The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-08-21
Fighting For Their Enemies.

The recent riots have cause great
rejoicing in Richmond: they have
given new llir 10 the dcsponutIrr rvu-
cl chiefs; the extracts we have given
from >onthc,M journals show that the
disturbance here caablcd the enemy
to forget for tie moment even IL fall
of Niclisburg; and thrrcis no doubt
that half the moral effect upon the
rebels of our recent glorious Nlciorl-
es has been lost through the occur
renee this outbreak in the metropO-
lis OF the Free States, That is to
say. though the rioters inflicted COM
paratively tritling loss upon the city
they put great, II very serious loss
upon the country: they helped Il rebel
enemy on his legs again.
Now why should this be: What
favor do the rioters owe to the slave
holders? Have they been so kindly
treated by those in rebellion that II
sentiment of gratitude should lead
them to help these persons at II crit
zeal moment? 1t is said that many
workingmen and many persons OF
foreign birth took part in this def
ancc of the laws; what benefit have
they To expect from the men who
rule at Richmond, that they should
make themselves their allies? Are
} the Shareholders the true friendc o
workingmen? Is it true that in tn,
Slave States labor is more respected
> and laboIers held in more honor than
in the Free StatesI Unless this is Sc
, it wouldappcar that no working man
, no foreiger, alive to his best inter
ests, does wisely when he does tina
p which gives new hope and strength
= to the slaveholding rebels.
$ Let us examine this important ques
t ton for n little. In tho first place,
II should not he forcgotton that hcfor
J. the commencement of the rebellion
c Mr.. l.. NJ: Sprattof South Carolim;
: one of .the leading writer's of tn
g South, declared separation from tn
ii Free States and the revival of til
= African slave. trade necessary to I'll
II South because already, he said, :"
n rishmen are doing the work whic
onr slaves ought to do" and he spe
Of itied that even in the hotels of Charlie
W ton, Irish walters had taken the pli
i. ces which, rs he averred, of riAl
re- ought to be occupied by negro slave
m The only safety for the South, accor
Or ing to Mr.. Spratt. lay in making Il
Is slaves to numerous, by the import
)r tion oi negroes from Africa as To q
cludc altogether from the Southc
I'd States free white workingmen, who
wv he called ''mudsills" and "disorgal
,d zers"
ev Take, next, the expressions of NJ
ty Russell, the London Times correspon
,e- ent, by slavcholders,-As soon as t
Is, war was over, they said: the forei
tn population, the Irish and German
er would be shorn of their privilege
ey They should no longer vote; TIL
,as should no longer enjoy the rights
IN citizenship. The Richmond Litera
Messenger spoke recently in the sa
ia strain: ...
hv m "That benign institution ofslavs
ne which it is now the pride and gle
';lo of the South to ascribe
dv the conception ofDivinity, and VIII
NM this war has proved to be, next to
ian undaunted patriotism of her sons,
of. lgreat element of power in the Conf
,rn eracy, will prove, in preventing
Off heavy an influx from foreign sho
of that class Of population devoted