Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-06-18

under the same plea the negro may be called
into any service in the South, through the
sickly season, but the terrible effect it might
have upon our army and navy was not
thought of by any Republican official until
very recently.
Having made this progressive step as my
colleague from the Bureau district (Mr.
Lovejoy) would call it, IN our navy, it re-
mains to be emulated in our army. Not
long does it await an imitator; General d.
NJ. Hunter, commanding in the military de
partment of South Carolina, Georgia, and
Florida, issues sn order to enroll companies,
regiments, and brigades of negroes in the
military service of the United States.
/ THUS, in less than two years after the ac-
/ cession to power of the Republican party,
! the negro is made, as far as possible, the
/ equal of the white man as a civilian, sal
/ lor, and soldier. Nay, more than this
I the Constitution Is violated that white men
may be bereft of guaranteed rights. White
men are stripped Of the armor Of American
| citizenship in order that the negro may be
| clothed therein. All this has been done
against the protest Of all conservative men.
And propositions and amendments to bills,
| appropriating money for the suppression Of
the rebellion, which provided that no mo-
neys should be diverted either to the freeing.
/ the support, or the enlistment Of negroes,
have been invariably voted down by the
Republican party.
; Worse than this even, General Hunter, in
his zeal for the negro, withdraws the protec-
tion of his army from the loyal citizens of
( jacksonville. Florida, in order to perfect his
/ great negro boarding house and African
I military academy at the mouth of the Sa-
vannah river. This is undoubtedly in har-
m,ony with his brilliant discovery that-Afri-
! can slavery anG martial law are incompati-
/ bic. Common minds have heretofore con-
( sidTred martial law and slavery, either for
whites or blacks, among the more coucor-
/ dant institutions on earth. This proclama-
! ton commander, who vies in profundity
with the immortal General Phelps, undoubt-
/ ely considers martial law the very jewel
caSlet of American liberty.
My mind, Mr.. Chairman, revolts at the
/ idea of degrading the citizen soldiery of my
country to the level of the negro. Sir, the
American volunteer has always been our re
/ lance in peace and our vindication in war.
am opposed. and you will find the volun
teer army Of the Union opposed, to the
equalization in the ranks of citizens and
slaves. Having made such efforts for the
negroes Of the United States, it would seem
that your zeal in their behalf would lag and
languish. But 10; you now so wandering
among tie islands of the sea, and over the
continents of the globe, in pursuit OF negro
princIpaitics and republics which you may
recognize among the Powers of the earth.
IIayti and Liberia furnish further matter for
your infatuation to fatten upon, and you at
once proceed to establish diplomatic rcla>
tions between the United States and these
bcnighted and half made parodics upon Lu-
man government.
At an annual expense of thousands of dol
lars, yon propose TO receive negro diplomats
from them, and send United States ministers
to them; indeed are you the champions of
negro equality, without regard to cost, place,
prOpriety. or dignity.
This Congress has been in session nearly
eight months, and all that have reviewed
you have done, and more you would if you
could, for the negro. What have you ac~
complished for the white man? Have YOU
provided for the payment of pensions to the
soldiers who have been disabled while fight
ing the battles of your country? Have you
appropriated money to relieve the wants
and necessities of the widows and orphans oi
white men who have Eerished upon the bat
tle-felGs defending the Constitution and the
flag of the country? All, no; your time has
been too much engrossed with the negro to
think of these things. You have not appro>
priated one dollar for these purposes-pur-
poses which should enlist the ability and
.he sympathy of every patriot in the land.
If this statement is incorrect; if the Re-
publican party or its Administration have
ever made single effort in behalf of the
manned soldiers, a single appropriation fol
the support of the orphans and widows o
slain soldiers, l hope some gentleman upon
the other side of the House will correct me-
There is no response, and l am re>assured in
the correctness Of my assertion by your 81
lence. The alleviatiop of the sufferinSs o.