The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-06-05

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dragged from their homes. and left to pine
and die, perchance, in some of the many
Bastiles which the administration has es-
tablishcd.
1t is we'll known, sir. that If any white
citizen. perhaps father or brother. desires
to visit relative or acquaintance in the
military service of the government. that
he is obliged to secure pass from some
competent authority, and to obtain this he
is required upon his honor to declare
his loyaly and fidelity to the government
But the negro goes and comes within the
lines Of our army, whether his destination
be towards or from the enemy; the color
Of the black man ia his passport, and is
received as equivalent TO the pledge Of
honor and of loyalty upon the part of a
white person.
RUNAWAY NEGROES RECEIVE EMPLOYMENT To
THE EXCLUSION OF WHITE CITIZENS
In this District you have abolished sla.
very. You have abolished it by compen-
satop, by adding 5 ,OOO.OOO to the ma
tional debt. and tax of $4,000 to be
paid annually, us interest upon this sum.
by taxes imposed upon the laboring white
people Of these States. Not satisfied with
doing this much for your especial favorite.
you extend the freedom Of this city and
the hospitality of the government to all
the runaway negroes in the country who
choose 10 visit the District OF Columbia
You issue rations to them day after dav.
and week after week, ratiens which must
be paid for through tho sweat and toll Of
tax ridden white men, You are thus sup.
porting in Incidence hundreds Of black
men. How many. and at what cost. am
unable TO state, because when resolution
asking for information, was introduced by
the honorable gentleman from Ohio, Mr.
Cox. it was Immediately tabled by the
Republican majority upon the other side
of this House. Those gentlemen dare not
let this information 90 TO the country; they
shrink from the exposure which a truthful
reply to such inquiry would make. The
resolution Of Mr. Cox also asked for the
number of negroes employed as teamsters
in the army. and at what wages; but this
was equally Objectionable. for it would
have illustrated the fact that negroes by
the hundred are receiving better pay as
drivers than our own white sons ard broth
ers are receiving for perilng their lives as
soldiers in the defence Of the Union and
the constitution.
Having been thus deprived Of obtaining
official information upon these questions. |
am obliged to gather my statistics fro n
such sources as | can. | shall make "a
statement that have not received from
respectable and responsible parties, and
none which do not conceive to be rather
under than over the true estimate
The government is to-day issuing ra-
tons to about two thousand negroes in this
District alone. that cost over twenty cents
per ration $500 per day, in violation of
law. is hiring IN the District several hun
dTed negroes. some rs teamsters and some
for other purposes. to the exclusion of
white laberers, thousands Of whom, toge-
ther with their wives and children, In our
large cities are suffering for the want Of
employment. | speak advisedly when |
say that the republican party are already
paying, Of tax gathered money, in this
District alone, over three hundred thous-
and dollars per annum to buy, clohe. feed
and exalt the African race Thus for the
negro you expend more in single year
in the District Of Columbia than you APP
propriate for the government and protec
ton Of all the people in all the organized
Territories Of the United States. The ne
gro is made superior. in your legislation.
to the pioneer white men that settled the
Great West. and. amid hardships and
dangers. lay the foundations Of new com
monwealths; the hardest and noblest
men of our common country.
So tn. people are taxed yearly more for
the benefit Of the blacks in this District
alone than it costs.to maintain the burdens
Of State government, in either Iowa. Mich.
igan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Maine, New
Hampshire. Vermont. Connecticut, Rhode
Island. New Jersey Delaware. or Mary
land.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FER DAY
EXPENDED ON LAZY NEGROES.
But it is not in this District alone that
you require tho people TO pay tribute TO
the idol Of your affections. Wherever
you find our army, with one or two hon
orable exceptions, you will find that hun
dreds Of rations arc being issued daily to
unemployed negroes who rendezvous in
and about the camps; wherever the army
is they are being employed in varions ca
pacities Mt GOOD wapes and to tho ,,,,or