Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-24
The Rebel Negro stealers Of Misso uri.

We find the following interesting informa-
tion in the 1t. Louis correspondence of the
Bee:
Major Wright, who came in with one hun
dred of our wounded from Springfield on
Saturday says the rebels are stealing the
niggers from the Union men and running
them off into Arkansas aud Texas. lie
counted in squads, l6O slaves, who passed
through Springfield in one day. The Major
thinks, however, when the war may termin-
ate, it will find the negro population OF Mis-
souri, diminished by more than half and II 1t
continues long, it will be the end OF the pecu-
liar institution with US. lie says the rebels
are stealing more slaves than Fremonts proc
lamrtion would set free in hundred years
if the war lasted so long Nearly all the
large slave owners in that section are Union
men, and it is great inducement held out hy
the rebels for enlistment among the worthless
vagabonds, that they can steal niger or
two and become a gentleman.
As the war progresses we learn more and
more of the real character of the villains who
have attempted to make "Southern Rights
the rallying cry of a rebellion against the
Government. We find that all the clamor
about abolitionism, and personal liberty bills,
is a gigantic falsehood The very men who
howled the oudest about Interference with
slave properly have, it appears, turned
stealers of slaves. They do not run the slaves
off into free States, but take them for their
own use, or sell them for ready money. From
this it would seem that negro-stealng may
be conducted in a high-toned and gentleman
ly manner. There is apparently no prcju-
dice in the minds of the Secession gentry
against slave-arceny when the stolen prop
ery is headed South, by the thief. 1t is only
criminal to set a negro free. We feel graft
fled at being undeceived in this important
matter. We thought it was the Stealing Of
slaves that was regarded as criminal by our
Secession brothers. We now see our mistake.
friend of the institution of Secession
may be Wholesale slave-sealer, without
ever losing his standing in aristocratic Seces-
sion circles, much less being turred and feath
cred The aiding of a runaway slave into an
underground railroad car is the crime which
is SO shocking to that fine sense of honor so
peculiar to traitors. The slaves of Union
men ought in the opinion of some of the
peace party" of Missouri, to be stolen and
run off South. But how they raved aud bel
lowed at Fremont's proclamation. You see
it is very right for a rebel secessionist to do
what it is very wicked and sectional for a
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the rebel Shareholders be carefully guarded.
Would you violate the Constitution But
Union men have no rights The right to
hold slave property in Missouri and else
where is right to be enjoyed by none but
rebel We do not recolect the article and
the section of the Constitution in which this
just and wise provision is made, but have no
doubt it can be found by the Constitutional
expounder of the Express.
The stealing of all the slaves in Missouri
and running them South, will have tenden-
If we understand the institution of slavery
at ALL no State can be properly called Il
slavehoding State from which all the slaves
have been run Off
missouri should be thus abolitonized by
the rebels, we suppose the U. 5. Government
will be charged with having waged an abo
lidon war. Affairs are becoming very mucl
complicated. If we did not know better, W,
should say that if Secessonists may, at their
pleasure run a slave off from his Union mas =
ter, or run Union master Off from his slaves
then the rights of rebels TO remain in the un-
disturbed possession of th4ir slaves, must de-
pend greatly upon their physical strength as
compared with that of their Union neighhors
But, as we said before, We know better
There must I've provision, somewhere in the
Constitution, which guarantees Secession
traitors protection in holding their own ne
groes, and stealing the negroes of all who are
in favor of preserving the Constitution and
the Union.
We trust our remarks will not be con,
strued into any claim for equal rights We
have seen enough of the teachings of the Sc
cession school of politicians, to know that
none but themselves have any rights what
ever. Let no Union man violate the Consti
tuition or endanger the Union, by pretending
to claim equality with the equal Rights
men. who are led by Breckenridge, Magohin
jackson, Price IL Co.