from liis own shouldc
Wbclher
L bloody bntllo
ilie unilincbi
s fought l These iLinita i
a nol wonder (bal men
shifting llio responsibility
o tlioso of somebody elf
Tbnt "some one has blundered" there can be
doubt, but whether it vote Ibe President in orderii
a forward movement, or Gen. Balleck in withholding
tlie President's permission to Gi
hid own discretion ia the malter,
not handling bin force as veil as it might bavo been
done, or Gen. lleCiellan in .lelayini; (be march of (he
army until (lie country had become impracticable by
reason of Winter, me do nol prcsuuio lo pronounce.
The scape-gnat of this deleft has not yet been
selected. When the choice is made, we trust (bat (ho
victim may be one (bat will effectually enrry our sioa
and our blunders inlo llio wilderncsa bo (hal they
may never again return to plague us-* The advance
was unavoidable. The coumry would not have
endured another Wioiero! idleness on the hither aide
of the Potomac. It had tent forlh its legions and
poured out its (mature for no audi purpose. We do
no! think liny one can be blamed for the main policy
of activity. But who ia to be called in question
because- thai policy of action baa proved
rests aa yet in iho dark. Tbo repulse «
mortifying and damaging one, nod one tbi
used by our enemies in Eogla
new proof of tbo impotence of
it will lead to recognition or intervention or
mainly depend on the attitude in which (lie
shall bn placed by the PMsiu>n>, now (fart
taken place. Time it complicates (he tllu
[.deniable, and that it cnlls for the greatest skill and
the truest wisdom in disentangling its perplexities i
equally beyond question. The country wnnta I
know how and by whom it is to bo done.
We hear of effervescences in the Cabinet nt Wash
inglon in consequence of litis event .ami of possible
changes in ila composition lo flow from it. I'osei-
bly, these rumors may llavu bellied down into history
before these lines reach our renders' eye—for (best
ore times in which a single day may bring forth
strange tnin((s. Oar readers linow our views of (be
demands of these limes upon (lie President. Ont
thing is certain, ibat the repulse at Fredericks burg
makes Iho policy of Emancipation all the
prominent arid exigent. Had wc scattered tin
army of the rebels there, und been now in full march
upon liic-bmoml, there might have been an appeal
made lo itie President lor a modification, or at least
a delay, of his proclamation policy, with aome show
of plausibility. It might ho said that Item was
good reason to hopo [lint the rebellion had received n
blow that it could not survive, and that (he rebels
should be allowed a reasonable lime to aubniit Ihem.
selves nnd save their institutions, before llio fatal
blow was dealt lo what they prize the most in life.
With the views which iho President is known con-
scientiously to bold as to bis duly of saving slavery
if it can be done without destroying the country, it
cannot be denied Ileal such representations might not
unreasonably have great weight with b'im. That
immense pressure is now brought lo bear upon liim
lo force him to swerve from the lino he baa marked
out, lo look back from the plough to which he bad
pot bis hand to drive ii over the prostrate ciladel of
slavery, is mutter of .
notoriety. Perhaps it would
have been irresistible if il hod bad (ho weight of vic-
tory superadded to it. What tbo country lias lo
pray lor ia that he may have atreuglh equal (o his
day.andadviaerBcompctentloBtrouglhenhisalrenglh
and not to weaken it- The policy or Emancipation
demands a man at bis right hand who fully und
steadfastly believes ia it, aad who will have wisdom
to direct (he measures lo be taken under ilia the dis-
ercetcst nud most cnurgolio manner.
That we do not believe Mr. Sewnrd to be the man
whom ihu exigency calls for we set forlh last week.
We hnvo not changed our opinion since, though wo
then wrole in the hope of the opening of a carcor of
victory. We alili ibiufc Hint h: inighi be much bel-
ter replaced by almost any ono of iho prominent
Republicans of the country, who regard slavery as
(he fountain and original of all our calamities. But
we do not eco how be, or even Mr. Blair, can help
seeing (lint, if the country is to be saved entire, il can
only be by means of (he black allies who are only
wailing our invitation lo place themselves by our
side. Tbo dcaiu-blow must be dealt to the rebellion
within tbo nest six monlhs or il will nssunic propor-
tions of very dilleivnl relative importance Irom any.
ibing it bas yet taken upon itself. To hope for any
prvpoiidcrntiag successes in the field
tioii' would be to yield (o a morbid exaggeration of
« sanguine temperament. We bavo tried
Blylo of taclics for more llian eighteen months, and
they Lava failed against the rapid evolul
deinonstralions of our astute and agile enemy. Tho
enemy Is stroager than he ever was in every particu-
lar wi(b all the skill nud all ibe enthusiasm which a
Ion" course of success naturally generates. If wo
cannot oppose lo him some new and effectual strategy
we may as well consent to let liim go bis nay, before
bo lias devoured up nny more of our sons and hro-
nceesaily or the issuing and ibe enforcing
lamaiion of the First of January, the
of thai of the Twenty-second of Beplem-
morc obvious (linn it has ever been. It
is (ho only way of escape for us ; tho only hope of
victory and union on a basis which not all (hi
powcm of earlh can shake, Let Ibnl proclamulioi
i-.-iiml und Giii'.TiiU einpliiyi il lo enrry it ill Li
eel whoso luatitsjire in the work given them 10 do
id ibe rebellion is virtually nt nn end, The ivny lo
Itichmnnil lies through Ibe mohl populous (
of Ihe Gulf Stales. Lut a brigade of hlneh
iroops be l brown into the thickest of llio elnve eouii-
itcknnw by what we have already seen lliat
ihni-.li.i-i! population would Mock lo uh. Insurrection,
it I j tbo liorrora connected with il, would be pre-
iHili-d, not promoted, by such a movement, nnd Ihe
army of Hie relifls Mould lie drawn from Ihe Ironliei
towards llitl NorlL to llio sea-board or the heart o
lir own country. Then Richmond would fall nt
iy prey, and lirnii, mipbi In: 1
grand d lo Ihe rebels
nccessily nfler llio proclaim. timi involving I'Jiinnci
lion, which would put an end to the war and bi
beginning ol u glorious Union lo endure forever
nble lo defend il< elf and lo punish ila enemies.
