, 1861-10-30
HOW TO CONDUCT THE WAR.
opi1iena Of Progressive Fosy,

rebels, while We have allowed the rebels to
employ black men and Indians to fight rs,
We have slen The fruits Of this stupidity and
folly at Bulls Run, Big Bethel, Springfield,
Lexington and EdWards's Ferry. sixmonths
Of precious time has been consumed. We
hare put half million Of men in the fel :,
and built and manned q great feet, and are
pliDg up National debt at the rate Of mil
lien Of dollars Per day, or thirty millions per
month. Nov look at the beggar1y results &c
complfshed by this mighty force and immense
expenditure. You may say that wa have
eaSed Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland, baE
We should have had the whole rebellion
crushed out By this time, and could have had
1t done, If We had gone to work right and in
earnest and We never CAD subdue the rebel
lion until We strike at the ca1se of it, As
war measure this must be resorted to sooner
or later: We hare got to come TO it, or give
up Cur Union.
Democratic friends, We have consented to
wage tie war On p1oslave1y principles. We
E3ve Etfi7en to Qnel the rebellion and saya
slavery. We have allowed tTaitors to employ
the whole slave population against our Coy
errment. They are inside TO feed the rebel
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soldiers in their absence. They are made to
co the drudgery Of the camps, to erect fort,R-
catioEe, dig bitches, handle artillery and army
stores, and perform sill the other heavy and
ditagreeable work Of the eergice- They are
compelled to labor in the workshops, piepa-
fer the rebel soldiers; and finally, they arebe.
iig organized into military companies, and
weapons put into tEeiH hands to deal deaih on
cur ranks.
1t is high time to put stop to this busi-
ress, aud change the manner Of prosecuting
ceea. Having tried the pros1aTery
Ee.hod Of fighting the rebels for
one campaign, let the country conduct he
next campaign according to the rules Of com-
mon sense, instead Of foolish p1ejQdiceE Let
ne teaeh st the rebels that employing eleves is
loyal Lst the Government accept the ser.
vices OF all loyal men able and willing to fight
for the Stars and Stripes, without inspecsine
their complexion or hair. A black man viii
storh bullet In the cay Of battle exactly as well
as White man, end il he is willing to eaconn-
been able to see the honor Of being Killed by
rebel, neE why ne want to mc1opolize ail
Gf it to persons OF cur color. For my part, [
thlEk thas loyal eolosed men should hare q
change to share the homer Of being shot by
trsitoTs.. Nor do think that rebels ought to
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is, that they do not deserve the honor OF fight
ing due1s with loyal white citizens, and that
t1ty should be ehot bE niggers.n There
are half q million Of sbl5 bodied col
cred Men In this county who would re-
jeice at The opportunity, for the sake Of OBJ
'4l1ing their freedom Of fighting against the
Iebc's: Nov, would arm, diecipliGc and Of
ticer these blacks, and steady and support them
Wiil regiments Of whites to act as reserves on
iie day Of battle, Willie tie dAkeys and thair
fcrmer masters crossed basoneta. There
Hculd be 9 divine fetribution IN this mode
richly deee1ye. When loyal wlite man goes
70 battle he stakes his life against th:t Of a
wretch who has already forfeited his lie and
property By the crime he has committed H.
may Kill the loyal eitlzsn and himself escape,
thus adoi1g murder to paEricide, in his eata-
logue OF crimes, submit that the proper
pe'son to pit against the villain is !" "nigser,n
1.-The blAek 1nEn be killed the lie Of #hite
raan is saved. Il tie darkey kills the rebel
the popular verdict will be, served him ri2bt
and as heeson has been caused by slavery,
saves are Tie proper Instruments to be
en- Hployed TO pucish it.
=, lieok uEor Il as great vroug to throw away
1te liSee of our Eons and brothers when their
Wcrk cah be done aud lives saved by permit
neg eolors d Men to act as substitutes Every
black whose Services the Government accepts
counts two, as it takes ore from the side Of
enemy and adds one to our side 4 little re-
1ectfcn will. show the tremendous effect Of
this p1ocess II it is properly extended. Tie
t1aSes alone, if armed and disciplined, are
nearly able to combat the rebels, but united
With the ID, the latter are able to resist success
tuny the whole power of the nation.
lht government IN my Judgment, cannot
beat the whole South, black and white, bond
end Tree, united in one common defense. We
meet divide TO conquer; we must separate
the loyal slaves from their rebel masters, and
conduct the war on the broad principles Of re-
eeigiIg tie assistance OF an friends Of the
Union. regardless OF creed, complexion or
birth place. Thus can The Great Republic be
taved and thus only. am reioiced to see
that the Government are arriving at the same
co1clueion' as shown by their instructions to
the conmnnGer Of the Naval Expedition.
A PROGRESSIVE FoaT.
PEORIA, Oct. 2s, 1861