Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-11-03

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Mr.. Douglas, in his speech in this city,
with marked emphasis, and with much graf
ulation and complacency Of manner, said
'the government was made for white men
and to be administered for the benefit Of
white men" (Douglas is o slave holder y
lie endorsed fully the Dred Scott decision,
one Of its cardinal doctrines is the inferiority
Of intellect OF the African who has no rights
which white men are bound to respect
Gen. jackson being at Mobile in Septem-
Der, 1914, and preparing for the defence Of
New Orleans, the historian makes this state
determined to avail himself of every
means, jackson issued from Mobile an affec-
tionate address to the noble hearted gener-
GUS, free men of color, repudiating the mis-
taken policy which had hitherto excluded
them from the military service, and calling
on them to enroll themselves in distinct
corps; call to which they quickly respond
ed under an act Of the Louisiana Legislature
called together in special session" We here
transcribo Gen. Jaekson's Address to the
"Men of Color on the 18th December, 1914,
at New Orleans;
"SOlfiersi From the shores of Mobile
collected you to arms. invited you to share
in the perils, and to divide the glory of your
white countrymen. | expected much from
you, for ! was not uniformed of those quail
tiles which must render you so formidable TO
an invading foe. l knew that you could en-
dure hunger and thirst and all the hardships
Of war. | knew that you loved the land Of
your nativity, and that, like ourselves you
had to defend all that was most dear to man
but you slTPass my hopes. / hare found in
you, united to those qualities that noble eRths-
siasm Chieh anpels to great deeds.
Soldiers: The President of the United
States shall be informed of your conduct on
the present occasion, and the voice of the
Representatives of the American Nation shall
applaud your valOr, as your General now
praises your ardor. The enemy is near; his
"sails cover the lakes, hut the brave are uni
ted, and if he finds US contending among our
selves, it viii be for the prize of valor, and
fame, its noblest reward"
By command,
TH0S. L. BUTLER, Aid de Camp.
See Niles Register, Vov. VII, p. BAG.
"The enemy is near, his sails cover the
lakes"
The British had taken the fort al the mouth
of the Mississippi and captured all the pilots
there. Instead of ascending the river, they
approached by the way of a large bay to the
eastward, and thence into lake Borgne, cap
turing the small feet of gun-boats on this
and tie connecting lake of Ponchartrain, and
subsequently cut canal of one mile into the
river, six miles below the city, by which
boats and troops passed into the Mississippi.
The lakes were shallow for their ships, and
the course taken then was much like that of
the PeihO in China, latterly, not going by the
mouth Of the river, but advancing by a short
er route through shallow water. The feet
consisted OF sixty sail, under the command
of the noted Admiral Cockburn, carrying
5000 troops veterans from Wellington s
army. They had just arrived before New
Orleans from their devastations in the Chesa-
peake-the burning of Washington-the ca
pitulation of Annapolis-the attack on Balti-
more and Bladensburgh. From the field OF
Waterloo had come direct to New Orleans
1000 more, making the enemy Il, 600 strong,
of these veteran soldiers. Ask Winfield
Scott as to the valor of other detachments
from the field of Waterloo, which made so
terrible the carnage at Fort Erie-at Chip
pewa-at Lundys Lane. The total defences
of New Orleans were very trivial and of no
account Barbarian pirates were released
from prison and pardoned on condition of
entering the ranks. The legislature of Lou
isiana was in session, but jackson, suspect
ing there might be treachery in that body,
and capitulation of the city to the enemy,
placed a guard at their door. This precau-
ton soon terminated their sittings Before
foe of such vast superiority of numbers
Of such disciplined hOsts-with such weak
defences-a legislature whom he would net
trust, in such circumstances whittier does
jackson turn2 Where does he look for reli-
able support? His address to the battalion
of the "Men of Color" answers the question.
"BoOty and beauty" were the watchwords Of
the enemy advancing upon New Orleans for
a winters bivouac, like as Moscow to NapO-
Icons view when its turTets peered above the
horizon. 1t is stated in some quarters that
had the British obtained possession of New
Orleans, they intended to hold Louisiana as
France had never given Qlad pro quo--and
had not valid title to the country when she
sold it to the United States. New Orleans
had population of of 10000, Of whom less
than half were whites The battle ensued.
That rampant of Cotton Bales, that made the
number Of slain so small on the American
side-a military paradoX-and rendered vic
tory so decisive, had been reared by the dex-
trOus manipulations of the ''Men of Color"
It may be remarked here that "Men of
Color were in our army of the Revolution.
In the correspondence between Washington
and Lieut.. Col. Laurens, Of South Carolina,
the latter writes March 10, l782-''the cOun-
try is greatly distressed, and will be more so
unless further reinforcements are sent to its
relief Had we arms for 5000 such black men
as I could select in Carolina, l should have
no doubt of success in driving the British out
of Georgia and subduing East Florida before
the end of July"
New Orleans was the key of vast coun-
try between the Alleghanies and the Rocky
Mountains exports to foreign countries
of domestic produce, is 100000, 900 year.
Jackson, on the eve of battle, addresses, es-
pecially, his African soldiers in the lofty
strains Of a patriotic, military enthusiasm.
Douglas like a degenerate demagogue, -.
peats and reiterates that the govern ,ont !,
to be administered solely for th-. boneGt of
white men. Conceive Of j. F.onoios aT5i standing =,
beside jackson at the conclusion Of his al.
dress to the "Nen of Color" and witness his
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LARGE RECEIPTS OF SILVER IN ENGLAND
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