Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-06-28

of competent civil authority.
"You will forthwith cause publication
to be made of this order, and at the ox-
piration of ten days thercfrom you will
apply the same to all persons so claimed
to be held to service or labor, and now in
your custody.
"This order has no relation to any ar
rests made by military authority.
II am sir, your obodient servant,
"WlLLIAM II. SEWARD"
Privileges for tile Negro-OppreSSiom for
the U'hite Man.
While Mr.. Seward was issuing this or
der for q general Jail delivery of the ne
groes, he was also sending, under usur-
patton of power, and in violation of the
laws and the Constitution, hundreds Of
white men and women to fill the cells of
the prisons in this District and throughout
the loyal States. Against many of these
white men and white women thus incar.
cerated by this dcspotic Secretary of State,
no charge has ever been made; they are
imprisoned without the form or authority
of law, and thus the personal liberty Of
the Caucasian is ruthlessly violated, while
the African is most tonderly and carefully
guarded, even to the notification of State
enactmcnts and the national statutes. Let
rumor become current that a negro has
been deprived of personal liberty-either
in this District or anywhere else--and
there are dozens of Republican members
upon this floor striving to obtain the atten.
ton of the House while they may offer
resolutions inquiring by what law, by
whom, when and where these objects of
their undivided affections may have been
arrested. But never yet has any Of these
phiianthropic gentlemen made inquiry for
tho law and or authority under which
white American citizens have been kid
mapped by the State Department, dragged
from their homes, and left to pine, and
die perchance, in some of the many bas
tiles which this Administration has cstab
lished.
1t is we'll known, sir, that IL any white
citizen, perhaps father or brother, des
Tres to visit relative or acquaintance il
the military service of this Government
that he is obliged to secure "pass" from
some competent authority, and to Obtain
this he is required upon his honor to de
clare his loyalty and fidelity to the Gov
ernment. But the negro goes and comes
within the lines of our army, whether hi:
destination be toward or from the enemy
the color of the black man is his passport
and is received as equivalent to the plcdg'
of honor and of loyalty upon the part o
white person,
Rumaa0ay Negroes rf5eive employment 4
uae exclusion Of White Cstioems.
In this District you have abolished sla
very. You have abolished it by compen
!, sation, by adding 81 900, 900 to the nation
al debt, and tax of 5000 to be pai'
annually, as interest upon this sum, b.
taxes imposed on the laboring white pco
pie of these States. Not satisfied witt
doing this much for your especial favorite
you extend the freedom of this city ant
the hospitality of the Government to al
the runaway negroes in this country wh
choose to visit the District of Columbia
You issue rations TO them day after day
and week after week, rations which mus
be paid for through the sweat and toll 0
: the tax ridden white men. You are thu
supporting in Incidence hundreds upol
hundreds OF black men. How many an,
: at what cost am unable to state, because
when resolution, asking for this infor
nation, was introduced by the honorable
gentleman from Ohio, (Mr. Cox,) it wa
Immediately tabled by the Republican
majority upon the other side Of thi
7 House. Those gentlemen dare not lie
this information 90 to the country; the,
shrink from the exposure which truthful
reply to such inquiry would make, Th
resolution of Mr.. Cox also asked for tn
number of negroes employed as tcamster
in the army, and at what wages bu
this was equally Objectionable, for
would have illustrated the fact that ne
groes by the hundred are receiving bette
pay as drivers than our own white son
and brothers are for poriling their live
as soldiers in the defence OF the Union
and the Constitution.
Having been thus deprived of obtain
ing official inioEmation upon these ques
= tions, aia obliged to gather my statistic
! from such sources as / can. / shall max
r no statement that | have not recciyet
from respectable and responsible parties