, 1862-08-26
aohACE GREE4EYsS LETTER TO
PRESIDENT LINCOLN
An appeal to Execute the conf;.o
Non Ace,


TUE PRAYER OF TWENTY MILLIONS.
70 ta1ss ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President Of the Cntf
DEAR srR-I do not intrude to tell Wolff,
tou nust hhoW already-tLat q ureaf nrnnn
e.on " ln0se Who triumphed III your ejtrtfoI
ano o. az who desire the un1ualified sn,
fles5lon OF the rebellion now dtsolstinp M
5o;nnd f. are M soIely disappointed and d1epi
WIN regard to the slayes Of rebels. vii
only to set sueciEctly and upmistakahIv he
lole you V6aS We require, what we think ~
plain. ''1'@Al y eoii'
l. We require Of you, as the first servant O
.He heEu6Ec, charged especially and nre
eMlhenuy with this duty, tnat you EXCITE
| TIRE LAWS. Most empbatica1ly do We 3tm,nf
l1at such laws as have been RECENTLY enacted
Hh1ch therefore may be Presumed to embod,
ne pfeMnt needs OF the Republic, and which
| personal sanction, shall by you be carried int
| 1nH etfeet, and that you publicly and de
| elslvtly instruct your 61bordinates that sncf
| laws exist, that they are binding on ali flnc
| tionsrlss and citizens, and That they art to b.
I obeyed to the letter.
troas]y re1niss in the discharge Of yonr oft;cia
and imperative duty with regard 10 the emau
clpatlpg provisions of the new confiscatjo,
acf. Those provisions were designed to ti.n]
slavery With liberty. They prescribe tha
men lo5aii 70 the Union, and willing to she@
ihe1r blood in her behalf, shall no longer bt
held. with the nation'6 consent, in boudlre n
persistent, malignant traitors, wh , for tFsnt1
years have been plotting and for sisteer
ncbtEs have been fighting to divide aud de
stToy our country Why these tr1itors Should
be treated with tende1ness By YOU, to tbt
we ca1nOt conceive.
-, - w thnk you are unduly Influenced by
lne counsels, the representations, the mems
ces, OF certain fossil politicians hailiny from
me ne border slave States. Knowing we'll chat
me heartily, uncendit1onanyaoya portion oj
tle "nte citizens Of those States do not ex.
pecG nor desire tIat slavery shall De Upheld
TO Tie prejudice Of the Union-{for 1he truth
cf which we appea1 not only to ever nnhli-
can residing In those States, but TO sucf cmi-
nent loyallsts as e. Wlnter Davis, Parson
BIoWnlo", the Onion Central Committee oi
na,ltlmoIe, and to the Nashville Union-we
N Ns5h ytn 10 consider that slavery is every where
The melting cause and sustaining bsse Of trea.
son; the Los. slaveholding sections Of Mary
land and Delaware being this day. tbongh
under the Union flag, in full sympathy win
the rebellion, while the free lobor PORTIONS Of
Lehneesee ,5 Sc ard ct Texas, though wri+hing
nIeer the bloody heel. of treason, are urcon.
querably loyal to the Union. So emphatically
Is ln1s lie case, that q most Intelligent Juion
banker Of Baltimore recently ayored his cen
noeHt belief that majority Of the present Ier-
as!ature OF Maryland, though elected as and
sti4 protesting TO be Unionists, are at heart
dtslrons of the triumph Of the JEFF. Davis cor
splracJ ;and when asked now they could be won
oack to loyalty, replied: "OnIy By the com
Plete abolition Of slayery.' It seems to Hs
the most obvious truth, that whatever
sstreDgthens or fortides slavery in the border
States strengthens also treason, and drives
Eclae &c Tie #edge intended to divide the Union,
r14f17 +~
n 1hose States, as here, any other than u6con-
uItlonal loya1ty-that which stands for the
Ch1on, whatever becomes OF slayery-thosr
STATES would have been, and would be, fur
meIe helpful and less troubles ONE to the de-
leIoers OF the Union than they have been, or
~. We think timid counse1s in such cr1
SIS are caicula1ed to prove perilous, and prob
ably disastrous It is tie duty CT q poF.rn-
n'ent 80 "antonly, Wickedly aseai1ed bY rebel
non as ours has BEEN to oppose force to force
u u ue1ant, oauntiess spirit. It cannot afford
70 teDporlze with traitors OF semi-traitors.
II must not bribe them to behave themselves.
nor make them fair promises In the hope Of
olsarn-lng their causeIt5s hostility. Reore-
ssh11ng brave and high spirited people. it can
afford to forfeit anything else better than its
own esltfefpect, or their admiring confidence,
or our government, even to seek, after war
ms been made On it, to dispel the affected an
pfehensions of armed traitors that their cher
is1ed priv legea may be assaled by it. is to in
vie insult aid encourage hopes Of Its ogn
ao",au. The rush to arms cf Ohio, Indiana.
