The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-05-02
The slaves N Nevsh csrssssa.


The s,nves ~ Nsvth Csvesssa.
An officer IN . New Eagisnd reg.
iment, now on service wish General
9uruside, writes to HE father Q lat
ter, which we find in the Hartford
Press, and from which We extract ~
follows: -u ,.......s. a5,
/ was in . negro house ysstsrday,
and had some conversation with tho
inmates. ! ssksi one gssy.headed
old negrsss IL she ever bad ehiidssn
sold Away. lsen Ass. s6oiAi Dey
all soldl chiarsa. asd grandchillcn.
and great grsach;aess, dsy ssll eb'ry
onel" She eisspsd her booy hands
over her hesd and ksoksd up st me
- abe spoks-"Dsrs wee ons--de
last one--de only grsndehile ! did
bab LET. He nsbes kaowsA his NAM
my. took him when he d. little.
! bringed him 10 Masses, and say,
Msess, dis my little grauchilc, may
l keep him bout heap And he say,
4 don't care what you do wild him
So ! take him; he dat LITTLE. Den
one mornia.' when he oil rolled up
in blanket tween my knees. Mssss
Green com'd in snd say. Dis boy
sold,' and dey taks him ',oay! Oh,
Lord Jesus, help me pra3!"
I can't begin to do justice to the
way in which she told me this, nor
describe the earnestnsss Of voice and
gesture which made it impressive.
| wish some OF our Northern editors
who crings iust % abjsctly - ever
before their old masters, and howl
IN such CONSERVATION when ever it
seems likely that the war may inter.
fore, diractly or indirectly, with their
pet deviltry-I wish some Of them
could have heard and seen her.
A lew moments after. q stout ne
- msn, apparently 25 or 26 ysars
old, came 10; he had On iaseiligcnt
fsco, bat u downcast, dogged ex
preston, as man who felt injustice.
| asked him il the slaves Of the vi
ciuity considered themselves freo,
now that their masters were gomez
swell, they didn't quito know about
thst--some men said that by and by
they would all come back and take
them again" His m.stsr, he said,
was an officer 10 ths rebel ssDy.--
I told him he might be suss Of one
thing that no slave would bo se-
turned to master who had bseu in
arms against us; that, what ever
was done the close Of the war, As
was sale, a. FREQ man, beyond all
question. You ought to hAss ~,sn
his face light up. "Do LORD g-sut
i'll" said he. ] told him ] bopsj il
would be 90 with al; that tbs obi &c.
ton made b, il wac, thst the freed
slaves wouh sbess thoir freedom,
commit esirnes, sndst best be good.
for noshingr nEe SGT Of vsgabonds,
and asked. hias il he thouht that
would be, sW "Wsll,' he said
'theve wepe Bad men everywhere;
some Re.1I be idle; but most Of
them, after working hard oil their
lives without encouragement. wouli
work harder with an object before
them. I've been brought mp 70
work, said be, "Apd shouldn't live
easy without something to do. I
know can take cara Of my self, "
and be looked, 40 he said Il. ton
times the man THAT uaoss o4 those
Southern whites nre or ever will he.
Had he ever tried 10 eseapel No ho
had a wifs and child, snl . man
would do Fright smart" before ho
would leave them.
The man was OF more than ordi
nary intclligenco, unable, like sil
tho rest, to read or write, but owl
IDENTIFY one who had t.i0uhs, and fslt
deeply the wrong done to bin sslf
and his race.
, II can,t BE- but this war will kali
slavery; and il il does, coat what il
will Of our blood, aud your tssrs
and every mans moasy. il. Won't bc
too lnnch. Don's you think so1
know You do. Not that I've change
my ideas as to tho ultimate object ol
the war; but sn now mosa firmly
convinced than ever that the destruc.
ton of slavery is one ofths means in
dianensabla to that end.