hardly see bow any men inirn-jb >1 wiili
(ho direction of our alfairs can luits ol going rigli
bo light of the tires of I rederiek-luirg. One thing
bat defeat baa made sum, nnd that is.lliat Fe
Wood nnd John Van Bureti have ao chance fi
peace nnd such a Union as they sigh for. Ji
lavis Is in no condition of affairs nnd In no i
lind, now, to slrika hands villi tbciruand (111
nd give up Iho independence wilh which bis pride
and his passions are identified, to enmo hack lo a
Uemocrntlc scrambl'1
lor olliiô under iho old Consli-
,ueh luck Bwaiis (hem. The rebels are
Strong] honed in (heir pride nnd resolution. There
"" "
in, now, OKcepliop; one reeling on con-
conqnest Hint does not grow out of
Emancipation. We. believe (hut this policy would
have been more swiftly and more gloriously success-
year ago than now. For Ihen Iherc wns no
open division. Doun'siie treason dnrod not raise lis
TbePresidont was absolute master of tbo
situation, and Ihen would have been scarcely n uinr-
used against it. The proclamation of Fremont
was welcomed by an almost unanimous acclamation,
and Ihe pack that run him dow vcr opened mouth
action of the President bad eel (hem on.
not too late now. At any rale, it is our
only chance for victory and union. II' it fail of euc-
^3S, the efforts of the nation to snvo ilsclf from
iitruclion have lailed, nnd tbo sooner we begin to
Iconinioda'o ourselves to our condition the better.
II we nsk nf Ihe President is le give us this last
chance, and to give it the fair play of Minlsti
Washington and of Generals in the field who b
in il nnd will do what men can lo make il a gh
and an enduring success.
T Il.ei of
nd. IVlu
illingly accepted soroi
ne Ihelrllbertr would
suah a procln motion u
i upon their reelings,
Sir- nnd hltte-nuua are
r.; i.lei.
i nf Joiirrui
.1 .
1
.
.., .
rinlvTnrSr,
tdli .' li i-
. ... if I si
..:,:•.! lo wrvo -
p. TliiiFndel) li i n f :
ivlng pric'ical e»pre<non tu
lib people oo (to qu . a ol
il,.
r
..r ..
i '
b) M.. I. I. Kclu-y. Ur K i. , ..n
fi-n..i A'...IIM.-...i. -i.rou-h: (• Ihe ligbl t>j Uie
carlylsboriof Abby RclleyFo.1 i
... .. -. -.
rrslly bfiouiliii; rn.in.'ipiii.l '.
on. .l Jllddlotllle ibe Metb list tie ...... . I- "
Deek.csniclo ib-n.Mii.r. jii.I pmicinsteit in i( wiia
avcryb ui. r' lc.il. oultpnkca eiprc*-™, witboot
or bclerod'-. b-il t'i'"i^ < » irrdy ibe ri'hi band of
. I. -I..-
I fellow i
_• (or I il II :: .1
i
r • Ij^
slaveholder In Hie rebel aemies will find tb J
I
more important businoa (o do tbnn Debilng !
liarlo. Vast numbers of Southern oDlceraonJ
Inclurllne Hioue nf most wealth nnd inllueu.;, v
Immedinlely rtotnohed from their reipectito ;
ilielr rospcolivo estates; while at the eime
I ... Hi. ,t rm.ii !.,„.. I..: I
whole cKillI.il ""til n I r.il, I in Ihu purii; 111 n
i
- :. -. ') It Hie ol.l on.) eulll .-l,.eli
tljveni enlnllt. " " e' -.call, lor a,
still a
• Bince ilib nrlloli
Ur Hint does cr.dil
responribllliyofiliu.
j panned, lien. Il.iriiBiil.i. in a.
DfuU
THE PRESIDENT ASD THE CRISIS.
i (o oar country, flnd wb:
in fate's balance, is lo bedecii
iience it vil) be known Mlieiliec Hie President will ful-
promlse mill l,N duly by vigorously putting lo
Soull, everywhere
y the influx of black volunleem.
A third iiilluonco of cnuriietic «c
ion, by tbo President, would be as
try an thi) two former—namely, t
lent of a now divided North, Will
cailnlca, tho pro-slavery feelings ar
ml activity of dumoaitrati
ion " Hie Union nj it was
Whcnui-or Hie governmen
oatr.u-y eoiir.ie, nil lldii elm
..r-i '.
lu will impul (bum
in, in the hope of
under tho Slave
_..
.v* measure, a
llnytl Iho concession
(Lu Tnjrltories ;
Ihe i
denl
willbebuHlied.
ipected now, as much is In the case of Mnson and SU-
dell. What enorjfy ••( .liiennin iib.n was everywhere
iesed by the pre*, and tliu people Hint the rebel
<! could nol. would not, nnd .buiild not l.n fivea
The President announced bis contrary decision,
n twenty-four hours all was Calm no aSuoimer'n
morning ; nod moreover all n Lir.ied thill the Pwsidcnt
had done right.
