Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-04-17

TO TClllGlNdIe tildI crop
Yours truly. VIM. H. BELCHER.
Important Letter of Secretary Chase.
To the Union Meeting Held in New York City
on Saturday Evening April II The Policy
sefthe Administrations Touching the Employ
nient of Blacks in Military Service Foreshats-
owed.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Apri! .. 1863
.GFNrIEMES-I imperative demands on my
time compel nle to deny myself the eralifica
tiou Of attending tie meeting TO which you
kindly invite me.
> You will meet to send words of cheer to
our brave generals ard soldiers in the field;
10 rebuke treason ia our MIDST. giving, in the
garb Of Ieaee, aid aid comfort to treason in
the panoply of waF; to maintain inyiolate the
integrity OF the National Territory aud the
supremacy Of The National Consli'aiion and
laws; 10 strengthen The bands aid nsrve the
heart OF The President for be great work TO
which God and the people have called kiaA.-
For what NortAicr purposes can American cit
izens now asslnbe?
1t is my fixed faith, gentlemen, that God
does nbt mean :hat this American R,public
shall perish. we are tried as by fire; but our
country will live. Notwithstanding all the
violence and all the Vaccinations of traitors
and sympathizars on this or the other side oi
the, Atlantic, our country viii live
aAnd, while cur country lives, slavery, the
chief source and cause and agent OF our ills,
viii die. The friends Of the Union IN The
South, before the rebellion, predicted the DC.
struction oGsavery as consequence OF scces-
sion, if that naduess should prevail. Nothing
ia my ildgm meut, is more certain ihan the fGl-
fillment Of tlIese predictions. Safe 10 the
States, before the rebellion, from all Ftder-
al interference, slavery has come out from lis
shelter, under Slate Constitutions uLd laws,
to.sssail the national life. 1t viii suTciy die,
ilierced by its own fangs and siings.
What matters now how it dies Whether
as a, consequence or subject of the war-what
uaatter2 Is ibis time to split hairs OF lyg.c?
To me it seems that Proyid-Iee indicates
clearly enough how the end of slavery must
come. 1t comes in rebel slave States by mil
Larry order, decree or proclamation, not to be
d sregardel or sci aside in any even. as a Eal;i-
" but manlaincd and executed with pciE CT
= sod faith to all the enfrnnchised; and il " i'll
come in tie loyal slave States by the uncol-
trained action Of the people and their Iegis-
l%tures, aided freely aud generously by their
brethren Of tie free States. l may be ni>ta
len in this; but am, enolLer and better
way will be revealed
Meantime, il seems to me very necessary tc
ray distinctly wLat many shrink from snying
The American blacks must be cul &c into IL
conflict, not as cattle, not now even as contra.
bands, but as men. Ia tue fee Sialcs, apc
dy the proclamation 10 The rebel States, tLcy
sre free men. The Attorney GeLetal, i'll III
opinion wich de6es refututiun, has pronounced
these freemen citizens OF tie United States
Let, then, the example Of Andrew Jack on
who did not hesitate to oppose cosored regi-
F,ents to British invasion, be now karlcS,l,
followed. Let these blacks. aeelima;ed, fa
k,illiar 8ilh the county, capable of great en-
Curance, receive suitable military organiza
tiOn and do tkeir part. We need their gn1d
i'll and must make them our friends by show
ihg ourselves their friends. We must have
t;-em for guilds, for scouts, fer all mi,iiar,
tLivice IN cArn-or A ID for v Nhich they at,
t:ealifed. Thus employed, from burdcI
tl9y will become snppori; and the hazlrds
ivaticns and labors Of the white soldiers wi!
L. proportiCDoily Diminished.
CoHle VIII OBJ CT ol course. There arc al
y..ys objections to every Thing practical. lie
experience dispel honest. fears, and rcfu,e- cap
9 ns or dislaEal cayil,
Shove all, gentlemen, let no doubt rest on ou
,olution to sustain, with all our hearts an,
Nh all our means. the soldiers now in arm
the republic. Let their ranks be filed up
their supplies be sufficient and regular, anC
J. their pay be sure. Let nothing be wan
Z to them which can insure activity aa,
G..ciency, Let each brave officer and ma
i;,,:ize that his couniry's love attends bin
that his country's hepes hang upon him
inspired By this Thought. let him dare an,
E, all that is possible to be dared AID done.
SO, gentlemen. With the blessing Of Gud
'1Ne make a glorious future sare. see |
lj,iilg before me. How beautiful and grand
j are is no. time to speak Of il now; but fror
quarters Of the land comes the voice of th
reign people, rebukiEg faction, denouncinJ
+ ason, and proclaiming the indivisible ua
ofthe Republic; and in this heaven iuspir
union Of the people for the sake of the Uu
r is the sure promise Of that splendid here
:..r.
With great respect, yours, truly,
S. p. CHASE.
T. D. George opdyke, George Griswold, ESQ
aud others. Committee Loyal Nationa
League, New York.
f. 49,