Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-10
The shorter Catechism as Applied 10 So


qulred the Colonel.
Yes, said the old man, "I have lived
in this (Hampshire) county all my life"
" l suppose, then, said the Colonel, "you
know all about how secession commenced
here-who commenced il, and how it has
been carried on
Yes, again said the old man, and |
viii tell you how l tried to expose it at the
start TO the people My opinion did not
pass for much az the time, as | owned no
big farm nor any niggers, but think it
would pass for something now
"Well, how was il 2' inquired the Coll
onel.
Colonel Parsons was one of the main
getters up of it. He advertised TO make a
speech over in ROmney after the ordinance
passed, and and several Of my neighbOrs
went over to hear him speak. just as he
was about to commence, took the liberty,
as l was an old acquaintance of the Col
Onels, to ask him a question. SO l said,
| Col. Parsons, we have come over here to-
night 10 hear You make your speech in
! favor of secession and before you begin
/ l want you to tell me and my friends here
one thing What is it?' said the COL
Onel2 Why, want you to make a speech
| tonight without ever mentioning the mig
] ger once. Me and my friends who own
T no niggers want to know why we should
! be seeessionists. Win you please tell us,
| Colonel, why men who own no niggers
should be seeessionists 2'
"Well, what did Colonel Parsons ssy p
asked Colonel Ford Of the old man.
Why, he come the nearest to saying
nothing that ever I saw" said the old man
AT last he said that he would Mt speak on
such terms; that he was going to speak on
the whole subject.
"Well, what did you say then o. asked
Colonel Ford.
" said, continued the old man, now
Colonel Parsons you know that aside from
the niger there is nothing in this seces-
sion; and you ought to know that all the
slaves that now live in the country live in
the slave states, and that you will not in.
crease their number a single one bv seces-
sion, but on the contrary that you Will
bring about the escape Of hundreds Of them
before you get through with the job yClH
are undertaking" E
well, how did Col Parsons take your
talk p asked Col Ford
"Why, said he, he got mad like all
the secessionists did in those DAYS, when
Union men opposed them-told me was
an aboltiOnist, and that the South was go
ing to have all her rights" "And now
hasn't it come out as I told Col. Parsons ?'~
asked the old man. Hasn't the South
lost more niggers since this war commenced
han she ever lost in the whole time be-
fore, and isn't she in fair way to lose
them all9' aAnd here, said he, awe
people, who have always lived by our own.
work, have had 10 bear the ruin that these
pride-swelled niger aristOcrats have.
brought upon as. have had to bear it,
and my Union friends who were with me
that night have had TO bear it. And alE
for what? Why, because these nigger-
owners wanted to break up Government.
in which people like me, who owned no
niggers, and had to work for a living,
were on an equality with them--S1rrserff
ffetnIrfg -DiU curses and war, and they arc
getting plenty Of the first now from hun
dreds of their miserable dupes around here,
and plenty Of the other from the Federal
Government
The above is a brief recital and exposi-
ton of secession, by an mnlettered but
hard-sensed old farmer in Hampshire
county. Could anything be more to the
punt VI l4uIG Yum NoNEA LAAS #MAAeAAf
question He comprehended perfectly
from the outset what secession meant, ami
the only misfortune is, that there was not
a man like him in every community Wilare
it took hold in the South, to exposato lis.
neighbors what it would lead to. Colonel
Ford, getting up and taking the old man
by the hand, said that he had 10 acknow-
ledge that much as he had heard against
secession, he had never heard it as COM
pletely and strongly expressed in 50 few
words before Wheeling EnteltgenceT,
The service Rendered BY slaves.
While the slaves are fOreibly set at work
digging trenches and otherwise assisting.
the rebellion, they avail themselves of
every opportunity to assist voluntarily the.
Union army, though every man of it is a.
perfect stranger to them. A son of Dr.
Jewett of Chicago who is in Gen. Mitchel's.
army, writes to his father how one of these
despised men saveda squad Of cur soldiers;
"a squad of twenty-six men had been
sent to guard a bridge. Nightly they set.
their watch, while those Of the squad not
on guard found comfortable quarters in an
old Lighthouse near the bridge. On a GER
4 tain daya negro found means to cOmmuni-
cate to them that it would not be safe to
occupy that building another night, as he
had learned that the rebels had planned
the capture of the party, and that the next
night the plan was 10 be executed. Thus
warned, they abandoned the house, and
secreted themselves near the bridge and
prepared themselves TO welcome any Teas
enable number of callers. True to the in
formation received, the log-house was sur
rounded about midnight, and from thei
cOncealment they could hear the demand 0
the rebels that the supposed inmates shoult
surrender themselves or suffer instan
death. Finding at length that ctr boy
were not there, they approached tho bridg
and were welcomed by IL shower Of bullets
The fire was returned and kept up, thOug
neither party could distinctly see the othei
After two hours fighting the rebels with
drew, leaving one Of their number dead
A negro subsequently informed cur part
that they 1.-THE rebels) carried off six othe
: dead, and had a number wounded. Eigl
E Of our bows were Wounded-nOne mortalll
t after learning the facts, Gen. Mitchell pal
:, a handsome compliment to the Serg5aI
e who coTamanded our party, and his bray
j companions. What had been the fate
e our boys but for the timely warming of Il
), RegrO2 CHAS. JEWETT.
It The BayOnet Charges before lRichmOnI
T Correspondence n y. Herald.
o The brigades of Daniel E. Sickles an
IS Thomas Francis Meagher did the be
It lighting of the day, and We'd with eaC
II other in gallant deeds General McCle
I. Ian stated to-day that the Jayonet charges
Y these tlOO brigades Dsre the most siuJbor
! sanguinaTU and si0naE Of modern fim.