But what If, on Hie 1st of January, President Lincoln
shall evade or postpone the .) .- id n ration of freedom!
He is aald already t., bavo declared, lu liu inlet-view
with Ibe Banter Slnlo Committee, " tbnt, nj to his
Emancipation proclamation, he had aeled from Ihu
belie! Hint It wo nil ulltct e.ic.l r. Bulls ; liul.il he could
contrary, lie would modify bi
Unii. .1
noi. U,ai ui.j-c
ieii-..' tl.r ...
September S2d;c
nuulralliu or de.
n Of
ind.be will
Did Mr. Lincoln anticipate thai
of tho rebel Slates would submit, for (ear or losing
their slaves, and that thus slavery would be saved
Was I his the " good reaull " that be expecled! And
does his cuutcinpLictl imidiiieniioii ol position
retreat inatoad of advance?
If Lincoln shrink k In. in Iih [ii'"<jl.i nuilimi o[ fn
to the slaves of rebels, nil the mnio cernelienlly .qiual
freed, and that every vestige of Ibe infamous syil.
shall be eradicated from this laad, beforo it sell
down lo the purfui!5 of |ie.ici(nl life. Never si
Ibero be pence beie nhile shiver)- r.in.iius. The sin
rs began Ibe contest, lie it our part to see 1
at prolonged until rtgtittoiwuas nnd pence al
kiss each other.
i.o:,-jr.-l) rn'iii.'.i! a.-:..
Thai .ir.J.I. . ..I .; I
!!.. I.I.I. ... .1 1 .- ..
iiiut : .1...... ... !
.:,. il.'.; I,.l,r,n. I I
,
I'm
i England Ufa Right
,
I m.,;.
lie spnrtd in TSngland lo do justice
ors of the moil enlightened A
give them moral aid" La their
" ilu'ii i.ilrymen lo tin; duly ;f
sn wiib the same political ju
ivliiuh They d.inmod (,..- tlu-maelves.
Eronnelpaiion Society "will ncl in coujun
Ill-slavery Aiôeimions In Li.nlunil
talcs, no. I It appeals (u every friei
llii.niui Itiplni. I .
r ::•<>•: ,ij.ii..ni ,,r
aalald.
Wo hope lo bavo yourpermisalonto place vour:
(ho General Coinmiltee. and beg llio favor i
rly reply. Wo are, sir,
-pccHiilly,
try. »ul. I
i culaDclpalioo, nail f.'r -i . .
o creite.1 wlilc'.i.ftj the tide rite". .b»H
l,.i I «, tghl up lo a tift-her level. Such
..- 1 opu'-ir Cborcbei of lids
ind Ibute o noteworthy exception.
.-'..^ i
ul Chord, of Whites
s.-.d addressed Mi en grcgMtaa. Ho hu
onRH-gslloii, roido u . ' . I
lini.traiion. Mr Oi e .'.. i. . .'.-.lof Cb
lanity, eufurc. . ar.d iu> -li n (
...r. lo praciical appli
Ion lo public nlTjIrs, and In in IAi,|,i.M life, as duel
tbecpieaclmr whom I bear. S'. enioe»t, (Irene
,ud sealousii lie In (his that bis graduating clif
church eommnnleanU is of necewiiv a very -mall
'
i- fur the moil advanced pupil... such as
God in Ibe sphere of iho ' higher la
-ed InthenurKrvofpri.ilnv
.fr.lieiou,
lonore.lin 1
ri.e-li-,
r. Green, and aucb i
aftcrslaveryahnllliai
allrfng eSeets shnll I
AAnos- Si, Puwlli..
['. W. ClIK-.iO
31 No.
In the list of
lluwitig iiirii
people of ibis
Lleut-Cen. P
William Evas ,
38 Gordon Squar
.Hon. Secretary,
intry:
W. C.
LETTER TO ,
FaiEKn:
MEvnmi of oworiESi.
ESTE
Tli'-imps-pii,
Prof.J.r;.Uuirnea, Dublin,
Prof. Franela Wllllim Newman
Richard D. Webb, Dablln,
Victor Scbuilcher, Eiq., Chelae:
Georuo Thompson, Esq.,,
llev. Itewmnn Hall,
Iter. J, W. liesalo, D.D., LL.D.,
ITarper Twclvetrees, Esq.,"
Wellington vrilka, Eiq.,
Rev. S. A. Slcintbnl.
believing that it will do
nfGrei
have read Ihe President's 11
sage lo Congress wilh feeline/a of plensnre ami pain,
was glad to fled be seema to aland firmly by Ins p
rebel Stalej, if they continue in (heir rebellion In
lerm epi'citk'l in nnld procliuinllop~ol which, hn|
ly, there is now every probability. Bui I aai morlii
ond saddened by lii« pi-... pn* td pliin of eiuineipalioii
calls It, In Ihe year 1U0D—but- which, I think, m
ly should bo denominated bis plan lo JUUaaTol
thai period, nnd forever after, so far as any pn
i Tor ila extinction o.titts in the scheme be baa ]
led. On reading it through, and looking nt the
i.d
...
