Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-05-30
For the Herald.
To Simon Cameron, Secretary of
War. U. s.

own expense, ana excite the negroes to Sc
cure their freedom" but that you "decline
any assistance of the kind" &c.
In country where freedom of speech
and Of tie press is guaranteed, il is not
thought to be intrudiug upon our public
functionariea, to respectfully invite their at
tention to matters Of public policy. And
before the final decree, in references to such
applications, is made, it would certainly be
prudent, il not polite, to consult the history
Of the country IN former wars, and adopta
policy in accordance with its dictates and
teachings.
In the famous "Braldoch War;" history
informs us that WashIn4 ton advised Brad
doch to flight Indians, as lnslians fight
This the proud Britton repulsed, sayiog,
1T is high times, high times, when beard
less buckskin csn teach British General
how to fight" The result is known. The
army was defeated, the proud General kill
cd, and Washington was immortalized by
adopting bis own advice, directing his men
TO 'tree" and eight Indians as Indians
fight" and this masterpiece Of military
skill, did.more, probably, to raise Wash
ington to the chief command Of the Revo-
lutionary army, than any other event Of his
previous life. His language to Braddoch
became proverb, an axiom Of true policy:
and has been universally acknowledged as
a motto in politics, military and even in
religious controversies, and should not be
forgotten now.
In the war Of 1912, our government at
tempted to be like "the Indians shingle
tree, SO straight as to lean a leetle 'tother
way" in reference to employing Indians to
fight. 1t was resolved to keep them in a
neutral position, and General Hull in his
proclamation, on entering Canada, acting
under his instructions, declared that ''no
quarter would be given to a white man
who was fighting by the side otaa Indian"
The result WAS, that Indians who would
have enlisted in the u. S. service, went oy-
er to the British--for they We're resolved
OH having hand in the fight-which not
only added much to the horrors Of the war
on our side, but also TO the expense III both
men and means, to repell the foe.
After the defeat and savage massacre Of
our troops at the River Rasen, Michigan,
military necessity induced General Harri
son to use all the Indians he could procure,
and not only this, but to send out small
parties of whites painted and dressed like
Indians, to pay off the enemy in his own
coin. Being there, and participating in
that campaign, | speak from personal
knowledge in the matter. Thus the advice
Of Washington 10 Braddoch was practically
adopted, after the loss of many valuable
lives and much treasure, which might have
een saved had the advice been taken at
Fl st.
Now. the mode of warfare adopted BY
the rebels, is of the most savage character.
hundreds Of innocent persons have been
murdered because they adheared to the
government to which they owed allegiance.
The mUrderers are represented as icing
lfunken mobs The re5els are sud to
have PLANNED the murder Of the President
Of the United States, and bis Cabinet
yourself with the rest--to burn the pfinc-
pal cities of the country, and to authorize
piracy upon the high seas, to depredate
upon our mnerce.
1t is further said of you, that your hui
name feelings revolt at the idea OF ''oyer-
running the South with negro incendiaries,
by which innocent persons may be made
to suffer-" &c. In such feelings, the north
sympathizes with you But what viii such
feelings avail when the lighted torch is put
TO our cities, Or the hands Of the assassin
are red with the blood ofour rulers? Such
feelings, however commendable in the abb
straet, do not restrain the rebels from their
cold blooded butcheres Of Union men in
the South The only effectual mode Of
fighting Indians or savages, is to meet
them in their own mode OF warfare. Guer-
iIas must be met by Guerillas. 1t is bad
policy, as in the war of 1872, 10 wait, and
suffer the loss Of men and property, before
taking the advice ofthe great Washington,
and tight Indians rs they fight
1t IS furthermore stated in the public
prints, that negroes who have fled to our
camps for protection and freedom, have
been returned to their masters, some Of
whom, at least, were in arms against our
government. If this be the fact, the ar ent
feelings Of the North to sustain tho govern
lnent, vii be greatly abated. lhs North,
the South, the whole world knows that this
war has grown out Of slavery, and that z
permanent peace can never be restored un-
til the system is abolished. And under
the constitution and laws Of the country,
the personal property Of the traitor Is con-
iiscated to the government, IN teto, and hls
real estate during his life, and rs slaves are
personal property. under their codes, the
Slaves of every rebelious State are forfeited
to the government. But our government
cannot hold them as such; nor return them
to their former masters. The Fugitive
Slave Law ought not to be enforced, IN
favor Of the rebcl-. and to return such men
to bondage is too revolving to the patriot
feeling Of the only men who now sustain
the government, to be tolerated for 4 mo-
lnent. 1t is contrary to the laws OF ma
tions, Of reason and Of common sense, to
return slaves or other property they are
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