The weekly Butte record., 1863-08-08

greeting the nag which brings such certain
security 10 loyal men. women and children
such inevitable protection to property, inciu
ding such trihlng articles as negroes and cotton
bales. Hurry Up volunteers. Give the lie tC
those who intimate that TeopeSSeeans Will not
20 into the Guif States to fight for their
brethren Of African descent. True. most Of
our citizens have sons daughters sisters
fathers or brothers there; but they ought
never TO have settled so far South Besides.
when you have secured freedom to oar African
fellow-ciilzens south Of Us. YOU may possibly
have the honor Of taking part in CARRYING the
same boon 10 q similar class in Tennessee and
Kentucky. l donbt not cur noble President
will, il due time, adopt suitable means TO as
certain the viii Of the Lord 10 this behalf.
Indeed, il seems to have been made known
already to some Of the lesser lights Las;
week graud Convention Of the loyal women
of America assembled in the city of New
\ ork. Each delegate had conceived tuot 4
baby an idea and. under the Inspiration Of
the great occasion. they have commanded our
magnificent President TO proclaim freedom
throughout the ends Of the earth. | doubt
not at the proper time. he VIII SO proclaim
and the twenty thousand troops which bis
,
authorized 10 recruit in Tennessee, You have
no doubt enlisted), will be ready for the good
work of giving practical freedom to our en-
shaved fellow-countrymen, male and female Of
African descent When the time comes.
Memphis will be a lovely city. It's walks and
promenades will be Illuminated bY the smiling
faces and brilliant eyes of the graceful and
accomplished sons and daughters of Lincoln
and liberty Of darkness aud Dahomy. True,
our State Constitution and laws. like those of
Illinois ea otber loyal States, will not permit
free neees to come within eur State. nor
enirai.s slaves to remain here; but from
miii,ary b eessliy, or, as q bgb Official espress
es it, from the er nefeSsst1fe Tei Of the thing
they will, no doubt be permitted IS fe5allaai,1l.
The plan recently adopted 10 South Carolina
OF selling there the lands OF the rebels. might
be adopted, AID thereby Memphis might soon
become a variegated city" Our white and
colored brethren and sisters might thus furnish
an example of that freedom aud fraternity"
which SO many unhappy Northern spinsters
sincerely regard as the only means Of compro-
missing the present unhappy distinctions of
color
YOu should by all means, pass q resolution
in favor of giving such rebel farms and town
lots as are not needed for our colored brethren
to our Christian friends of the North who de-
sire to live among their colored friends. parti
cularly to that numerous and respectable class
who think that both races will be improved
by a cross of the Anglo Saxon upon the pure
Guinea. When this war is over" how cur
Psalm singing brethren from the Church of
the Puritans would enjoy a Confederate farm
upon Big Black, Red River, the Arkansas or
Pontchartrain When the rebels are dsarmed
how meek aud lOwly, dOcile aud peniient they
will be while beholding our Northern brethren
their mansions, and Illustrating the
beauties of General Banks apprentice system
With what impunity General Butler would
ride from his plantation on Moon Lake to his
rancho on Deer creek Then would be made
manifest the absurdity of those Copperhead
croakers who foolishy insist that, while militia,
ry power can pnt down a rebellion, moral
power alone can eradicate It's consequences and
keep it down.
1t is true. they cite the example OF Veniee
which. in area. is only about oue-fortieth part
of France. There, we admit, the peasantry
believed that their religion was endangered,
and history records that they defeated six or
seven Of the best appointed armies which the
French repub.c, in that waglike age. could
hurl against them 1t is also true that after
ward. when Carnot was made Minister Of War,
he quieted the people by assuring them they
should be undistuTbed in their religious faith.
These mischievous fautGnderS, TO give further
force 10 their insidious assaults upon our worthy
President. point also to Poland, in which the
fires of rebellion are ever burning bat they
forget that the Gar of all the Russas is in all
inf i nj =
wholly ignorant Of the true means OF unietinr
a disaftected people. 1t never occurred to the
aforesaid Gar that, to squelch rebellion
the cause must be removed. And
had he studied the history Of rebellion in this
country he would have discovered that We
always ascertained the cause. the evil, the sin,
which gave pre,ext to the insurgents. For
example During the Administration Of Gene
raj Washington portion OF the people OF
Pennsylvania got up rebellion about whiskey.
Il was crushed out By coercion" but the
statesmen Of that day determined to
strike at the cause. The result is the people
Of that noble Commonwealth have ever since
whiskey and turned their attention
to contracts. Nothing is now known in that
State of whiskey, and though Mr.. Buchanan
used to recite some traditionary stories of "old
rye to the Junior members of his Cabinet, it
is we'll known that the sight of bottle Of pare
was as repusive to bis nature as
ice water to a mad dog
Subsequently, while General Jackson was
President, the people of South Carolina revolt
ed at taxation. because some demagogues call
ed it high tariff, and asserted that the monster
- stole money from their unconscious pockets"
The rebellion, however, was snbiugated by
the military power of the Government and
the cause-taxation-of course abolished. No
tax gaihe.ers have been known since in South
Carolina. At later day, during the Admin
istration OF John Tyler Of the firm of :. Tippe
canoe and Tyler too" some unwashed Demo
Gratis of Rhode Island iomented Q grand
iusurrection against the sovereignty Of that
large and populous State. The army and
navy Of the United States, BY hearty CO.
operation with the loyalists OF that day.
soon overthrow the insurgents. Their Provi-
sioual Governor, Thomas W. Dorr. was cap
tared denied the rights Of balligere1t,"
and sent to the peniieutiary. The Democratic
cause-was abolished. as all snbse-
1aent elections have shown, throughout the