Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-06-03
VOL. 10 NO. 81.

of employment. | speak advisedly when
l say that the Republican party are already
1 paying, of tax-gathered money, in this
District alone, over three hundred thousand
dollars per annum to buy, cloihe, feed, and
exalt the African race. Thus for the ne
gro yCu e1pend more in a single year in
the District of Columbia than YOU appro-
pirate for the government and protection of
all the people in all the organized Terrific
ries of the United States. The negro is
made superior. in your legislation, to the
pioneer white men that settle the great
West and, amid hsrdships and dangers,
lay the foundation Of new commonwealths;
the hardest and noblest men Of our com.
mon country.
So the people are taxed yearly more for
the benefit OF the black race 10 this Dis
trict alone than it costs to maintain the
Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin.
Maine. New Hampshire. Vermont, Con-
necticut, Rhode leland, New Jersey, Della.
ware, or Maryiand. ~ =
But it is not in this District alone that
you require the people to pay tribute to the
idol Of your affections. Wherever you find
our Army, with one OF two honorable ex-
ceptiOns, you will find that hundreds of "a
tons are being issued daily to unemployed
negroes who rendezvous in and about the
camps; wherever the Army is they are be-
ing employed in various capacities at good
wages, and TO the utter exclusion of white
labor that now languishes in irksome idle
ness throughout our country. | state,
therefore, and | think truihfully, that the
Government is already paying 100000 per
day for the support and employment Of
negroes-payiug it, too. out of money raised
through the toni, depriSations, and taxation
Of our own kith and kin.
In my district, Mr.. Chairman, my con-
stituents are selling corn at eight cents per
bushel in order to support their families
and maintain the honor and integrity Of
our Government. Shall money thus raised
and for such a purpose be diverted to the
entertainment Of the African? Will my
people, will the people anywhere, indorse
the party and the Administration that ;hus
seeks the elevation Of the negro even at
the cost Of ruin 10 their own race?
One might suppose that your a-dor in the
care and protection Of the negro would
stop and cool here bu no, you 20 still fur.
ther. Having made him your equal as
civilian. yen now seek TO place him on the
same level with American sailors and sol
diers. First came the order Of the Secre-
tary of the Navy, Mr.. Weiles. as follows:
NAVY DEPARTMENT, April so, 1862.
"SIR: The approach Of the bot and
sickly season upon the southern coast of
the United States renders it imperative
that every precauliun should be used by
the ulcers commanding vessels to continue
the excellent sanitary condition Of their
crews. The large number Of persons
known as 'conirabsnds" iocking to the
protection Of the United States fags affords
an opportunity to provide in every depart
ment Of n ship, especially for boat crews,
: acclmated labor. The flag Cficers are re-
quITed to obtain the services of these per-
sons for the country By enlisting them
freely ia the Navy, with their c. nseBt, rat.
ing them as boys, at eight, nine. or ten
dollars per month, AID one ration. Let a
r monthly return be made of the number Of
, this class of persons employed on each
vessel under your command. | am respect
2 fully, your Obedisnt servant.
/ GIDEON WELLES.
Under the plea Of the approach Of the
sickly season, Mr. Welles issues this order:
/ under the same plea the negro may be
called into any service in the South, though
the sickiy season, and the terrible eject il
! might have upon our Army and Navy was
j not thought % by any Republican uficial
D until recently.
Having made this progressive step in
n our Navy. las my colleague from the Bu'
d reau district Mr.. Lovejoy would call it,
= it remains TO be emulated IN our Army =
Not long does it await an imitator Gen,
S erdl d. NJ. Hunter, commanding in tn,
e military department Of South Carolina
$ Georgia and Florida, issues an order Z,
c carroll companies. regiments. aud trigadei
e negroes IN the military service of the
J, United States.
d Thus, il less than two years after the
II accession to power Of the Republican party
&c the negro is made, as far as possible, tn
70 equal Of the white man, as a civilian,
u sailor, and soldier. Nay. more than this
le the Constitution is violated that white mel
$, may be bereit Of guaranteed rights. Whit
lie men are stripped Of the armor Of Ameri
s. can citizenship in order that the negro ma
be clothed therein. All this has been don
lie against the earnest protest Of all cOnseryc
Is tive men. And propositions and amend
le ments TO bills, apprOpriating money f.
Al the suppression Of the Tebeliisu, xhlc
he provided that no money should be diyeIte
s. either 10 the freeing the support. or the Gu
re listment Of negroes, have been InvaIiabl
t.. voted down by the Republican party i
le this House.
'r in his zeal for the negro, withdraws th
e protection Of his army from the loyal citi
Nr zeus of Jacksonville. Florida, in order
te perfect his great negro boarding house az
African military academy at the mouth
" the Sa annah river. This is uDdcubtedl
a. in harmony with his brilliant; discover
ai that African slavery and martial law al
h incompatible. Common minds have here
es tofore considered martial law and Saver
OF either for whites or blacks, among the mo,
is conclrdant institutions upon earth. Thi
< prGclamatory commander. who yies in prc
s. fundity with the immortsl General Phelpi
n undoubtedly considers martial law the ycr
Sc casket jewel Of American liberty.
= My mind, Mr.. Chairman, reyUlts at tn
ID idea of degrading the citizen soidierly
be my country to the level Of the negro 81
L the American volunteer has always bee
u our reliance IN peace, and our vindica.io
DIS IN war. | am opposed, and you will FL
ct the volunteer army IF the Union Opposes
T. the equal cation in the ranks Of cl;izei
as and slaves. Having made such efforts (,
an the Degros Of the United States, it wnul
iy seem that your zeal in their behalf wou
on lag and lauguish. But, no; You npw I
n wandering among tue Islands of the 81
to and over tue continents of the globe in pu
- suit of negro municipalities and reoubli
ry which you may recognize among the Pow
TX ers Of the earth. Hayti aud Liberia fu
n nIsh further matter for your infotuation
at fatteu upon, and you at once proceed to e
IT. tablish Diplomatic relations between Il
be United States and these benighted ar
re- half made parOdies upon human govern
sn ment.
NJ At an annual expense of thousands
be dollars, you propose to receive negro dipl
mats from them aud send United Stat
Dg ministers to them; indeed are you Il
, champions Of negro equality, without r,
om gard to cost, place, proprieiy. or dignii
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