1
I •
11 1.
r. I! .
srei i
.
to b* con inucd -•
|| . r :n Hi-
. . . II
t ,M I
i
it
I ranlclpjH u In iho bin
.-1. U „t, Ivinirfible. ibe 'lit... n :
. 1 1 Ibi .' 1
can. Iloinj
caprice. Or oiii adtenltli. 11
inplnnlvd n Ihe prlneipli . i in, nature by I
'Iclidila.l^lfct
,|.,:,l|l.
bnl nnturii rind ui
ineemenl ol rJKblco
curtly for Ihe pert
Til.... .Mi.'ir. ,,...,
:i. 1 —
THE rilEMHEyr .i.v;i THE QABMBT.
Tin; people were startled on Eilurdny by the an-
luncenielit that air. Sewnrd had resigned Iho ollleo of
In came inlelli-
eol. by modifying or post-
inlry, nnd we may say with-
out exaggeration Iho world, waits in cspeetaucy im-
moran repulls which hang upon the will of one man.
Events have put Into tho hnnd of Abraham Lincoln n
power such ni few ahsulule nmnarehs possess. Uresis
with him lo decide wlictlier Hie pciicrnlioa now come
to maturity shall sec ibis country tree, united and
prosperoup, or given up to an indefinite coulinnonee of
strife and carnage. The establishment or tbo over-
throw nf freedom in the United Slates depends mainly
'
" He can cronle, ond ho destroy."
Mr. Lincoln baa frequently, and freely, esprcs-ied his
strong eonso of the responsibility belonging to in'aoQlco
in this critical period. lint these convieliona of weighty
responsibility bavo been altered, for Ibe most ptirt, in
excuse for inaction j in reply lo remonstrances against
delaying llio inaueuratiou of freedom ; in reply to
urgent entreaties Ibat lie would speak Hint one power-
ful word which would Immediately lake tour million of
allies from tho rebel nrmy, and giro four million of
volunteers lo the jervice ul lb- loj.il nrmy s"d the
country. With « keen evme ol the roponjibility ul
thn equal responsibility ol when
What sort o: p.l
rockal Whitanrlol pl,,«iL..i. i.le v. nicl .
(•
months Ibe rapid declioo ..I Ins pall. ..I with ventur-
ing to "lake the i,-peni'.bdily " of .1
y nnyihinn?
To shrink fruni takinc; Ifco post of pilot, phyi ,a... or
President, bccauic on.- f.e!« i..a lr,|ua!c to ihe perform-
ance of Its duties, shown eouscieniiouiiiess and pru-
dence. To necept the post, and shrink from Its moat
obvious duties, shows -somctaiag very dilferent
Mr. Lincoln's innelion, inoi-coicr, hns been only in
one direction. During the Intter part of his ndminin-
trn'lion, he has taken nt intervals (seemingly urged by
aonie necessity! a few hair measure* lookitiB in Iho
direction nf freedom. Cut through bis whole period
ol power, ha bas zealously and heartily pushed the
opposite alternative, trying numerous nnd various
methods (o obtain pence by concession of continued
tolerance for slavery. Whiitcver could be dune in Hint
diroetion he has tried, nppcallnn with rarocslncss
alternately lo rebels, to loyalist' and to that Inlerme-
who inhabit the Border Mnei. All bas
been tried in vain. No pr.igre-i Bhelovor has been
undo in that direction.
Is it not time, after such fair li.. I ,.i I utter failure
if the worse course, lo try Ibe better ' Is II anything
uoro than just nnd ronaoiinbli. H.n i!. ,.- v.b„ h.n-c
.Iwnya pointed lownnk /rfiJui.i il, llio policy nt once
igbl, expedient and injispirinable, should now demand
for del policy iti turn ol beiug fully and fairly tried I
Moat fortunately, a day is now approaching, o day
rcordnined by ihu fit:.! l.nt hiuwelt, wlicu (unless ho
nsents to stnad before Ibe world as a promiio-brcnk-
1 hOTniiifiako a slnnd in favor of freedom, by execut-
ing the proclamation of September 22d.
Will bo violnto tbi* pledge I
Will be fulfil it with icnl, heartiness nnd energy,
ling such collateral measures as lo give i' (ho best
chance for effective operation on Iho enemy, and com-
mencing (ho further movements iieee-.sary lo make this
country truly " Ihe land nf the free " ! That ia in say,
having bi I her to given concession a fair trial, will he
now give freedom a fair trial 1
A third conjecture remains.
Will he Ifiko ihe worst eourse ot ibe three, doing the
Lord's work negligently ;
daubing the wall wiihuntem-
pered morlar keeping Ibe word of promise to Hie
ear, and breaking it (o the liopot Will be do just
. r.M'iL'ii ! I'll in-ii.-;- •- !'. 'I 'J'- ' l
j
- ,.!,-, ...!:
of having done nothing ; and ;o contrive tho execution
of the work (aa bo did Iho proclamation of It) aa to
avoid producing that nleetrie nnd wide-spreading pre-
sent effect which naturally lielinig.i io such a move-
gestcd by Conway of Kaneas (whoso rfBololions,
oflored on ihe IBlh init., In tl - 11 j-.- of ftcprciontn-
uny be found in nnolber column), or In some
n.Mily 1-iifui-nii.i nnnn.r. i m b.-t:. r I. -
judged
loft. May God dispo-. tl..- Pr.-sident to giro
Ul.. : -..Id b
pen- inppy n . en
he Southern Slates, and cspe
-'edernl gov rnment in Ibe
-. Wo hnvo be
yon will perc eiva from the one
:ommiilee tl at it includes soi
and influent 1 names in the
The most im eault of the promised
reedom will b iLi en ct upon tbo slaves ; n nd this
.upends very mm li upu tho ernis or tho nel
or coinplicnteil. llld "pi! the nanner ol ils pr-nm ul-;-(i
ion. These u lorlunnt me so long nnd ao grouly
wronged by tb United blnlo , nnd up to this timo so
e fur Hum
inspired wilh coufldence. A few henrly words of
friendly greeting, addressed to tbcm by tbo President,
giving Ihcm osaurnnee oT the cessalton of the (enure
under which they have been held ns slaves, declaring
tbo purpose of the nntion lo -i.-liivc for Ihcm imme-
diate nnd perpelual freedom, and suggesting bow tbey
should avail themselves oi It, would call the powers of
every one of then, inlo ii,un..li:ite action for Ihe Presi-
dent and against the rebellion. A message springing
from tho heart caally reaches the henrt of those lo
whom It is tent; and if llio directness nnd thorough-
ness o( the ono In question shnll show it to have
sprung from the pen nnd Iho heart of "EtmtH Abo,"
i-Iir.ERIXQ LETTER FROM EKQT.AXD.