1nu J'' 3GnG.s W + t1e true answer a1 once to tbs
sophis, ries of Beriah Magoflin.
y we complain lhat the Union cause haa
snnered, and is now suffering immensely, from
mistaken difference to rebel slavery. Had van
~, IL 5onr inaugural address, Enthusiastically
given notice thar, in case the rebellion atrpany
TErAItfSE fv1 I y
70 preserve the Union and enforce the Iaws
should be resisted by AIMED force. you znnld
recognize no loyal person as rightfully held in
slavery BY traitor, Ee believe the rebellion
*ould nave received therein 3 staggering if !
not fatal blow. At that moment, acc3rdinS n |
be rttu1n6 Of the most recent i .ctions. fho !
Cn1enlsts were q large msjotity Of the voters |
Ct the Slave States. But they Wcre cnmnnsrd !
n good part Of the aged, the feeble. the |
?. wealthy, the dnid-the young, The reckIrss. |
Lhe aspiring. the adventurous, had Already |
[radera eeh l's,y !nrea oy the gamblers and negro
IpltaF ORE 81 instinct, into the tolls Of treason.
dad you then proclaimed that rebellion world |
sr1ike Inc shackles from the slaves of every |
[fa1tcr, the wealthy and the cautious wonld !
nave been supplied with powerful induce
msnt ne T., to re9an loyal. As ii was, every Gov
ear; for loyalty was perilous, whils tre,son
seemed comparatively safe. Hence the boast !
I'd unanimity Of the South aunanimity bsse,1
N 1eosl terrorism and the fact that Immunity
ano SAFETY we're found On that side, danger and
9foeaoie death on ours. The rtbe1s from the
:cou1rge and Li11; We have fought wolves with
ne asv1ccs Of sheep. The resul. is Just what !
night have been expected. Tens Of thousands
M le ng htlhg in the rebel ranks to-day whose
of1ginal DIES and natural leaning would have
ed them into ours.
VI W. oo.,, p1,;r {r,.4 |
onlcn you approved is habitual1y disregarded
y your generals, and that no word of rebuke
~. ~ lneM 1fom you has YET reached the public
az; fremonts proclamation and Hunters
'roer 1avorlng emancipation were prom ptly
lnnueo oy yoI; while HalIeck'6 No. 3, Tor
.n'a ,1aug ; Iuel5l!es e from slavery to rebels to
'ome within his lines-an order as pnmiIitaSy
IS lnhumap, and which received the hearty
pp1opatlon OF every traitor in America-with
~ eulee " IKE tendency, have never provoked
ttu Iuur remonsttance. We COMPLAIN that
~ M5 emcets OF Your army have habitually re.
;sneo ,a1ls lalntr than Invited the approach Of
y iases VINO Would have gladly taken tie ri5k5
u escaping from their rebel mastera to o1r
amps, 1rlEglng intelligence often OF iuesti-
9aole salue TO 1he Union canse. We enm.
1a.n aal .nat tnose who have thus escaped to Us.
sumtos aist NAlpgneEs to do for US whatever
nEds na31 u 1,eqtnred, have been brutaNy and
couIgec, MANNED and tortured bT The ret,;sn
'altofs, Who pretended to own them. We
VI III psoln mat large proportion Of our req
!al army o11cers, with many Of the yolu1-
sels, evInce Tar more 6olicitude to uphoid |
'aEely y than TO put GowH the rebellion. AID
lnallS, We complain that you, Dir. Pres,dent
iee,ed as republican, knowicg well whst
= !, abcmtnatIon slavery is, and hoT emnhat;cs
~ II Is the core and essence of this atror;ons |
sSe1lltn, seem never to interfere with thpse
tiCentles, anu never give direction to yoDr
'1ntaly snho1dlnsteB, which does not vppear
kuave neen conceived in the interest of
avery rather than Of freedom. ~
VII. Let me call your attention IN +ba ~
Rnt tragedy in New Orleans. wneraof tha
cts are obtained entirely through pro-slayrTv
oannels: A considerable body OF rcsolute.
ole-oooled men, held IN slavery by two rehaj
lgar planters, in defiance OF the cou6scatiDn
+ which you have approved, left plaataions
hfly ml1ss distant and made their way to the
'sdt mart Of the Southwest, which thsy
new to be in updispnted possession OF the
MON forces They made their WaY safts7T
ID qazetly through thirty miles OF rebel Ter. I
tory, expecting to find freedom un3er the I
OBJECTION Of our flag. Whether tley had or t
ID rot heard Of the passage of the coafisca- i
80 act, they reasoned logically that We could f
, y ~ mem lor Deserving the service Of their Il
elong oppressors. VINO had through trea- s.
4 become our imp1acab1e enemies. TheT I c
ne 10 ls Tor liberty and protection, for G.
71ch they were willing to render their best +,
vice; they met with hostility. capti7ity Ii
d murder The barking of the base GUS Of | q
lVe1y IL Ids quarter deceiyes no one-not II
groes had no right to appear in New Or
lbs armed with their implements Of daily
2er In their cale field J but 70 one fouhts :,
II 1hey would GLADLY hive laid these do IN r
assured that they should be free. They anii
= r. SET upon and manned, captured and =