The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-29

| never doubted, and have no friend who
doubts that you desire, before and above
all else, TO re-establish the row derided
authority and viudcaie the territorial in
tegrity of Ihe Republic. intended to raise
only this question: Do you propos 10 do
his BY recognizing, oJeyiRg, and enforcing
the t00s, or By Ignoring, disresdrding and IN
effect defying them? -L
q ! stand upon the law of the land. The
humbIest has clear right to invoke its
protection and support against even the
highest. That LAWN strict accordance
with the law of nations, of nature, and of
God-declares that every traitor now en-
gagged in the internal work of destroying
our country has forfeited thereby all claim
or color of right lawfully to hold human
beings in slavery. l ask of you clear and
public recognition that this law is TO be
obeytd wherever the national authority is
respected. | cite TO you instances wherein
men fleeing from bondage to traitors TO The
protection of our flag, have beln assaulted,
wounded and murdered by soldiers of the
Union-unpunshed and unrebuked by
your General Commanding--to prove that
IL is your duty to take action in the prem
ises, action that will cause the law 10 be
proclaimed and obeyed wherever your au-
thoriiy or that of the Union is recognized
as paramount. The rebellion is strength
ened, the national cause is imperiled, by
every hours delay to strike treason this
Staggering blow.
When Fremont proclaimed freedom to
the slaves of rebels, you constrained him 10
modify his proclamation into rigid accord
ar vuif i.a g H. l..
II was your clear right TO do so. / now
ask of you conformity to the principle so
sternly enforced upon him. ask yon to
instruct your Generals and Commodoles
that no loyal person--cerlainly none will
ling to render service to the National cause
lis henceforth tc be regarded as The slave
ofany traitor. While no rightlul Govern
ment was ever before assailed by so wan
ton and wicked rebellion as that of the
shareholders against our National life, / am
sure none ever before besitated at 60 sim |
pie and primary an act of self-defense as 10
relieve those who would serve and save il |
from chattel seryitude to those who are
wading through seas of blood to subvert
and destroy 1t. Future generations viii!
with difficulty realize that there could have
been hesitation on this point. Sixty years
of general and boundless subverviency to
the Slave Power do not adequately ex-
plain il.
MIR. President, | beseech you 10 open |
your eyes to the fact that the devotees of |
slavery every where-jnst as much in Mary. |
land as inkMississippi, in Washingtonss ss in |
Richmond-are to-day your enemies, and |
the implacable foes of every effort TO re-es-
tabiish the National authority by the dis |
com6ture of its assailants. Their President /
is not Abraham Lincoln, but Jefferson Da- |
Wis. You may draft them to serve in the |
war; but they will only fight under the reb-
ell hag There is not in New York to-day |
man who really believes in slavery, loves |
1T and desires its perpetuation, who heart
lily desires the crushing oHt OF the re oell-
ion. DE would much raiher save the re-.
assallants. His Union as 1t was is a |
Union of which you were not President,
and no one who truly wished freedom to
all ever could be.
If these are truths, Mr.. President, they 1
are surely of the gravest importance. You
cannot safely approach the great and good |
end you SO intently meditats by shutting
your eyes to them. Your deadly foe is not
blinded by any mist in which your eyes |
may be enveloped He walks straight to |
his goal, knowing well his weak point and |
most unwilingly betraying his fear that
you too may see and take advantage of it. |
God grant that his apprehension may prove
prophetic.
That you may not unseasonably perceive |
these vital truths as they will shiue forth |
on the pages of History-tbat they may be
read by our children, irradiated by the glo- |
ry of our National salvation, not rendered |
lurid by the blood-red glow of National
confagration and ruin-that you may
promptly and practically realize that sla-
very is TO be vanquished only by Liberty
is The fervent aud anxious prayer of
Yours truly, Horace GREEDY.
New YORK, August 23 1862: