Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-01-06
Three Millions at a Birth.

IUEc IiiiiVhS dt 1nths
The Proclamation Of President Lincoln,
ordering as a war measure the freedom OF
about three millions ofslaves in the rebel
States and districts, appears in our paper
this week. So many people have thur
been virtually born from the dark womb
of bondage into marvellous light. There
win follow no Instructions unless the mas
tiers resiat the Proclamation. If they do
il will be the fault of white traitors instead
ofthe loyal blacks, in which case the blacks
will be in tie rightir rhe judgment Of the
world. This Proclamation is the beginning
OF the end Of the rebellion, for it is bound
to be followed by another Proclamation
calling upon avery loyal man, black and
white in the South, to volunteer in defense
Of the unioi-iu4t as all the loyal people
Of the aorth have been invited The yo'-
unteer spirit Of the north i exhausted, aid
it don't pay to draft rebel sympathizers.
So the President Will be bostnd to call for
volunteer blacks, and several thousand q
them viii obey the call, 50 sure as they
acknowledge God for their Master and the
President for their guide. You traitor OF
the north, are responsible for this Proc'a-
nation; and you will be responsible for
lie following call Of the blacks into the
army to defend your country at time
when you not only refused to help de-
fend It but SO voted as to be counted an
enemy. Tit Be negro equality to call
upon the blacks to save the country, you
viii be responsible for not doing what the
blacks have to 1o-fght for the union. You
were warned Of this, and now it won't do
to cry "Higger" any more, or teach that
the Constitution meous nothing but slave
W. You learned from Jefferson that but
i turn Of the fortune wheel Is required to
bring an oppressed race to tie top; and
YOU, fools, have turned the crank of that
wheel. You have went and gone and did
il, whilst ignorantly thinking there was
nothing IN Tho wheel but thatSame old Mig
Ger Is hich used to be but property; the
day is surely coming when loyal, union
fighting black men will be more respected
f4an traitor white men. Their rights will
surely be respected, among which are rights
10 self defense, to read and think, to home
and county, to separate themselves from
among the whites and very naturally settle
together, to resist amalgamation with the
whites, to. s. for themselves and not for
others, to share the rights of mankind IN
der the Constitution and laws, to serve God
or mammon, to fillibustJr abroad or stay
at home, to kick up row and pay the
penalty or behave civilly and be rewarded
with honors, and a gre at many other good
things. The grand result fthis proclama-
ton will be that the home aud country
Of Afric Americans will be in the S h
where thier climate and kind Of labor calls
them and | ids them come. No longer will
they run north 10 avoid the lash, but all
willrun South to escape the lash of preju-
dice. True, the couple of hundred thous
and masters with their depraved sons and
proud wives and daughters will fare hardly,
having no niggers to do their work without
pay; bur there will be none TO pity them,
fer they went and did it when there was
10 canse. They can go to work as the
Yankees 60, or emigrate to Africa. The
Constitution won't break when they leave
nor any mourn their departure but the en-
emies to the union. Rebel sympa.hizers
are respectively informed that there is still
time enough to enlist, and thereby save
themselves from the disgrace of having the
niggers TO fight in their stead to save the
Constitution and Union.