EuAScmiTi • Soi ili i*, i
Omi'EJ, G5 Flkit.'- ::.,. r. 1. o-..l: i.'
. [
December 1. li'i.'. |
Iv Dear Slit: Tho enclose.! prir.lcd i
iniitcrnct the alleged sympathy of Ibis eountryiwi
engaged for the last
close.) lijt of the Gelcrnl
io of Iho -most eminent
Kingdom. Our sptcinl
rk v,,ll be I.. enhghten the Engli-li public on Ihe
tb.- plalforro A great delusion exists in Ihe United
' . .
ftienco to Ihe real state oi public opin-
ion hi ibis country. You have regarded the unfriendly
-......, rlain statesmen and party organs as a
genuine ouproaiion of the mind of England. Notbing
could be more I illacious. The men and news|iapera 1
pr.ii-1. -. .„ .:.- a rule, opposed to their countrymen
upon every popular llonto question ; and it Is, therefore,
very bard that iho nation should he held responsible
ioi tholr sadly erroneous views of (ho American war.
sealing to the American people only ono. idool Kogllsli
opinion. Von have been made much more familiar
with tho articles published in 77ic Timts nnd Tli«
Herald than you bavo beep with those of The Sim and
TheDaib/ jVelos. All Iho chief organs of Iho great
provincial dlsiricts have been sound to the core fn
tho beginning- Hut yet how rarely have they be
quoted from by your daily papers! The fact is II
the Union feeling of this country is baaed upor
strong nnli-alnvery sentiment ; and probably that di
not, even now, yulte suit the utmospbei-e ol certain
your newspaper offices in New Fork and Lesion.
Public opininn can only be fairly tested in porul
ossembliea. Whenever that test has been applied
this country we have had (o rejoice in the result. The
suffering operatives of Lancashire—tbo
men who have been literally famishing 1
page of the cotton supply— are almost
for llio North nnd Ihe nbulition of slaver;
again have they voted down resolutions
with the South, and resolutions which presented iho
idea of intervention in the artful (tnise of a raising i
(ho blockade (o procure cotton. Then, take anolh
example. Hr.,Buxton goea duwn lo Maidslono, sfldit
select dinner party ot landowners and farmers deli
ers n pro-Southern speech. Loud were the plaudi
wilh which bis speech was greeted, nnd great was (I
satialnctimi expressed In certain quarters Ibat so ho
should bo coupled wilh sentiments
nugly n villi tl iviiid, I,
Idle iho speech
3nr, Mr, George Thorn
nddresc a gathering
to elicit the opinions
was still ringing iu tho publi
son went to Maidstone, not
Hie dining room of a hotel, 1
Ihe great body of Mr. Bu)
was the result! Why, that ofler ilr. Thompson's elo-
quent statement of the eaio, a resolution of sympathy
wilh President Lincoln's nnti-slatery proclamation
was nlmost unanimously pasted, air. Thompson alone
has addressed scores of audiences on this qucstioi
during Ihe last five months—lie baa, In fact, lh.ro wi
hla whole hear! inlo Iho work; and Ihe result ha
nlwaya been Iho same. The people are sound ; and nl
that is required is to give Ihcni nn opportunity of ex
pressing their real opinions. Such an opportunity (In
Emancipation Society will, I trust, be able to aflbrt
A Confederate States Aid Association lets beer
formed in London ; and a public meeting iu cooncctioi
Hiercwilh was held nt Mr. Mason's rooms on Wcdnea
day evening last. About Illly persons attended, in
eluding several Southerners, a few friondi or till
North, an.) that clever colored man, William Aniln-n
Jackson, JelTerjon D.ivi,Vi ev eoirlmian. A Dr. Lem
priero was (he orator of the oveniug, but Ihe wbeli
nDair weut off very Hal. It was intended to hold ll.eii
meetlnga weekly, hul I am told that (bo experiment o
ono has been quanJuro .vorticl/, and no more o 111 be held
Jackson was iniroduced (o ihe author of (lie Fugiiivi
; Mr. Sin. did r appear
itbor his new acquaintance or the plncjnla contnin'n
n illustration ol n negro under torlura which we
ibJbited In front ol bis door during ibe entire evenir
Very truly yours, p. W. CliKssnv.
urntJoirasoj, &4-,ElH'.r"nt«XJ ll onl IA n u-<.L,r„,si, n ..i
Tho printed documents enclosed In Hie above letter
ilelu in
niggle wilh s
ol this now Societ;
enlighten Ibe peopl
m and rebellion, an
lino by the agents .
