Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-16

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Freedom to the slaves--From which Side
shall il Gene f--The Negroes for Sales
WHO VIII buy
Samuel Wilkeson, Of the N. Y. Tribune
closes powerfully written letter from the
Peninsula upon the suicidal policy Of re-
fusing to use the negroes of the South,
with this startling and prophetic declara-
ton of one Of the most influential colored
men who have come to the army;
have talked with many intelligent men
of color on this subject. The superior man
of oil is known as atom 1 one day
drew him out Of his guarded silence on
this theme by saying, al am surprised
Tom. that tha noss.<---iEz Tins peninsula
u0n night for us"
al reckon you ain't, Mr.. W. You know
too much"
"Why don't they fight for US, Tom ~
They expected to, Sir, and all the col
Ored men, from here to Texas, expected to-"
seWhy didn't they y
"You know as well as L We were driv-
en- from your lines and camps, and pretty
plainly told that you didn't want anything
to do with US that you meant to carry on.
the war, so as to leave us in Slavery at the
end Of the war. So we left you to carry
on the war as you could, and pretty poor
fist you are making Of it, too, Mr.. W"
said Tom, warming into earnestness.-
" The North can { conquer the South, with
out the help Of the slaves We men of
color, who have communication with each
other through all the States 1.-THE leading
men I mean) kRog this. We know, too,
that if the war lasts, one party or the other
party will give us our freedom"
What is that you say-the Shareholders
free their slaves -
"They certainly will do it, if they can't
whip you otherwise. You may depend on
that NJ friends through the South all tell
me so. Our position, Mr.. W., is like that
of the San Domingo blacks. They put
their aid in the market, between the whites
and the mulattoes-put it for sale. The
price was their freedom. We mean TO sell
ourselves for freedom-lOe hope to you
Northern men. If your politicians and
Generals kick US away, we will try to
make our market with the rebels. But
you had better bargain with us-had bet
ter free US and arm US. How long would
this war last if we were freed by act Of
AUnALG1a anu AlAD 4 AUG44HAbD 4 4ANUAAAnN-
| tion-both Of them ratified in General Or
ders by the Commanders Of all the Union
armies in the South? Why, the rebel ar
mics would melt away in week. Every
officer and every private who had any in
terest Of any kind in q plantation, or vii
lage even, would run straight home to
protect it against imagined injury. Con-
slider US armed; there's no use Of talking,
| Mr.. W. The revolution at the South is ac-
complished, and the Union is saved, and
you car save II s0itkouf The social rspOllltiOH
And, mark my words, Mr.. W. the attempt
to saDs II lVithoit doing Us justice tvilI end in
yoi,r ol0R political slavery, and your ruin
and in this England win be the principal
agent.
There are colored men in Washington
who know the value Of the dinner-table
talk of great men, and JEFF Davis, and
Keitt, and Floyd, have always made much
I Of the jealousy in England Of the manu-
/ facturers Of your North. You have got TO
have us, Mr.. W. Our climate will kill
your troops, save in December, January,
| February and March. The South is
wilderness. You are ignorant Of it, and
/ can be ambushed every day. And il is so
/ big that if with half a million men you
overrun it, it would take million men to
occupy it. And then, what sort Of a Union
win you have saved, in which the people
Of thirteen States rRzuse to take political
action, and have l,ut TO raise their fingers
70 their slaves to set them loose upon you,
aud drive you northward. You had better
take us, Mr.. W. Indeed, you have got to
take us. For # you sish 70 back out Of this
l7ar you a0On't be permitted to do q You have
got to conquer or be conquered. know
the sla7eholders. They went into this war
for power, and If you don't whip them in
Virginia and South Carolina, they will
whip you in Pennsylvania and New York,
and then reconstruct the Union, with them
selves at the top and you at the bottom
Yon Uhfe men Of tls North wiU 90 into
SLAVERY, lasIess you take rs 6laek. men Of the
South oHt Of Slavery and, M. r., goH have
sot great deal Of time lsft IN which to decide
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