The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-06-27
THE ABOLITION SCHEMES OF NEGRO
EQUALITY EXPOSED.
What the Taxpayers are Paying for their
Experiments.

Experiments.
100000 per day expended on runaway
and vagabond negroes.
Speech of Hon. W. A. RICHARDSON,
Of H. mMe House Of Representatives, May 10, '62.
| MIR Richardson-Mr Chairman, desire this
morning to submit few remarks for the con-
sideration of the House and the country. 1t
is not my purpose to discuss questions pertain
| ing to the army already in the field, which,
iudicously otficered and managed, is able to
crush out the rebellion. shall direct my at
tention, therefore, to the consideration of some
of the many new questions which are continu-
ally arising during the progress of this terrible
civil war.
NEGRO EQUALITY DETERMINED UPON.
Mr. Chairman, there is manifest anxiety, an
overweening desire, persistent purpose, upon
the part of prominent members of the dominant
party in this Government, TO place upon terms
of equality and make participants with us in
| the rights of American citizenship an inferior
race The negro race, which is incapable of Ell
ther comprehe nding or maintaining any form
of government---by whom liberty is interpreted
as licentiousness-is sought to be exalted, even
at the cost of the degradation of our own flesh
and blood.
We all remember with what intense satisfac-
ton recent order of the chief clerks Of the
President, was received in certain quarters, be-
cause it declared that no fugitive slave should
be retained in custody longer than thirty days,
unless 'by special order of competent civil au-
thority.'
That may do no injustice to the head of the
State Department and his unwarrantad as,unp-
ton of power, Iquote the official paper Itself:
"DErARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 1862.
s'SIR: The President of the United States
being satisfied that the following instructions
contravene no law in force in this district With
out waiting for legislation by Congress, am
directed by him to convey them to you:
voa aA Vii Mah hSi pess4e # ths Hio Pf.st s5a 9 1 G0
claimed to be held to service or labor within
the District or elsewhere, and not charged with
any crime or misdeneanor, unless upon arrest
or commitment pursuant to law, as tug;tives
from such service or labor; and you will not re-
tain any such fugitves in custody beyond a
period Of thirty days from their arrest and
commitment, unless by special order of compe-
tent civil authority.
"You will forthwith cause publication to be
made of this order, and at the expiration OF ten
DAYS therefrom you will apply the same to all
persons so claimed to be held to service or la
Dor, and now in your custody.
''This order has no relation to any arrests
made by military authority.
| 81 am, sir, your obedient servant,
: WILLIAM H. SEWARD"
PRIVILEGES FOR THE NEGRo-OPPREssIoN FOR
:, THE WHITE MAN.
While Mr.. Seward was issuing this order for
General Jail delivery of the negroes, he was
also sending under usurpation OF power, and
= in violation of the laws and the Constitution,
!, hundreds o! white men and women to fill the
!, prisons in the District and throughout the
:, loyal States. Against many of these white
. women thus incarcerated by this dcspotic Sec
9 retary of State, no charge has ever been made;
g they are imprisoned without the form or author
: ity of law and thus the personal liberty of the
Caucasian is ruthlessly violated, while the At
3 rican is .aost tcnderly and carefully guarded,
. even to the notification of State enactments
: and the national statutes.-Let a rumor be-
come current that negro has been deprived o.
personal liberty-either in this District or any
/,
. cans members upon this floor striving to Obtain
. the attention of the House while they may of
= fer resolutions inquiringby what law, by whom
- when and where these objects oil their undlVl
y ded affections may have been arrested. Bu
. never yet has any Of these philanthropic gen
- tlemen made inquiry for the law or authority
under which white American citizens have beer
! Kidnapped by the State Department, dragged
yaft -, ov61 1.a
~ chance, in some of the many bastiles whiel
this Administration has established.
,fl 1t is we'll known sir, that if any white cltl
l. zen, perhaps a father or a brother, desires II
visit a relative or acquaintance in the milltar.
~ service of this Government, that he is obiige'
-, to secure a ''pass" from some competent au
> thority, and to obtain this he is required upol
his honor to declare his loyalty and fidelity t.
the Government But the negro goes and come
=, within the line of our army, whether his DIES
,s tination be toward or from the enemy, the col
a. or of black men is his passport, and is receives
:" as equivalent to the pledge of honor and loyal
of ty upon the part of white person.
n RUNAWAY NEGROES RNcEIvE EMPLOYMENT TO TIL
o. EXCLUSION Or WHITE CITIZENS
IF In this District you have abolished slavery
X You have abolished it by compensation, by nd
i, ding ST. 900 900 to the national debt and ta'
he of $4,000 to bc annually, as interest upol
be this sum, by taxes imposed on the laborin'
/ white people of these States. Not satisfie
al with doing much for your especial favorite, yo
be extend the freedom OF this city and the hospl
ch tality of the Government to all the runawa
of negroes in this country who choose to visit tn
al District of Columbia You issue rations t
a them day after day, and week after week, ra
bc tions which must be paid for through the swea
and toll of the tax ridden white men. Yo