Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-12-06
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of Tudignatfon which followed the
"modiRcation" of Fremont's proclama.
tion, and the sad consequences to the
country which the modification pro
-sduced, II was hoped that there would be
s1nch An understanding among the seye.
raj Departments, as would prevent sucl
sa calamity in future. Aud, especially
was this hope strengthened by the order
sers with Gen. Sherman, of the Sosth
Caroline expedition, to accept the
seryicesof all slaves who might offer
themselves in aid of the suppression OF
the rebels. The country felt thrill Of
new life in every pulse, at this order
us itsseetsed TO indicate the adoption oi
aspolicy in accordance with common
sense, and Que that promised to relieve
our forces from the double disgrace of
playing the slave catchers Cor the rebels,
and being whipped by them at every
point as reward.
The, expedition sailed: aud when it
struck the very heart Of the rebellion,
in the capture of Beaufort, the loyal
heart of the nation was ready, in its
gratitude for this instance of success, to
forget and forgive all past blunders.-
The district in which the blow was
struck contained $4,000 slaves aud
5000 rebels. When our feet took the
batteries, every rebel fed, and shot
down many of the slaves. because they
you'd not fly too. But the slaves, with
the vague idea that they would fnd pro-
lection in our camps, fioeked to us by
thousands, ready to serve the cause Of
the Union in any way they could
They had given proof, at the risk of
their lives, that they might be relied
upon. They understood the country,
and could be made Of infinite service to
she, expedition. In numbers they were
SIX loyal slaves to one rebel MASTER
Aud they would have formed, if rightly
used, an instrument of resistless power,
in crushing out the conspiracy against
the Eoyernmcnt. Every one of them
could have been made Of more service
than sNorthers soldier in the contest.
And, in all the loyal States, there was
mot a. true man who did. not feel that
nothing but fatuity itself could long
pr9tract the struggle, with this clement
rightly used. &
No one desired an 'shtsurrrection of
the slaves. Nor was this at all neees-
sary. The slaves in South Carolina far
ont-number the entire white population.
Without their labor, the rebel cause
could not be sustained week. The
whole white population is forced into
the Confederate armies, and their sub
sistence depends upon the labor Of the
slaves. Stop that supply, and the re-
belliou is necessarily STAYED out
There is not man outside of a lunatic
asylum who cannot see this. And
hence, when these slaves came in volun-
tarily and offered their services to the
Union army, every sane man saw that
if used with judgment, blow was
struck at rebellion which would not
onlyjput it down at once, but would do
itsin way TO save thousands of lives
and bring honor upon our cause.
But through some unaccountable
freak of the Commanding General, all
these. advantages, we fear, are about to
beeiost--the slaves, from enthusiastic
friends, compelled to take the attitude
Of enemies-the, rebels strengthened
more than the Addition of 100000 men
inssarms would strengthen them, th
struggle prolonged Indefinitely, and our
volunteers sacrificed by thousands on
the shrine of a poor, miserable, pro-
slavery prcjudicel
It is announced that the commander
has modified his orders and advised
the slaves, that they are not, under any
circumstances, to be free! But that as
soon as their masters return, they, the
slaves, are to be returned to them, and
to slavery! The natural result of this
policy is, of course, to make the slaves
seek to reconcile themselves to their
masters by doing us all the harm they
can! Thus, where every white man in
the District had ran away through fear,
and the black men had come to us in
hope, leaving the rebellion without
single supporter. and the panic spread
ing like state of feeling all over the
South, this folly, to call it by no worse
name, will build up the rebel cause
again, and leave us, as at Sumter, and
Pietens,and Washington, beleaguered
by the foe, until defeat, disaster and dis
grace shall shame our rulers into the
adoption of better policy, or lead us
into the subjugation and slavery which
We deserve for our pusillanimity.
We shall be glad to hear of such ac-
ti0n during the coming week as will
justify US in modifying" the estimate
re now place upon some of our great
men. I'll
A Big Haul.
& letter from Paducah, KY, Nov.
18th, giHes an account of the successful