Daily national Democrat., 1861-06-08
Servile InsusrectiOn.

stood famfng sword between 1T ana the
natural instincts Of the law abiding people of
the non-slaveholding States; not only re-
straining them from committing assaults up
on il, but causing them to restrain anti-slave-
ry anarchists from infringing upon any of its
legal rights Abolitionsm at the North is
only criminal because it is in violation of the
Constitution of the United States. Those who
fear the ravages of Abolitionsm, will hardly
gain by breaking down the great fundamen
tai national law, regard for which has long
been the only reason that any Northern man
has been able to give for not being an Abo
litionist of the Phillips and Parker school.
Is there is rot room enough both for slavery
and the United States Government on this
continent then we know that slavery will
cease to exist. If such an issue is TO be made
duning this war, we firmly believe that it
will not be because the Government forces it
We are civilized people, and all We want
to accomplish is to assert the power of the
Nation, and to make its foes submit and ac-
knowledge that power The means employ
be others than those justified and recognized
among civilized nations If concealed dag
gers and poison are to be substituted by the
the enemy for the sword and musket, then
civilization would laugh at us if we did not
let such barbarians dcvour one another, if
they would. But we do not believe that
frenzy and fear can so possess white men in
the nineteenth century us to transform chiv-
sins The war will no doubt be prosecuted
by our Government with power and energy,
but in II civilized manner. SO long as it is APP
parent that those with whom it contends re-
tain5 their civilization. The following cor.
respondence between the Governor of Mdssa-
| chnsetts and zen. Butler should be carefully
read and digested by every rejecting mind,
for we doubt whether any other man in the
Nation will deal so iudiciously with the ques
ton of servile instructions as has Gen But
Ter. His whole position is pretty nearly EN-
braccd in the following language: "lS not
that State already suljugated which requires
the bayonets of those armed in opposition to
its rulers, to preserve it from the horrors of
seryie war ?"
We give below the entire correspondence,
because TO be thoroughly understood it must
be read as a whole The positions taken by
General Butler are humane, and we firmly
believe they are precisely those which will
be maintained Ihy the Administration of
Abraham Lincoln during the war which is
upon the land:
CoMMoNwEALTn OF MAssAcnUsETs,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
COMMON CoUNcIE, BosToN, April %, 'Gl
GENERAL: | have received through Major
Ames dispatch transmitted from perryville,
detailing the proceedings at Annapolis from
the time of your arrival off that port until
the hour when Majo Ames left you to return
to Philadelphia. | wish TO repeat the assur-
ance of my entire satisfaction with the action
you have taken, with a single exception If
rightly understood the telegraphic dispatch,
| think that your action in rendering to Gov
Hicks the assistance of our Massachusetts
troops to suppress threatened servile insur
rection among the hostile people of Mary
laud, was unnecessary. | hope that the fuller
dispatches, which are on their way from YOU
L
opinions concerning that particular instance;
bnt in general think that the matter OF s9r-
vile insurrection among community in arms
against the Federal Union, is no longer to be
regarded by our troops in II political, but
solely in "A military point of view, and is to
be contemplated as one of the inherent weak
nesses of the enemy, from the disastrous OPP
erations of which we are under no obIiga-
| tions of a military character to guard them, |
in order that they may he enabled to improve
the security which our arms would afford,
SO as to prosecute with more energy their
traitorous attacks upon the Federal Govern
ment and Capital. The mode in which such
out bI eaks are to be considered should de-
pend entirely upon the loyalty or disloyalty
of the community in which they occur, and
in the vlcinnity of Annapolis, | can on this
occasion perceive no reason of military poll
cy why force summoned to the defense of
the Federal Government, at this moment of
all others. should be offered to be diverted
from It's immediate duty to help rebels, who
stand with arms in their hands obstructing
progress toward the city of Washington. l
entertain DO doubt that whenever we shall
have an opportunity to interchange our views
personally on this subject, we shall arrive at
entire concordance of opinion. Yours faith
fully, JONI A. ANDREW.
10 Brigadier General Butler.
DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS,
HEADQUARTERS, ANNApoLIs. May ., 1861 J
To His Excclency, John A. Andrew, Gov
crnor and Commander Chief-Sir: have
delayed replying to your EXcelency's dis
patch of the 25th April, in my other die
patches, because as it involved only disap-
probation of an act done, couched in the
kindest language, supposed the interests of
the country could not suffer in the delay ;
and incessant labor up to the present moment,
has prevented me giving full consideration to
the topic. Temporary illness which forOids
bodily activity, gives me now moments
pause.
The telegraph, with more than usual ac9u-
racy had rightly Informed your EXcellency
that had offered the services of the Nassa-
chusetts troops under my command to the
authorities of Maryland in suppressing a
threatened slave insurrecton. Fortunately
for us all the rumor of such an outbreak was
without substantial foundation. Assuming
as your EXcelency does, in your dispatch,
that was carrying on military operations in
an enemy's country, when q war a Fentrance
was to be waged, my act might be a matter
of discussion And in that view, acting in
the light of the Baltimore murderers, and
the apparent hostile position of Maryland,
your Excelency might, without mature re-
| Election, have come to the conclusion of dis
appreciation expressed in your dispatch. But
the facts especially as now aided by their
results, will entirely justify my acts, and re-