Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-01-17
'ir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
j. j., BENJAMIN, $ cretary of State
M. Benjamin to Mr.. Mann.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.


Richmond, august IA, 1862.
Hon. A. DUDLEY MANN, &c &c, Brussels Belgium
Sir We informed that arrangement has been
recently concluded between the Government of The United
States and that Of Denmark for transferring the Danish
CooBss the West Indies Africans who may be captured
ffo slSvrrl and brough; into the United States We
not Informed of the precise terms Of this agreement and
can Of have objection to offer its execution,
IL confined othe c4ss Of persons above designated that
To Africans released BY toe United States vessels en-
gagged In the slave trde in violation Of laws and treaties
Ii has however, been suggas ed 10 the President that
under II this cement tn United States may
pose upon the good faith Of the Government of Denmark
Hni make i the inviting and innocent participant the
wagsd against The recent egs alton OF the
Congress of the Uni ed States aid the acton Of s mill.
t,Ty hores, betray The desiga of converting The war
into camplgn or lLdecrimnste robbery and murder
enclose herewith letter Of the Pr sdent to the General
~ ling n-chirf Of armes and neral order on 10
subject Of the cnndnc, Of Maj Glen Pope commanding
the nemys rces in Northern Virginia, that yon f).m
faint idea 81 tn. atrocities WHICH threatened.
The act Cougrrss Of the United States (of which copy
is enclued decreasing the conscston Of the property Of
MI persons engaged ia what that law terms rebellion
cIude you ar. aware the prep rty Of all The ci-
81 the CUnfederacy The law DEGREES subsan-
italy the emancipation Of all slaves and executive
order o PTrsdent LiGcoa directs the commanders Of his
arnle to cnpy them atorsra in the military service
l y vel k"oxn, however that Notwithstanding the
stretye terms 81 this 0rder several Of HE generals openly
employ the slaves bear arms against their aud
have thus inhaenrad ss TAR lies ia their power
vie war ni whose horrors mankind hiss had Stacking ex.
ample within The memory Of many INV living The per.
savage cruelty with which this
uaeed against have bad bn Ew parallels in the a-
| nsls al nations,
The Government Of the United State however finds
itself geay embarrasse Ia the execution III t srhapel
by the difficulty OF dsposng Of tbs slaves seized by ta
troops AM ru'j~ced b. BcatDn by it, harbarols sws
The prejudice against the IL in the
States intense and deeprotsd that the migration o our
slaves INTO those Satea won meet with violent Opposition
both from their people and zeal aulholi ice Already
rots becoming rife IN the Northern cs. arnV ent
Of conflicts AMI rysies between their white laborinp
population and the slaves vho have been carried from Vir.
gnis by the army OF the United States Yet these slaves
inapprecabe fraction 81 the negro population 4
the South II is thus perceived thai The single obstacle
presented by The difficulty n dpnsng ~ slaves seized or
consc un Of itself rucient 70 oeck il very grsat
degree the execution OF tho barbarcus policy nauguraed
by our enemies,
TIE repeated instances 81 shameless poffdy exhibited
by the Government q the United States during the prose.
cuon Of the justify 10 the suspicion that bad faith
updries every act their part having bearing, how
ever reinrt the hDetliiies pending When there
FORE tie President received at the TINS information
Of two important acsone that the United States were
suffering grave embarrassment from the presence within