LETTEB PROit AAROS M. POWELL.
Uticj.N. V., Dec. 15, IB63.
7., (A, tJilrr./n. JVjJi.-niir.lnri-n.in„ya„ R,i«nj.
Dirai.vo the monlhs of October nnd November 1 o
tended a series of ineeliags, held at various points
Eastern New York, In Columbia nnd Washington Con
ties mainly ; nni now am engngei] in a lecturing lot
in Central SeW Vork. It is nearly two yean sinco my
last Visit in llâ region. Then wo encountered, at nl)
the important points we visited, Iho tnobs for ivhieh
thntli'lnterla memorable. The "rebellion " had n
tbcn/ormu% broken out. Those mobs, evidently i
ringed lor, and coadeclcd by concert of nclion tictwo
parlies of similar character io (lie different ollii
were, as wo have since been pretty well assured, t
work of Hie Kniehli ol ihe Gulden Circle. The re
lion of these "Koighls" to the rebel slaveholders
mpntby and se
st nf your renders do
Governor elect, Hor
icuse, Itoclieslcr, Ilufl
cooperation. Thin city, as c
Seymour. Ucre, too, as nt Sj
Albany, nnd elsewhere, tl
iiK'U-itriiiiunn two years ago. Just preceding il,.
for which our Convention was announced Io ass
here, it ia understood (hat a meeting of " gentk
. i-.' 1i..|iL in -i I.i'.vyit-'- ..Hi. ...
ill 1 Ij i.
--. '.-if. . ivlm-i .
li
lared lor adopt ii
ilently lake Hie place of o
A. fow days hence Ibis
i
; i n:.^n ibe geberii.iu
tber in (he Iwo years i
taiiipaiijii I'urni- b full i.n
liey >! .-
ie «i-o,ip as;i.nil.li'..l in that
other than lloralio Soy-
chair ol iho State. Wli
ml he l,--a experienced
. his speeches in [he la'
Then
iry of State. Shortly nllorwardi
.licit Mr- Chain had also sent in hi
was j-enomliy supposed that Die Pi
,ly if not from choice, wonld orgntii
Cabinet throughout. Hut, after a day or Iwc
and uncertainty, come the news that
.id and Mr. Clnvc lead, nt tho enrnesi s
if tho President, withdrawn their reslgna
id -nt. from
ned lu i ei.l. i
ire .luiiiMrv 1. I'Jiin. -ilnll re:!-;,-,. eon.|,cn-alinn fro
,.- I.'n!l,.,i Bliitcs a, f.,l|..iVv. I.i „-ll :
'j
In, I ,-.-,i-J-ol ,
ie United Smie-. -ball rich vcr to .-vie such ila
inds of the Unit, d SWti l. a. h„- interval a( lie. i t
f dollars for each i-Liv.i „ho,.- h.ive been ilier
i
hv tl... dth l.'ei.-us uf tin, l'iiii.-l States. Any St..
n-ins received t "-ml* -j-i aforeini.l, nml alierwnrds r
itruJueiii;; or tolerating slavery Ihe rein, ah all relund
From these provisions it is luinii. si Hint ihcahalitlon
f slavery in any or all siucli Slates may be postponed
II a single day before the time specified, oc never
aopled nt all. Meanwhile slavery may ue duutiling
uadrupling, nmi ihe slave oligarchy couaequently
rming ilself wilh power to perpetuate it od libitum,
if the horrid inslitulion grindiug out
Cibii .(tied c ctly_n
cept that Mr. Smith, of the Department of the Inte-
ir, would resign iu accordance with a previous an-
uncement, nnd for reasons wholly distinct from
fully fro
nil) b
„..t,i„j...,i.
and tb
Ihe bodies ot their oppressor.' 1 For no provision
whatever is made, immediate or gradual, securing tho
abolition of tho system, oven within the frightfully
longtime granted slavery to "ron and be glorified.
"
Besides, what reason have we M suppose that, after llio
present nclors have passe) from the singe of being, our
wishes will be regarded by another generation, who
have grown to manhood, possessing all the rights and
respomdliiliiiea we do lo act tor themselves? It is our
duly to do right, according to our ability, now while
and equal
account of Hie whole matter. If we are d
und sorry that Mr. Sewnrd has resumed Ili
Ibero ia some comfort in observing tint Ibe pre
papers are very angry in view of ihe present
allhira. They evidently feel that all their schc
compelling Ihu President to recede from bra ei
lion policy have failed.
The President is supposed to bavo made up
the appointment ot Judge Usher. Chief Clei
leriur Department, in place ui Don. Caleb t
dispatch in 77,e Tiniss, however, iwy» :
' A nt
ou lual, wilh a view lo (ho nppuin
Speaker tituw as Secretary
inirtlolio.
nil oi [ollow- l,i|.|r,u..f -I
Parent, who, embracing all equally in Flis lov<
no " respecter of persons."
Subi--eijiiently, reminding ua lhat the pla
adapted will require ibe concurrence of seven of the
slave States, he say.-, "Their c, incurrence, it oblained,
will give assurance -f their severally adopting coinnci-
nal tt This assui
re Iho Union
.•nd ihe uggle
:„iid gi,-,
.,!,.
llio Federal audi
U support it in our midst, to put Seymour
their good behavior and keep them from full i
Cooperation with tho murderous slaveholders
lighting ilcsperaiely fur supremacy upon tho banks of
the I! up rah an nock.
