New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-13
GOVERNOR STANLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

! 10 ne Editor s( The N. Y. Tribune.
SIR: II is now more than a year since left my
business, my home, and my family, to fight for the
defense OF our Government. During 'hat time
have seen this war in all its phases, and in many
places. I have been in Pat ersoD's, Bankss Mans-
fields McClellans. and am now in BurDside's Di-
vision | have been ordered by military command
to search my camp for fugitive slaves, and send
every negro in camp to General Headquarters for
examination, OH the presumption that he was some
ones slave But thank God, military orders that COM
mand me 10 hunt a slave, earthly power can make
me obey. We came here and fought the Rebels in
forts. and behind earthworks built by slave labor
We drove them before u.s. and they ysinly tried to
I take their negroe. with them. Some they took by
force, and others they tried to scare away. They
told them that all the young ana able bodied we
would sell in Cnba, and the old, the infrm and tbs
| children, would have their heel cords cut and be
turned ont to die. But Sambo didn't believe word
| of il, and STAYED. We have employed over nine
hundred men among these slaves on our foriifca-
tons, aud their families in all number over
OOO who have received more or less Of their sup
port from the Union army. We have been happily dis
Amounted in their industry, fidelity and intelligence.
No one can dispute the fact that they are superior 10
tie laborng whies in this vicinity, in everything
/ that makea "A man. At first we got North Carolina
white oyerseers; aud out OF six only one OF them
could read We then put ia the sOldiers oyerseers,
merely 10 Law out and supeTlntend the work. A
more cheerful, willing and active lot Of menl never
saw. SIR. Vincent Co yer, OF your city, has been
tleir General Superintendent, and also Of the poor
whites. He opened free school for white chill
/ dren, and also an evening school FOR heroes. Our
soldiers volunteered TO teach, and thus, without cost
10 any one, ray Of hight was allowed 10 shine upon
/ the poor slave. There poor men would work Oh
our fort all day. 20 home 70 their families aud come
with them two or three miles TO an evening school
III the beat OF Southern Summer. All TINS wa
under military rule. And To- "A Governor coInes IN
the pcraon OF Edward Stanly. His irst act WAS Ia
suDDyess the black sctooi. He says the laws OF
North Carolina forbid the teaching Of negroes, and
/ he comes TO execute the law. Stanlys next
act was TO order slaves delivered up 20 then
| Rebel MASTERS One delivered on bis orders wac
a woman, and fhe refused to walk back into bond
age. Tho Contrabands now here tell us that they
carried her a piece, and then drove her home by
beating her with u cudyel, then beat her often after
they got her there, and the next morning her soul
took is fight TO that land where the stakeholder
oauuot 90. lie had beaten her body back but the
apirit would not be ensaved Can God be Just, and
these things be Dld we come here to tight for
Slavery, or for Freedom God forbid, that North
ern men should come here 10 execute the Infamous
laws Of North Carolina. Congress passed law, |
| eeye that all slaves who were employed 20 aid
the Rebel army, should be tree. The laws Of North
! laws of North Carolina muet be enforced by our
bayone., and sealed with our blood. These men
must now be sent TO their masters, 20 erect new
forts for VA to encounter, and dig new graves for
irtemen 10 fll, that S'Gcery may not die. But my
soul sickene, when think that | ana here fighting
under such command IL we were NOT q law abiding
people, we would defy his power, aud Staniy would
fail TO execute those laws by the power OF our
arms or at the expense OF our blood. But as it H.
our only hope is III orr Government at Washington.
They must soon see that love is lost Rebels. Men
that will decoy and then fro upon faes Of truce,
raise the white flag themselves TO approach our
lines within pIsol-sho, and then supplant IL VIII
the black nag OF piracy aud murder, deserve no,n
ing but death by the hapgman. In common WIN
thousands OF othes, have been conservative, o9s
the day OF moderation has passed. Our irIends
say you must not exasperate the South lou might
as Wen talk OF exas peraring mad bull They have
already passed from exlsPeisiion 10 despeia.loii.
Gpd bless Gov. Andrew, for bic manly 0!'eTapes q