Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-09-02

been supplisl with powerful Indueenept
to remain loyal. AS il was, every coward
u The South soon became a traitor from
lear; fcr loyalty was perilous, while Trea-
son seemed comparatively safe. Hence
the boosted unanimity Of the South-a
unanimity based on Rebel terrorism and
the fact that immunity and safety were
found on that side, danger and probable
death on ours. The Rebels from the first
have been eager to coniscate, imprison,
seourge and KILL we have fought vol, es
with the devices of sheep. The result is
Just what might have beeu expected.
Tens of thousands are fighting in the
Rebel ranks to-day whose original bias
and natural .leapings would have led them
into ours.
6. We complain that the Confscation
Act which you approved is habtualK dis
regarded by your Generals, and that no
word Of reIuke for them from YOU has
yet reached the public ear. Fremonte
Proclamation and Hunters Order favor
ing Emancipation were promptly annuled
by you; wh3le Halleck's No. 8, forbidding
fugitiyes from Slavery to Rebels to come
within his liaes-an order rs unmiitary as
inhuman, AMI which received the hearty
appreciation Df every traitor in America
with scores of like tendency, have never
provoked even your remonstrance, We
complain that the officers of your Armies
have habitua.ly repealed rather than invi-
ted the approach of slaves who would have
gladly taken the risks of escaping from
their Rebel masters, to our camps, bring
ing intelligence often of inestimable value
70 the Unior cause. We complain that
those who have thus escaped to Us, aYow-
ing l. willingness to do for US whatever
might be required, have been brutally and
madly repulsed, and often surrendered 10
be scouraged, manned and tortured by the
ruifian traitors, who pretend to own them.
We complain that large proportion of
our regular Army officers, with many OF
the Volunteers, eyince far more sohcitude
to uphold Slavery than to put down the
Rebellion. end finally, we complain that
you, Mr.. President, elected as a Repnbi-
can, knowing well what an abomination
Slavery is, AND how emphaticaIly 1t is the
core ana esserce of this atrocious Rebel
lion, seem never to interfere with these at
rocities, and never give a direction TO your
Military subordinate, which does not APP
pear to have leen conceived III the interest
of Slavery rather than OF Freedom.
6. Let me call your attention to the re-
cent tragedy ii New Orleans, whereof the
facts are oDtained entirely through Pro
Slavery chapnels. A considerable body
Of resoIute, alle-bodied men, held III Slave
ny by two Rebel sugar planters il def
ance of the Confacation Act which you
have approved, left plantations thirty miles
distant aud made their way to the great
mart of the South West which they knew
to be in the uldisputed possession Of The
Union forces. They made their way safe
y and quietly through thirty miles OF Reb-
q territory, expecting to find freedom un-
der the protection OF our flag. Whether
they had or had not heard OF the passage
Of the Confseation Act, they reasoned
logically that we could not kill them for
deserving the service Of their Ftelong OPP
pressors, who had through treason become
our implacable enemies. They came tous
for liberty and protection, for which they
were willing to rel der their best service:
they met with hostility, captivity, and
murder. Tho barking Of the base ours Of
Slavery IN this quarter deceiyes no one
not even themselves. They say, indeed,
that the negroes lad no right to appearln
New Orleans aimed with their implements
Of dally labor IN tie cane-feld): but no
ons doubts that they would gladly have
laid these down if assured that they should
be free. They were set upon and mained'
CAPTURED and Killed, because they sou9hS
iba benefit Of tlat act Of Congress which
they may not specifically have heard 81,
Int which was none the less the law OF
tbe Iand-whicn they had clear right 70
the benefit of-which it was somebody 5
duty to publish far and wide, il order that
SO many as possible should be lnpelled 70
.lesist from serving Rebels and the Rebel
i'm and come over to tie side OF the
Union. They sought their liberty IN strict
acoor5anee with the law Of the land-they
were butchered or reenslayed for 50 doip 3
III he help Of Union soldiers enlisted 70
feht against slaveholding Treason. II
vas somebody's fault that they were 50
murdered-if others shall hereafter suiier
Il like manner, in default Of explicit and
nnIlic direction to your generals that they
"a Is recognize and obey the Conhscation
Act. the world win lay the blame on yoq.
Whether Won will choose to hear II
through futnre History and at the bar
Sc COD, l will not judge. can only
hope. .4b n.
President, there. IS not one disinterested,
determined, intelligent champion OF the
Union cause who does not feel that all at
tenpts to put down the Rebellion aud at
the same time uphold its netting cause are
nrenosterous and iutle-that the KeDeliion'
s crushed out tomorrow, would be re-
newed within gear it Slavery were ici'
! fyJI yicor-that army officers who re
main to this day devoted e Slavery eah
Il Nest be but halfway loyal T. the Onioa
1 fbst VERY hour of difference 70