The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-06-24

nau not yet had an opportunity OF greeting
the flag which brings certain security to
loyal men, women and children; such
inevitable protection to property, includ-
ing such trifing articles as negroes and
cotton bales. Hurry up the volunteers.
Give the lie to those who intimate that
Tennesseeans will not go into the Gulf
States to fight for their brethren of Af-
rican 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 our African
fellow-citizens south of US, you may pos
sibly have the honor of taking part in
carrying the same boon to similar class
in Tennessee and Kentucky. / doubt not
our noble President will in due time adopt
suitable means to ascertain the will of the
Lord in this behalf Indeed, it seems to
have been made known already to some of
the lesser lights. Last week grand
Convention of the loyal women of Amer
lea assembled in the city of New York.
Each delegate had conceived-an idea;
occasion, they have commanded our mag
nifcent President to proclaim freedom
throughout all the ends of the earth.
doubt not, at the proper time, he will so
proclaim, and the twenty thousand troops
which his excellency Governor Andrew
j Johnston was recently authorized to re-
cruit in Tennessee will soon be ready for
the good work of giving practical freedom
to our enslaved fellow -countrymen, male
and female, of African descent. When
that time comes Memphis will be a lovely
city. Its walks and its promenades will
be illuminated by the smiling faces and
brilliant eyes of the graceful and accom-
plished sons and daughters of Lincoln and
Liberty; of Darkness and Dahomey. True
our State constitution and laws, like those
of Illinois and other loyal States, will not
permit free negroes to come within our
State, nor enfranchised slaves to remain
there; but from military necessity, or, as
a high official expresses it, "from the er-
mecessitate rel of the thing" they will not
be permitted to remain. The plan re-
Gently adopted in South Corolina OF SELL
ing them the lands of the rebels might be
adopted, and thereby Memphis mightsoon
become ga variegated city" Our white
thus furnish an example of that freedom
and fraternity which SO many unhappy
Northern spinsters sincerely regard as the
only means of compromising the present
unfortunate distinction of color.
You should by all means pass reso-
luton in favor OF giving such rebel farms
and town slots as are not needed for our
colored brethren to our Christian friends
of the North who desire to live among
their colored friends, particularly to that
numerous and respectable class who think
that both races will be improved by cross
of the Anglo-Saxon upon the pure GUM
ca. "When this cruel war is over" how
our psalm singing brethren from the
Church Of the Puritans would enjoy a
confederate farm on Big Black, Red river,
the Arkansas or Pontchartrain. When
the rebels are disarmed how meek and
lowly, docile and penitent they will be,
while beholdipg our northern brothers
occupying their mansions and illustrating
the beauties Of General Banks's appren-
tice system. With what impunity Gen
Butler would ride from his plantation on
Moon Lake to his rancho on Deer Greek.
Then would be made manifest the absur-
dity of those Copperhcad croakers who
foolishly insist that while military power
can put down a rebellion, moral power
alone can eradicate its consequences and
keep it down. It is true, they cite the
example of Vendee, which in area, is only
about one fortieth part Of France. There
we admit. the peasantry believed theil
religion was endangered, ard history re-
cords that they defeated six or seven oi
the best appointed armies which the
French republic, in that warlike age
could hurl against them. 1t is also true
that afterward, when Carnot was mad.
Minister of War, he quieted the people
by assuring them that they should bt
undisturbed in their religious faith
These mischievous faultfuders, to Civ,
further force to their insidious. assaults
upon our worthy President, point also te
/ Poland, in which the fires ofrebellion are
ever burning; but they forget that tn,
/ Czar of all the Russias is in all respects
inferior to our noble President, and j
wholly ignorant of the true means o
i quieting disaffected people. 1t neye1
\ occurred to the aforesaid Gear that t,
SQuetch feOclllOH eHcGtudly Inc cauSs
must be removed. Had he studied tn,
history of rebellion in this country b,
: would have discovered that we always as
certained the cause, the evil, the sin which
gave a pretext to the insurgents. Fo
} example: During the administration o
} Gen. Washington portion Of the peopl'
of Pennsylvania got up rebellion abou
! whisky. 1t was crushed out by coercion
but the sagacious statesmen of that da,
determined to strike at tho cause. Th
results that the people of that noble com
monwealth have ever since eschewed whis
Ky and turned their attention to contracts
} Nothing is now known in that State o
whisky, and though Mr., Buchanan use'
to recite some traditionary stories of oil
}, Rye to the junior members of his cabi
+. net. tits we'll known that the sight of
t bottle of pure Monongahela was as repul
:, sive to his nature as ice-vater to ma
| dog subsequently,, while Gen. Jackss
| was President, the people Of South Caro-
lima reyolted at taxation hecause som
! demagogue called it high tariff, and assert
VI od that the monster "stole money froY