East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-06-30
4 - EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, JUNE 80, 1863 +

with the songs of the enfranchised Di
pahs and muling and puking Sambos
And have not our arms been victorious
everywhere since the dawn of tho negro
millennium of 1868 ? D '','.''@ 'o'i'l
i know that men like General M
Brayman, who commands in your yicin-
ity Cat Bolivar, Tennessee are guilty al
absurditics of speech, which afford tho
enemies of our sagacions President ex.
cuses.fo complaint and criticism For
instance, on the l4th of March that of.
J ficer, then in command at Bolivar wrote
follews in regard to the Proclama-
ton of Freedom, with which our illus
trious and far.seens President greeted
the advent Of tho new year "Thesloyal
man is equally helpless with the disloyal
in fact, more So for the rebel takes
his Saves South or Tires them in the
army in which he himself serves, while
the slaves Of the loyal men fee to our
camps. beyond reclamation Under this
process the rebel ho'ls his slaves by
carrying them into state in which they
are declared free, while the law1abiding
citizen loses his. by retaining them in a
state where it is Mwful TO hall them As
| il is now, The loyaty and good co',tinct
of these men avaii them nothing. en- 9'
speaking of the elevating effects of
| this system upon our armies and the nc.
groes General Brayman shocks our
sensibilities by the use of such language
as this = !" Their expense to the gov
ernment is enormous. 1t requires sol.
diers to guard them. They sicken and
die in the filthy carrals. They become
debased and demoralized. THEY dsJasc
and denogqAi7e The army" ono ,.~o Goa
Now among the resolutions you Will
adopt at tho Memphis meeting there
should, by all means, be one censuring
General Brayman for the use Of Ian
guagc so insulting to ''our fellow clti
zens Of African descent" and so Justly
calculated to incense the slave owners
in Tennessee who have stubbornly re-
fused to join the rebels.
Why, sirs, this license of speech
must be suppressed. What right have
men who do not support the present
wise and efficient administration TO crit.
icisc its policy or the consequences of
it? Within the last few days have
heard persons in this city-in this capi-
tai, which bears the sacred name Of
Washington, and which for the present
is the home of our illustrious chief mag
istratc--draw seemingly invidious dis.
tinctions between the fate of Jesse ID.
Bright, of Indiana, and that of John M.
Bolts of Virginia. How my blood
+" boiled with pious Indignation" when,
few days ago, heard an individual of
the straightest sect Of Copperheads dis
coursing thus: "Jesse ID. Bright Of
Indiana, was, expelled from the Senate
Of the United States last year, charged
with reasonable. practices. He then
owned farm and negroes in Kentucky
still owns them. He accepted the
amnesty provided in the so called con
fscation law which passed Congress last
july. He is now proposing to accom-
pany his family on,atrib , of pleasure TO
Europe, leaving his large properties in 1
Indiana and his slaves-in Kentucky un'
der the protection of the law. John M.
Bolts is Just out of Libby, or some
other confederate prison, where hc was
incarccrated for his devotion TO the I'm
ion and bis undyng Hostility to tho so
called southern Confederacy. Ten days
ago his slaves were enticcd within the
lines of. our armies in Virginia.. Mr..
Bolts demanded that they be surren-
dered or returned, and he received fol-.
answer, direct from Washington, that
he had no right to thcm--that our wise
and law-abiding President had set them
free p' '5oi@ ~ ,i-'i i'' ,LIl ~
I confess that when / heard this long
and complaining rigamarole was iniig-
nant at this persons stupidity. He
could not see tho wisdom of this wise
policyof our most noble executive. lie
was almost as incorrigibe as james r..
Pettigru, Of South Caroliua, who, when
he read tho grand proclamation Of the
most ilusirious successor of Washing
ton, took the oatb'o of allegiance to the
confederate government, and offered his
private fortunes to aid them in making
war upon the armies Of the subllmcst
man of modern times Of Nelson, Of
Tennessee, who, with sons in rebel cap.
tivity, Published an appeal to the peo-
pie of that state TO take up arms agaih st
0ir frecdom-loving President ; of
Houston, Henry and others, who immc-
diately went over TO the rebel cause -
Away with all such men. a good Tn.
ion man loves his country per Sc. lie
cares nothing for liberty or property,
fame or fortune, considerations or con.
tracts office or opinion The true test
is simply this Who is the greatest,
wisest and best of mankind I? Wholis
the first natural military genius of the
world ? Who doeth hail things wisely
and well :? Who should be elected
President as long AZ he will accept the
Office If to all these inquiries the re-
spondent answers with firm, unfater.
ing voice, A6rahans Lincoln, Esq, he
may be set down as good Union man,
fit to join Loyal League receive a
contract, accept a commission or Office,
and to cote. But if, like Orittendsn Of
Kentucky, he is ever talking about the
Constitution and such worn out themes,
no ought not be trusted for moment.
~. A pio,, nm an f,,nat hav,, an nhund.