Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-06-12

can Will my people, will the people
anywhere, indorsc the party and admin.
istration that thus sceksthe elevation OF
the negro even at the cost Of ruin to their
own race
THE NEGRO PLACED UPON AN EQUALITY WITH
OUR SAILORS AND SOLDIERS.
One might suppose that your ardor in
would stop and cool here but no, You
go still further. Having made him your
equal as civilian, you now seek to place
/ him on the same level with American
sailors and soldiers. First came the or.
der Of the Secretary Of the Navy, Mr..
Welles, as follows:
"NAvY DEPARTMENT, April 80, 1862.
"SR-Tho approach of the hot and
! sickly season upon the southern coast Of
the United States renders it imperative
that every precaution should be used by
the officers commanding vessels to con
tinue the excellent sanitary condition of
their crews. The large number of per-
sons known as "contrabands" focking
to the protection of the United States
flag affords an opportunity to provide in
every department Of ship, especially y
for boats crews, acclimated labor. The
flag officers are required to obtain the
services of these persons for the country
by enlistng them freely in the navy with
their consent, rating them as boys, at
eight, nine, or ten dollars per month, and
one ration. Let monthly return be
made of the number OF this class of per-
sons employed on each vessel under your
command. | am, respectfully,
"Your obedent servant,
GIDEON WELLES."
Under the plea of the approach of the
sickly season, Mr.. Welles issues this or
der under the same plea the negro may
be called into any service in the South
though the sickly season, and the terrible
effect it might have upon our aamy and
navy. was not thought of by any Repub-
lican official until recently.
Having made this progressive step in
our navy, Gas my colleague Mr. Love
joy would call it). it remains to be en-
ulated in our army. Not long does it
await an imitator General ID. NJ. Hun
ter, commanding in the military depart
ment of South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, issues an order to enroll COM
panies. regiments, and brigades of ne
groes in the military service of the Uni
ted States.
Thus, in less than two years after the
accession to power of the Republican
party, the negro is made, as far as posi-
bic, the equal of the white man as a civ
ilian, sailor, and soldier. Nay, more
than this, the Constitution is violated that
white men may be bereft of guaranteed
rights. White men are stripped of the
amor Of American citizenship in order
that the negro may be clothed therein
All this has been done against the earn
est protest of all the conservative men,
And propositions and amendments to
bills appropriating money for the sup
preston Of the rebellion, which provided
that no money should be diverted either
to the freeing, the support, or the enlist
ment of negroes, have been invariably
voted down By the Republican party in
this House.
Worse than than this even, General
Hunter, in his zeal for the negro, with
draws the protection of his army from
the loyal citizens Of jacksonville, Flori-
da, in order to perfect his great negro
boarding house and African military
academy at the mouth of the Savannah
river. This is undoubtedly in harmony
with his brilliant discovery that African
slavery and martial law are Incompatible
Common minds have heretofore consid-
cred martial law and slavery, either for
whites or blacks, among the most con-
cordant institutions upon earth. This
proclamatory commander, who vies in
profundity with the immortal General
Phelps, undoubtedly considers martial
law the very casket jewel of American
liberty.
My mind, Mr.. Chairman, revolts at
the idea of degrading citizen soldiery Of
my county to the level Of the negro
Sir, the American volunteer has always
been our reliance in peace and our vim
dication in war. am opposed, and you
will find the volunteer army of the IN
ion opposed, to the equalization in the
ranks of citizens and slaves.
WE MUST RECEIVE NEGRO DIPLoMAsTs.
Having made such efforts for the ne
groes of the United States, it would seem
that your zeal in their behalf would lag
and languish. But, no; you now go
wandering among the islands of the sea
and over the continents Of the globe in
pursuit of negro principaities aad re-
publics which yon may recognize among
the powers of the earth. Hayti and Lii
IBERIA furnish further matter for your in
fatuation to fatten upon, and you at once
proceed to establish diplomatic relations
between the United States and these be-
nighted and half,made parodies upon hu-
man government.
At an annual expense Of thousands of
dollars, you promise to receive negro
diplomasts from them and send United
States Ministers to them; indeed you are
the champions Of negro equality, with
out regard to cost, place, propriety or
dignity.
This Congress has been in session
nearly eight months, and all that have
reviewed you have done, and more you
would do if you could, for the negro.
What have you accomplished for the
white man? Have you provided for the
payment of pensions to the soldiers who