Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-02-21

nation just before the sbattle, inviting them in
h~attering terms to join his standard, and after the
battle, in another proclamation, he publicly com.
plimented them on their fidelity and valor. He
declares that he had expected great things Of them
knowing that they had many admirable qualities
Tor soldiers, but that his expectations had been
more than realized. lie stationed them near him
on the field OF battle. He felt no objection to
their STEWART forms among bis men, black though
they were, when the columns Of Packenham thick.
end in the distance,
And tho long line came cleaning on"
lie cared not how fiat their noses were, il they
we're only set steadily against the enemy. He liked
n black brave better than n white coward. They
fought with the most determined valor, and the
memory of their heroism is still cherished by the
people Of Louisiana. In 1851, at q grand cele.
bration in New Orleans of the battle Of the 9Th OF
January, according 10 the papers of that city, the
colored survivors Of that battle formed the most
interesting part Of the imposing pageant. And
suppose il 10 be owing to the grateful remem-
brance by the inhabitants, of those heroic defend
ers Of their metropolitan city, that colored men
have for a long time been allowed to vote in Lou
lsiana. l am Informed, and l suppose it to be
true. tina. the word white" lie not to he found in
the Constitution of that state. Such are the chiv-
alrous qualities Of the colored race of this coun-
Inequalities which might be further illustrated
by historical facts, to almost any extent. l ask,
sir,,if we can afford to lose this enthusiastic valor
these lofty energies Of character2 Ought they
not to be cherished and developed, and enlisted to
the fullest extent in the service of the common
wealth ? Are magnanimous qualities so cheap that
we can afford to throw them away We use igno-
rance, we use folly, we use cowardice, we use dis
honesty in the service of the state-can we make
no use of high courage and afectionate loyalty 7
Can We quite reconcile it TO our sense of gener-
osity to refuse the dignities of citizenship to those
who, for our sakes, have 'jeoparded their lives
unto tie death in the high places Of the field 2"
Are not the men who were good enough TO charge
shoulder to shoulder with our fathers, in the strug-
gle for independence-the men who were good
enough, amid the carnage of that struggle, to lie
down by the side Of our fathers in that sleep
whose morning light shall summon them to the
rewards Of a citizenship which knows no distinc.
tons of color-the men who were good enough to
'ningle their dust with that of our fathers on all our
grand old battle folds-are not these men good
enough to stand by the side of our fathers degen-
crate sons at the ballot box? For one | say, the
man who fights for me shall vote with me. God
forbid that l should be guilty of the sacrilege of
away from the ballot box the hand that
has struck manly blows for my country and my
Allow me, sir, in conclusion, to express the
hope, that, on a subject of such grave Importance,
shall rise above all personal prejudice, and
vote only in such q manner as 10 required of us by
the principles Of natural justice, the future glory
of our gallant commonwealth, and q generous ap-
probation of the services of that oppressed but
loyal race whose cause / plead.