Great indeed are (ho changes which have occurred
in two nhoit years- I find on revisiting thes.e localities
with which I bavo hitherlo beenme familiar in tho
capacity of nail-slavery seciiee, lhat every neighbor-
hood ban made its cent ribu lion lollie national sacrifice,
including ninny noble-hen Mod young men, some of
whom hnvo already fallen with tho two hundred and
fifty thousand slain—victims of disease nnd bs'tle.
At Bracken's Bridge, where we had a very good meet-
ing, I learned, wilh much grief, of Ihe death, in the
second Dull linn slaughter, of Mr. IIwiwit Km ii.li:. lie
wns a most generous, noble -hearted young man, with
fine intellect, earnest noli- slavery impulses, nnd of rare
promise for future usefulness. lie was au ofilcer in
Ihe 9Tlli K. Y., nnd was killed on the 3Dlh of August.
Ho was shot Ibr.oigli the lungs, (ell, ami while being
lifted to Ilia feet ngnin by a comrade bo was shot
through, ihu bead by a rebel sharpshooter, nud died in-
stantly. Two years ago, when nt Brockolta Bridge
open nn anti-slavery mission, I was bis guest, enjoyed
much bis genial ciiiiip.inionshi|i. an I bis manly, earnest
cooperalion. lie was greatly beloved by a largo circle
of friends. |
When such as be are murdered by slavery,
be its inslruiuenl a rebel sharpshooter, or n"slralegi-
cal" McClellnn, the sacrifice is a moat precious and
costly one. if Hie bleed of ueii lyr.i " bo tho seed of Iho
church," wo nay rightfully expect in due season a true
church of freedom in return for such precious blood.
Wc were Very warmly welcomed, and most hospita-
bly entertained al Brockott'a Bridge by Mr. Zenas
Brocket! and family.
There is mourning oo account ot the war literally in
every hoasohold of Hie communities we have visited,
and there nreeviJeiic.. -; lhat this " discipline of sorrow"
is not fruitless in good results. But the disease of
slavery slid continues to prevail alarmingly wilh many
people, lis symploms, as of old, continue lo be eon-
lempl for the colored race, hatred ol Aboli I ion is ts, idol-
atrous Worship ol "tho Union," with much nervous
solicitude, lest, by some means, freedom may become
universal throughout the land. There were apparently
some men ol this sort at Sulisbury Centre, where,
not wit lis landing their od verse influence, we had a very
fair uiccHng. At Fai. field, a very pleasant villago
"
Herkimer Cuunly, I gave
Thei
r, of not
,A.i
" by
iving been '
f liov
dud Ihem, In Ihe midst of my
cund lecture. I was -peaking upon Ibe religious
ipcctsof the limes, and jusi ihen was commenting upon
ir.iii.iS-yii.'.ur and hi- l].-,l-c,inaliari Church brethren.
ho Method lit minister at Fairfield, lier. Mr. Meredith,
ne us very friendly cnaperalion. We aliared Ihe
eleomo huiplmlity ot Mr. and Mr). I). W. Cole, who
-,. most l.oariy and faithful Abolitionists. They read
Our I're-iidenl lells us ngau
.( (he Slates." 01 course il
wiy ol the Slates aa adopted
ign that" tho President bad
State more ; and ihe seed of .
Men change thei
lange of mind, ma
i system t May the
point nf pro -slavery
if
follow,
ilil foil.,, ,
in jusl e
.-.ill, lliod.
i Iho I oil of I
; and nr
roducing its legit nale fruit of immornlily of
ype, bnughtlnesis, capoliam, ruclly-by lynch-
murder of (hose ho dared
it, nnd lastly, r hellion nn this bloody and
ley i, . ft I
'
id of thus "playing
raging hyena, and attempting to " draw oat
,
with n hook, " why dues he not uso (he pov.
Providence has given him, and with which
slatcanun, John Qninsy Adams, demonstrate
gencies of Hie nation would constitutionally
Executive, viz. ; to declare nt once uniutisal i
Hon throughout tho Stales; Thus doing, tho
,o"d by
says trnly, " Without slavery tbo rebellion wo
ithout slavery it could not I
And does he not know. Ibat "lhat which has let wUl
let, until it be removed c
dwells wilh eoiphasis on the compensation and
o lo tbo slaveholders embraced in his plan, but
... Ur, 1 in ir (bo s
ing Tor them rill lli.ir livei without wages, nnd, wilh i
bare subsidence, piling up llio wealth of their un
righteous owners. Ia (here no jualico in our Prcai
dent's soul for theso "robbed and peeled" of oui
Falber's children I Is not compensation more impera
lively called for iu reference lo Ibeni? Is the simpl.
recognition of their Gvilendowe-I right to (reedom to
deemed compensation
,o first i i -Iiietk.
demand* stop not there. The former slaveholder
ad acres, and fre
make ihclr plnnlaHons
ho entitled to
.ly,e|..r
worth more than laud
now. Hut Ihe slavo b:
porlion! In Its application, I would me
President to the proposition bo himself Is
times liko the present, men should ult
which (hey would nut willingly be respot
I bare spoken of those who may be
adoption ol llio plan by cerlnin slave Sti
jitrioia and the number of such slaves
cecdinely doblou. and uncertain. The p:
lion might all or must of Ibeni puss aw
boon Is received. And where is the compensation and
jaiUce for them I Will Abraham Lincoln aisoruo th
responsibility in lime and elornity lor (heir con tinuanc
in slavery! To him 11 i tilt cling wilh tho tenacity ot
.1-. .iih grasp, fur he hns Ibe power, by n declarallc
commanding it, to inaugurate ibe freedom ol all ; and
in,!,/ by a failure on Ihe part of Hie nation to consum-
mate Iho measure can be be relieved of Ibat responsi-
bility and stand acquitted at the bar of impartial Just-
ice. But of such a failure there need bo no fear. And
were it en, lie would have the priceless satislaeHon of
having done what ho conld— and bis name would bo
enshrined by posterity among Ihe benefactors of the
race. Ho says that in the event of (he adoption of bis
plan the slaves "would havo nothin; 10 run from."
