, 1862-06-11
IFrom Our Own Correspondence

ifT0m Our OWL tofresppndent.5
WAsmsaroE, June 6, 1859:
Mr.. Porter's emancipation bill, which the
House has substantially agreed to pass, is
yeryfair measure for g. conservative one,
and ifit shall become law it will 60 great !
WAY towards finishing the rebellion. It de-
clares all tho slaEes Of the leading classes |
in Jctfdoln, who shall hereafter continue in /
rebellion against the government Of the |
United States, immediately and forever |
free. Tie classes arc enumerated as fol- |
lows ~, officers of the rebe!ar1ny and /
navy; 2, civil officers Of the Confederate |
States, President, Vice-President, Members OF |
Congress, Judges, Cabinet officers, foreign |
ministers, or consu]s 3, officers Of the rebel |
State governments; 4, persons who, having |
held Office under the United States, shall here
after hold any Offices in the eo-cal1ed Confed- |
crate States; 5, all persons holding any Office |
OF agency under the Confederate government, |
whether national, State, OF municipal, who |
have accepted their Offices since the date Of
the pretended ordinance Of secession Of their |
states respectively, or have taken an oath Of
allegiance to tho Confederate States.
Up to this point the bill is imperative, and
does not depend on the will or discretion Of
tlG II&S1QGHL us pkACL1EH4 ltICt Dull LlEEE
is sixth class enumerated, which includes
all persons III the slayeholdiug States who, be-
ing actually and willully, aud without coer-
cion CT compulsion, engaged in armed rebel
Ion agalnst the United States, shall not with
in sky days after public warning and procla-
nation Of the;President Of the United States
lay down their arms and rctnrn to their allegi-
ance to tae United States. The reminder Of
the bill prescTibes the Judicial machinery for
asclrtaining and establishing forever the free
-. ,af~
postcrity, md provides for kidnapping OF at
tempting to fe-en=leFe such freed persous.
The President is also authorized to negotiate
for the right Of settlement Of such persons in
some tropical country, and to colonize them
there with tielr Own consent-
Tie resolutions Of the Virginia legislature
establish the fact very conclusiYcly that slavery
is noI ouly stronger than the Union, but
that it is stronger than the rebellion. They
declare that no power exists which can direst
q slasehoideE Of his human ehattel, whether
with cunlpynsation or without it, whether Oh
pEe pIetense or another, whether by national
| Laws, or State laws, or the whole people at the
| ballot box, During my visit at Norfolk,
| learned tGaI the rehelllous aud obstinate clti-
zers hid made 10 appeals, no petitions Of any
| fugitive slaves. Tley were too proud to ask
t tor the removal ofrrstF.cs1ous upon trade they
| refused to have post office; they repelfed
the idea of having the navy yard rc5uilt;
they declined il most instances to take Uni
| ted States Treasury notes, but they found no
| difficulty in huinhlirg themselves when sambo
i OF dinah took refuge in the Federal camps or
| tlsd 10 the northern side OF them. They could
! be profoundly submissive and truly penitcnt
/ cn this subject. The lower counties Of Mary
/ land are tuu Of secessionists who curse and
| defy 'Eour damned Lincoln government ~ all
lie time, but let negro escape to the Federal
district, (noW comparatively free) aud III, they
core, with ropes aud iorscEhip5 in their
hands ,andl1he lire OF hell in their heart, but NTH
tht: most ob=cquiou= st1'7lrs and 1aSulas az
cents on their lips. Talk alb ,ut the ss eyerlast-
| ing negro question:" WITH fuli-bloWn and
luli-Alooded secessionist 1t is not only ever
| lasting, but onlnipotent aud boundless, joat-
ling the et:lrs by comparison with any other
subject Of mortal eonc<ra:, It is thu g Sim:ne
oiate jcwel Of his soul" H. will freely
give Lis sons to be slain BY Northern bullets
for the sole and only purpose Of tightening
his grasp Upon his negroes. 4 naval officer
{toTn in q flaye STATED who his just arrived
h. from Port Royal, tells me- that Gen.
1.:tion in South Carolina and Georgia than all
tue Fedora: victories put to5cther, put when
the Presidents counternaud came along they
put uf their crests again, aud became more
tehans and spitcfl than before.
