Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-05

open doors, if they be not opened" is the or
der on these occasions. ''Let in fresh air and
sunlight; let purity replace corruption"
But in presence of one great evil, which
has so long brooded over our country, the in
teligence of large portion of our people
would seem paralyzed and helpless. Their
moral nerves lie torpid under its benumbing
shadow. Its breath has been the pestilence of
the political atmosphere in which our states
men have been nurtured; and never, l fear,
until its beak is dripping with the best blood
OF the country, and its talOns tangled in her
vitals, will the free masses of the loyal states
be fully aroused to the necessity of abatng the
abomnatlon at whatever cost and by whatever
agencies.
This is written, not politically, but accord
ing to my profession in the military sense.
Looking forward, there looms up possibility
(only too possible) of peace which shall be
nothing but an armistice, with every advan-
tage secured to the rebellion. Nothing can
give us permanent peace but successful
prosecution OF the war, with every weapon
| and energy at our command, to its logical and
legitimate conclusion. The fomenting cause
Of the rebellion must be abated; the AK must
be laid to the root of the upas tree which has
rained down such bitter fruit upon our coun-
| try, before anything like a permanent peace
| can be justly hoped.
| Already see signs inmany influential quar-
tiers, heretofore opposed to my views in favor
Of arming the blacks, of change of senti-
ment. Our recent disasters before Richmond
| have served to illuminate many mind. To
speak of using the negroes merely for throw
| ing up intrenchments is step in the right di-
rection, though far short of what must be the
end. 1t has the advantage, however, of max
ing the further and final steps necessary; for
men working in the face of the enemy must
have arms with which to protect themselves if
suddenly attacked. On the whole there is
much reason to be satisfied with the progress
made by public sentiment, considering how
deeply-rooted were the prejudices to be over
| come, the general failure of the nation to
realize at first the proportions of the war, and
the impunity still extended to those northern
traitors who are the plunderers of the gov
eminent by means of fraudulent army and
navy contracts, on the one hand, while using
every energy of tongue and pen to excite dis
content with our government and sympathy
with the more candid and courageous traitors
| of the south who are in arms against us.
In conclusion, it may be not inappropriate
| to say that in transmitting the approval of the
National Freedmans Relief Association of my
| course, you were-doubtless unconsciously-
/ endorsing views which your own earnest elo-
quence had no slight share in maturing
Though without the pleasure of your personal
acquaintance, l was, during year, a member
Of your congregation, and take this opportun-
ty of gratefully acknowledging my indebted
ness to your teachings. Believe me, sir,
very truly, your obliged and obedient SER
want, d. HUNTER
p. S.-None of the carefully fostered delu-
sions by which slavery has sustained itself at
the north, is more absurd than the bugbear of
"a general migration of negroes to the
north, as a necessary sequence of emancipa-
ton. SO far is this from being the fact, that
although it is well known that l give passes
north to all negroes asking them, not more
than a dozen have applied to me for such
passes since their arrival here, their local
attachments being apparently much stronger
than with the white race. My experience
leads me to believe that the exact reverse of
the received opinion on this subject would
form the rule, and that nearly if not quite
all the negroes of the north would migrate
south whenever they shall be at liberty to do
so without fear of the auction-block.
Sincerely, d. II.