The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-12-20
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The War and the Negroes Lin.
colass Position.

The War and the Negroes ,I,. Lin.
coiass Position.
A WAbfd11Du >usre.ponden, Of
she Ns3 Hs16ia says the fol.
lowing statement Of the Prepident's
opinions may be ecco 2ted as true
ion:
Ehe e.sident 10 fesolntely do
'efn'n'd TO veto any suncme what
ever IN .colvIng tho emancipation OF
neSTo -, in snch a manner tn It they
arS armed loose upon tho Southcrn
." .tes on an CO, iality with the white
'ccupiers Of tue soil. lie. on Sat.
nrday evening, uttered the following
words: -'.Emancipdtion would be
equiva' ent to q John Brown raid. or
- gig ganiic scale. Our position is
surrounded with n sufficient number
Of dangers already. Abolition
wonld throw sgainst us, the tour
states OF Missouri. Kentucky, Vir
C,nia and Maryland, which ia cost
ing the nation such eff rts TO regain.
We have our han Is iull ns II ia, and
II there is to bo any such suicidal
legislation, VIZ might as we'll Cut
loose at once. and begin taking ny
the arteries to prevent our blecdin1
TO death" Ny informant has given
me these words that fell from the
Pre.ident's lips. as nearly IA he
could remember them, and thinks
they are exactly what he sail. lie
spoke forcibly and energetically. &C.
precatiDg as worse th"n useless,
from whatever point Of view it might
be regarded, the fanstc,l disturb.
ance which the ul,ras OF Congiess
are endeavoring to create.
The most iarsiyhted statesman OF
tho Cabinet, the Senate aud the
House, are persuaded that the arm.
lea OF the loyal states are no more
likely to return 10 their frozen homes,
after experiencing the delights OF the
charming climate oi the fruitful aud
sunny South, than the Goths and
Vandals OF centuries bygone were
TO Withdraw from the Italian paradise
they had occupied, into tho wider
meas from wnench tiuir horlcs pD9r
ed forth to ov,run the wurll. \
government oi the Un,tel State
will ever b. strong enough ~ in iucc
the six hundred thonsanl trop, ~
about cnt, ring t - rebel st.'es I"
ahand n the rreiun heir arms shal
have conquered. Their, tore cuau
cipn.iny negroes womb not be turn.
ING them Loose against the present
rebel popu' alton ot the Snn'h, hml
sgai Ut Northern invaders oi Souin
ern soil. that are 10 b. it's future oc.
cupiers. who will never consent t'
resi- 10 North OF tho Potomac again
and will ptrmit no compctiii"n, b.,
an inferior race, with their iu'nl,
labors.
According TO the hest Information
that government can obtain. tic VAS
majority Of non Shareholders of the
S1nth are either already loyal, oi
dispose to return TO tht ir legianc'
10 tho United States. Rebel drna
gogucs had persuaded thcm that IL,
intention OF the North, it successful
was to liberste tho slaves whou
they simply execrate, becsus, the!
are Unnatural rivals; treated bette
than they are themselves; AMI livln.
on the fat OF the land. at their OK
penso. Poor white trash" is
common expression among the wei
cared for black laborcrs Of planta
tions, with reteren to the non
Shareholders who vsinly strive
eke out tho existence which, f.
them, is made comparatively con
Portable. RNhcr than witness Il,
emancipation ui four mil'ions c
black barbarians, who are their "A
tural enemies, and whom they hat
equally with their owners, tho non
Shareholders wonld fight to III
death; but, as they have iecup I
bee, me aware that neither our am
l-Bs nut tu1 hIuiUlsIIdllpU, nav
any intention 10 raise them to 'll
dignity of equals with the whites
they are beginning to perceivc II
folly and ustlessncss Of tie war =
ThIs is proved by the practical SUI
preston oi the right oil enil'rage |
the rebel government. Jrif RAJ
Davis and his associates treuhle
the thought OF submitting their 4
ture destinics to u popular vote :
They know better than others III
the mild and iudicious policy
President Lincoln has nearly d
s'royed their own restigc, "nh ,b
the public heart in the South year,
fnr peace. Our armies who vi
occupy the South and rcma II ,hlr
and tho non shareholders o. Il
s uthern states are natural allic
The common end both will. here'
ter, have in view, will bn the unite
tered possession Of the coil by viii