The emancipation bill, ii it becomes Law,
will thus sttiEc at the very core Of the rebel
lion. Ii the armies oI jeff. paFis werc all dis
Ttrscd tomorrow they might continue the
Wat for years rs it has been carried on in West
crn Virginia for tWe1ycnouth. Aud apTopos
: Of tkis-hr. Whatey, member Of Congress
| from Western Firginia, who has recently re-
turn.d from visit TO Lis home at CeTedo
reports dreadful condition Of things ali oEel
I the State. No mans life is safe, whether hi
| be Uuionist or stce5sion;st- The adh@fent;
Of JEFF. Davis are shooting and plnuderine
/ loyal man is killed or impoverished the caust
| OF the great slave empire is helped on some
t The Cnion men OF course rctaliate Us the,
5 have Opportunity, and wheu they have no op
, portuni'y they make one: Missouri is no
: ut Fl cr from gucrrillas Spread this kind Q
Strife oy.r laf r,.illlon Of square mi1's, attic
: thc rebel aral:.s are all routed and scattered
and what serene era OF 1o<ace VIC Shall !av
al1ailcd! Bu: il slavery is stronger pa:sio1
1 in the hearts OF tbs Southern pcoElc th II ca
d tun, sls it really seems to be, any Law Whlc
C stall mike emancipation the penalty Of rebel
Z lion will be pretty certain to end the war
j. Another matter connected with the sever
t Lstius negro question - will soon come up t
j. the i'm portant question Of free speech aud
: t'rt e press in the Southern States. a citiz.
;. Of Chattanooga, Team, who was driven or
d Of thu State last year as traitor, (because b
!. would not commit tzeaaon,) went from Vast
IS iugton to Nashville short time einer intend
s i1g to start an emancipation paper at his ol
i home rs Eoou as tho armed rebels should b
= driven ont. He hus written to friends he1
= that the work OF making Union mcn il Tel
/. neseee is very slow and uphill job, but
J. intends to pcrscyerc, aud he expects to cla1'
y tie protection Of the Government, to ~hic
d lie ha5 been faithiul through evil as well :
IS good report, against mob violence. Shall
Is have IL? Every loyal man will answer re
and every secession sEnlt'arbizer will say ta
1t nc ought to respect stare rights, or state il
1T stitutions, or state any thing else which mea.
Of Judge Lynch. We nuss respect this high O.
s. fuuctiouary and lis processes OF tar II
Ii hemp! Better fur that VIC should withdra
4 our armlc8 to the slave line and fight tt
N whole war oyer again with new SIT Of peil
10 ciplrs, than permit the terrorism OF the pa
ii | ten, twenty, yes, thirty years, to rcsum
le sway over half The continent.
&c The performances OF the Hon. Mr. StaIl
It tc,rarch Of North Carolina, hare led u1ar
IL members Of Congress to inquire what is t
he ef1iec Of ~ Military Governor" Il has neg
OF been created by any law. No money can
so drawn from the treasury to support It.
&c purpose in this instance has been to afford
1T miscrat''e creature an opportunity to dtspl
!ly to the public gazc- The best thing that c
tia be dene for Mr. St:nly is to withdraw t
at t Unittd States troops 1ung enough to let t
LA naives dispatch hun, as they would be ye
IT. glad to do. It was stated here before u
i'll stan}y went to his tctrarchy, that he was Q
ell Of Mr. Stewards wise selections. Whc:f
IRE the honor of giving hina to the great cause
,er conciiation is still cl.i,ucd tor The Secrets
:ry o, Static, but it serves TO illustrate furthel
remarkable iufelic1ty in the choice Of rub
NJ servants, With has not, perhaps, elicit
ts, much comment, but has occ1sioued v
ed desl Of thinking ill over tue country. I
les Indignation over Stanly'6 doings has been
ng iptclsc here that the policy was seriou
he canyaesed in the Senate Of suspe'
no ing the tax bin till the scoun
on should be removed Other but l
,nt better coun=e1s prevailed, and l 81
'ts pose he will be allowed to go On banishi
len Union men, and taking the bible and spell
cir book away j1om the blacks, till the people
ply the United States can 6et chance At him !;
eF- those Who nnlawfuliy appointed him Th
er- is no certainty IS yet that the President '
is permit Secretary Stanton's conntcrma
oat Of Stanly's abominablc proceedings to
to sent forward. LIT US hope that he, who
:ral recently exnorted the slave States not to
~ blind to the signs of the times, will not
ich wholly blind to them him9e1E
the The VirgiDla Senators are very anxious
get their so~callcd State separated from
ing Old Dominion and admitted at once. Th
we'd is not the ghost Of 4 chance for them IN
Di- Congress. Aside from the Constitutional
all i;culty, there is no great desire existing t
los t., have four Masons and Carliles in the s
gal, Gte, instead Of TWO. It wAs not to accom-
!.f, this end that SO many brave EoldieIs have
D.. down their lives iu Virginia.
of
: 81 A Question of Veracity.
H. Mo1EScE, Ill, Juue !, Isl
~ Correspondence Chicago TribEne.1
$50 4 Mr. j. ". EystrA, who adds to his
his nature Adj. I'd battalion I'd lows cava
ipa- writes letter to you dated May o5. 1862,
which you published in your paper of th'
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