Would they not, if left to the oplion of their present op-
pressors dnring Iho period of a wholo generation]
Who "would nol rnn " under such circumstance* t
This n
. of lion.
THE STOIIY OP WILLIAM
wia born in Charleston, S. ft,
s once a slave, but, by Ihu files!
re becoiuo Ircc, 1 wiab lo presei
V UP f.Y" RIOR
SUMMKKSOS.
My mother V
Robert Summer
twochlldro
;c)f. When
ougb te
Alter I li largo
olbc t ol n
s clerk, f r.
. Sin
I was in Charleston, it
Tho May following, my wile was to be carried back
into Iho country, nnd I might nerer see her again -, so
I hid her (com the last of April until we escaped to-
gether. Shu was hidden wilh some ol my friends, and
as the slaves escaped so conslanHy to tho blockade, mi
one searched for her. At li o'clock on Friday, Jone
1], my mistress tent down
He was
Porter, in Bru:
mlslress. He said toe
go into Hie country v
I
!i-ior, nml the
of tho Home,
Itsfy the Sen-
used blond. My father was
Idle man, Irom the North. Ho
ic wentNorlh, my brolber nnd
-en years old, my brother and
wn South. Sly owner allowed
raise, nnd she kepi me till I
ork. They (bet
lough lo lake c.ii-e of myself, I hired my own
aylng Ihem so much a month. I went on a steamer
oiween Charleslcn and the head or St. John
_
a Klrer,
Florida. I got along as well as I could iu a stale of
illl tho denlh ol my owuor. The , l.ildn n
then look charge of me, and I did nut fare so well. 1
until the Star of ibe West was
fired on, wluii I left my i.ituatiun let I should be obliged
!.. do v.mcll.inj. aenin t tie..
1-'.
-l.-i.il forces.
I remained in Charleston, working (our nionibs in
the arsenal, putting up ammunition tor th... r.h.Ia.
Alter I left Ihe arsenal I wont (o the Charleston Hotel,
lo wait on Ceu. Beauregard, Major Lee. Capt. Jones,
nnd C.ipt. Fergusun. I waited on them about (uroo
and a half months. When Gon. Duauronard wn> going
to Richmond, ho wished to take mo with him, but 1
bid myself across Ihe river, ao Ibat he could not take
me. Alter lie went, my owner took me to drive on
eipresa waggon for bis store. Then, when Ibe clerks
lalned
my escape,
igh lo know right from
it my Ireedom, but there
ury walled me in. While
rob, 1E62, I was married.
,
" nil-
id might never
CO her face ogam, t lold him I would ralber go Willi
myuiistrcia, and ho said, "Bo, you cannot go with
your mistress ;
you most bu Hold." Then lis took: me
lo the Court-Uouic to have some traders calimato my
value. One said I was ivorlh $1,000, another: $1,101.
Uo then told mo ho would give me till tho next day to
dud « man tu buy me. I coold nut find any oue lo
buy me, and he koew 1 could not Thi* wan Only u
form, to make too submit. While I wns In tbo Court
House, and (he traders were ciimim'ng roe, I lifted my
neart (o the Almhfhly. nud besought him lo make a
way lor me W escape. Aller I lell Ibe Courl-lluuso, I
weut back to the store, and Ibat night, Ihe last lhat
was left me, as 1 prayed mid groined beforo Ihe Al-
mighty, lie put a plan into my bead which carried In e
lately to (rcedum. The plan was this : I had a (riend,
also a slave, who came from the country throe limn o
week with vegetables. Tho place was called Ssnnn-
dros Parish ; it was about seven miles from Charleston.
I thought hllcr be bad di.po^J ol bis load. I could get
liim lo put me in a rive barrel and tike me back In bis
waggon This was the only ivny I could jet out .,1 ihe
diy. The dajs on which be came in »*ro Muml-v.
Thursday ond Saturday-. Do had a puu for (ho wag-
sold (hi( afternoon, and wo made tlic agreement. 1
[eft Ihe store at 12 u'elock that day, and went to the
place where I had agreed to meet him, and bid under
a plana. Jtodroro op to thei plana, and I jot into the
barrel, and ho headed mo up, rod I »iu pot into Iho
waggon, and hedrove away. After we drove Ihrongb
ihe city wc c.inie lu the new bridge over the Ashley
river. There worn fifty pickets ulitioucd by tliia
bridge. One read tbo pajs at the bridge, end WO
pauied on. Every half mile (or seven mile, we met a
rebel picket, who stopped tbo waggon, read Ho [fua,
and had Hie right to nearer, tho waggon. 1 toak ray
clothes, and a picture of John Drawn, which I had kept
with my few treasures, in the barrel will. «, VTe
left Charleston at C p.m., and reached (lie pLotaiitn at
10 p.m. I gut out at luiMp-m. ; mil
four honn and n ball. This driver v il back to tho

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